Tume Katami Obituary

Tume (Tom) Katami, of San Francisco, CA died peacefully on Monday, October 2, 2023 after spending time with family while in the hospital. Details and schedule of services can be seen below, and will take place at St. George Eastern Orthodox Cathedral in Daly City on Monday, October 9th and Tuesday, October 10th. Tom was born in Anjara, Jordan to Fudah and Mizied Katami, where he was one of 5 children, Mary, McLean, Farida, and was the second eldest to his brother Farid. He was fiercely dedicated to his family and friends throughout his life. He moved to Brazil with plans to continue on to America in his twenties, and it was there that he met and married his late wife Severina (Bibi). They arrived in San Francisco in 1964 and moved to the Mission District where they started a family of three, Maria, Joseph and Paul. They opened their first business with very little English and even less money, but succeeded in obtaining the American Dream. Tom worked hard every day to provide for his family, and help his mother, brothers and sisters to immigrate to San Francisco. He was a mentor and father figure to countless family and friends, and always had a joke and a smile waiting under any circumstance. His grandchildren, Arianna Katami, Daniella, Dominic, and Sean McGuire, loved their Grandpapa very much, and he will be greatly missed by all his nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, family and friends.