| Interment Location | Visited | |
|---|---|---|
| Hartsdale, NY | August 25, 2017 |
Fast Facts
Born: July 14, 1906 in Athens, Greece
Spouse: Agnes Burnett Stewart Carvel (m. 1937-1990)
Died: October 21, 1990 in Pine Plains, New York
Age: 84
Interment: Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, Greenburgh, New York
"The professionals ridicule my commercials, but who cares? You can have a six-foot-tall, handsome announcer with a perfect voice, perfect diction, perfect grammar. But very few ice cream buyers look like that. Our commercials are for the people who look like us, talk like us, and sound like us."
- Tom Carvel
Sources Consulted and Further Reading
Glenn Fowler. “Tom Carvel, 84, Gravelly Voice Of Soft Ice Cream Chain, Is Dead.” New York Times. October 22, 1990. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/22/obituaries/tom-carvel-84-gravelly-voice-of-soft-ice-cream-chain-is-dead.html.