BY JENNIFER BURGEL
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Uttamlal Shah
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Private services will be held for Uttamlal "Tom" Shah, a former Cincinnati resident who was among those killed in the Aug. 7 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
A foreign service officer with the Department of State, Mr. Shah was in Nairobi on a consultation mission when the bombing occurred. He was 37.
A 1978 graduate of St. Xavier High School, Mr. Shah earned a bachelor's degree in music from Berklee College of Music in Boston and a master's and doctorate of arts from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Mr. Shah, who played trumpet, had traveled with the back-up bands for Red Skelton, Perry Como and Jim Nabors. He worked as a music teacher for a time.
Mr. Shah accepted an appointment in the foreign service in 1987, and served in Cairo, Egypt, and Damascus, Syria. He was posted to Washington, D.C., in 1997.
Surviving are his wife of 15 years, Linda Marie Grise Shah of Vienna, Va.; and his parents, Uttamlal and Donna Shah of Atlanta, formerly of Mount Healthy.
Memorial contributions can be sent to the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service National Relief Fund, 1403 London Way, Lithia Springs, Ga. 30122.
