Who is Tom Suggs from the nonfiction book, If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?

Tom Suggs is the man Bombeck says should be nominated as "Father Martyr" because he spends so much time away from home in his quest to provide for his family. She notes that like his wife Lorraine, Tom is told all the good points of his life though he also is criticized by his wife for his time away from home.