St.
Clair County Obits

LOWELL MANUEL THOMAS
Clinton Daily Democrat
29 May 1998
Lowell
Manuel Thomas, 54, Lowry City, died Tuesday, May 26, 1998, at St.
Luke's Hospital in Kansas City of cancer and kidney failure. He was
born September 13, 1943, in St. Clair County. He was raised in the
Osceola and Lowry City area and graduated from Lowry City High School.
He worked at various jobs, including Clearfield Cheese, Stewart
Nattinger, Lowe Oil Co. and Childer's Construction. He married Bessie
Callahan in 1972 and raised their six children on a farm near his
parents. He was preceded in death by his father, Lewis Monroe Thomas.
He is survived by his wife Bessie Thomas, of the home; four sons,
Dennis Walrath, Lowell Thomas Jr., Lewis Ray Thomas and Stan Thomas;
two daughters, Darlene Kelly and Sandra Hehner; his mother Wanda
Thomas; his grandmother Ada Manuel; four brothers, Lyle, Larry and
Leroy and Gary Thomas; one sister, Carol Jones; 15 grandchildren;
numerous uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services
will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 30 at the Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral
Home in Osceola. Burial will be in the Peaceful Home Cemetery near
Deepwater.