Thomas Daryl Parker

November 25, 1953 ~ May 24, 2023 (age 69)

Thomas Daryl Parker, age 69 of Warsaw, Missouri, passed away at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Thomas was born the son of Jesse Cleo and Rilla M. (Downs) Parker on November 25, 1953, at Kansas City, Missouri. He married Cathy Smith on November 25, 1995, in Blue Springs, Missouri.

He was a carpenter by trade, enjoyed watching sitcoms, playing with his grandkids, but most of all he loved, loved, loved playing the guitar.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Chance Randall Parker; and a brother, Larry Parker. Thomas is survived by his wife, Cathy; a daughter, Amanda Louise Parker; a stepdaughter, Bethanie Marie New; two sisters, Linda Giammatteo and Verna Friend; seven grandchildren, Melissa Ann Parker, Cody Clayton Heide, Jesse Randall Thomas Parker, Derek DeWayne Heide, Malachi Flint, Austin New and Destinee Rose Garcia; and several nieces and nephews. He will be missed dearly by his family.

(Published in the Linn County Journal on May 25, 2023.)