Thomas F. Lyon, 88, of Peculiar, Missouri, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2024 at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Lockwood, Missouri. Memorial Services were held  on Saturday, November 30, 2024 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, MO. Inurnment at a later date at the Peculiar, MO, Cemetery.

Thomas was born November 30, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, a son of Charles Frederick Stahl and Mary J. (Rose) Lyon. Thomas moved around a lot as a child, and lived with his paternal grandparents. He had lived in Kokoma, Indiana; California; Kansas City; and Grandview, before moving to Peculiar in 1980. He was a graduate of Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, MO.

Thomas was united in marriage to Linda Lucille Lucking on June 4, 1960 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was a US Air Force Veteran and served as a Radar Operator at Thule Air Base in Greenland. Thomas was an auto mechanic before his retirement and had worked at a number of dealerships in the area.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Linda, on June 3, 2016; and his daughter, Michelle. Thomas is survived by a son, Scott Lyon (Star Novak), Wellsville, Kansas; a daughter, Tracy Bean (Ron), Liberal, MO; a sister, Mary Goodwin Lyon, Lake Oswego, Oregon; six grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.