Obituary of Thomas Willingham

Thomas Crane (Tom/Buzzsaw) Willingham, age 55, of Osage Beach, Missouri, departed this life on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at the Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach, MO after a short fight with cancer. Tom was born January 31, 1960 in Bloomfield, Iowa, the son of Allen and Lillian (Dilliner) Willingham. Tom will be remembered for his big heart and being the life of the party. He enjoyed skiing, knee boarding, fishing and playing the drums for The Blue Flames. Tom was a very talented artist and a professional painter. He had a passion for family and friends, but most of all he loved his daughters and grandchildren and loved spending time with them. Surviving are his two daughters, Rochelle Willingham and significant other Brick Warth, of Republic, Missouri, Samantha Willingham, of St. Louis, Missouri, loving ex-wife Susan, one brother, Rudy Willingham, of Osage Beach, Missouri, one sister, Linda (and Corby) Taylor, of Eldon, Missouri, two grandchildren, Braylyn Thomas and Brielle Marie Warth, nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends. He will be missed by many. Tom was preceded in death by his parents Allen Willingham and William (Birdcage) & Lillian (Dilliner-Willingham) Schlegel, and grandmother Dova Sutton.