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| Thomas Endecott |
Funeral services for Thomas Endecott will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at Mullinax Funeral Home – Drexel Chapel, Drexel, Missouri with Pastor Steven Donnelly officiating. Visitation prior to services from 10:00 – 11:00 AM at the chapel. Burial with U.S. Military Honors in Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas. Contributions are suggested to the Heart of America Ex-POWs. Messages of condolence for the family may be left at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.
Thomas A. Endecott departed this life on June 17th
at Olathe Medical Center. Thomas was born in Miami County, Kansas near
Drexel, Missouri on January 16, 1921, the son of Thomas W. and Daisy
(Bruner) Endecott. He enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1942, and was
stationed in England as a gunner on a B-24. His plane was shot down and
he became a prisoner of war of the Germans. After returning home he
farmed and later was employed by Westinghouse and then Bendix Allied
Signal. He retired from Bendix Allied Signal in Kansas City, Missouri in
1986. He was a life member of the Heart of America Ex-Prisoners of War,
life member of DAV #2 and American Legion in Louisburg, Kansas and VFW
#4347 and was a Commander of the post for two years.
On
January 16, 1943 he was married to Delta Joann McBride in Odessa,
Texas. He is survived by daughter, Judy (Richard) Best of Marshall,
Missouri; two sons, Ronald (Peggy) Endecott of Houston, Texas, and Gary
(Darlene) Endecott of Raymore, Missouri. He also leaves behind nine
grandchildren: Curtis (Amie) Houchen, Trisha (Scott) McAmis, Lori
(Robert) Howard, Lyle Best, Dale (Amy) Endecott, Tamara (Christopher)
Seely, Terina (Doug) Platt, Gregory (Jesseka) Endecott, Jeffrey
(Melissa) Endecott and 19 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death
by his wife, his parents, two brothers, and seven sisters.
