"Tom" RoyThomas Rhinehart's Obituary
Roy Thomas “Tom” Rhinehart, born March 25, 1941, to Roy Melvin and Mary (Manley) Rhinehart, in Coffeyville, Kansas. Tom passed on to his Heavenly Home and to be with his Lord and Saviour, Sunday, October 25, 2015. Tom attended Coffeyville Schools. He married Dana Dannatt in 1961. to this union they had two children: Chris and Julie. Tom grew up in the country on a farm, doing all the things boys love to do with his brothers and sister. Tom and his brothers loved hunting, fishing and playing tricks on their big sister, Ann. He had many friends growing up. Tom like sports, loved music and to sing in the church choir and quartet. He loved working with his hands, gardening, biking, excercising and traveling, both in the United States and out of the country, but most of all loved his family and always put them first. Tom will be dearly missed by his son Chris and wife, Kristri Rhinehart, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; daughter Julie and husband, Alan Mathis, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; grandchildren: Amanda, Lindsey, Andrew, Emily and Katelyn; one great-grandchild: Jayden; one sister: Ann Findley of Coffeyville, Kansas; two brothers: John and wife Laura Rhinehart, of Claremore, Oklahoma, Gary and wife Pat Rhinehart of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and numerous nieces and nephews. Tom is preceded in death by parents: Roy and Mary Rhinehart; one stillborn brother: Lowell Edward Rhinehart in 1946; one brother-in-law: Herb Findley and grandparents. A celebration of life service will be held 12:30 p.m., Monday, November 2, 2015, in the Floral Haven Home Chapel, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Tom’s name and honor to the American Cancer Society.
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