Thomas Clifton Kidwiler, age 88 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Clinton Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Clinton, Missouri. Funeral Services will be 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Hickory Gove Cemetery, Urich, Missouri. Family will receive friends one hour before the service on Wednesday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to Twin Lake Hospice and may be left at the funeral home. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

T. C. was born in Henry County, Missouri. He was an Army veteran of W. W. II. He was a welder for the Gold Foundry. He was married to Zane Pauline Cruce on March 7, 1945 at the Wayndotte County Courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Pauline; four brothers, Willard, Lester, Charles, and a brother who died in infancy and a great grandson, Ethan Bennett.

He is survived by his five children, daughter,Gloria Jean Gregory and husband, Lonnie, son Allen Kidwiler and wife, Joyce, all of Clinton, daughter, Almira Lee Gardner and husband, Larry of Warsaw, son, Michael Kidwiler and wife, Peggy of Houston, Texas and daughter, Patty Marie Spry and husband, Bill of Urich, Missouri; twelve grandchildren; six great grandchildren and three sisters, Flossie James and Rosie Richardson, both of Clinton and Elsie Smith of Deepwater, Missouri.