Thomas Lee Billinger, 61, formerly of Victoria, died Monday, July 25, 2011, at Brookside Hospice House, Palm Harbor, Fla.
He was born June 21, 1950, in Hays to Gilbert and Alma (Weber) Billinger. He was a 1968 graduate of Victoria High School.
He was married in Florida and his wife, Joan, preceded him in death in 2006. He was a school custodian and lived in Florida for many years. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
He had a great love for music. In the 1970s, he had a band in the western Kansas area. He composed music and wrote a song called "Eleanor" and had it recorded.
Survivors include his mother, Alma Billinger, Victoria; two brothers, Gilbert Billinger Jr. and wife, Carol, Pfeifer, and Larry Billinger, Salina; and a sister-in-law, Roseann Billinger, Hays.
He was preceded in death by his father and a brother, Leo Frances Billinger.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Victoria; burial in St. Fidelis Cemetery, Victoria, with military honors by the Victoria Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1751.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Cline's Mortuary, 412 Main, Victoria, KS 67671, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.
A vigil will be at 8 p.m. Friday at the mortuary.
Memorials are suggested for Masses in care of the mortuary.
He was born June 21, 1950, in Hays to Gilbert and Alma (Weber) Billinger. He was a 1968 graduate of Victoria High School.
He was married in Florida and his wife, Joan, preceded him in death in 2006. He was a school custodian and lived in Florida for many years. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
He had a great love for music. In the 1970s, he had a band in the western Kansas area. He composed music and wrote a song called "Eleanor" and had it recorded.
Survivors include his mother, Alma Billinger, Victoria; two brothers, Gilbert Billinger Jr. and wife, Carol, Pfeifer, and Larry Billinger, Salina; and a sister-in-law, Roseann Billinger, Hays.
He was preceded in death by his father and a brother, Leo Frances Billinger.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Victoria; burial in St. Fidelis Cemetery, Victoria, with military honors by the Victoria Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1751.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Cline's Mortuary, 412 Main, Victoria, KS 67671, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.
A vigil will be at 8 p.m. Friday at the mortuary.
Memorials are suggested for Masses in care of the mortuary.
Thomas Lee Billinger, 61, formerly of Victoria, died Monday, July 25, 2011, at Brookside Hospice House, Palm Harbor, Fla.
He was born June 21, 1950, in Hays to Gilbert and Alma (Weber) Billinger. He was a 1968 graduate of Victoria High School.
He was married in Florida and his wife, Joan, preceded him in death in 2006. He was a school custodian and lived in Florida for many years. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
He had a great love for music. In the 1970s, he had a band in the western Kansas area. He composed music and wrote a song called "Eleanor" and had it recorded.
Survivors include his mother, Alma Billinger, Victoria; two brothers, Gilbert Billinger Jr. and wife, Carol, Pfeifer, and Larry Billinger, Salina; and a sister-in-law, Roseann Billinger, Hays.
He was preceded in death by his father and a brother, Leo Frances Billinger.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Victoria; burial in St. Fidelis Cemetery, Victoria, with military honors by the Victoria Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1751.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Cline's Mortuary, 412 Main, Victoria, KS 67671, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.
A vigil will be at 8 p.m. Friday at the mortuary.
Memorials are suggested for Masses in care of the mortuary.
He was born June 21, 1950, in Hays to Gilbert and Alma (Weber) Billinger. He was a 1968 graduate of Victoria High School.
He was married in Florida and his wife, Joan, preceded him in death in 2006. He was a school custodian and lived in Florida for many years. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
He had a great love for music. In the 1970s, he had a band in the western Kansas area. He composed music and wrote a song called "Eleanor" and had it recorded.
Survivors include his mother, Alma Billinger, Victoria; two brothers, Gilbert Billinger Jr. and wife, Carol, Pfeifer, and Larry Billinger, Salina; and a sister-in-law, Roseann Billinger, Hays.
He was preceded in death by his father and a brother, Leo Frances Billinger.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Victoria; burial in St. Fidelis Cemetery, Victoria, with military honors by the Victoria Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1751.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Cline's Mortuary, 412 Main, Victoria, KS 67671, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.
A vigil will be at 8 p.m. Friday at the mortuary.
Memorials are suggested for Masses in care of the mortuary.
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