Thomas Barton passed away Tuesday, April 16.

To know Thomas was to love him. He was such a loving person.

He loved to spend time outside; he enjoyed spending time with his kids; he loved collecting baseball cards and he took pride in raising his children. He loved his family very much.

He is preceded in death by his mother, Kathryn Francis Guilbert and his father, Edward Barton.

He is survived by his loving wife, Maria Barton; six children and their spouses, Stephanie (Cartez) Evans, Candice (Joshua) Boyd, Nicole (Jarrious) Richards, Katelyn Barton, Bailey Barton, and Thomas Barton Jr; two grandchildren, Karson Ross and Gianna Richards; a brother, Lee (Paige) Barton and his two children, Aleeya and Wyatt Barton. He also leaves a host of other relatives and friends.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Glenwood Funeral Home with Saint Michael’s Church officiating. Visitation was held from 5 until 8 p.m. Friday, April 26, at Glenwood Funeral Home and also from noon until the hour of the service Saturday. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Michael Oliver, Jarrious Richards, Jesse Martinez, Lore Martinez, Jay Kraemer, Cartez Evans. Honorary pallbearer will be Lee Barton.

With heartfelt gratitude, we the family respectfully thank and acknowledge each of your visits, calls, prayers, cards, floral arrangements and all other expressions of sympathy shown during our time of bereavement.