It’s with a sad heart that we inform our friends and family of the passing of Michael Roy Thomas, 1953-2013. Mike succumbed to a long illness on Feb. 6, 2013.

He was married to Karen Thomas and when their marriage ended, he moved to Clearlake, Calif., to be with his family.

He is predeceased by his father, James Douglas Thomas, and survived by his mother, Mary E. Thomas (mothermary); his brothers, James and Robert of Clearlake; his nephew, James Scott, and wife Christy Thomas; and his great nephews, Ryan Michael, Tre Dominic, Ian James and Ryker Scott Thomas of Medford, Ore.

Mike was a 1971 Graduate of Fall River High School, Fall River Mills, Calif.

He worked as an electrician and industrial electrician with TIC Inc. at the Homestake Gold Mine in Lower Lake, Calif.

He loved the Hat Creek, Burney area when we all lived there and missed hunting and fishing with his friends.