Mr. Richard "Lonnie" Thomas, 80, passed away March 25, 2025.  He was born on February 11, 1945, in Los Angeles, California to Larry C. Thomas and Mary deKay Thomas.

Mr. Thomas was a resident of Freeport, Florida. He was a child actor in movies and television shows. He was one of the actors that repeatedly played a role of the original Mouseketeers, for short movie segments. Mr. Thomas was the owner of, Thomas Engineering Motorola & Vertex. He also did sound and lights for Sound Studios. He was a Motorola dealer for 30 years.

Mr. Thomas was preceded in death by his father and mother, his stepfather, Bill Martin, and his grandparents, Richard and Greta deKay.

Mr. Thomas is survived by his loving wife, Patricia (Ariella) Thomas; stepdaughter, Robin Vollmer-Antes; grandchildren, Addison Antes, Dylan (Demi) Antes, Kailee Vollmer, Dan (Trisha) Vollmer, Amber (Edgar) Armanta and Michael John Scott; sister-in-law, Sharon Connell and several great grandchildren.

Memorialization will be by cremation.