Thomas Kay Parks

We have fond memories of Uncle Kay and our Aunt Mary Ann. Together they were a gracious couple, the holidays, yacht club, boat outings. Kay made sure the vehicles we took to the shop were never classed "totaled". Extraordinary range of interest, always to perfection, gardening, landscape design, house rebuild, and hillside garden on the end of Washington St. A picture he painted of Mt St. Helens, using a Japanese style of painting, hangs a reminder of Kay.

My family lived next door to Kay when I was growing up. I always marveled at the appearance of his green Studebaker truck with his name on the side advertising his auto rebuild business which was in a small building on J street in Tacoma. Years later he had a new shop made which turned out to be one of the largest auto rebuild businesses in the west. He held several patents for new types of equipment he designed for the auto rebuild industry. My fondest memory of Kay when as a 4 or five year...

Sorry to hear of Kay's passing. He and Mary Ann were good friends of my grandparents (Willie & Virginia Gosteli), and my father Jim's God Parents. I heard many good stories over the last 50 years, especially about Mary Ann falling off the boat! RIP Kay and say Hi to all those that were waiting for you.