Iantha Lou Thurman
September 29, 1934 - August 15, 2020
Iantha Lou Thurman died in Germantown, Tennessee on August 15, 2020. Iantha, “Ann”, was born on September 29, 1934 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the youngest child of Rufus and Bertie Britton. Ann graduated from Salem High School (Illinois) and attended Eastern Illinois University on full scholarship from Texaco, her father’s employer. On July 2, 1955, Ann married her high school sweetheart, Harold Van Berg Thurman. They were companions in all things for 57 years until Harold’s death in 2012. Ann worked as an executive secretary for defense industry companies located in southern California for 28 years before retiring in 1991. Over the course of her life, Ann lived in Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas, Louisiana, California, Florida, and Tennessee. Ann was the mother of one child, Deborah Parks (William); a loving grandmother to Vanessa and William Parks; and the fun aunt of many nieces and nephews. Due to the coronavirus, a graveside service at Memorial Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma will be postponed till a later date.
Iantha Lou Thurman died in Germantown, Tennessee on August 15, 2020. Iantha, “Ann”, was born on September 29, 1934 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the youngest child of Rufus and Bertie Britton. Ann graduated from Salem High School (Illinois)... View Obituary & Service Information