Antonette Thomas

Antonette Margaret Thomas (Nana) of Yukon, Oklahoma passed away December 5, 2011. She was born in Tyler, TX on August 12, 1920 to Ernest & Antonette Hanschen. She lived in El Paso, TX many years and that is where she met the late John E. Thomas SR (Papaw); they were married in Alamogordo, NM but made their home in EL Paso, TX. In 1959 the family of 5 moved to Alamogordo, New Mexico where they stayed until the early 1970’s they spent the next 30 years in Farmington, NM. She lived the past 10 years in Yukon, Oklahoma with her daughter’s family, traveling to Florida and New Mexico to spend time with all 3 of her children and their families.

Antonette loved to work crossword puzzles and play card games. Nana was a homemaker and she liked to cook, & bake. She was a seamstress she even sewed a number of formal dresses for her girls. She enjoyed watching game shows & football on TV and she even became an OU Sooner fan over the last 10 years living in Oklahoma.

Nana & Papaw traveled to many countries and she has visited a lot of the United States but she always said, “New Mexico is a little piece of Heaven on Earth” She loved the mountains and everything about New Mexico.

Antonette is preceded in death by her parents, 2 sisters, Marie and Liz, one brother Ernest, her husband of 55 years John E. Thomas SR and one grandson Dwayne Dugger.

Antonette is survived by 3 children: Antonette M. Thomas (Toni) of Naples FL, Norie & Wayne Guthrie of Yukon, Oklahoma and John JR & Linda Thomas of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is also survived by 7 grandchildren: Tracy Guthrie of Yukon, OK Steve Guthrie of OKC, Felicia & Jeff Reed of Mustang OK, John III and Debbie Thomas of Moriarty New Mexico, David Thomas, Jason Thomas & Richard Thomas all of Albuquerque New Mexico. As well as 14 great grandchildren: David Dugger of Farmington, NM, Jessie Thomas of WA, Alexis, Vincent, Mariah, Jacob & Cody Thomas of Moriarty NM, Courtney, Reef & Rylee Thomas of Farmington NM, Tripp & Kalei Guthrie, Dylan & Natalie Reed all of Mustang, Oklahoma.

It breaks our hearts to lose Nana, but she didn’t go alone for part of us went with her the day God called her home. She has been reunited with Papaw, her pain and worry is gone. Antonette was a daughter, wife and mother but to most she was simply “Nana” and we all have pieces of her to take with us and keep us warm like the Nana quilts she sewed.

Arrangements under the direction of Bill Merritt Funeral Service, Bethany, OK.