ThuVan was born on January 1st, 1941 to a Noble Family in Hue, Vietnam.
She married a U.S. Air Force Pilot, Ngo Quoc Minh. After the Fall of Saigon in 1975, the family finally reunited in Richmond, Virginia.
ThuVan was compassionate, kind, humble and courageous. She always cared for others. She inspired many lives to do good for humankind. She has seven children, two sons-in-law and two grandsons whom she cared for, loved and led to walk on the right paths with right thoughts.