Jo Thurman

A retired health occupation teacher and a resident of Baton Rouge, she died at 8:42 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. She was 77 and a native of Sicily Island. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Thursday, Nov. 6, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. David Bricker of Ingleside Methodist Church. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. She is survived by a daughter, Mary Anne Heaton and husband Louis; son, Michael Thurman; two grandchildren, Michael Louis Heaton and Sarah Ann Thurman; and great-grandchild, Silas Elliot Gleason. Preceded in death by her husband, Edsel Girard Dinky Thurman; and parents, Earl and Bea Denham. She was a charter member of the Harrisburg chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution and a member of Delta Kappa Gamma organization. She was an officer of the Louisiana Retired Teachers Association and member of the board of directors of the McMains Children's Developmental Center. She was a volunteer at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center with eight years in critical care waiting. Memorial donations can be made to Ingleside Methodist Church Building Fund, 4264 Capital Heights Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70808 or McMains Children's Developmental Center, 1805 College Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808.

Visitation

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Thursday, November 6, 2008
48pm 110708 911am

Service

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Friday, November 7, 2008
11am

Cemetery

Resthaven Gardens of Memory
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816

Memorial Contributions

Ingleside Methodist Church Building Fund
4264 Capital Heights Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA  70808

McMains Childrens Developmental Center
1805 College Drive
Baton Rouge, LA  70808