Hung Thi “Santha” Thomas, 68, Central Park resident and former Customer Service Rep. at Timberland Bank, passed away on Sunday morning, September 16, 2018 at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA.
Santha was born on December 20. 1949 in Soc Trang, Vietnam to Aarav Souparayalow and Huynh Thi De. She graduated from Hoang Dien School. She worked at the Post Exchange at the Soc Trang Army Airfield in Vietnam where she met Rickey Thomas. They were married on August 24, 1970 in Soc Trang.
She came to the United States in December 1970 and met up with her husband at Ft. Lewis, WA. She moved to Renton, WA for a year where she went to work for SeaFirst Bank. She then moved to Bethlehem, New York for 2.5 years before coming to Hoquiam for the next 27 years. They moved to Central Park 16 years ago.
Santha worked at Pacific Bank and then First Interstate Bank in Hoquiam and then for Timberland Bank where she retired in June of 2008.
She was a member of Central Park Baptist Church. She enjoyed reading, sewing, quilting and gardening.
Santha is survived by her husband of 48 years, Rickey Thomas of Central Park, WA; daughter, Rebecca Lynn (Jon) Hoekendorf Sr. of Arlington, WA and a son, Ralph David (Tara) Thomas of Puyallup, WA; five grandchildren: Maya Thomas, Grant Thomas, Jon Hoekendorf Jr, Christian Thomas and Michael Hoekendorf.
There will be visitation for her on Monday, September 24th from 1-8 PM in Fern Hill Funeral Home. A celebration of Life on Tuesday, September 25th at 11 AM in Central Park Baptist Church. There will be an internment service at Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, WA on Wednesday, September 26th at 1:15 PM.
A message of condolence or of a memory can be sent to the family at www.fernhillfuneral.com
Arrangements are entrusted to Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen, WA.

Obituary for Hung Thi "Santha" Thomas

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