Cheryl Elizabeth Thomas, 53, of Grants Pass, Ore., died Saturday, December 12, 1998, at Three Rivers Hospital-Washington Campus. Mrs. Thomas attended college in California and graduated with a degree in accounting. In her early years, she worked as a stewardess for TWA and later as a supervisor to train other stewardesses and as a county auditor in Ojai, Calif. In 1991, in Ojai, she worked for Ken Roberts Co. and transferred with the company to Grants Pass in 1993, and was course member relations manager at the time of her death. Surviving are her mother, Arlene Perkins of Washington D.C.; four brothers, Robert Perkins of Glendora, Calif., Roscoe Perkins of Marlboro, Md., Garry Perkins of Washington, D.C., and Allan Perkins of Springfield, Va.; and numerous aunts and uncles. Services will be held at a later date in Pennsylvania. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Life of Learning, P.O. Box 10, Merlin, OR 97532. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Wednesday, December 16, 1998Cheryl E. Thomas
Stewardess for TWA
She was born August 16, 1945, in Fairmont, W.Va.