Friday, July 31st, 2009

In Memoriam: Nancy Thomann

Nancy Thomann, who earned her MPH in health administration from GSPH in 1973, passed away July 21, 2009, in Denver, Colorado. The daughter of William Augustus and Jessie L. Jones, she was born in Colorado Springs and raised there and in Pittsburgh, where she graduated from Schenley High School. She worked in public and minority health planning in Pittsburgh, Colorado Springs, Denver, and Phoenix, and was president of the Arizona Public Health Association in 2003-2004.

An accomplished pianist and singer, Thomann directed choirs and played the organ at several churches including Grace Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, was the organist at Ebenezer Baptist Church (where her father directed the choir), and sang with a number of choruses including the Mendelssohn Choir. Her family asks contributions be made in her memory to the Lewy Body Dementia Association, 912 Killian Hill Road SW, Suite 202C, Lilburn, GA 30047.