Wilmina Lolli Thomas

Our sympathy is extended to the family of Wilmina Lolli Thomas

Wilmina Lolli Thomas, age 96, of Denton, Texas, died peacefully in her sleep from natural causes on 2 December, 2023. Lolli was born 10 September 1927 in Cottonwood, Oklahoma to Henry “Red” and Pauline Maggia Lolli. Her parents were Italian immigrants, and Wilmina was proud of her Italian heritage.

Her parents owned Red’s Grocery store in Coalgate and she would leave school during her lunch hour, driving solo around the Oklahoma countryside, delivering groceries.

Throughout her long life, she remained independent and brave.

After graduating from Coalgate High School, Lolli left her home and boldly rode the train to Dallas to attend St. Paul School of Nursing. Lolli and her nursing student friends met and danced with returning World War II servicemen, like handsome Jack Parmer Thomas, of Frisco, TX, whom she married shortly after her graduation as a Registered Nurse in 1948. Lolli was an ob/gyn nurse, helping two generations of mothers deliver their babies, some of her patients being daughters of former patients.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her adored granddaughter Maria Nicole Thomas; and her brother, Nick Lolli.

Survivors include her four children, son Mike Thomas and wife Jody, son Nick Thomas, daughter Barbara Thomas Smith and husband Sheen, and daughter Nancy Golmon and husband Jeff; five grandchildren, Anna Thomas, Melissa Thomas Foster and husband Michael, Jack R. Thomas, Meghan Smith Davidson and husband Matt, and Erin Smith Feges and husband Patrick; four great-grandchildren, Finleigh and Carsen Foster, Abby Davidson and Wyatt Feges; her sister, Jeanine McFall; her sister-in-law, Sherry Lolli; and many nieces, nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. Lolli also will be missed by her much-loved extended family and countless friends.

Lolli was interred beside her beloved Jack at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.