Cheryl Thomas

Cheryl Thomas, 75,

Minot, ND, passed away

Tuesday, January 11,

2022, at Trinity Hospital

in Minot.

Some say she looked

like Diane Keaton, others

thought Blythe

Danner … but she was

more beautiful … she was

Cheryl Thomas. She took

her fashion cues from no

one. She wore what she

wanted from quirky Con-

verse sneakers to some of

the funnest eyeglasses she

could find. She loved her

powder pink and leopard

prints and that’s what

made her unique.

Cheryl was always a

fun-loving person, the bell

of the ball since high

school actually. She and

her gang of girls sure

made a stir about

town … always getting in a

little bit of trouble or as

she would say it was

“good, clean fun.”

Cheryl went to work at

Sullivan’s Flowers at the

age of 20, where she met

and then married her first

husband, John “Pat” Sul-

livan. Pat had two

daughters of his own, and

together they brought Keli

Jo into the world. Howev-

er, after five years, they

parted ways. Sometime

later, she met the man,

the legend, Lowell Tho-

mas aka “LT”. They fell in

love and together they

had three children, Sa-

mantha, CJ and Courtney.

She was a loving wife and

best friend to LT for 46

years and a loving mother.

Cheryl had a colorful

work life … after the flower

shop, she worked in radio

sales, then she opened a

maternity store down-

town, called Sax First

Avenue … but since there

were little ones running

around, she decided to be

a homemaker for a few

years. While staying home

wasn’t her cup of tea, she

and Lowell decided to

purchase The Riviera

Lounge. They ran the bar

together in the mid 80’s.

When they sold that in 87,

she and LT took a hiatus

and they took the family

on an epic, Alaskan road

trip, and then another

road trip to Florida for a

couple of weeks in what

the family so lovingly

called their motorhome,

The Turtle. You can prob-

ably guess why? Within a

few years, Cheryl was

feeling the need to do

something more and de-

cided to go back to school.

The year her oldest

daughter, Keli, was a

senior at MSU, Cheryl en-

rolled as a freshman.

Cheryl dove into her

books for four years and

graduated Sum Cum

Laude with a bachelor’s

degree in Psychology and

began her career as an

Addictions Counselor. In

her career as an AC she

worked for Trinity, North

Central Human Services,

Northwest Human Ser-

vices, A.D.A.P.T.

Behavioral Therapy, and

she also help develop a

smoking cessation pro-

gram in Minot. She re-

tired from Parshall

Resource Center in 2017.

Cheryl enjoyed doing so

many things … she had a

love for horses from an

early age. She had several

of her own that she rode

and showed. She loved

playing softball, shooting

pool and throwing darts.

She had a passion for gar-

dening and fishing for

walleye and northern

pike. That woman could

filet a fish like no other!

But most of all, she en-

joyed time with her

family … her kids and her

grandkids. She attended

every sporting event and

concert she could.

Cheryl was an amazing

woman in life and will be

in death. She will be

greatly missed.

Cheryl is preceded in

death by her father, Tom

Anderson; and mother,

Esther (Peggy Boles).

She is survived by sis-

ter, Judith (Gary) Bell,

husband, Lowell “LT”

Thomas; son, CJ (Laura)

Thomas; daughters, Keli

(Kristi) Rosselli-Sullivan,

Samantha Morse, Court-

ney (Josh) Dombrowski;

Bertie, her golden doodle;

and grandchildren, Cole-

ton Morse, Juleah Morse

and Hunter Anderson; her

101 year old

mother-in-law, Ann

Armstrong.

Celebration of Cheryl’s

Life: Saturday, January

15, 2022, from 4 to 7 pm

at Arny’s Lounge in

Minot.

Memorials: In lieu of

flowers, memorials are

preferred to the Souris

Valley Animal Shelter.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at

(www.thompsonlarson

.com)