Thamazin LaMargie Harrison

Memorial services for Thamazin Harrison will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 26, 2024, at the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) with Rev. Ron Pingelton and Rev. Drew Kirtley officiating. A private burial will be prior to the service under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Thamazin LaMargie (Heydman) Harrison, daughter of the late LaVerne and Margaret (Wesley) Heydman, was born May 30, 1936, at Stillwater and passed away September 23, 2024, at Oklahoma City at the age of 88 years, 3 months, and 24 days. Thamazin grew up in Cherokee where she graduated from Cherokee High School. She met the love of her life, Dick, at a dance in Kiowa, Kansas. On August 8, 1954, she was united in marriage to Harold Richard “Dick” Harrison in Cherokee. She was baptized in the First Christian Church in Cherokee and transferred her membership to the Alva First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) after she and Dick were married. Thamazin later took some classes at Northwestern Oklahoma State College. She worked as an accountant for C.E. Loomis Furniture for 20 years, Hackler Grain for 10 years, and Mackey Farms for 10 years. Thamazin was very active in her community of Alva. She was the Mother Advisor for the Alva Rainbow Girls, a member of the Order of Eastern Star, a member of Chapter C of PEO, a member of Household Executives and the Twentieth Century Club. Thamazin along with her husband, Dick, was a charter member of ACT I which began in 1985. She loved the theater and enjoyed directing many plays over the years along with being President of ACT I. She served on the Board of the Oklahoma Community Theatre Association and was inducted into the Hall of Honor for OCTA in 2015. She was the recipient of many awards which included being named, along with Dick, Alva Citizens of the Year 1990. She served as parade marshal in 2012, received the Governor’s Arts Award in 2013, and was once again honored as Alva Citizen of the Year in 2020. Thamazin enjoyed sewing, reading, and most of all spending time with her family. Besides her parents, LaVerne and Margaret, she was preceded in death by her husband, Dick; and her brothers, William Heydman and Tim Heydman. She is survived by her daughter, Kelli Schnebel and husband, Brock, of Oklahoma City; her grandson, Chase Schnebel of Oklahoma City; her granddaughters, Jessica Schnebel and husband, Justin Rousseau of Dallas, Texas; Bailey Coleman and husband, Jacob, of Oklahoma City; and Addison Archer and husband, Jacob, of Oklahoma City. Also surviving are nine great grandchildren, Roman and Odin Rousseau, Hudson and Macy Schnebel, Nash, Eli, and Sadie Coleman, and Oliver and Campbell Archer; her brothers, Allen Heydman and wife, Ginger, of Wimberly, Texas, and Tom Heydman and wife, Dixie, of San Antonio, Texas; special kids, Rod Gourley and Chalon Groh Campbell; many nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Dick and Thamazin Harrison Scholarship at NWOSU, the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), or the ACT I.

Thamazin LaMargie Harrison

May 30, 1936 - September 23, 2024