Funeral service for Opal Irene Thurman, 80, Lawton will be at 1:00 pm Thursday, November 6, 2014 in the Memorial Chapel, First Baptist Church with Dr. Patrick Latham, Pastor, officiating. Mrs. Thurman passed away Saturday, November 1, 2014 at a local hospital. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.. Opal was born March 1, 1934 in Lawton to Lafayette L. and Flora Theresa (Carter) Wiley. She grew up in Lawton and graduated from Lawton High School in 1952. She attended Cameron University and the University of Oklahoma, earning a Master's degree in Business Education. She married Ronnie L. Thurman on May 16, 1959 in Lawton. She taught school for twenty-seven years, mostly for the University of Oklahoma. Her students were supervisors and managers for the Federal Aviation Administration. The school was the Management Training School located in Lawton. When the school moved in the late seventies, Mrs. Thurman taught American Airlines students at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City. She was an avid bridge player and belonged to the American Contract Bridge League, attaining the rank of Diamond Life Master. She also belonged to the Lawton Bridge Club. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and served as the pianist of the Median Adult Four Department. She and her husband shared the hobbies of gardening, cooking and walking. She is survived by her husband of the home; daughter, Tracy Thurman, Kingston, Oklahoma; son Robert Thurman, Austin, Texas; two brothers, Kenneth Wiley, Oklahoma City and Alfred Wiley, Lawton; sister, Lois Craig, Lawton; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents.