Thanh-Thao Thi Nguyen (nickname: Utpi), age 29 of Springfield, MO, passed away after a long and hard battle with cancer on April 22, 2011. She was born to Bon Thanh and Tuoi Thi Nguyen April 9, 1982 in Go Cong, Vietnam. She graduated from Central High School in 2001 and went on to graduate from Missouri State University in 2005. She was the co-owner of Canton Buffet in Nixa.
Her survivors include her parents; siblings: Binh Nguyen and wife Celine Le, Tam Nguyen and husband Anh Lam and her adopted sister Shawna Hannon; grandparents Ben and Anh Nguyen; nieces and nephews: Emma Thy Nguyen, Bradyn Nguyen, Nicolas Lam, McKayla Lam; cousins: Chan, Triet, Thu, Brian, Benjamin, Mary, Angel, Bryce, Brandon, Jennifer, John, Bruce, Brenda, Elizabeth, Anna, Alda, Vena; aunts and uncles: Bich and Nga Nguyen, Bach Nguyen, Oanh Nguyen, Bang and Duc Nguyen, Hoang Oanh and Buu Nguyen, Bao and Dao Nguyen, Ban and Lan Nguyen.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 27, 2011at 9:30 am at Greenlawn Funeral Home South with visitations on Sunday, April 24, 2011 from 3-8:30 pm and Monday and Tuesday, April 25 and 26, 2011 from 5-9 pm at the funeral home.
Online condolences can be made at www.greenlawnfuneralhome.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Greenlawn Funeral Home South.