She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Clarence Watson Ferguson and Catherine Correa Ferguson. Her father survives in LaHabra, California. She was married in 1966 in Honolulu to O.P. Brilhante, III. She was married on November 11, 1989 in Reno, Nevada to Michael Allen Theroff who survives at the home. Other survivors include four sons, Oliver Perreira Brilhante, IV, Columbia; Jonathan Michael Brilhante, Martinez, California; Travis Ray Michael John Theroff, and Matthew Oliver Shoaf Theroff, all of Holts Summit; two daughters, Jeana Michelle Turner, Pleasant Hill, California; and Cheryl Nicole Louise Theroff, Holts Summit; five grandchildren; and two brothers, Danny Ferguson, Kaneohe, Hawaii; and Ronald Ferguson, Moreno Valley, California. A homemaker and mother, she was a member of St. Peter Cahtolic Church. Memorials are suggested to St. Peter Catholic Church, 216 Broadway Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101; or Pulmonary Hypertension Association, 850 Sligo Ave., Suite 800, Silver Spring, MD 20910.