Terri Minninger Groat Anton ’77

Terri died Dec. 24, 2022, in The Villages, Fla. 

Born Oct. 12, 1943, in Cedar Rapids,  Iowa, Terri was a 1961 Jefferson High School graduate and a very strong, independent woman. In high school she wanted to take  math and science classes, but the guidance counselor tried to guide her to home  economics classes. At Princeton, she majored in electrical engineering, and she earned a master’s degree in technical management at Johns Hopkins University. 

Terri worked as manager of computed tomography marketing at GE; Boeing Aerospace’s first remote software quality engineer; process control division software quality engineer at the U.S. Postal Service; and senior director of air traffic services at ARINC until her retirement. Then she returned to learning at Howard County Community College for a certificate as a certified bookkeeper. 

Terri is survived by her husband of 35 years, Hermann Anton; daughter Julie Groat Wright and her husband Steve; granddaughter Jocelyn Wright; Hermann’s daughter, Natalie Anton; granddaughter Gracianna Anton; Hermann’s son, Wayne Anton; her brother, John Minninger; sister Nancy Stenerson; sister Karla Brecke; sister Charlotte Jones and her husband Dennis; sister-in-law Florence Snider; and many nieces and nephews. 

Terri’s death was sudden and unexpected. She loved her family deeply, always putting their needs and desires above her own.