Schmidt, Phyllis Egli (1933-2010)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 Feb 1 p. 13

Birth date: 1933 Apr 17

text of obituary:

PHYLLIS E. SCHMIDT

Phyllis E. Schmidt, 76, of South Hutchinson, Kan., died Jan. 13, 2010, at St. Francis in Wichita. She was born April 17, 1933, to Emery and Edna Peterson Egli in Manson, Iowa.

She married Kenneth H. Schmidt on Aug. 17, 1955, in Manson, Iowa.

She attended Hesston College and then graduated in 1955 from La Junta (Colo.) Mennonite School of Nursing as a registered nurse. She was a former resident of Greensburg, Rocky Ford, Colo., and Middlebury, Ind. After the tornado in Greensburg, they moved to an apartment at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson in 2008, not because their home was destroyed but due to her need to be closer to medical care.

She attended South Hutchinson Mennonite Church. She and Kenneth enjoyed travel and took mission trips to Mexico. She was very involved in the annual Mennonite relief sales in both Kansas and Colorado, sometimes donating handiwork for auction. Fishing, biking, skiing and family vacations included a lot of activity, and she was always in the center of all of the fun.

Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Kenneth; a son, Arlin Schmidt and his wife, Stephanie, of Basking Ridge, N.J.; three daughters, Rita Martin and her husband, Bryan, of Kansas City, Mo., Nancy Magliery and her husband, Mark, of Denver, Colo., and Susan Funk and her husband, Clif, of Hutchinson; two brothers, Ken Egli and his wife, Judy, and Harris Egli, all of Barnum, Iowa; and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Tom Egli.

Memorial services were held at South Hutchinson Mennonite Church. Burial was in Yoder Mennonite Church Cemetery.