{"id":2393,"date":"2021-05-23T09:12:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T09:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honoringphyllisanderson.com\/?page_id=2393"},"modified":"2021-11-02T17:47:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T17:47:46","slug":"phyllis-anderson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/honoringphyllisanderson.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Phyllis Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Phyllis Brooksby Anderson\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Phyllis Brooksby Anderson was born on November the 13th, 1939 and passed away on July 6th, 2021 at the age of 81 in La Paz, Mexico. Phyllis was born in Flagstaff Arizona to the family of Clarence and Dorothy Brooksby.<\/p>

Predeceased by her father, mother, and her brother Russell, Phyllis is survived by her beloved husband of 61 years Bernard (Barney), son Eric and his wife Rebecca, daughter Kristen, son Ross, and grandchildren Sierra, Etta, and Mabel.<\/p>

Her parents were respected teachers in the Flagstaff school system. Phyllis’s mother Dorothy became a well-known national educator with the National Educators Association (NEA) and lived in Washington D.C. Dorothy passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer\u2019s in Durango Colorado.<\/p>

Phyllis grew up in Flagstaff and attended Arizona State College which has since become Northern Arizona University. She was a proud member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority of said college and she made many, many wonderful friends there.<\/p>

She met Bernard Anderson, from Modesto, California, on a double date with her fellow sorority sisters in 1958. Barney Anderson was a very handsome lad. They soon fell in love and were married shortly after.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Phyllis and Barney spent their entire lives teaching. Phyllis’s early years were spent as an educator. She completed her Masters degree in Special Education at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She and Barney then moved to Columbus Ohio where Barney attended The Ohio State University where he received a PhD in Economics.<\/p>

Phyllis and Barney were a perfect couple because they both shared the same passion for teaching. Phyllis taught special education at both Smiley Junior High and Durango High School, and then English as a second language to Chinese students in Shanghai China.<\/p>

They both loved to volunteer their time, especially after retirement, and spent a summer hammering nails alongside Jimmy and Rosalind Carter with Habitat for Humanity, before spending a year traveling across the world as senior Education Advisors with the internationally known educational organization Up with People.<\/p>

Upon retirement they both moved to Mexico to the city of La Paz. They loved to drink margaritas on the Malecon, and they enjoyed many, many chiles rellenos.<\/p>

A celebration of Phyllis’s Life will be held by her loved ones on Tuesday, October 5th, 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Celebration of Life & Reception for \n
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The Anderson family invites you to view the virtual celebration of life service & reception honoring our dear Phyllis.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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