Visitation:
4-6 p.m. Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at Holland
Barry & Bennett Funeral Home
Service:
6 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home
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Phyllis Mae Bryson, 86, of Mt.
Pulaski passed away November 15, 2023, at
Vonderleith Living Center.
Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, November
21, 2023, at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home.
Funeral services will follow at 6 p.m..
Phyllis was born December 26, 1936, in Rural Easton,
IL., the daughter of Clarence Vaughn and Lula Mae
(Kessler) Vaugn. She married William E. "Bill"
Bryson in 1978. He preceded her in death in 2017.
Phyllis was a Nurse, working at Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital, Lincoln Developmental Center, and
Head Start. She was an accomplished family
historian, authoring 4 books on her family history.
She enjoyed painting China. Phyllis was a member of
the Order of the Eastern Star #436 in Pawnee and a
member of the Eagles Lodge #2708 in Lincoln. |
Survivors include: her sons Ronald Dean (Mitzi) Rohlfs, Steven
Ike (Amanda) Rohlfs, and Daniel Lee Rohlfs, stepson "Hap" Bryson, three
grandchildren, several great grandchildren, brother Ronald Vaughn, and sister
Diana Mullins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband "Bill" Bryson, her son Daniel
Lee Rohlfs, 2 brothers, and 6 sisters.
Memorial donations may be made to the Logan County Genealogical and Historical
Society or to the Lake Fork Community Center and will be accepted at the funeral
home.
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