Phyllis Wallace

Phyllis Wallace Tucson, AZ resident Phyllis E. Wallace, 77, of Tucson, Arizona, died Monday, April 25, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Please join the family for a memorial service to celebrate the lives of Bob and Phyllis Wallace at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the home of Scott Wallace, 104 East 28th Street in Kearney. Interment will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday at the St. Patrick Cemetery in Eddyville, NE. Memorials are suggested to the Jubilee Center. O’Brien Straatmann funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences or personal reflections may be submitted at www.osafh.com Phyllis E. Wallace, 77 of Tucson, Arizona died Monday, April 25, 2011 in Kearney. Phyllis was born January 3, 1934 in Sumner, Nebraska to Earl and Opal (Johnson) Cramer. She and Bob had a successful small farm near Kearney before moving to Tucson. In the early 1970’s, Phyllis earned her Master’s degree in Special Education from the University of Arizona. She taught in many capacities throughout her life. Phyllis was a very accomplished quilter and loved sharing her quilts with family and friends. She recently completed numerous quilts to donate to the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Phyllis and Bob received great pleasure in spending time with their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. They enjoyed years of hiking, bicycling, camping, traveling, reading and music. Most recently they volunteered at Friends of the Library in Tucson, Arizona and delighted in the company of their fellow volunteers. They relished sharing the humor of everyday life with family and friends. Phyllis and Bob will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved them. Survivors include her sons, Michael and his wife, Karen, and Mark and his wife, Cindy, all of Tucson; Scott of Kearney; and daughter, Alice Bauman and her husband, Ron of Flagstaff; ten grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; brother, Dwane Cramer of Sumner; brothers-in-law, James and his wife, Jane, of Loveland, CO; Charles and his wife, LouAnn, of Alamogordo, NM; sisters-in-law, Ruth Kresser of Kearney and Norma Eby of Overton;; and sister-in-law Darlene Wallace of Nebraska City. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob; her parents and her much loved daughter-in-law, Laurie Wallace.

Phyllis Wallace

January 3, 1934 - April 25, 2011