Phyllis Louise (Buchman) SCHILLING

SCHILLING, BUCHMAN, MCNITT, REYES, MUNDAY, SHORES, ROBERTS, DAHLSTROM, CMELIK, GOETZ, RYDBERG, WESSEL, MURPHY, LINDSTROM

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/20/2013 at 12:12:08

December 27, 1929 --- November 16, 2013

CLARION -- Phyllis Louise Schilling, 83, of Clarion, Iowa, passed away Saturday Nov. 16, 2013, at the Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center. Memorial services will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church in Clarion. Fellowship with family will be one hour prior to services at the church.

Phyllis Louise Buchman was born Dec. 27, 1929, to Harold and Agnes (McNitt) Buchman in Springbrook, Wis. She was united in marriage to Francis Sherman Schilling on June 11, 1949, in Lindstrom, Minn. Phyllis enjoyed parades, gardening, canning, baking, watching baseball on television, babies and spending time with her family. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Clarion and participated in Rebekahs and TOPS.

Phyllis is survived by six children: Mark (Zelene) Schilling, Debra Reyes, Penny (Jim) Munday, Diane Shores and partner Wade Roberts, Kris Schilling and fiancé Sue Dahlstrom, and Karen (Mike) Cmelik; 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; brothers, Howard and Ed (Janelle) Buchman; and sisters, Marlene (Marv) Goetz, Maxine (Neal) Rydberg and Janette Wessel. She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis Schilling; parents, Harold and Agnes Buchman, and stepmother, Virginia Buchman; brothers Delphin, Vernon and Orville Buchman; sisters Norma Murphy and Eleanor Lindstrom; and grandson Garrett Roberts. Memorial donations may be made in her name to the First United Methodist Church in Clarion.

November 19, 2013
Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa