Phyllis Hurley Obituary

I was so sad to learn of Phyllis' passing when I arrived in Chicago earlier this week. I had visited her on all my previous trips to Chicago for over a decade.
Deepest sympathy from Mary Zieman & George Zieman.

My heart-felt condolences to Paul!

I do know that my aunt had enormous physical struggles the past few years.
I do remember the times I talked to her on the phone, and that even though it was very difficult for her to make her way up and down those stairs, never-the-less, every night she made that trek upstairs to sleep in her bed. I was a witness to it back in Aug. 2008. Aunt Phyllis had such determination!
One could not have met a kinder woman! I was blessed to have her as my God Mother, because, in my time of grief---whether it be two bouts of Breast Cancer, or my journery as a single mother during my daughters teenage years; when Aunt Phyllis said that she truly was worried about me! I knew she really meant it. She would not say she was praying for me, but indeed I knew that was exactly what she was doing!
And.....you know......IT WORKED! I pulled through many times of unassuredness in the years.

When I would call her years back, when she was still home, I would keep her on the phone for a long time! She would always listen to my crazy stories...But the best remark Aunt Phyllis said to me once is that I must have the word SUCKER written on my forhead!! That was a classic Aunt Phyllis response!----She would say it exactly how she saw it! That left me in stitches!
I will always miss her wonderful voice! So theatrical! And one word in particular-----the word----LOVE, as she often adressed everyone!

I know in my heart that the last two years in her path must have been very difficult. I was very pleased to have learned that she had accepted full-time, around the clock care that she really needed. And that she started getting used to the idea of having friends around her where she was living. That brought me great comfort that she was not alone.

Although, I never went to visit her, I imagined her being at a world class country club for the elder! And that her needs were taken care of!

I will truly miss my Aunt ...There is an irreplaceable void in my heart!----

My prayers are with you-----love, Sylvia and Erika