Phyllis Wendt May 12, 1933 – Aug. 8, 2018

May 12, 1933 – Aug. 8, 2018

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PEORIA, Ariz. – Phyllis Wendt passed away Aug. 8, 2018, in Peoria. She was 85 years old at the time of her death. 

Phyllis was born May 12, 1933, in Harrisburg, Neb., to Lester and Jean (Brown) Rathman. She was the second of three girls born to Lester and Jean. Phyllis grew up on the family farm in Banner County, Neb., and graduated from high school in Harrisburg in 1950. 

She married Glenn Wendt of LaGrange on May 6, 1951. They lived in LaGrange until their retirement in 2001, when they moved to Arizona. Phyllis worked as a teacher’s aide, then as Administrative Assistant at the LaGrange High School for many years. 

She was preceded in death by her parents and her granddaughter, Kristina Wendt. She is survived by her husband, Glenn Wendt, son and daughter-in-law, David and Susan Wendt and Trudy (Wendt) Ball, three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and sisters Margie (Rathman) Smith and Judy (Rathman) Stauffer and numerous nieces and nephews.

Interment will be at the LaGrange Cemetery in LaGrange at a later date.

Those wishing to make a donation in Phyllis’ name are directed to the American Parkinson Disease Association at www.apdaparkinson.org/community/arizona or to the LaGrange Fire Department.