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Girard, Phyllis "Feef" "God saw you getting tired A cure was not to be So he put his arms around you And whispered, come with me" Phyllis "Feef" Fraser Girard was born February 12, 1948 to Tom and Helen Mary Fraser. She died on April 6, 2014, after gracefully enduring four years of treatment for ovarian cancer. Phyllis graduated from Hillcrest High School in Dallas in 1965 and attended Trinity University in San Antonio. She was employed as a bookkeeper for Walnut Place Nursing Home for 28 years until her retirement in 2010. She enjoyed 10k walks with several walking clubs, canoe/camping trips, Texas Rangers baseball, swimming, reading, and live country music. She loved her family and friends very much and particularly liked letting others know she cared by sending greeting cards- via the U.S. mail. She will be remembered for her kind and gentle spirit and her sunshine smile. Surviving loved ones include husband John Girard, Lisa Sullivan, Chris Fraser and Steve Coppinger, Joan Fraser; Bill and Anne Ballard, Andrew and Lily; Mike and Michelle Girard, Connor and Emma; Stacey Girard Morgan and Ken Morgan; Colin and Lonnie Clark; Sally and Ron Chapman; Nancy and John Roth; Ruth and Lloyd Yost; and more beloved relatives and cherished friends. If you wish to remember Phyllis with a memorial donation, contributions to North Texas Food Bank, St. Christopher's Episcopal Church of Dallas, or your charity of choice will be appreciated. Per her wishes, Phyllis' body has been cremated and her ashes will be buried in the Garden of Love at Restland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday April 19, 2014 at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, 7900 Lovers Lane, Dallas, TX. 75225. -
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Patty Bowen (Sullivan)
Phyllis was a thoroughly good-hearted woman who sent me a kind note when she saw that my dad had died in 1996. I am so sad that she has passed on. I have nothing but fond memories of her. Patty Bowen Sullivan
Janet Jones (Ihfe)
I was so sorry to hear about the passing of sweet Phyllis. We headed out to college together and were roommates atTrinity for a while. She was part of our wedding celebration. My husband Dick, Phyllis and I were standing in line at one of the Hillcrest Reunions and she began to talk to a tall handsome John Girard and the next thing I knew I got a card in the mail telling me they were married. I know God blessed them both! She was such a kind and gracious friend with a ready laugh and encouraging words.
Paula Williams
Phyllis and I worked in the attendance office at Hillcrest. When my mother entered Walnut Place I discovered that Phyllis worked there as the accountant. Somehow I felt better knowing that Phyllis was there and had the confidence to have had her own mother at Walnut Place. The consensus is that Phyllis indeed was a sweet person.
Ted Crow
I met Phyllis the summer before the 3rd grade. We grew up together along with Gary Wilson, Jim Jordan and others too numerous to mention. The neighborhood was new and full of young children; it was a great place to grow up. Phyllis was the the kindest and most gentle of all of us and she didn't lose those traits as she grew up. She was at the hospital the morning after my dad died and looked in on mom when she was at Walnut Place. I am so glad she and John got together. I know they had some great years together and I thank God John was there to help her though the tough years of her illness. I know that was a hard time to go through but they fought a good fight together. Thank you, John.
Phyllis called John her angel. I think God calls all of us to be "angels" to each other as we fulfill the Golden Rule. How will you and I be someone's angel as we go through what remains of our lives? Ted