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Phyllis C. Long

November 2, 1936 — July 15, 2011

Phyllis C. Long, the daughter of Elbert and Bernice Claudine (Ruff) Schrodt, was born on November 2, 1936, in Creston, Iowa. Phyllis entered eternal rest on Friday, July 15, 2011, at Afton Care Center, Afton, Iowa at the age of seventy-four years, eight months, and thirteen days.
Phyllis graduated from Creston High School with the Class of 1956. On July 29, 1956, she married Howard Dean Long at the Little Brown Church in the Vale, in Nashua, Iowa.
Phyllis was a homemaker and an avid volunteer. Both her church and her community were very important to her. Phyllis was a long-time active member of the United Church of Christ Congregational in Creston. She held the office of Church Treasurer for many years; taught adult education at the Church; and was involved in Womens Fellowship. Phyllis was part of the initial effort to start Open Table at the UCC Congregational and made flower arrangements for the Altar Guild.
Phyllis was also a 4-H leader for the Jolly-Jills 4-H Club for eight years. She volunteered for Meals on Wheels since the inception of the program; volunteered for the Hospital Gift Shop by making flower arrangements; and manned the Life Line Medical Alert System. For over ten years Phyllis baked wedding cakes for many people. Phyllis friends and family enjoyed the Christmas goodies she made for them.
Left to cherish Phyllis memory are her husband, Howard Long, Creston; her daughter, Pamela L. (husband William K.) Jones, of Creston; her grandchildren: Elizabeth A. Jones, of Cambridge, MA; and Chelsea R. Jones, of Logan, UT; her sister, Barbara (husband Paul) Dillard, Grandview, WA; her half-sisters: Liz (husband Gerald) Aubrecht; Charlotte Middleton, Mary Hill, and Clara Dee Shrodt; her sister-in-law, June Schrodt, Moses Lake, WA; and her step-brothers: Rick (wife Kim) Davis, Scooter Schrodt, and Tom Schrodt.
Phyllis was preceded in death by her mother, Bernice (Ruff) Davis; her father, Elbert Schrodt, her step-father, Harold Davis; her brothers: Paul Schrodt and Billy Schrodt; her step-brothers: Dean Schrodt, Charlie Schrodt, and Louis Schrodt; her son, Steven Long, and her granddaughter, Cory L. Jones.
Memorials may be directed to United Church of Christ Congregational, Creston, Iowa.

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