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- Phyllis Audrey Bill, born March 22, 1927 in Bath, was a daughter of Leo and Mildred (Montayne) Wixom. She graduated from the North Cohocton-Atlanta High School in 1944, then attended Buffalo State Teachers College and Rochester Business Institute. As a young woman, she worked in the buyers office at Sibleys in Rochester.
On April 29, 1949 in Atlanta, Phyllis married Donald K. Bill. They lived in Wayland, and she was a homemaker and mother of two daughters. She loved to write, cook, sew and work in her garden. She loved animals, especially dogs and cats, but most of all she loved her family.
Phyllis was a member of the Wayland United Methodist Church, where she was very active in the United Methodist Women's Group and taught Sunday School. She was also a member of the Home Bureau and had been a Wayland Girl Scout leader. She was an avid historian, pianist and artist.
Phyllis Bill passed away January 27, 2001 at Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville after a short illness. She was 73. She was survived by her husband of 51 years, Donald; two daughters, four grandchildren, one sister, one brother, and several nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews and cousins. Burial was in the Village Cemetery, Wayland.
Source: Obituary published in the Genesee Country Express, February 8, 2001, pag
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