Phyllis Hyde

October 17, 1941 - December 31, 2017

Phyllis Ann Hyde went home to her reward last Sunday, December 31, 2017 after a brief illness. She was born in Estherville, Iowa October 17, 1941. She was the daughter of Vic and Vera Jones. She attended several schools in Iowa and graduated from Perry High School in 1960. She attended Colorado State College studying to be a teacher. In the summer of her second year she came to Washington to visit some friends and met and married her husband Gordon Hyde in 1963. The next year they attended Vancouver Bible College in British Columbia. After graduating they were called to be Pastor and wife at South Aberdeen Baptist Church where they served for 14 ½ years. They then came to Chelan in 1982 where they served as pastor and wife for almost 30 years until their retirement in 2011. During her life Phyllis worked as a secretary and office manager for several small businesses, as a secretary at Grays Harbor Community College, and as the church secretary for Little Stone Church and St. Andrews Episcopal Church. Phyllis leaves her husband at the family home in Chelan, a son Mike and daughter-in-law Jean and their two children, Michelle and Chloe of Chelan, a daughter Charlene and her children Bryce and Beck and great-granddaughter Destiny of Wenatchee, her brother Ron Jones and Patsy of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and numerous other relatives. Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents Vic and Vera and a sister, Sona Lue, and a granddaughter Brandi Blanchfield. Visitation will be Friday, January 5, 2018 from 10 AM to 3 PM at Precht Rose Chapel. Interment will be at Fraternal Cemetery in Chelan Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 11 AM. This will be followed by a Celebration of Life service for Phyllis at noon, at the North Shore Bible Church in Manson with Pastor Keith Rife officiating.