Phyllis Surratt: Feb. 10, 1928 – July 16, 2021

Phyllis Jean Surratt, 93, peacefully passed away on July 16, 2021. Phyllis was born in Lead, S.D., on Feb. 10, 1928 and was one of 13 children. 

Her family moved to Pleasant Hill in the 1940s and when they moved back to South Dakota, she decided to stay in Eugene and got a job with Pacific NW Bell as a switchboard operator. She married John Frantz in 1947 and they had a son, Dennis. Her…