Phyllis A. France

My condolences. It is my hope that these words of the Holy Scriptures, prove to be supportive in this difficult and painful time…..

John 11:32-45

32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”

38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it.39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.”40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”

45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;

Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage

http://www.jw.org

Dear Larry,

I was shocked and saddened to hear of Phyllis' passing yesterday. Unfortunately, in today's world the primary doctor is not always directly notified and I only found out about her hospital stay when I then logged on to OSF's computer system to see what happened after seeing the obituary. However, I realized there was nothing that I could have done or anyone for that matter for how it happened. She was such a positive person that I always enjoyed her office visits. We will miss her deeply and all of my staff said as much when I told them what happened. If there is anything we can do to help in this tough time let us know. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. She was very special and we are all blessed to have known her.  

Sincerely,
Rebecca Knight, MD

Sorry to hear about  Phyllis.  We'll miss seeing her in the balcomy on Sundays.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Erle and Jean Currie

  It is my wish to express my condolences  and convery a conforting thought based on the Scriptures.
       John 5:28 " Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out". 
  This passage speaks of open resurrection of our loved ones. It is God's plan to see us suffer an die, so invites us to "come near to God and He will draw near to you (James 4:8)
      Please go to the following link to obtain mor information rearding the Hope expressed in this passage.
http.//www.jw.or

Larry - We are so sorry for your loss.  Please know you are in our thoughts and prayers.