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As many of you can attest, Harmony Kingdom collectors have a closeness in our community that includes sharing our joys and even our sorrows. A couple of weeks ago, I post a notice about the efforts being made by Lisa of Harmony Ball Co., Ann Schmidt of Fin-Alley Gifts and others to help one of our long time HK collectors, Phyllis Quarles. We are sad to inform you that Phyllis lost her battle with cancer yesterday while still in the prime of her life. There is a service for her in Baltimore tomorrow, Wednesday Feb. 6th. A number of fellow HK collectors and club members from Harmony Mid-Atlantic Collectors Club will be attending. Please keep the family and friends of Phyllis' in your heart as we mourn her passing. There is a Guestbook and Obituary in the Baltimore Sun http://www.legacy.com/baltimoresun/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=102701588 in case you wish to share your memories or express condolences. Leanna |
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Leanna, would there be a way we can honor Phyllis at the event? |
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Yes, Kay. For one thing, she will be remembered in our yearbook. Please send me any other suggestions. Leanna |
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| | From:  lyndahk | Sent: 2/6/2008 5:12 PM |
I would suggest that we also have a page in memorium for our Phyllis in the event program and perhaps a moment of silence during one of the events such as the Sunday Brunch though knowing Phyllis she probably would protest the latter! Lynda |
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| | | From: lyndahk | Sent: 2/6/2008 8:54 PM |
Hannah, That is a great thought... Lynda |
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That is a great idea, Hannah. |
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| | | From: vburne | Sent: 2/7/2008 12:19 AM |
I think that Phyllis would love for all of us to enjoy every moment we have together and that we keep her in our thoughts as well as in our deeds. Phyllis was always doing things on the spur of the moment and I will try to do what I can to carry on with her actions. Phyllis and I were honored at an event a couple of years ago because our birthdays are just a day apart, so in honor of Phyllis I will always honor her birth date with a special prayer on our shared days. Fly high dear Phyllis we shall meet again some day. Vickie  |
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It was a very beautiful and moving service today... tears flowed freely and frequently as you can guess. I lost it several times... especially at one point... where the Rabbi was very eloquently describing how Phyllis' collectibles had brought her such joy and how she had embraced them with the same passion that she embraced life... and then he made the analogy that he could see where all her faeries had metamorphasized into angels to help guide her soul to heaven... that's the point I broke down. It was an emotional day and we could feel everyone that could not make it spirit's filling the room and surrounding us at the cemetary... Phyllis was trully and deeply loved by all who knew her and all who knew of her... her family recognized that as fact today... I spoke briefly with her mother, Charlotte, who told me that she had heard from several "collector friends" over the past several weeks and it just amazed her that her daughter could have made such an impression on so many people from so many differen tplaces... I just told her -- that didn't surprise me one single bit... and I know that it does not surprise any of you either. There's not much else to say... except that if I am able to live even half the life that Phyllis lived, express even half the love that Phyllis displayed, or embrace even half the people that Phyllis openly and lovingly and selflessly embraced... then I will have lived, loved, and embraced more than enough for one person's lifetime... but I sure will keep trying. Good night and god bless everyone |
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Hi everyone, I am Phyllis' brother Neil. I just want to tell everyone how moved our family is by all the kind words from Phyllis' collector friends across the country. We knew Phyllis loved to travel, attend events and collect art, but it was always the people who made this such an important part of her life.
Although we are still hurting in many ways, your messages are comforting, and I am printing copies for our Mom and Bill. Special thanks to Ann for organizing the Raffle and good luck to everyone (I will buy a few tickets, maybe I will win my first collectible!)
Finally, I love the idea of a "moment of joy" or "cheer" at the Orlando event; Phyllis would have wanted to see everyone smiling and remembering something good about her, not crying.
Lots of love from our family,
Neil Levy
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Hello Neil... And a very warm welcome into our crazy little online world... here we are all afflicted with MDD (marble dust disease) but then... we also have a built-in support group of which Phyllis was not oly a charter member of but also one of the leading members working on treating the afflicted. In that capacity, she was a GOOD friend to everyone she ever met... I do not believe that Phyllis even believed in strangers... they were all just friends that she had not met yet. And for those of us that had the priviledge of meeting her in person, we all quickly became best friends for life... which is a very rare thing in the world. I will cherish my memories of times spent with Phyllis at events, here at our house in Hampton, at her and Bill's house in Myrtle Beach, on the phone, in emails, in the Friday night online chats we all used to have on the boards (back when MSN still had the chat feature on the boards)... we used to have trivia contests and Phyllis and I (and others) would work for days and days to come up with 30 lousy trivia questions to stump the Harmony Kingdom gang... and then it would all be over in 20 minutes. LOL But it was worth it... the laughter could be heard from 1000 miles away! And while we ALL had some tough times over the past few years -- no matter what -- without exception -- Phyllis was always there with a comforting smile, a friendly voice, and that quirky sense of humor that just made you forget about whatever mundane piece of the world had been bugging you. And I do like to think that her collector friends were there for her when she needed us as well. It's just what we do. And since we are just one big (slightly crazy) extended family... you, Bill, Charlotte and the rest of the Levy and Quarles clans are all part of that too. So, again... welcome! Hope to see you soon Mike |
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