Phyllis R. O’Neill, 86, of Warren, PA., died Monday, December 25, 2023, at St. Vincent Healthcare AHN-Erie, PA., after suffering a fall and fracturing her hip on Saturday, December 23, 2023.
Phyllis was born May 5, 1937, in Warren, PA. She was the daughter of Horace and Lillian Swanson Gorton. Phyllis was a 1955, graduate of Warren High School. She was employed with Loranger’s, Bon Ton, and worked as a secretary at Boy Scouts of America Cornplanter Council, and Warren County Prothonotary office. She retired as secretary of Elk Township. She was owner and operator of the former Yarn Basket. Phyllis was a member of First Methodist Church, their Quilters guild, Eastern Star and Order of the Amaranth. She had served as a Girl Scout Leader and served as a board member. She was a member of the Warren YMCA, Warren Bocce Group, and Pine Grove Lioness Club where she served as treasurer. Phyllis was an avid knitter. She is remembered by her family, as a woman with a great sense of humor, who loved being a grandmother and great grandmother.
She is survived by her 3 children – Kathy Bimber, Perry O’Neill and wife, Kelly, N. Karen Lyle and husband, Steven all of Warren, PA., Grandchildren – Courtney Pierce and husband, Victor of Elgin, IL., John A. Bimber of Warren, PA., Patrick O’Neill of Newmarket, VA., Nathaniel Lyle of Chesapeake, VA., Greta Gardner and husband, Stephen of Winston-Salem, N.C., Great Grandchildren – Ava and Veronica Pierce, Riley and Emma Lyle, Lillian and Mason Gardner, several nieces, and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, M. Eugene “Peanut” O’Neill who died October 6, 2011, whom she married July 27, 1956, in Warren, PA. her son-in-law, John W Bimber, 1 Sister – Barbara Gorton O’Bier.
Family and friends will be received on Thursday, December 28, 2023, from 6 to 8 P.M. at the Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home, Inc., 304 East Street, Warren, PA., A funeral and committal service will be conducted Friday, December 29, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. at First Methodist Church, 200 Market Street, Warren, PA., with Rev. Dr. Mark Hecht, Pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Russell, PA. Those wishing to place memorials may do so through Shriner’s Hospital for Children, 1645 W. 8th Street, Erie, PA., 16505 or First Methodist Church or Boy Scouts of America Cornplanter Council, 316 Fourth Avenue, Warren, PA. 16365. E-mail condolences can be sent by visiting www.lewisfuneralhomeinc.com