Phylliss L. Peery, an 81-year-old Gilman City resident, died at 4:11 p.m., Friday April 9, 2021 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at Resthaven Mortuary, north of Trenton.
Burial will be in Edinburg Cemetery west of Trenton.
A family visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. on Sunday at the mortuary.
Open visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at the mortuary.
Mrs. Peery was born July 1, 1939 in Trenton, the daughter of Benford and Lorraine Reeder Tharp.
Before retiring she was employed at the Home Exchange Bank at Jamesport for over 27 years. She was a member of the Union (Coon Creek) Baptist Church west of Trenton.
On February 10, 1962 she was married to Thomas E. Peery at Trenton. He preceded her in death on Dec. 3, 2016.
She is survived by one brother, Randall Tharp of Gilman City; two nieces, Sheila Krumwiede of Kansas City and Tiffany Spurgetis of Illinois; five nephews, Randall Tharp, Jr., Rodney Tharp and Timothy Tharp, all of Kansas City, Anthony Tharp of Lone Jack and Terry Tharp of Moline, IL; three sisters-in-law, Barbara Tharp of Moline, Sara Ann Wilson of Maryville and Linda Gibson of Trenton; several great-nieces and nephews and great-great-nieces and nephews.
Even though Phylliss did not have any children of her own, she loved and thought of Colton, Jacob and Jessica Roy as her grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Donald Tharp and Phillip Tharp; and one sister-in-law, Jo Ellen Zimmerman.
Memorials are suggested to Edinburg Cemetery and may be left with the mortuary.
Online condolences may be left at www.resthavenmort.com
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