Phyllis McCollom

December 18, 1924 - August 29, 2017

Phyllis McCollom Jefferson, IA Date of Death: August 29, 2017 Funeral services for Phyllis McCollom, 92, of Jefferson will be held at 11:00am Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at Central Christian Church, Jefferson. Interment will be in the Jefferson Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family one hour prior to the funeral, beginning at 10am Tuesday at Central Christian Church. Memorials are suggested to the Central Christian Church in Jefferson. Phyllis Lavonne McCollom was born December 18, 1924 at Churdan, Iowa. She was the daughter of John Oliver Frazier and Myrtle Strain Frazier. Phyllis graduated from Churdan High School in 1940. Following graduation, she worked for Doerr Drug in Boone, Iowa for a year. Phyllis was a member of the Central Christian Church in Jefferson. She lived in the Jefferson area for most of her life. In her early working career, Phyllis took the Civil Service training course. She worked for a time in Civil Service in Dayton, Ohio in the mid 1940’s. Phyllis married Art McCollom in September of 1946. They were the parents of three children: Michael, Kerry and Tamara. Phyllis was a bookkeeper at her husband’s meat locker in Jefferson. In the 1950’s, Phyllis worked for the telephone company. Then for many years, she was a grocery clerk at G & M Foods in Jefferson. Phyllis liked to bowl and she belonged to a bowling league. There were several years throughout their marriage when Phyllis and Art enjoyed camping. Phyllis was a devoted mother to her children. Phyllis McCollom died August 29, 2017 at the Regency Park Nursing and Rehab Center. She was 92 years of age. Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Arthur McCollom; children: Michael McCollom, Kerry McCollom and Tamara Calvert; sisters: Mildred Swanson, Lyla Hulbert, and Lucille Mosher. Survivors include her son-in-law, LeRoy Calvert of Paton, IA; sister, LaBerta Hoyle formerly of Jefferson, now of Utah; and brother-in-law, Harold Hoyle of Jefferson, IA; a step-grandchild; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home of Jefferson is in charge of arrangements.