Phyllis Jean Littell was called to be with the Lord on December 12, 2012 at Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle. She was born August 19, 1935 in Waterloo, Iowa to Sidney and Mary Manson. At age five, she moved with her family to Indianapolis. At age 18, she graduated from high school and was married to Clarence Littell.
Clarence was on active duty with the U.S. Navy and assigned to the Brooklyn Ship Yard with the USS Antietam. Clarence and Phyllis honeymooned in New York for two weeks and then were transferred to their new duty station at NAS Pensacola. While in Pensacola, two children, Dennis and Vickie were born. The Navy sent the Littell family on the Alameda and in 1958 they were stationed at Moffett Field, where third child Cindy was born.
Whidbey Island became home in 1960, when Clarence was assigned to NAS Whidbey. Phyllis found work at an Optometrist office in Anacortes for a time and then spent 10 years working for the Whidbey Federal Credit Union. She was a long-time member of the Oak Harbor Southern Baptist Church.
Phyllis is survived by Clarence Littell, her husband of 59 years and by three children and their spouses: Dennis Littell and Sharon Felix of Kirkland, Vickie McDougal and husband Rev. Robert McDougal of Texas and Cindy Palmer and husband Ira of Maryland and her grandchildren Heather Jones, Valerie Pogio, John McDougal, Christine Brack, Amanda Littell, Nathan Palmer and Megan Palmer and great grandchildren, Joshua Jones, Robert Pogio and Sidney Brack. .
She is also survived by her adopted family Dennis Verble and Brian and Katy Verble, all of Coupeville and one sister Hazel Verhine of Indianapolis, IN. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother Kenneth Manson.
Funeral services for Phyllis Littell will be held at 2:00pm Saturday at the Oak Harbor Southern Baptist Church with Rev. Robert McDougal officiating. Graveside committal services will follow at Maple Leaf Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Pregnancy Care Clinic, 670 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor, WA 98277. A reception for family will follow at the church. Friends and family are encouraged to offer condolences and share memories at the Memory Book hosted by Wallin Funeral Home at www.wallinfuneralhome.com
