Phyllis Plost

Phyllis June Plost, 92 years young, passed away on May 17, 2024. Phyllis was a little lady with a big personality and a bigger laugh. She loved to have fun and was the life of every party she attended. And when she attended an event that wasn’t a party, it became a party once she arrived! Phyllis was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (in the same hospital as the man she would marry) and grew up in Wichita, Kansas. She adored her two younger sisters, Marillyn and Joan. Growing up, the three of them would put on plays for their family (which Phyllis no doubt directed), and they all stayed close throughout their adult lives. Phyllis attended the University of Oklahoma, where she joined Sigma Delta Tau, met her husband Herbert (“Hershey”) Plost and started her lifelong Sooner fandom. Phyllis and Hershey were inseparable and loved every minute of each other’s company. The two returned to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they raised three children—Jerry, Randy, and Hildy. Phyllis was a voracious reader and spent many hours relaxing on her back porch with a book. Together, Phyllis and Hershey were extremely active and filled their weekends with boating, tennis, golf, and long walks together hand-in-hand. They were also expert jitterbug dancers and were not shy in displaying their skill when the music started playing—especially at happy hours. Phyllis had a magnetic personality and could (and would) strike up a conversation with anyone. She was an avid mah-jongg player and would often gloat about her “high-stakes” winnings from the week. Although perhaps less competitive, she also relished playing jacks, board games, and hide and seek with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. No matter what role Phyllis was playing—wife, friend, mother, grandmother, or great-grandmother—she approached it with unparallelled enthusiasm and joy. She lived a wonderful life. Phyllis was adored by her whole family, including her husband, Herbert (“Hershey”) Plost; her children and their spouses, Jerry (deceased) and Debra Plost, Randy and Holly Plost, and Hildy and Michael Caplan; her grandchildren and their spouses, Zach and Mindy Plost, Lindsey and Jared Rockoff, Sam and Brielle Plost, Jennifer and Justen Barks, Grant and Liz Plost, Brandon and Faye Plost, and Clark Plost and TJ Martin, and fourteen great-grandchildren. She will be greatly missed. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Phyllis’s memory to The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (https://secure.pancan.org/site/Donation2?df_id=6701&mfc_pref=T&6701.donation=form1) or a charity of your choice. A private graveside service was held.

Phyllis Plost

June 26, 1931 - May 17, 2024