Phyllis Peara

Phyllis Peara, 83, wife of the Rev. Sir Edgar Peara, died of congestive heart failure March 6, 2011 in Eugene, OR. A graduate of the U. of Nebraska, she was a junior high school teacher. She was president of the League of Women Voters in several communities. Phyllis was named the “Outstanding Woman of the Year” in Chicago’s north suburbs. An unparalleled minister’s wife, at UU Community Church, Park Forest, IL, she was named “UU Unsung Hero.” She was an avid reader who belonged to four book clubs and was active in OLLI, the senior program at the U. of Oregon. She is survived by her husband, her children, Portia Blackman and Alan Ball of Santa Fe, NM, Leah Pahlmeyer of Durango, CO, and Sarah Taylor of North Oaks, MN, and her four stepsons: Christopher, Jonathan, Timothy and Andrew Peara, as well as her sister, Gena Sorensen, of Oakland, CA, and ten grandchildren and one great grandson.