Phyllis J. Kimball

Mildred Phyllis Jones Kimball died December 25, 2024, at the age of 98 in Draper, UT of complications of old age. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 3, 1926, to Thatcher C. Jones and Glenette Clark Jones. She grew up in New York City (Queens), graduating from Bayside High School. Phyllis then attended BYU where she met her future husband, Andrew Kimball. She fell in love with him but had to wait nearly four years before their wedding in the Salt Lake Temple in December,1948 as he was in the US Navy and then on an LDS Mission.

Phyllis received a teaching degree from BYU in 1948 and taught elementary school for 20 days. She then became a busy mother of seven children.

Her life involved many moves; starting in SLC, then Ann Arbor, MI, Schenectady, NY, Eastchester, NY, Owensboro, KY, Summit, NJ, Fairfield, CT and finally back to SLC.

Phyllis served faithfully in many LDS Church callings including Ward and Stake Relief Society President, Ward and Stake Young Women's President, teacher and librarian. She and her husband served two LDS missions, at the Oakland Temple Visitor's Center and Palmyra/ Fayette New York Visitor's Centers where she loved giving tours. She was always faithful in her callings and had an unwavering faith from childhood to death. She loved Temples and attended weekly for many years.

Phyllis loved counted cross stitching and made more than 100 pictures over the years, giving framed pictures to all her grandchildren and children as well as adorning her own beautiful home. Each one required hundreds of hours of work and reflected the great love she had for her family. She also did needlepoint, knitting, crocheting, reading books and daily scripture reading and loved TV news. She travelled frequently to many parts of the world.

Her family was her most important legacy. She loved them so much. Her children are Andrew, Jr. (Kathryn) of New York City, Patricia (Ken-deceased) Goodwin of Florida, Susan (Terry) Johnson of Utah, Carol Jean (deceased), Virginia Lamoreaux (deceased), Roger (Nancy) of Florida and Spencer (Kelly) of Utah. She had 27 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren. Her husband, Andrew, died January 2020.

Our beautiful, sweet, loving mother will be missed greatly by so many people including her family, friends, hair and nail ladies, women’s clothing salespeople and all others who had a chance to get to know her many wonderful qualities.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, January 2, 2025, at Larkin Mortuary, 260 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT. Interment will be at the Salt Lake City Cemetery.