AUBURN: Phyllis Griffiths Dregallo, of Auburn, peacefully passed away on Thursday July 5, 2018 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born on March 28, 1929 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the only child of Weaver Griffiths and Thelma Corle. She attended Johnstown High School graduating with High Honors. She attended Slippery Rock University graduating Magma Cum Laude. Phyllis was accepted by Johns Hopkins University Medical School however she chose to follow a career in education. She married a Marine Corps veteran and began to raise the first of her six children. Phyllis was the Lower School Director at Fay School in Southboro, Massachusetts. She taught third grade at Casady School, a coed Episcopal day school in Oklahoma, City, Oklahoma where she was awarded a special prize for her excellence in teaching. Phyllis is survived by her husband of sixty-eight years, Frank, and their six children, Jamie, Darby, Kim, Frank S., Andrew and Peter; and seven grand-children and five great grand-children.
Condolences may be shared with her family at www.thefortingrouplewiston.com
FUNERAL NOTICE:
DREGALLO—Phyllis Griffiths, A viewing will be held at the Blackburn Funeral Home located in Alum Bank, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. The interment will be at Jenner Crossroads Cemetery, Jennerstown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 10:30 AM.
In lieu of flowers please make any contributions to The Cathedral Church of Saint Luke, 143 State Street, Portland, Maine, 04101. Arrangements are under the care of The Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services 70 Horton St. Lewiston, 784-4584.
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