Phyllis Mayfield Monier

It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of Phyllis Mayfield Monier on Friday, April 24, 2026. Her daughter and husband were by her side when she was called home to be with the Lord. Phyllis was born on July 17,1946 to Phil Walker Mayfield and Mary Snell Mayfield in Yoakum, Texas. Unfortunately, she lost her mother at 6 months old, which resulted in a special bond between her and her father.

Phil and Phyllis moved from Yoakum to San Antonio where Phil worked for the US Postal Service. Phyllis made some truly wonderful lifelong friends going to school in San Antonio. She graduated from Jefferson High School in 1964.

Phyllis married her high school sweetheart, John Carson, who was a Marine officer. They lived in Virgina and California before he was ordered to Vietnam. They were married for two years before she was widowed and moved back home to live with her dad.

After moving home, Phyllis went back to school to complete her basic courses at San Antonio College where she was a cheerleader and a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She then attended The University of Texas at Austin where she received her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education in 1971 and later received her Master of Arts in Counseling and Guidance at St. Mary’s University in 1973.

On December 26, 1971, Phyllis met Bill on a blind date orchestrated by Bill’s cousin Phil Yochem, Jr. They were engaged just 12 weeks after meeting each other and were married on August 26, 1972, 8 months to the day after their blind date.

After they were married, Phyllis worked as a special education teacher and then for Tesoro and Southwestern Bell in Human Resources. They had been married for 10 years when their only child, Wesley, was born. While Wesley was young, Phyllis made a career change to spend more time with her daughter and opened a lady’s boutique called Off the Cuff. After 10 years in retail, she transitioned back to a Human Resource position at A.J. Monier & Co. and worked with Bill.

Phyllis was strong in her Christian faith and was a longtime member of Alamo Heights United Methodist Church where she attended numerous years of Bible Study, and she and Bill taught Sunday School. She also attended Bible Study Fellowship. She was involved in her community through The Battle of Flowers Association, The Charity Ball Association and Laurel Heights Garden Club.

Phyllis was avid tennis player and member of Oak Hills Country Club. She played mahjong regularly with friends and enjoyed horseback riding with Bill and Wesley at the family ranch. In more recent years, she spent most of her weekends with Bill at Horseshoe Bay, frequenting their favorite restaurants and enjoying the slower pace of lake life.

She loved to travel and was fortunate enough to go on many adventures with Bill and Wesley. Some of the most memorable trips were cruises with Bill to New Zealand and Australia, Alaska, The British Isles, The Mediterranean and a Fall Foliage cruise. She and Wesley also took several mother-daughter trips including Mediterranean and Caribbean cruises. But her favorite place in the world was Maui, Hawaii.

Phyllis, Bill and Wesley spent several summer vacations in Kihei, Maui, on her favorite beaches, at her favorite restaurants, on her favorite walking path. She loved the Hawaiian sunsets and made sure to enjoy them with a little ‘toddy” in the evenings.

Later in life, Phyllis showed great strength and determination as a breast cancer survivor. Her strength was tested again a few years later as she faced Alzheimer’s disease. Her family will always remember her as an honest, determined, witty, smart, caring Christian woman. She was a devoted and loving wife and mother, an adoring grandmother and a loyal friend.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mary and Phil Mayfield. She is survived by her husband, Bill Monier; daughter, Wesley Pennington and husband Kyle; grandchildren, Hayes Pennington and Landon Pennington; sister-in-law, Martha Steves; nieces and nephews, Albert Steves V and wife Tricia, Francie Calgaard and husband Kent, Kurt Steves and wife Amy; and great- nephews and nieces, Seis Steves, Estee Steves, Kathleen Calgaard, Carly Steves and Maggie Steves.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at Porter Loring Mortuary North, 2102 North Loop 1604 East, San Antonio, Texas 78232.

A celebration of Phyllis’s life will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 14 2026 at Alamo Heights United Methodist Church, 825 E. Basse Road, San Antonio, Texas 78209. Rev. Jason Adams will officiate. Interment will be private at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Phyllis’s name to The Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases, Office of Institutional Advancement, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive MC 7835, San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900 (https://biggsinstitute.org/give/); to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 13770 Noel Road, Suite 801889, Dallas, Texas 75380 (https://www.komen.org/about-komen/help-faq/?form=fy27_certainteed_2x&s_src=komen.org&s_subsrc=main_nav_donate); or to Alamo Heights United Methodist Church, 825 E. Basse Road, San Antonio, Texas 78209 (https://ahumc.org/give/).

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