DE HOLLANDER, Mrs. Phyllis A.
of Kalamazoo, MI Died Sunday evening August 28, 2011. Phyllis was born February 20, 1946 in Newport, Arkansas a daughter of Robert and Sevilla Ward Childers. She had been a Kalamazoo area resident most of her life and was employed with Western Michigan University for 22 years, retiring in 1995. Phyllis was also a member of the Southside Church of the Nazarene. She was preceded in death by her parents; and 2 brothers, Ben and Roy. On July 3, 1964, she was united in marriage to James A. DeHollander who survives. Also surviving, 2 children, James DeHollander, Jr. of Kalamazoo and Carla Joseph McCully Jr. of Paw Paw; 4 grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Services were held 11 o?clock Wednesday from the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, 622 S. Burdick Street. The family received friends at the funeral home. Interment was in Maple Grove Mattawan Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan.