Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:50:53 -0500 From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu> To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Worst timing in the world Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> > kfl at KeithLynch.net 2/7/2005 9:56:09 PM >>> >As you all know, I've been researching the history of WSFA. As part >of this, I've done Google searches and death index searches for the >seven founders of WSFA. To my surprise, one of them, Phyllisann >Courtis, appeared to still be living, despite Joe Mayhew's claim in a >1995 WSFA Journal that Chick Derry had been the last surviving >founder. > >A few days ago, I emailed her to ask if she could confirm that she >was >the same Phyllisann Courtis. > >Today I got a reply, from her daughter Lisa, confirming that she had >indeed been one of WSFA's founders. > >And that she died yesterday. That's incredibly sad. Do you know where she lived? Would her daughter be able/willing to share some photos? A brief bio of her mother? mjw