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- Olean Times Herald
June 26, 2012
OSWEGO - Phyllis Potter Burrows, 91, died peacefully at St. Luke's Health Facility in Oswego on Sunday (June 24, 2012) after a long illness.
Phyllis was born in Houlton, Maine, on Jan. 10, 1921, to Dr. John G. and Evelyn Haskell Potter. She attended Ricker High School and Colby College in Maine.
She moved to Andover and then Wellsville in 1944, where she met and married John A. Burrows on June 25, 1945.
She worked many years as a legal secretary in Wellsville, most recently for Cummings, Embser and Woltag. Phyllis was an avid golfer and was a member of the Wellsville Country Club for 60 years. She was a member of the United Church of Christ in Wellsville and served as secretary to the Rev. Russell J. Clair. Phyllis traveled extensively, often with her dear friend Harriett Bradley. She was a voracious reader all her life. She wintered in Cocoa Beach, Fla., for over 20 years before moving to Oswego in June 2011.
Her husband John, in 1965, and her brother, J. Richard Potter, in 1999, predeceased her.
She is survived by her three children, Roxana (William) Farden, Jack (Sheryl) Burrows and Philip (Angela) Burrows; her seven grandchildren, Emily (Andrew) Hinman, John (Lee) Farden, Zack (Mary Donovan) Farden, Anna Burrows, Maya Burrows, Dylan Burrows and Natalie Burrows; and four great-grandchildren, Audrey, Liam, Benjamin Hinman and Jacoby Farden.
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1921 - 2012 (91 years)
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