Phyllis E. Schmidt, 76, died Jan. 13, 2010, at St. Francis, Wichita.

She was born April 17, 1933, in Manson, Iowa, the daughter of Emery and Edna Peterson Egli.

She attended Hesston College and then graduated in 1955 from LaJunta Mennonite School of Nursing, LaJunta, and Colo., as a Registered Nurse. She was a former resident of Greensburg, Rocky Ford, Colo., and Middlebury, Ind., moving in 2008 to an apartment at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. Phyllis attended South Hutchinson Mennonite Church.

On Aug. 17, 1955, she married Kenneth H. Schmidt in Manson, Iowa. He survives.

Other survivors include; son, Arlin Schmidt and wife Stephanie, Basking Ridge, N.J., daughters, Rita Martin and husband Bryan, Kansas City, Mo., Nancy Magliery and husband Mark, Denver, Colo., Susan Funk and husband Clif, Hutchinson, brothers, Ken Egli and wife Judy and Harris Egli, all of Barnum, Iowa; and 7 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Tom Egli.

Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Monday January 18th at Yoder Mennonite Church Cemetery with a Memorial Service to follow at 11 a.m. at South Hutchinson Mennonite Church. Friends may call 9-9 Sunday with family to receive friends from 3-5 p.m. Sunday at Elliott Mortuary.

Memorials may be made to Mennonite Manor or the Mennonite Central Committee or Be The Match Foundation for Bone Marrow Transplants in care of the mortuary.