Phyllis Marie (Bartels) Fulwider, 90, died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, after a lengthy illness.
She was born on Dec. 31, 1927, in Delaware, Iowa, the daughter of William and Mary Bartels.
She grew up in Hopkinton, Iowa, and attended Hopkinton schools.
She married Forest L. Fulwider on June 15, 1944, in Hopkinsville, Ken. She lived most of her life in Anamosa, Iowa. She moved to Greenleafton in 2003, after retiring from her job driving children with special needs to schools in and around Anamosa.