Phyllis Weiss Obituary Phyllis Jean Weiss passed away October 17, 2020 Phyllis was born November 17, 1937 to Edna (Ross) Hanson and Arnold Hanson at Bethesda Hospital in Crookston, MN. She was baptized on December 5, 1937 at Zion Lutheran Church in Warren, MN and confirmed into the Lutheran faith on June 11, 1950 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Crookston, MN. Phylliss parents lived on a farm in Warren, MN. She went to school in Warren until the family moved to a sugar beet farm near Crookston when she was in the 6th grade. In high school she and was involved in music and enjoyed roller skating at the local rink with friends. She graduated from Crookston High School in June, 1955. She met the love of her life, Verne Eugene Weiss at the Lutheran Student Center at the University of Minnesota. The two were married August 25, 1962 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Crookston. They raised their family and built a strong community of friends in Plymouth, MN and retired to a home on Lake Irene in Miltona, MN. They returned to live in Wayzata, MN in 2015. Phyllis attended the College of MedicalTechnology in Minneapolis and went on to further study Medical Technology and earned her BS at the University of Minnesota in 1962. She was a proud card stunt flipper in the student section at Gopher football games. Phyllis worked as a Med Tech in the Microbiology Lab at the University of Minnesota Hospital from 1962-1968 and went back to work in the same lab from 1983-1996. Phyllis loved music, golf, volunteering and had a gift for serving others. She leaves a legacy as the founder of TLC daycare center at Christ Memorial Lutheran Church. If you were lucky to know Phyllis, you enjoyed her graceful hospitality and never went hungry at her house. She delighted in making the annual Thanksgiving pies with her grandchildren, took pride in crafting the annual Christmas letter and could whip up more types of bars than you can imagine. Phyllis is survived by her husband of 58 years, daughters, Jennifer Lynn Weiss (Glen Coakley), Joyclyn Jean Weiss; two sisters, Karen Landsem (Gary Landsem) and Janis Restad (Gary Restad); sister-in-law, Marlene Hanson; brother-in-law Jack Reed; three grandchildren, George Thomas Weiss Goldade, Greta Jean Weiss Goldade and Zara Marie Coakley; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by parents; siblings, Duane Hanson and Bette Reed; and parents in-law Bertha (Faas) Weiss and Carl Weiss. Her ashes will be laid to rest in the columbarium at Trinity Lutheran Church of Long Lake, MN following a private service with immediate family. Memorial suggestions to Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, Interfaith Outreach in Plymouth, MN, Our Saviors Lutheran School in Crookston, MN or donors choice.