Phyllis (Kaplan) Salvin

Phyllis Salvin, of Needham, formerly of Newton, passed away on March 24th, 2017 at age  93.  92 of those years were lived in good health and in happy pursuits. Sadly, the last few months were quite challenging which made her family very sad.

After her husband died and left her a widow at 65, she began to travel the world. When that got to be too much, in her 80’s, she took cruises and traveled across America, Canada and Alaska, and the Caribbean. At 88, her family finally took away her license when a non-English speaking person called to tell them, in very broken English, that she was in a bank about 25 miles from where she lived. She thought it was just another great adventure and no big deal. Her car was sold the next week. Until barely a year ago, she was interested in everything and had no shortage of nasty words to use for agent orange. She wanted to vote for Hillary in this election and see her elected, but became too ill at the last minute. Her greatest desire was to live long enough to see her granddaughter, Jenny, have a baby. She got double that pleasure when her niece also had a baby about the same time. Phyllis was a United States Marine who served during WWII, a college graduate at 50, a competitive bridge player, a business owner, a great grandmother times 4, and a world traveler. Her family states that was a life well-lived.

Shiva will be at the home of Joni and Michael Schockett, 174 Evelyn Road, Needham, MA, on Monday and Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 and Wednesday from 7-9.

Donations may be made to The Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, 1200 Centre Street, Roslindale, MA 02131, Temple Reyim, 1860 Washington Street, Auburndale, MA, or to the charity of your choice.

Graveside services were held on Sunday, March 26, 2017 at Sharon Memorial Park. Phyllis would have been so proud of the beautiful honors bestowed upon her by the United States Marine Corps.