Phyllis Hazel Mossberg Palm

Phyllis Hazel Mossberg Palm of Cheshire, CT died after a long illness. Phyl was born in New Haven, CT, the only child of Harold and Hazel Benger Mossberg. She grew up in the Millbrook area of North Haven and attended the Spring Glen School. Phyl received her degree in Child Care after attending Stephen’s College in Missouri and Boston University. In 1950, the minister of the Cheshire Congregational Church asked her to start a nursery school, which she did-and it is still in operation today! Wedding bells rang when she married Theodore O. Palm on February 2, 1952, and they initially resided in Cheshire. They had two daughters and the family moved to North Haven in 1961, retreating to a cottage on Long Island Sound in the summers. Phyl was an active Girl Scout all her life, a Red Cross swimming instructor, an author, and avid bell collector. In 2003, she and Ted moved to Elim Park Place in Cheshire, CT, where she thrived for almost 20 years with all the friends, activities, and caring aides.

Phyl is survived by her two daughters, Melody Mukon

(Mark) and April Palm, two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and nephew Malcolm Palm and his two children.

A Celebration of Life will be held at Elim Park Place’s Nelson Hall on Sunday, July 16, at 1 p.m. with a reception immediately following. Phyl loved colorful clothes-Please wear them! In lieu of flowers, please consider contributing to the Girl Scouts of Connecticut ( gsofct.org ), the Alzheimer’s Association ( alz.org ), or Save the Sound ( savethesound.org ). To send condolences to Phyllis’s family, please see www. beecherandbennett.com .