Phyllis Rush

Phyllis Marie Rush
January 11, 1951-April 22, 2020

Phyllis Marie (Wolf) Rush was born into the Wolf Pack on January 11, 1951, as the second child of D. Lucille and Roy E. Wolf. She was born and lived much of her early life in Casper. Part of her teen years were spent in Thermopolis, Wyoming where she lived with her grandmother, going to school and working with children with special needs. She enjoyed working with the children and often spoke of her time with them fondly.
In 1969, she met and married the love of her life, cliché but true, Floyd J. Rush. They were married on February 28, 1969. She eventually graduated from Natrona County High School in May of that year. Floyd returned to the military not long after and Phyllis joined him. Their first daughter, Connie Marie, was born while they were living in Manassas, VA. During this time her little family lived in various places including Colorado Springs, CO, and even Taegu, South Korea where her love of photography blossomed.
In 1972, their younger daughter, Pamala Sue was born while they were stationed at Ft. Monmouth, NJ. Nine months later, they were back in Casper where they lived in a little trailer in Evansville, WY until the bought a two-bedroom house in South Casper.
Phyllis was a homemaker for most of her life although, for a short time, she worked in a hotel, cleaning rooms. They soon moved to a three-bedroom house near Wyoming Medical Center. After just over a year in that house, they moved to a home in North Casper in which she lived for the remainder of her life.
Over the years, Phyllis traveled the state of Wyoming with her husband for his job. Her interest in photography grew and she had many wonderful adventures with her husband and daughters across the state that she called home.
In 2006, she and Floyd obtained a divorce but continued to cohabitate so he could care for her needs as her health began to fail. After a fall, she became mostly homebound and rarely ventured outside although her family coaxed her to join them for various picnics, barbecues, twice for Thanksgiving, and her granddaughter’s baby shower. She filled her time by crocheting many beautiful scarves, hats, gloves, slippers, booties, and stuffed animals for her many friends and family. In 2019, Phyllis and Floyd celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage.
She passed away on April 22, 2020. Phyllis was surrounded by several members of her immediate and extended family and her fur family when she passed and did so peacefully.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Dorothy Lucille (Reynolds) and Roy Ellsworth Wolf, two brothers, Michael Wolf and Thomas E. Wolf, and her grandmother, Cleo Reynolds.
She leaves behind her ex-husband, Floyd Rush, her daughters, Connie (Brian) Jones and Pamala Rush, all of Casper, Her granddaughter, Amanda Danielle Broughton, two great-granddaughters, Charlotte Amanda and Calliope Alexis Jean Marie Fergen of Menno, SD, three sisters, Penny, (Thomas) Davenport and Patty Edwards of Casper, and Peggy Hanson of Washington. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and her five fur babies
Internment will be in Memorial Gardens at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28. The funeral home asks that if you decide to pay your respects that you remain in your vehicle until the service is complete. A full memorial gathering is being planned for later in the summer.

Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bustard & Jacoby Funeral Home, 600 CY Avenue, Casper, WY 82601.