Phyllis J. Covey

December 5, 2011

CARTHAGE, N.Y.  —  Phyllis Jean Covey, 82, of 222 State St., died Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Carthage Area Hospital where she had been a resident of the Skilled Nursing Unit since June 2010.

Born Feb. 15, 1929, in Carthage, the daughter of Oman and Beatrice Bulford Gardner, she attended local schools.

She married Robert L. Covey on Sept. 7, 1947. Robert died Nov. 1, 1999.

Surviving are two children; David and his wife, Penny Covey, Carthage, and Daniel and his wife, JoAnn Covey, Carthage; a daughter-in-law, Sue Covey; a sister, Joan Caldwell, West Carthage; a brother and his wife, Leonard and Linda Gardner, Waterloo; eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. 

A son, Donald O. Covey, a daughter, Jean Perkins, a granddaughter, Amy Jo Covey, and a great- grandson, Joshua Steria, all died before her.

Calling hours will be 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Lundy Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Inc., 500 State St., Carthage. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the chapel of the funeral home with Rev. Linda J. Harris, pastor of the United Methodist Church in Carthage, officiating. Burial will follow in  Fairview Cemetery in Carthage.

Donations in her memory can be made to the Carthage Area Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit:
Activities Fund, 1001 West St., Carthage, New York 13619.







Information provided by Bossuot-Lundy Funeral Home, Inc., and Newzjunky.com, Watertown, N.Y.