Phyllis Proud Delancey

Funeral services for Phyllis Proud DeLancey, 69, of Gainesville, are scheduled for 10:00 AM on Saturday, December 15 at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Chapel with Rev. Don Yeager officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville. Visitation will be held Friday, December 14 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.


Mrs. DeLancey departed this world on December 9, 2012 in Gainesville. She was born July 20, 1943 in Wilmington, DE to Merriel and Florence Proud.


Phyllis graduated from John Dickinson High School in Wilmington in June 1961. Before her marriage, she worked for the Diamond State Telephone Co. in Wilmington.


On March 8, 1963, she married James DeLancey at First Methodist Church in San Diego, CA. They lived in several places while Jim served his country as a U.S. Naval Officer. They have two children and four grandchildren, the light of their “GG’s” life.


Phyllis was a member of First Methodist Church, North Texas Medical Center Auxiliary, Home Hospice and the Pi Zeta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi at the time of her death. While living at Lake Kiowa, she was a member of several clubs.


Phyllis loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and friends. She and Jim enjoyed traveling in their retirement. She loved walking the beach looking for sea glass.


She is survived by husband, James DeLancey of Gainesville; son, Mark DeLancey of Ft. Wayne, IN; daughter, Aimee Lane and husband, Greg of Gainesville; and four loving grandchildren, Alie, DeLancey, and Dawson Fogle, and Jordan Lane.


Mrs. DeLancey was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Janice Beal; and sister, Dorothy Halfen.


Pallbearers will be the husbands of Beta Sigma Phi.