Phyllis Dunst | Office worker, 87

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, August, 2008

Phyllis Dunst, 87, of the Andorra section of Upper Roxborough, who worked for several federal agencies in Philadelphia, died of a stroke Monday at Roxborough Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Dunst was salutatorian of the Class of 1938 at St. John the Baptist High School in Philadelphia, graduated from Strayer's Business College, and attended Manor Junior College and Villanova University.

She retired as administrative assistant to the chief of engineering at the U.S. Mint at 62, then worked as an administrative assistant to the chairman of religious studies at Villanova, her son Karl J. Jr. said. Besides working at the mint, he said, Mrs. Dunst worked for the Department of Defense, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the IRS. Mrs. Dunst was among the congregation...