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Phyllis Delvin
06/22/1961 — 01/17/2026
From Kennewick, WA | Born in Richland, WA
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Phyllis Delvin
Phyllis Delvin was born in Richland, Washington to Ruth and Wallace Ruff at Kadlec Hospital after her mom and dad moved to Richland after Wally’s graduation from Oregon State College to work at Hanford. She joined her older brothers Eddie and Lennie in a Richland “B” house for the first five years of her life before moving with the family to a new house in West Richland that the family built on King Drive. She enjoyed walking in the desert areas with her brother looking for agates and playing with friends who lived on ranches, especially if they had horses.
In 1969 the family moved to Ashaway, Rhode Island where her dad managed a fuels reclamation plant for United Nuclear Corporation. In 1975 the family moved to Lakeland, Florida spending four years there until relocating to the Tri-Cities during her senior year in high school. She graduated from Kamiakan High School in Kennewick in 1979 and went to work at GESA Credit Union as a teller. She worked at GESA her entire adult life, retiring in 2024 as the Operations Manager.
Phyllis had a lifelong love of animals, owning cats at a young age and dogs later as an adult, ultimately getting heavily involved in the dog show world first showing dogs in breed competitions and then participating in agility trials with her beloved Australian Shepherds. She will be dearly missed in the dog community.
Phyllis succumbed to cancer after waging a two year struggle with the disease but she always maintained a positive outlook that she would enjoy the rest of her life doing the things she loved the most, going to dog shows and spending precious time with friends and family.
“I have never found in a human being loyalty that is comparable to a dog’s loyalty.” – Doris Day
Phyllis and I met at GESA, but we bonded over our love for dogs. She and our special ladies group trained our dogs together and walked the dogs along the Columbia River. We also enjoyed being together with shared outings and meals at various homes. Those years are special to my heart — and I will always remember Phyllis, the friend who helped me train my Golden Retrievers, who met with me at a local Mexican restaurant to lessen the time I was alone waiting for my dog’s chemotherapy session to end, who was an integral part of our ladies group. I’m confident she was reunited with her furry family at The Rainbow Bridge. Rest in peace.
I have many wonderful memories of Phyllis, Paula and Jill as we worked together in the Share Draft Department at GESA many years ago.
Phyllis was the kind of supervisor who wanted the best for her staff and was supportive both professionally and personally. It was a pleasure to work with her.
My heartfelt condolences to her family and friends
I am so very sad to hear of the loss of this amazing person. Phyllis was my supervisor at the credit union and one of the kindest people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. My sincerest condolences to her loved ones.
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Phyllis Delvin