Phyllis Blakeney Brodhead

Dear Mr. Brodhead,
I was saddened to learn this morning that you had lost Phyllis. My sympathy to you and your family. I was fortunate to work with Phyllis as a fellow librarian in the Ithaca schools. She was always full of wonderful advice and willing to step up and take care of things. She always looked forward to seeing her family on breaks from school. May you find comfort in your many happy memories.

I recently read with great sadness about your loss. Mrs. Brodhead is one of a very few positive experience's i can speak of while i attended Boynton Middle School.It is because of her that i love to read. She was one of the few adults who took the time to work with me. As a result of her kindness to me, my two children are avid readers also. I will always remember her fondly.

Mr. Brodhead and family,
Please accept my sincerest sympathies for Mrs. Brodhead's passing. I had the honor of knowing her both through her work at Boynton when I was a student there in 1990-1993 and at the First Presbyterian Church, and have nothing but fond memories from all of our interactions. She certainly played an important role in my development as a student, and I am hard pressed to imagine my childhood in Ithaca without her a part of it. I will miss her kindness.

Please accept my heartfelt expression of sympathy on the passing of Phyllis B. Broadhead. Phyllis was always kind to me and quite helpful during my early years in teaching. She made me feel most welcomed, in a new environment. I recall her writing two stories, in The Boynton Update, highlighting my contributions to the Ithaca City School Distict and my academic achievements. May you feel great comfort in knowing she was greatly respected and will be missed by many.

Without Mrs. Brodhead I probably wouldn't of passed Boynton she helped me on so many projects and helped me when I was going through one of the roughest time in my life. After I left Boynton I didnt see her for a couple of years until I got a job at Wegmans. She went through my line and still Knew my name and remembered me, and everytime I saw here in the store I made sure she got the service and care cause thats what she did for me.

Dear Chuck and family,
Words cannot express how much I will miss Phyllis. I cannot get her out of my mind as I'm sure you all are experiencing. I just talked with her last week about our organizing a luncheon with retired librarians. She had called me to help in calling our colleagues. This was so like her, a real organizer and so thoughtful about everyone. We canceled the luncheon but will have one later in her honor.
Phyllis was one accomplished librarian. We worked on...

Dear Chuck,
I am devastated by Phyllis's death, and so I can't even imagine the pain your family must be experiencing. Phyllis was, and will always be, a model for all of us school librarians: kind, generous, curious, and firm, and always so committed to the job and to the students. But above all, Phyllis was the one who always reminded me, "Family comes first." She so loved you and all of her family, and reminded us all to keep our priorities straight! I'm thinking of you all in this...

Chuck:
Carl Young passed along the news of your wife. Please know that we are thinking of you and your family.

Dear Brodhead Family, and especially Marjorie, I am so sorry to hear of your mom's passing. I am in Europe traveling with my family and won't be able to come to the service on Thursday. Your mom so graciously welcomed me and my husband and children "back" to Ithaca from our time living abroad. It was always wonderful to see a friendly face from my past. Our deepest sympathies to all of you, love and prayers, Laura Call Andolina and family