Phyllis Foulkes Anderson

Phyllis Foulkes Anderson Resident of Tiburon, CA Phyllis Foulkes Anderson, granddaughter of California pioneers and daughter of East Bay architect, Edward Foulkes, died at age 88 in Tiburon on July 15, 2009 of natural causes. She is survived by her beloved husband of 64 years, W.C. "Andy" Anderson, her two children, Christine Mattison and Jeff Anderson, three grandchildren, Courtney, Julia and Colton, and three step grandchildren, Rachel, Jessica and Katelyn. She was predeceased by her loving son, Edward, and her beloved grandson, Derek. Phyllis was the proud descendent of Priscilla and John Thomas, a gold mining entrepreneur who owned and managed several large claims in La Porte, Plumas County, California. Her father, Edward Foulkes, who attended Stanford and MIT, was also an Ecole des Beaux-Arts trained architect who designed the Tribune Tower in Oakland, the Pittock Mansion in Portland, Oregon and the Rustic Parthenon at the 1915 Pan Pacific International Exhibit in San Francisco among other buildings. Phyllis was an alumna of U.C. Berkeley where she was the president of her sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi. She was a long time Bear Backer of Cal football and a loyal member of the Alumnae Club in Oakmont where she was also an active member in their tennis and golf clubs. She met her husband, "Andy" at Cal. He served in WWII as a paratrooper and received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in combat. A loving wife, mother and a generous and trusted friend, Phyllis found great joy in world travels with her husband and time spent with her children, grandchildren and her life long college friends. For over thirty years she and Andy hosted couples from Cal and their families on her forest property in La Porte, Plumas County. Phyllis survived personal tragedy with the untimely deaths of her mother, Charlotte, her son, Edward, and her grandson, Derek. She lived with the humor and grace of one who is loved deeply and who loved deeply in return. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to a charity of choice. Phyllis will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.