Phyllis Cruze Adamson, 74, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on October 24, 2021. She was born to Union Jerome Cruze and Ruth Alta Spears on January 11, 1947 in Phoenix, Arizona. She lived in Hawaii, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah before moving to Provo in 1964. She graduated from Provo High School, where she was yearbook editor, in 1965. She attended Brigham Young University, on scholarship majoring in clothing and textiles.

In March of 1966, she met a young man by the name of Jay Adamson, who lived across the street, and had just returned home from his mission. Jay's mission president told him to go home and love his neighbor. Jay took him seriously, and they were married in the Salt Lake Temple October 28, 1966.

Married life was enjoyable. She was working, and Jay was finishing his degree at BYU. She moved into their present home, and on September 3, 1968 she gave birth to her son, Michael. Things were going well until May of 1970 when she discovered a tender lump under her right arm. Her family doctor diagnosed it as an infected lymph node. By August there were more tender lumps, and a biopsy revealed that she had Hodgkin's Disease stage 3b, and she was given 6 months to live. That fall she went through four surgeries, and two courses of radiation at LDS hospital in Salt Lake. The cancer remained. It was suggested that she try a new approach, a new treatment called Chemotherapy. After treatments every three weeks, from January to May of 1971, she was told that her cancer was in remission. It has remained in remission for 50 years!

No more cancer, but the treatments took away her ability to have any more children. LDS Social Services provided a way for her to apply for adoption if she could be free of cancer for five years. After a successful wait, she and Jay welcomed their daughter, Kimberly, born 16 March 1976.

Phyllis enjoyed sewing and made a lot of her cloths. She also enjoyed gardening, but her favorite pastime was genealogy. She taught herself Personal Ancestral File (PAF), and began to do research, and submit names for temple work. She built a network of friends in Ireland, and they would come to her home for vacations, and she could stay with them to continue her research.

A severe stroke in May of 2012 took away her ability to further her research, or drive her car and do housework. Another stroke in November of 2019 made it necessary for her to move to memory care, and another stroke the last week of October ended her life.

She is survived by her husband, Jay, her son, Michael (Leslie) Adamson, and her daughter, Kimberly (Richard) Bennett, and her sisters, Carolyn (Robert) Eyre, Marilyn (Jim) Sorensen, Debbie (Tim) Tingey and Vicki (Mark) Kowalk. She was proceeded in death by her parents, her brother, Stephen, and her first grandson, James Adamson.

There will be a viewing at Walker Sanderson Funeral home 646 East 800 North, Orem, Utah from 6 to 8 pm on Sunday evening, October 31. Another viewing on Monday, November 1 from 9:30 to 10:30 am at the Chapel located at 430 South 700 East followed by funeral services at 11 am. A Live Broadcast of services may be viewed at www.walkersanderson.com starting at 11:00 am. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family online at this same link.

Graveside services and burial will be at Provo City Cemetery, 610 South State Street, Provo.

Special thanks to the staff at Covington Senior living and Aspen Ridge Hospice for their care of Phyllis.