The Sad Loss of Phyllis Farrell
Phyllis Farrell joined Vets/Masters in 1981 along with her husband, Rob.
They became regular members at run and social events. It was Phyllis who started the Bibra Lake Run and was Race Director for many years. At a later date Phyllis and Gareth Brunt went on to be Race Directors of the Weir Run.
Phyllis ran one marathon in 1985, The Broadlands Peoples Marathon, in a time of 3:58:28 and ran 10km in 48:06.
Earlier this year Phyllis was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and went into Residential Care. On 6 April Phyllis had a head bleed followed by a massive stroke and passed away in Fremantle Hospital aged 69 years.