Dolores M. Phelps
– March 31, 2024
Dolores M. Phelps, 87, of Sun City Center (SCC), FL, passed away peacefully on March 31, 2024, after a courageous nine-year battle with cancer. She is survived by her loving husband of almost 68 years, Dale E. Phelps. She had two children, David Phelps and Diane (Serdar) Phelps-Soysal, and two grandchildren, Ash and Evan Soysal. Dolores was born in 1936 in Grand Rapids, MI, to Corniel Konyndyk and Gertie Faber Konyndyk. She had three sisters, Caroline (Donald) Kornoelje, (Dick) Davis; Dorothy Konyndyk; Nancy (Art) Meyer; and three brothers, George (Ada) Konyndyk, Chester (Marilyn) Konyndyk, Gordon (Sharon, Joyce) Konyndyk.
Dolores had a teaching degree in business education and an MA degree in Administration from Northern Michigan University. She taught at Marquette Senior High School and worked in the Community Education office in Marquette, MI. She retired in 1997 and has lived in SCC since. As a prolific artist, she painted in all media, won many ribbons in the Art Show, as well as the “2014 People’s Choice Award.” She served as an officer for the Art Club, and received “Artist of the Month” recognition. In addition to art, she enjoyed playing golf, doing tai-chi and sitting outside on her back porch.
Instead of a funeral service, please take a moment to watch a sunrise or sunset in her honor and appreciate the art in nature. If you feel compelled, please consider either donating to cancer research or donating the gift of blood.
Dolores had a teaching degree in business education and an MA degree in Administration from Northern Michigan University. She taught at Marquette Senior High School and worked in the Community Education office in Marquette, MI. She retired in 1997 and has lived in SCC since. As a prolific artist, she painted in all media, won many ribbons in the Art Show, as well as the “2014 People’s Choice Award.” She served as an officer for the Art Club, and received “Artist of the Month” recognition. In addition to art, she enjoyed playing golf, doing tai-chi and sitting outside on her back porch.
Instead of a funeral service, please take a moment to watch a sunrise or sunset in her honor and appreciate the art in nature. If you feel compelled, please consider either donating to cancer research or donating the gift of blood.