Phyllis Nelson

May 7, 1940 - January 18, 2020

Phyllis Nelson, 79 of Lake Villa passed away on Saturday January 18, 2020. She was born in Chicago on May 7, 1940 to the late Cosmo and Anna Priorello. She loved baking, was always thinking of others before herself because family was everything to her. She adored all animals and enjoyed being involved with St. Mark Lutheran Church, She will be missed for her great sense of humor and dancing skills and for being the social butterfly she was. She is preceded in death by her parents and 10 brothers and sisters. Phyllis is survived by her husband of 54 years Leonard C. Nelson Sr; children Gary (Ginnie) Nelson, Valerie Nelson, Vickie (Randy) Nitto and Leonard C. (Jennifer) Nelson Jr.; grandchildren Kevin (Tiffany), Brian, Briannah, Darrien, Leonard C. Nelson III and Emma; brother Phillip Priorello, sister Anne Clevenger; aunt and great aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation and viewing will be on Friday January 24, 2020 from 4:00 – 8:00 pm at Ringa Funeral Home 122 S. Milwaukee Ave Lake Villa, IL. Visitation will begin on Saturday January 25, 2020 at 11:30 am at St. Mark Lutheran Church 1822 E. Grand Ave Lindenhurst, IL. with a funeral service at 12:00 noon. Cremation will take place privately. In lieu of flowers donations can be made in Phyllis’ memory to Save-A-Pet Adoption Center P.O. Box 266 Grayslake, IL 60030 or St. Mark Lutheran Church or Tree House Humane Society 7225 N. Western Avenue Chicago, IL 60645