Phyllis S. Gay, 91, died Tuesday, October 7, 2008, at Cedar Haven in Lebanon, PA. Born in Canton, Ohio, on June 12, 1917, she was the daughter of the late John Otterbein Shildts and Bessie May Hoagland Shildts. She was graduated from McKinley High School in 1935. The wife of Don R. Gay, who died in 1985, she is survived by her daughter, Donna Jeanne Gay Grun Kaplan, wife of Melvyn Kaplan, Mt. Gretna, PA, her sons David R. Gay, husband of Doris Gene Briggs Gay, Felton, PA, John P. Gay husband of Wynnafred Hicking Gay, Laurinburg, NC. Her beloved grandchildren are Ellen Grun Hunter wife of Keith A. Hunter, Dallas, PA; Emily Grun, wife of John T. Nasta, Hershey, PA, Lynne Gay Cooper, wife of William Cooper, Warminster, PA, Nancy Gay Spiegel wife of Omri Spiegel, Howell, NJ, Donald R. Gay husband of Shannon Gay, Mechanicsburg, PA, John K. Gay husband of Tina Gay, Stratham, GA, Donald A. Gay, King, NC, Paul V. Gay, husband of Amy Gay, Bell City, LA plus fourteen great-grandchildren: Daniel, David, Kevin Hunter, Hazel and Adam Nasta, Samantha and Katelynne Cooper, Natalie Phyllis Spiegel, Gabriel David Spiegel, Kathleen and Keira Gay, Kaitlyn Gay, and Gabrielle and Katherine Gay. She had been an active member of the First Christian Church of Canton, the Neo-Naturalists Club, Eastern Star, and President of the Clarendon Elementary School PTA. Known for her hospitality, she was devoted to her grandchildren, birding, knitting, designing and making Christmas stockings, and travel. Funeral service will be Monday 12 Noon in the Spiker-Foster-Shriver Funeral Home 4817 Cleveland Ave., N.W. with Rev. Jeffrey Bullock iofficiating. Interment will be in North Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call one hour prior to the service. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Boy Scouts of America, Buckeye Council, 2301 13th Street NW, Canton, Ohio 44708.