Phyllis Verna Braybrook (née Jobling)

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1. To Phyl’s family and extended family, please accept my very sincere sympathy in the loss of Phyl. Be very proud of who she was and what she achieved throughout her life. A talented perfectionist who gave so much to so many. Phyl will be sadly missed.

   Elaine BrownFebruary 19 2023 4:38 pm

2. Our love and condolences to all family and friends. We remember her remarkable skills and dedication over many years to get the costumes for Swan Hill Theatre Group productions just right. Thanks Phyll. RIP. Tony and Jenny Waldron

   Tony WaldronFebruary 19 2023 6:52 pm

3. Love to Phyl’s family & many, many friends. Take pride in all the work, energy time & expert seamstressing Phyl consistntly contributed to make our community a better place for so many. RIP Phyl, the ‘to do’ list is done.

   Philippa O'DonnellFebruary 19 2023 9:38 pm

4. A powerhouse in the community and a woman of incredible energy. Phyl’s generosity and can-do spirit was a wonder to behold. Although I had only met her in recent years, I felt I instantly knew her through her daughter and my close friend Loraine. A great loss, a unique soul. I trust she is now resting in peace.

   Greg HordacreFebruary 20 2023 9:24 am

5. Condolences to Phyl’s family at this sad time.
   Phyl was such a remarkable woman with so much passion. Her wealth of knowledge and her amazing costumes will be sorely missed.
   Phyl, you have left such a positive impact on me and I thank you for that.

   Rianne QuaifeFebruary 20 2023 12:31 pm

6. To Phyls family our deepest sympathy to you all. Your Mum was a beautiful lady she will be sadly missed.
   Our thoughts are with you all.
   Ann, Bas, Matt and Kahli
   Swan Hill Curtains and blinds

   Ann PennoFebruary 20 2023 12:37 pm

7. Dear Loraine and Family,
   Sending you all my sincere condolences at this very sad time. I never had the pleasure of meeting Phyliss but have heard so many wonderful things about her and her dedication to her family and her community. What an extraordinary woman. Sending you love.

   Ang PamicFebruary 20 2023 5:02 pm

8. Such a truly remarkable lady who gave so willingly, consistently supported others and strove for perfection with her incredible creative skills. Phil had such remarkable knowledge in many areas and was a tireless worker and organizer. Her skills and expertise will be greatly missed by so many.
   Love and condolences to Phil’s family and loved ones.

   Elaine Murphy OAMFebruary 20 2023 5:18 pm

9. Phyl was a remarkable, creative and inexhaustible community- focused woman.
   The Swan Hill community is poorer for her passing. The performing arts centre should be named in her honour.
   What a beautiful woman!
   Love to the family, especially Loraine.
   Judy Ryan xx

   Judy RyanFebruary 20 2023 5:56 pm

10. The Swan Hill community is poorer for Phyl’s passing. An enduring light in the performing arts scene: will be sorely missed.
    The local theatre should be named in her honour.
    Love to her family, especially Loraine.

    Judy RyanFebruary 20 2023 6:00 pm

11. May she have many bags of socks to pair in heaven. St Peter will have to up his game and be super organised.
    They don’t make many like Phyl anymore, it has always been a joy to spend time with your mum.
    I will fondly think of her playing tennis and sewing Theatre costumes .

    Becky ThomasFebruary 20 2023 11:44 pm

12. My deepest Sympathy and Condolences to all Phyl’s family she was a very lovely and strong lady and us all at Red ❌ shop. We will all miss her smilingly face here. From Val Parsons and staff at Redcross shop

    Valerie ParsonsFebruary 20 2023 11:53 pm

13. Deepest sympathy on the passing of Phyllis.
    Phyl was a true lady and a great friend to all she knew. I personally enjoyed many mornings playing tennis with Phyl and then chatting over a cuppa. She will be sadly missed by all.

    Jenny BoyleFebruary 21 2023 8:00 am

14. Dear Loraine and family,
    Phyl was & will always be ‘a tour de force’ of a woman. Like a proud warrior & someone you respected & at times, ‘feared’ as a first year out teacher of her daughter discovered.
    I wish you some peace now after ‘the battle’. No more suffering, just rejoicing & remembering the wonderful experiences you enjoyed.
    Love Nade

    Nada GuyattFebruary 21 2023 10:29 am

15. Sending Loraine and all of your family my sincerest condolences. I loved hearing stories over the years of your Mum’s feistiness, and her life long commitment to community theatre. What a legacy she has left!
    With love
    Lizzie

    LizFebruary 22 2023 10:06 am

16. Dear Loraine, Karen and family,
    Sending you my deepest condolences during this very sad time. Thinking of you and sending my love.

    Tamara BaligacFebruary 22 2023 1:40 pm

17. To Loraine,Karen and families my sincerest condolences. I have known Phyl for many years-a lifetime in fact.and you Loraine and Karen grew up with my boys. Phyl was a dedicated secretary at the High School, and stood up for what she believed and her beliefs were strong.I will remember her with love. Bev Roberts.

    Bev RobertsFebruary 22 2023 8:31 pm

18. Beautiful, stoic, strong Phyllis whom we all loved , respected & admired.
    Phyllis was a loyal & loving friend to our mother Dora & to all of us.
    Our love to Rosalie, Loraine, Karen & Eric & to all of Phyllis’s extended family & friends.
    Joyce, Maureen , Donald & Julie

    Maureen ListFebruary 22 2023 8:45 pm

19. Dearest Loraine and family. Sending much love and condolences. I never got the chance to meet Phyl but I was did hear so many wonderful stories over the years from my dear friend Loraine. So delightful to read many other tributes which speaks to the her legacy she left behind and how much she was loved. I am so please Karen and Eric were in Australia and able to share the last couple of months with Phyl. May she now rest in peace. Xxx

    Deborah FRYERSFebruary 23 2023 12:51 am

20. This poem makes me think of Grandma, I can hear it in her voice as if she’s giving me advice for how to cope. She never wanted a fuss to be made over her, even though no one worked harder or was more deserving of celebration than her.

    Death is Nothing at All (all is well)
    Henry Scott Holland

    Death is nothing at all.
    It does not count.
    I have only slipped away into the next room.
    Nothing has happened.
    Everything remains exactly as it was.

    I am I, and you are you,
    and the old life that we lived so fondly together
    is untouched, unchanged.
    Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

    Call me by the old familiar name.
    Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
    Put no difference into your tone.
    Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

    Laugh as we always laughed
    at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
    Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.

    Let my name be ever the household word
    that it always was.
    Let it be spoken without an effort,
    without the ghost of a shadow upon it.

    Life means all that it ever meant.
    It is the same that it ever was.
    There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
    What is this death but a negligible accident?

    Why should I be out of mind
    because I am out of sight?
    I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
    somewhere very near, just around the corner.

    All is well.

    Kyra BothwellFebruary 23 2023 8:37 am

21. To Karen and Loraine, Vincent and Glynis, Leigh and families.
    Sincerest condolences on the passing of fabulous Phyllis. She was a much loved member of the
    O’Halloran family and a wonderful role model for a life well lived. What wonderful times our families have had together throughout the years. Thanks for the memories Phyllis.
    Love the O’Halloran clan, Mark , Corinne Leigh and Donna

    Donna WinnellFebruary 23 2023 10:43 am

22. So sorry to hear of Phyl leaving us. She will be so missed by our Thursday coffee group. She was loved by us all

    Marg TresederFebruary 23 2023 3:13 pm

23. Just a wonderful friend.

    Edna PalmerFebruary 23 2023 3:50 pm

24. To all of Phil’s Family,
    What a wonderful role model you had at the helm of your family. Phil was always cheerful and smiling, so willing to help in many areas. She will be sorely missed by all who knew her.
    I’m sure it won’t be too long before all the Angels in Heaven will have new costumes made to perfection.
    Loving Sympathy and Caring Thoughts to all concerned.
    Lynda & Bill King.

    Lynda KingFebruary 23 2023 9:49 pm

25. Some people are legends in their own lifetime and Phyl was, without doubt, one of those. A ‘woman of substance’ I see here described as a ‘talented perfectionist’ – which is a pretty good summation, not only a ‘perfectionist’ but talented with it.

    I had the privilege of meeting her here in Ireland several times over the past c.40 years and will never forget her telling Karen and (a rather shocked!) me about having worn a mini-skirt to her 60th birthday party. That’s some chutzpah.

    Phyl also coached me (about 35 years ago) on making a bolognaise sauce, saying that I should “grind the pepper until your wrists ache” and I think of her every time I make it (and dutifully get aching wrists – thanks Phyl!).

    I doubt anyone who met her or knew her well will ever forget her and it seems a ‘country-style state funeral’ is being arranged for her by her daughters, extended family and friends – how very appropriate.

    Condolences to her daughters, grandchildren and extended family.

    Gone but not forgotten. RiP Phyl.

    Sue, Lady KilbrackenFebruary 24 2023 5:33 am

26. Lady Phyllis; my inspiration, my collaborator, my friend, what will I do without you?
    Loraine, Karen and all of Phyl’s family and friends, our deepest sympathy, she will be so greatly missed.
    Genene & Neil Jones.

    Genene M JonesFebruary 24 2023 8:22 am

27. Sincere condolences to Phyls family and friends.Phyl was a lovely person.

    Betty and Ray Henshall.

    Ray HenshallFebruary 24 2023 8:55 am

28. Dear Loraine, Karen & family,
    Deepest sympathy on the passing of your dear mum. Some of us have strong memories of the very efficient Mrs Braybrook working in the High School office. Others came to know her when she visited the Swan Hill Library to borrow historical books on fashion & costumes, before the internet came into being. In later years, she kindly made all the library staff fabric masks when the pandemic hit and masks were no where to be found. She also made us a variety of fabulous library bags in various designs which can still be purchased today, raising money for cancer. She was admired by us all and we will miss her regular visits and chats.
    Condolences from the staff at Swan Hill Regional Library x

    Tracey FreeFebruary 24 2023 10:38 am

29. Lovely memories of a special lady. Sadly missed by the stadium tennis group but never forgotten.
    Vicky & Peter

    VickyFebruary 24 2023 2:35 pm

30. Dearest Loraine

    Deepest sympathy to you and your family at this time of need. From what you have told me of your mum she was a lovely women and a real fighter and a very hard worker and great in the community. While I never met her I feel like I knew her through you. Here for you always and sending much love and hugs to you and your family

    Much love Sandy L xx

    Sandy LuterszFebruary 24 2023 5:08 pm

31. Sending you lots of love Loraine and family. I hope that you find comfort and solace in sharing stories of your lovely mum, the funny ones, the sentimental ones, and the ones that make you all laugh and cry together in equal measure. Its like losing your compass, and tilts your world onto a new axis. I hope that in celebrating her life together, you can also celebrate what she has passed onto you, and you can hold this close to keep her with you. Thinking of you at this time, and of her, and of how mums shape our worlds and make us better people .xxx

    Bindi GreenFebruary 24 2023 5:20 pm

32. To Karen, Loraine and all extended friends and family,
    What a beautiful celebration and tribute yesterday’s service was to your Mother and a wonderful community member who touched so many lives in such special ways. A lady like her will leave an imprint on so many that will be passed on over generations.
    “Death leaves a sorrow none can heal; love leaves memories none can steal”
    My thoughts are with you.
    Love Sophie D’Hyon (nee Little)

    Sophie D'HyonFebruary 25 2023 8:25 am

33. Phyl was a strong, capable lady who gave generously of her time to many, and always with a smile. Thanks Phyl.
    My condolences to her family.

    Loris McCutcheonFebruary 25 2023 2:11 pm

34. My love to you and your family Loraine

    Jo PorterFebruary 25 2023 2:13 pm

35. To all the family of my late cousin Phyllis Verna Braybrook She was a beautiful person our deepest sympathy to all

    June Bagg née Jobling and familyFebruary 27 2023 5:38 pm

36. My thoughts and love are with you and your family Loraine.

    Susie LyonsFebruary 28 2023 9:22 pm

37. Mother you had me.I never had you. You disowned me.but I never left you . R . I .P mother …. Ro Little

    Ro LittleMarch 27 2023 4:20 pm