"Phyllis has been my friend since I was 19, at Disney. She was my mentor before the word was invented, and my social director. She was EVERYONE's mentor, social director and friend. Phyllis was simply wonderful."

-Libby Reed
Color Key, Film Roman

"I was a friend of Phyllis Craig for 42 years. I have worked in the animation field all these years with Phyllis. For the last 20 years I have been a producer/director at Marvel Studios, Hanna-Barbera, Graz Productions, and Prince Valiant (now Hearst Productions).

We each had three children--two boys and one girl for both of us. As our children were growing up, we spent many happy times together on weekend outings and also vacations.

I've had to sit and think about why I've procrastinated so long in writing this letter. It wasn't until this moment that I knew the answer. It is short. It's because I'm mad! I am angry that Phyllis isn't with us anymore. She was much too vibrant, loving and full of life to be struck down the way she was. She was planning her next vacation which would have been a trip to Greece. I had lunch with Phyl, Libby, and Barbie Schade the week before she collapsed. She was so weak I had to lift her in and out of the chair....and she was still working every day. I don't know how she did it! She said at the time there was something wrong with her brain, that it wasn't working right. We tried to assure her that it was just the shock of having broken both wrists at the same time. [Phyl had broken both wrists when she fell while jitterbugging.] Little did we know, life is so fragile. `In the midst of life, we are in death.' We all miss her terribly."

- Gwen Wetzler
Producer/Director