Norfolk—Phyllis L. Lannik, a longtime resident of Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia died on Wednesday February 27, 2020 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Born in 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, she received her BA from Washington University in St. Louis in 1973.
Phyllis spent 10 years in office management and personnel matters in a number of locations. She went on to work advocating and raising funds for multiple Jewish organizations in Tidewater, Virginia. She travelled all over the world on missions to visit Jews who needed help.
Although she loved travel and going through life with good humor and judgment, her primary joy was her husband, son, and granddaughter.
She is survived by her brother Gary Landau, as well as her husband David, and her son Joshua, and grandchild, Ayelet.
A funeral service was conducted at the Norfolk Chapel of H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments. Burial was at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Memorial gifts to Jewish Family Service of Tidewater.