August 10, 2012
August 10, 2012
Phyllis,
You are in our memories today and every day.
You are in our memories today and every day.
In accordance with her wishes, Phyllis was cremated at Mount Auburn Cemetery in a private family ceremony on Thursday, February 2nd.
A remembrance and celebration of Phyllis' life was held on Sunday, February 5th, at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center in Cambridge. Phyllis' family wishes to express our warm appreciation to the many friends and family who attended the ceremony.
Phyllis' obituary appeared on page B12 of The Boston Globe on Friday, February 3rd.
Phyllis' story was also featured in an April 23, 2009 New York Times article: "Advances Elusive in the Drive to Cure Cancer," written by Gina Kolata.
Condolences may be sent to Phyllis' family at:
10 Kelly Road, Cambridge, MA 02139
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a contribution to one of the following organizations supported by Phyllis:
The Oneness Family School: International Peace Academy in Washington, D.C.
The Massachusetts Audubon Society
The Kaji Aso Studio, in Boston
The Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, in Cambridge
"Life and death are of supreme importance.
Time passes swiftly and opportunity is lost.
Let us awaken
awaken...
Do not squander your life."
-Zen Night Chant
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August 10, 2012
August 10, 2012
As Phyllis' teacher for two years in 1957-59 during which she was a key student-assistant in a classroom ranging from 32 to 42 students, with reading levels spanning 10 years I devised a reading program in the second year using student group leaders enabling us to achieve a 11/2 years average growth in that second year.
It would not have been possible without Phyllis!
It would not have been possible without Phyllis!
August 10, 2012
August 10, 2012
Missing you today and every day Mama. Wish you could be here to celebrate your birthday. I honor this day, and the life you gave me. I honor the lessons you taught me and how you loved me. I try to follow your example and live with an open heart. I love you Mama.
August 10, 2012
August 10, 2012
One persons life can touch you so much..
I think of you and remember you, Phyllis.
Be in peace
I think of you and remember you, Phyllis.
Be in peace
June 20, 2012
June 20, 2012
It could look like is late to leave a tribute to my loved Phyllis, but the truth is I think about her almost every day, remembering her smiling, her positivism, happiness and fun. Really, for me she was a reference. Even during her tufest time she would open a smile for any person. I missed her a lot.Loren, Chad, Holly, Kids,Edna. You guys were luck to have her around. Me to. Love .
February 10, 2012
February 10, 2012
I send my love and deepest sympathy to Loren, Chad and Edna and their precious children, Holly, and to all of Phyllis's family and all who loved her. My heart has been so heavy since I first heard the news. I met her more than twenty years ago, and I consider myself so very fortunate to have been among her wide circle of friends.
February 9, 2012
February 9, 2012
Phyllis, you were a force of nature! Committed, charismatic, inspiring as a teacher. You taught with passion. My deep heartfelt thank you for your work at Fayerweather. "Gone too soon" - so much more than a cliche - I am 5 days older than you. A true pleasure and privilege to have known you.
February 9, 2012
February 9, 2012
"I met Phyllis when she came to San Diego to spend time with her brother Matt who was living here at the time. My heart knew upon meeting her that she was an old friend... I could feel it in her hug. We shared many heart-felt conversations and her brilliance was alive in her eyes as well as her mind. Thank you God for blessing us with the light and love of dear sweet Phyllis.
February 8, 2012
February 8, 2012
Nha sentidu pesamo pa bó i pa tudu bu familia.
Paz i descanso eterno pa si alma na eternidadi.
Um grandi abraço di fraternidade di bu amigo
Angelo Almeida
Paz i descanso eterno pa si alma na eternidadi.
Um grandi abraço di fraternidade di bu amigo
Angelo Almeida
February 6, 2012
February 6, 2012
Nós sentidos pêsames pa tudu família.
Nu recebi noticia k txeu tristeza, ta manda um abraçu di coragem pa nhós tudu e ki nes momentu di dor deus ta da nhós consolaçon.
Um abraçu ben apertadu di Cabo Verde di Cláudia, Naigué, Kathy e David pa nhós tudu, nhós recebenu k carinho
Nu recebi noticia k txeu tristeza, ta manda um abraçu di coragem pa nhós tudu e ki nes momentu di dor deus ta da nhós consolaçon.
Um abraçu ben apertadu di Cabo Verde di Cláudia, Naigué, Kathy e David pa nhós tudu, nhós recebenu k carinho
February 6, 2012
February 6, 2012
Chad e Familia
Desde Cabo Verde, Cidade da Praia, vai Sentidos pêsames de Lú, Arte, Yannick, Kevin e Lissa para toda família enlutada
Paz e descanso eterno a alma de Phyllis Kutt.
Um forte abraço de pesares e sentimentos
Desde Cabo Verde, Cidade da Praia, vai Sentidos pêsames de Lú, Arte, Yannick, Kevin e Lissa para toda família enlutada
Paz e descanso eterno a alma de Phyllis Kutt.
Um forte abraço de pesares e sentimentos
February 6, 2012
February 6, 2012
Dear Loren, Chad, Holly, and Family,
We are so sorry about Phyliss' passing. She has been such an inspiration and we were glad to have her in our lives. We will cherish the time we spent together on the Cape and will remember her spirit and love of life.
Mike Azzara
We are so sorry about Phyliss' passing. She has been such an inspiration and we were glad to have her in our lives. We will cherish the time we spent together on the Cape and will remember her spirit and love of life.
Mike Azzara
February 5, 2012
February 5, 2012
Dear Loren,
I wish so that I could be there today. I will be in Vermont with another friend who has fallen ill. You and the family have been heroic and you and Phyllis a wonderful embodiment of living a day at a time, fully, with brimming love and joy, and we have all been enriched by being in your orbit. What a rare being Phyllis was.
I wish so that I could be there today. I will be in Vermont with another friend who has fallen ill. You and the family have been heroic and you and Phyllis a wonderful embodiment of living a day at a time, fully, with brimming love and joy, and we have all been enriched by being in your orbit. What a rare being Phyllis was.
February 5, 2012
February 5, 2012
Dear Holly and family -- I'm so sorry not to be with you at the gathering today in honor of beloved Phyllis.....I've been in bed with a bad cold and have finally decided it best not to put others at risk. You are in my prayers and in my heart. In loving and great appreciation of Phyllis....Monica
February 5, 2012
February 5, 2012
Loren, Chad and Holly,
I am saddened to hear this news and think of Phyllis's smile and friendliness on Kelly Road.
I am thinking of you all and send my condolences.
I am saddened to hear this news and think of Phyllis's smile and friendliness on Kelly Road.
I am thinking of you all and send my condolences.
February 5, 2012
February 5, 2012
Dear Loren,Holly,Chad
My deepest heartfelt sympathy. I feel my Life has been richer for having known Phyllis. She touched the lives of many. I will carry memories of her in my heart. “Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.”
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My deepest heartfelt sympathy. I feel my Life has been richer for having known Phyllis. She touched the lives of many. I will carry memories of her in my heart. “Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.”
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February 5, 2012
February 5, 2012
Dear Lo,
my thoughts are with you, especially today. P was really special, I am glad she had a great family with whom she shared her life, I am glad I met her. If she wasn't so special, this wouldn't have been so hard.
Condolences to you all.
With love, Alessandra
my thoughts are with you, especially today. P was really special, I am glad she had a great family with whom she shared her life, I am glad I met her. If she wasn't so special, this wouldn't have been so hard.
Condolences to you all.
With love, Alessandra
February 5, 2012
February 5, 2012
Dear Loren and family,
I just wanted to know how deepley I am sad for you and your family. My fondess memories of Phyllis and sharing books with me the 4 yrs I worked 4 you. And giving my going away gift, a book before we moved back to Chicago. I have great memories of returning to Boston and having a wonderful dinner at Limoncello with U and Phyllis.
I just wanted to know how deepley I am sad for you and your family. My fondess memories of Phyllis and sharing books with me the 4 yrs I worked 4 you. And giving my going away gift, a book before we moved back to Chicago. I have great memories of returning to Boston and having a wonderful dinner at Limoncello with U and Phyllis.
February 4, 2012
February 4, 2012
I'll forever be grateful to Lucile for introducing me to Phyllis and Loren. I'll always remember the smile as wide as her heart and the respective attention she paid when conversing with someone. Her tenacious struggle with illness was exemplary and never dampened her unique sense of humor. And her dedication to neighbors near and far remain an inspiration to me, Thank you, Phyllis.
February 4, 2012
February 4, 2012
I want to say thank you to Holly and her family for inviting me into such a sacred circle at such a sacred time. I give thanks for such meaningful moments with Phylis and being a witness to her story. She gave me a deeper sense of meaning in my life and I am a better person having been in her presence. I am eternally grateful and honored.
February 4, 2012
February 4, 2012
We were not blessed to have known Pyhllis personally but knowing Loren and Holly we got great insight into what an amazing woman she was and how much she was loved. I know she will live on in the hearts of all those who dearly loved her. You are in our thoughts and prayers now in the months to come. Love & Sympathy
What a heart has known it shall forget
What a heart has known it shall forget
February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
Phylli's kindness and warmth have lived with with me for 30 years. Her loving gesture contributed to who I have become. May her spirit live on and MSRIP.
February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
Dear Loren, Please accept my deepest sympathies for your life partner, Phyllis. I am sure that even though this is the saddest time of your life, just know that her body and mind is finally at peace. May God give you strength at this time, to look ahead to the future and may you take comfort in knowing that she is in a better place.
February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
from Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo
"someone at my side says, 'There, she's gone!' Gone where? Gone from my sight, that's all. She's just as large in mast, spar and hull as she was when she left me...Her diminished size is in me, not in her...there are other eyes and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, 'Here she comes!'"
"someone at my side says, 'There, she's gone!' Gone where? Gone from my sight, that's all. She's just as large in mast, spar and hull as she was when she left me...Her diminished size is in me, not in her...there are other eyes and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, 'Here she comes!'"
February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
Phyllis was a bright Light, a beautiful soul. She had a way of seeing beauty in people, treasuring them, creating beauty for them. I so enjoyed our times together when she would come for her Reiki sessions. She always had something wonderful for us to ponder together, laugh about. She touched my heart and soul. What an honor to have shared time. Job well done Phyllis! Welcome home.
February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
Dear Loren, Holly, Chad, Edna & all of Phyllis' family and friends. I have known Phyllis since 2000 when our family moved next to her mom, Helen, who to this day I think about every day & miss deeply. I know you have suffered a great loss. Phyllis is an unbelievable person just like the rest of the Kutt family. I know she fought hard, but she will be in our hearts forever. Love you Phyllis
February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
AS a teacher, Phyllis was an inspiration and an example of how to live a spiritual life. Her prescence and energy will be missed her for those left behind: she is at play and awaits us....
February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
Phyllis has been part of my life for over thirty years. We are family, and her death leaves a hole in my heart. I am inspired by her positive attitude and the graceful way she faced her mortality. For me it is a timely lesson, and one by which we can all benefit. I will miss her always.
February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
The beauty of Phyllis’s spirit is that it is a total embrace of life and everything. Her love was liberating, a supercharge to us, literal inspiration of the richness of every second and iota of life. It was magic in her classroom: ignorance and disrespect seemed to vanish, the thrill of learning obvious. My head will always turn to see her, the joy of her voice always in my mind.
February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
Hi Chad and Family,
So sorry to hear about your mother. She was a lady with a wonderful, unique style, and a welcoming smile. She always made people feel very comfortable around her. Please know that I am praying for you and your family.
Ambrizeth
So sorry to hear about your mother. She was a lady with a wonderful, unique style, and a welcoming smile. She always made people feel very comfortable around her. Please know that I am praying for you and your family.
Ambrizeth
February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
A few years ago at my first week-long retreat in Barre, I stayed put after one of the sittings, overtaken by emotion as sometimes happens there. When I finally got up and left the hall Phyllis was sitting in the back and she smiled at me with her eyes, "we are all in this together," they seemed to say. At the end of the retreat she hugged me without warning and said,"We made it." Metta, P.
February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
Sweet Phyllis. Our lives crossed on cancer's journey in 2007 branching off into long rambles of joyous conversation in hospitals, clinics. and waiting rooms. Your chemo sessions became a celebration of our womanhood, our families, our friendship. You gave full attention to those who passed your way and you nurtured the Buddha in me .Our lives diverge again.The love of your light shines on.
February 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
Phyllis graced 4 years of my life as a parent at Fayerweather with two of my children, Darcy and Colin Brennan. I treasured her gentleness, patience, her magical impishness, humor and wisdom. She made me wish I was still a teenager with all life's adventures still waiting for me.
Such a gift of love and living.
Such a gift of love and living.
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
Her spirit shone brightly, I recognized her soul to soul. We shared Love in it's purest form.
She represented Love incarnate and her legacy in my life from knowing her is just that;an inspiration and an invitation to be Love incarnate. Her life has touched so many, I am one of them.
I treasure my memories of her strength, her wit, her resilience, her beauty, her heart.
She represented Love incarnate and her legacy in my life from knowing her is just that;an inspiration and an invitation to be Love incarnate. Her life has touched so many, I am one of them.
I treasure my memories of her strength, her wit, her resilience, her beauty, her heart.
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
I first met Phyllis in the fall of 1988, when Chad and I were freshmen in college. Since then, Phyllis has been a constant source of warmth and joy. If life is measured by the effect one has on others, Phyllis's life was an overwhelming success. Loren, Chad, Holly, Edna, Alex, and Isabella, you were all so blessed to have Phiyllis in your lives. Love to you all.
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
Dear Auntie Phyl, You are and will always be so very special to all of us who knew you. For all who had the pleasure of knowing you for a lifetime or a very short time. Your kind, loving, gentle ways leaves an everlasting impact. Your strength and determination is something we can all hope for. You will be forever loved and missed. Love, Greta, Hal, Zak, Sumner and Steve
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
E com muita trisreza que recebi esta noticia.Minhas sentidas condulencias a familia enlutada.Ficara na nosa memoria o carrinho que a Sra.Phyllis demostrava sempre para nos,e tambe o abrasu bem aperdado que nos dava sempre quando ali iamos,simbolo de amizade e carrinho.Descance em paz.
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
I was honored to teach next door to Phyllis for 4 years at Hudson High School. She was a wonderful teacher, and brought in the best breakfast treats for her class, and always had the coffee going first thing in the morning.(And would always come to my classroom to wash her dishes since I had a sink) I will always have fond memories of the kind, gentle person she was. What a great teacher.
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
Dear Phyllis was the steadying influence in all of our metastatic breast cancer support group meetings. She brought warmth, humor, and experiences with both the darkness and the light, but mostly she shared the light, her light. I miss her terribly.
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
I had Ms. Kutt as a teacher in APAS at HHS from 03-04. I spent many hours rewriting papers, cover letters, and applications with her help. I would not be where I am today if I had missed the chance to have her as a mentor. She forced us to open our resistant eyes to the world and expected more from us than we did from ourselves at 17. She was a selfless teacher and an inspirational woman.
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
Loren, we are so sorry to hear about the passing of your wife, Phyllis.
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
Gary, Moose and staff
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
Gary, Moose and staff
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
I am a friend of Holly’s and never had the chance to meet her mother. I’ve been reading these posts and keep thinking how wonderful she must have been. I always say that when I pass I just hope people remember me and say “she was a good woman”. The love, respect, adoration, warmth and sadness reflected on this page leaves no doubt in my mind that she was that and more. My most sincere condolen
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
"...And that’s why I miss you so much, because of the peace you carry with you and you bring to the people around, because of the unconditional love you give, and the way you always find to make us feel special. That’s what makes you more special than everyone else. And being so far makes me feel like I’m losing a little bit of something so great every day. So I miss you..."
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
I remember Phyllis saying, "Even if we might not win, we must give it a good fight." The good fight and not giving up against the odds says so much about Phyllis ~committed yet playful and full of life. Soooo many memories of P on her knees at the beach making drip castles with my daughter and her niece, Ariel... Loren right there on the sandbar too. Phyllis, a beautiful woman! oxox lila
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
I am greatful that I had the wonderful opportunity to meet and know such an amazing woman who lived life to the fullest who always made everyone feel awesome. Phyllis always lived each day like a new day something I would love to learn from her......will be missed dearly.
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
Loren, Holly, Chad and family,
Our deepest sympathy to you. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely, Charlie and Jane
Our deepest sympathy to you. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely, Charlie and Jane
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
Dr.Wilson and family,I am deeply sorry for your big loss. I never wanted this day to come.Everytime I saw Phylis in the office she brought a lot of brightness to my life.Her love,kindness,thoughtfulness,positive attitude and strength was one of kind.Even her illness didnt take this away from her.I will miss her so much.But I know she is in a peaceful place.
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
I sat in awe each day across a classroom from Ms. P and watched her rebirth one student after another, leading them to the light and the beauty that had been hidden from them. The brightest, those struggling, the new arrivals and the searching colleagues, everyone's story was drawn out and decorated with her gems. Each of us reborn wearing her love as a crown.
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
I first me Phyllis when Holly was my student at Vanderbilt. Phyllis was full of light and life. I don't think she has ever met anyone she did not like. Her smile was infectious. Phyllis knew how to live in the moment, stay focused on what is really important, and I am so thankful I got to know her. She will be greatly missed by everyone she touched. Love to Holly, Loren, Chad, & Edna
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012
If you realize that all things change,
There is nothing you will try to hold on to.
If you aren't afraid of dying,
There is nothing you can't achieve. (Tao te Ching)
And yet, and yet, the heart must break before it can build itself big enough to bear the loss of one so loved. My heart goes to yours.
There is nothing you will try to hold on to.
If you aren't afraid of dying,
There is nothing you can't achieve. (Tao te Ching)
And yet, and yet, the heart must break before it can build itself big enough to bear the loss of one so loved. My heart goes to yours.
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January 30, 2021
I think of you and your mom very often. Truly all I have met in your family, are wonderful people. I think of you Phyllis every day when I look at the Irish soap dish you got me long ago. I have it on my kitchen sink :)
I also miss your mom so very much. She was very special to me. I hope you both are with Jan and having lots of laughs. Until I see you all again.
xoxo
I also miss your mom so very much. She was very special to me. I hope you both are with Jan and having lots of laughs. Until I see you all again.
xoxo
April 3, 2014
I am sorry to say I am just finding out about this sad news now.
Ms. Kutt was my homeroom teacher at Lawrence School.
It is a familiar trope to say that teachers leave an indelible impression on their students but in reality this is only true for a very select and special few. Ms. Kutt was one of those teachers for me. Ms. Kutt was very supportive of my weird childhood obsession with opera and was the first person to point me towards the Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde which she loved. That led to my life-long obsession with Richard Wagner.No doubt there are countless other former pupils whose lives have been similarly shaped by this unique woman.
The eagles have landed
August 10, 2013
I miss you, Phyllis, especially when I hear the beat of drums. I expect you to be turning up soon to sit across or next to me in a drum circle at Omega.
Your presence is here, however, at Tale of the Hawk Farm. Last year two eagles landed in a pine tree across from Omega's beach but on our farm. We named the female after you and the male after another friend who died in February. So these two bald eagles, Phyllis & Phil, built a nest together in 2012 and stayed awhile and then flew away.
But,...this year in January 2013 they returned. Their white heads and tails were whiter because they were 5 years old now and mature. We watched them add on to the previous year's nest, making it bigger. Then, Phyllis sat and sat and sat very patiently while Phil flew in and brought meals. On Easter Sunday, March 31st, 2013 she had a boy and a girl eaglet. We visited the nest almost every day. Now, the eaglets are larger than their parents and can fly and hunt on their own, but Phyllis is still watching over them and us.