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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Leave a tributeYou are in our memories today and every day.
It would not have been possible without Phyllis!
I think of you and remember you, Phyllis.
Be in peace
Paz i descanso eterno pa si alma na eternidadi.
Um grandi abraço di fraternidade di bu amigo
Angelo Almeida
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
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
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
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 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.
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.”
figment719 Eskimo Proverb quotes
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
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.
What a heart has known it shall forget
"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!'"
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
Such a gift of love and living.
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.
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
Gary, Moose and staff
Our deepest sympathy to you. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely, Charlie and Jane
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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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
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
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.