Longtime Rumson resident Phyliss Amses died Sept. 25, 2021, in Riverview Hospital in Red Bank. The cause of death has not been determined.
Phyliss was born Nov. 6, 1931, in Bayonne to Irvin and Sophie Gershman. She graduated from Bayonne High School in1948. After that she worked as a supply clerk for the U.S. Army, a switchboard operator, and then as a seamstress at Flora’s Dress Shop after she moved to Rumson to raise her family.
Phyliss married musician Richard Amses Sept. 8, 1954, and they had a truly long and loving marriage until his death in 2018. She was no less a truly loving and deeply devoted mother to her two children Denise and Matthew. Always happy to entertain her beloved family and friends, Phyliss was a gracious and charming hostess and an accomplished cook and baker. She brought joy to all who knew her.
Phyliss is survived by her daughter Denise Amses (husband Christopher Cosma) of Brooklyn, her son Matthew Amses (wife Kathryn Cordes) of Manhattan, and her two grandsons Julian and Gabriel Cosma. She will be remembered and missed by the legions of family, friends and neighbors whose lives she touched.
There was a visitation Oct. 1 at Thompson Memorial Funeral Home in Red Bank, followed by a burial service at Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Iselin.
For information as to how to make a donation in Phyliss’ memory, please visit thompsonmemorial.net.
The article originally appeared in the October 28 – November 3, 2021 print edition of The Two River Times.
