Phyllis Foulkes Anderson, Granddaughter of California pioneers and daughter of East Bay architect, Edward Foulkes, died at age 88 in Tiburon, CA on July 15, 2009 of natural causes. She is survived by her beloved husband of 64 years, W.C. "Andy" Anderson; her two children, Christine Mattison and Jeff Anderson; three grandchildren, Courtney, Julia and Colton; and three step grandchildren, Rachel, Jessica and Katelyn. Phyllis was the proud descendent of Priscilla and John Thomas, a gold mining entrepreneur who owned and managed several large claims in La Porte, Plumas County, California. Her father, Edward Foulkes, who attended Stanford and MIT, was also an Ecole des Beaux-Arts trained architect who designed the Tribune Tower in Oakland, the Pittock Mansion in Portland, Oregon and the Rustic Parthenon at the 1915 Pan Pacific International Exhibit in San Francisco among other buildings. Phyllis was an alumna of U.C. Berkeley where she was the president of her sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi. She was a longtime Bear Backer of Cal football and a loyal member of the Alumnae Club in Oakmont. She met her husband, "Andy" at Cal. He served in World War II as a paratrooper and received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in combat. Phyllis found great joy in world travels with her husband and time spent with her children, grandchildren and her lifelong college friends. For over thirty years she and Andy hosted couples from Cal and their families on her forest property in La Porte, Plumas County. Phyllis survived personal tragedy with the untimely deaths of her mother, Charlotte, her son, Edward, and her grandson, Derek. A Memorial Celebration will be held in her honor at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, August 24th at Alma Via, 515 Northgate Dr., San Rafael, CA 94903. Phyllis will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Published in Press Democrat from 7/19 to 7/20/2009