Phyllis Brei, 80, of Kearney, died Saturday, Jat Mt. Friday, Jat Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Winner, S.D. Interment will follow at the Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Mission, S.D. Visitation will be held 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Thursday, Jat O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney. Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation. Chapel of the Pines in Valentine is in charge of arrangements. Phyllis Irene Christiansen Brei was born on February 24th, 1935 at the General Hospital in Winner, SD to John and Gladys Christiansen, nee Vandeventer. She attended adult instruction classes and was baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith at Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in Mission, SD on January 9, 1954. Phyllis was a faithful member of the Wisconsin Lutheran Synod throughout her adult life, she was a member at Zion in Mission, SD, Trinity in Winner, SD and Good Shepherd in Kearney, NE. She was active in various organizations through the church and helped out with many projects over the years. Phyllis lived on the family farm in southeastern Todd County, SD, near the community of Keya Paha, Nebraska she attended country school through eighth grade and attended high school in Mission, SD at Todd County High School, living on the campus during the school year. Phyllis graduated from Todd County High School in 1953 and was active with alumni association keeping records and addresses of alumni until her declining health impacted this work in 2007. About 672,000 Venezuelans have crossed into neighboring Colombia alone, both legally and illegally, since 2015, according to Colombian authorities.