Lynn Wilburta

Wright

Lynn Wilburta (Phillips) Wright died in Cottonwood, Arizona on November 3, 2026. She passed in her sleep from complications of Alzheimer's Disease at 84 years old.

Lynn's moved Tucson, Arizona when she 4 years old. She attended elementary and junior school, graduating from Sunnyside School in 1960, one of only 12 students to go to all 12 years together. Throughout her life she worked as a telephone operator for Mountain Bell, worked in a family business, worked as a contract seamstress and in retail health food. She was naturally talented at crafts and made beautiful knit afghans for friends and family. She enjoyed sewing, knitting, cooking, baking and being with family and friends. She also enjoyed reminiscing about her classmates at Sunnyside and she has a passion for online Klondike Solitaire and jigsaw puzzles. Lynn also loved animals and had a number of various kinds of animals during her life.

Lynn was born in Hammond, Indiana to Esther (Keilman) and Wilbur Phillips, and had two older sisters, Sister Esther Marie (Joan) Phillips, SC and Joyce A. (Phillips) Welshenbaugh all of whom have preceded her in death, She is survived by her husband of almost 24 years, Alan Wright of Cottonwood, Arizona. Alan is retired from the U.S. Navy and is a former OTR truck driver. Lynn is also survived by her children Cynthia Phay (Cromer) Elmer and Phillip Herston Cromer. She is additionally survived by her son-in-law Donny Elmer and and daughter-in-law Tracey Cromer; her six grandchildren, Chad, Colton, Morgan, Chelsey, Hailey and Jordyn ; as well as two of her nieces, Joan A. W. Schnepp in Texas and June A. Allen in Arizona

Per Lynn's directive, the family is not planning a memorial service, but will place her ashes at the base of a mulberry tree given to her by her Father 50 years ago. The family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the owners and staff of Mingus Terrace Assisted Living for the wonderful care they provided Lynn during the final chapter of her life. One couldn't have asked for more.