Dr. Philip David Pallister passed away peacefully at the family home in the Boulder Valley March 9.
Born to George and Edith Pallister in Owatonna, Minnesota, September 20, 1920, Phil was raised and received his early education in Rochester. Along with being a sterling scholar and Eagle Scout, Phil was inculcated with the values of hard work, straight talk and being a man of his word on the family’s extensive truck farm that helped with a little income and a lot of food during the Depression. He continued his education at the University of Minnesota and entered medical school under an accelerated program meant to help provide physicians for duty in World War II.
He met Blanche Willa Pallister in high school and they began dating when Phil was in college and were married the 13th of June 1942. In a quote from his autobiography, Phil stated, “My marriage to Willie is the most important thing in the world to me; she has been my true love, my best friend, my wife and mistress, my support, my all.”
