Moorhead woman who helped to create Dairy Queen's Dilly Bar dies at 90

[TexasTowelie]

MOORHEAD, Minn. — The woman who co-founded the iconic Moorhead Dairy Queen and had a hand in creating the world-famous Dilly Bar has died.

Phyllis Litherland died Sunday at her daughter’s home in Chicago. She was 90.

Phyllis and Bob Litherland established the downtown Moorhead Dairy Queen in 1949, among the franchise’s earliest restaurants in the nation. The couple is also often credited for the creation of the Dilly Bar, a chocolate, cherry- or butterscotch-coated ice cream treat on a stick with DQ’s signature curlicue.

According to Troy and Diane DeLeon, the owners of the eatery since 1995, Bob and Phyllis married in 1948 after Bob’s military service in World War II as a paratrooper in Japan and the Philippines. They invested in a downtown Moorhead property during his service and looked for a business to start.

Read more: https://www.twincities.com/2018/08/16/moorhead-woman-who-helped-to-create-dairy-queens-dilly-bar-dies-at-90/

[zeusdogmom]

1. Butterscotch Dilly Bars are my favorite

But they are seldom available where I live - just chocolate and cherry (ick)

Second favorite - butterscotch dipped cone. Ooh I would like one of those now. Suppose any local Dairy Queens open for breakfast?😊 Sadly the same local problem as the dilly bars - chocolate and cherry only

RIP Phyllis. You did good.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. A salute to Ms. Litherland ... for all the childhood memories. nt :)