Yeah. She obviously liked him at least a little (going off how how upset she was after he died), and seeing him with his throat ripped out doesn't seem like something easily forgotten. And I'm pretty sure that normally it would take a while to get to where she could say/think his name, be it actually in reference to him or not, without remembering his death (and him as a zombie, and her having to put him back).

And considering the Film Noir angle, going from Phillip Marlowe to the traumatic death of Phillip the stripper doesn't seem like much of a stretch.

Dammit, I haven't read book 1 in a while, but I thought Anita having to put Phillip to rest was one of the most powerful moments in the book. Now I'm realizing it was probably one of the most powerful in the SERIES.