May 2, 2001

MARIE PHILLIPS

CAIRO, Ill. -- Graveside service for Marie Phillips of Cairo will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Upper Alton Cemetery in Alton, Ill. The Rev. Jerome Fortenberry will officiate. Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo from 5-8 p.m. today. The rosary will be recited at 7...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Graveside service for Marie Phillips of Cairo will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Upper Alton Cemetery in Alton, Ill. The Rev. Jerome Fortenberry will officiate.

Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo from 5-8 p.m. today. The rosary will be recited at 7.

Phillips, 92, died Monday, April 30, 2001, at Daystar Care Center.

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She was born Aug. 22, 1908, in Allentown, Pa., daughter of Jon and Cora Seibert Dreisbach. She married George W. Phillips, who died in 1971.

Phillips was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church.

Survivors include a son, Comer Phillips of Cairo; a granddaughter; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.

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