Arlene Alice Phillips
April 24, 1930 — June 29, 2016
Arlene Alice Phillips, 86, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016, among her family and friends at the Mercy Hospice Center, Hiawatha, from an extended illness. Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 1, 2016, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Thursday, June 30, 2016, at the Funeral Home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her husband, Blane “Pappy” Phillips Sr. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; three sons, Blane Phillips Jr. (Evelyn) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wayne Phillips of Van Horne, Iowa, and Robert (Cindy) Phillips of Rush City Minnesota; six grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and two great great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Louis, Edward, Kenny and Harold Kennedy; and great-grandchildren, Lynsey Niemeier.
Arlene was born on April 24, 1930, at her home in Ft. Dodge, Iowa, daughter of Irwin and Mary (Lewis) Kennedy. She married Pappy on December 22, 1946, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Arlene was employed at the Cedar Rapids School district as a cook. She later attended Kirkwood College becoming a dietician, later working at Heritage Nursing Home. Arlene loved playing cards and dice games, but most of all loved her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband, Blane “Pappy” Phillips Sr. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; three sons, Blane Phillips Jr. (Evelyn) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wayne Phillips of Van Horne, Iowa, and Robert (Cindy) Phillips of Rush City Minnesota; six grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and two great great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Louis, Edward, Kenny and Harold Kennedy; and great-grandchildren, Lynsey Niemeier.
Arlene was born on April 24, 1930, at her home in Ft. Dodge, Iowa, daughter of Irwin and Mary (Lewis) Kennedy. She married Pappy on December 22, 1946, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Arlene was employed at the Cedar Rapids School district as a cook. She later attended Kirkwood College becoming a dietician, later working at Heritage Nursing Home. Arlene loved playing cards and dice games, but most of all loved her children and grandchildren.
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