Philip Leroy Hand
September 23, 1918 — March 23, 2008
Philip L. Hand, 89, a lifelong resident of rural Center Point, Iowa, died, Sunday, March 23, 2008, in his home. Services: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. The family will greet friends from 4 - 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at the funeral home. Burial: Lafayette Cemetery, rural Alburnett, Iowa.
Survivors include his wife, Berniece; his children, Phyllis (Kenny) Jones of Hiawatha, Betty (Larry) McBurney of Toddville, and Rosemary (Mitch) Robinson of Cedar Falls; a sister, Donna Mae (Harold) Stephenson of Center Point; a brother-in-law, Dale Matheny of Center Point; 9 grandchildren, Todd & Kiate Jones, Ty & Christy Jones, Tia & Howard Fruehling, Kale & Tina McBurney, Kala Liebe, John & Lisa Ashlock, Suzanne & Warren Bellinger, Vanessa & Dave Lamb, and Sean Robinson; and 19 great-grandchildren, Madison, Austin, and Jackson Ashlock, Tyler, Shelby, and Shianne Bellinger, Vienna, Mason and Devyn Lamb, Kaitlyn and Hailey Fruehling, Carlea and Cierra Jones, Corinne Brown, Kaleb, Kean, and Kalina McBurney, and Dylan and DeLoss Liebe.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his son & daughter-in-law, Buzz & Pam Hand; son-in-law and granddaughter, David and Emily Krsek; a granddaughter-in-law, Jenny Jones; a sister, Hazel Matheny and a brother, Leo Hand, who died in infancy.
Phil was born September 23, 1918, the son of Clarence and Olive (Augustine) Hand, on the Hand Family Century Farm in Center Point, Iowa. Phil graduated from Center Point High School in 1936. He paid a friend a nickel to sit beside a pretty young girl at a basketball tournament in Walker. He ended up dating her, and then, on May 3, 1941, he married that pretty girl, Berniece Shaffer, in Cedar Rapids. They made their home for 66 years in the same house where Phil was born, raised, and died. Phil was a lifelong farmer and was a member of The Farmland Industry Board of Directors and The Linn Co-Op Board of Directors. His grandson, Kale, remarked that Phil was one of those farmers who would only use John Deere tractors and Pioneer Seed. Family was very important to Phil and he was always proud of that fact.
Memorials may be directed to Camp Courageous, Waypoint, or the Center Point Ambulance in Phil’s memory.
Survivors include his wife, Berniece; his children, Phyllis (Kenny) Jones of Hiawatha, Betty (Larry) McBurney of Toddville, and Rosemary (Mitch) Robinson of Cedar Falls; a sister, Donna Mae (Harold) Stephenson of Center Point; a brother-in-law, Dale Matheny of Center Point; 9 grandchildren, Todd & Kiate Jones, Ty & Christy Jones, Tia & Howard Fruehling, Kale & Tina McBurney, Kala Liebe, John & Lisa Ashlock, Suzanne & Warren Bellinger, Vanessa & Dave Lamb, and Sean Robinson; and 19 great-grandchildren, Madison, Austin, and Jackson Ashlock, Tyler, Shelby, and Shianne Bellinger, Vienna, Mason and Devyn Lamb, Kaitlyn and Hailey Fruehling, Carlea and Cierra Jones, Corinne Brown, Kaleb, Kean, and Kalina McBurney, and Dylan and DeLoss Liebe.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his son & daughter-in-law, Buzz & Pam Hand; son-in-law and granddaughter, David and Emily Krsek; a granddaughter-in-law, Jenny Jones; a sister, Hazel Matheny and a brother, Leo Hand, who died in infancy.
Phil was born September 23, 1918, the son of Clarence and Olive (Augustine) Hand, on the Hand Family Century Farm in Center Point, Iowa. Phil graduated from Center Point High School in 1936. He paid a friend a nickel to sit beside a pretty young girl at a basketball tournament in Walker. He ended up dating her, and then, on May 3, 1941, he married that pretty girl, Berniece Shaffer, in Cedar Rapids. They made their home for 66 years in the same house where Phil was born, raised, and died. Phil was a lifelong farmer and was a member of The Farmland Industry Board of Directors and The Linn Co-Op Board of Directors. His grandson, Kale, remarked that Phil was one of those farmers who would only use John Deere tractors and Pioneer Seed. Family was very important to Phil and he was always proud of that fact.
Memorials may be directed to Camp Courageous, Waypoint, or the Center Point Ambulance in Phil’s memory.
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