Phillips High Alumni Obituaries

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our mother into the arms of Jesus on December 15 2025. Rhonda Renee Hammer Lunceford was born September 8 1963 in Pampa to Jack and Marry Phillips Hammer. Rhonda is survived in her new beginning by her son Eric Watts of Cisco daughter Ashle...

Wayne Mark Coleman 54 of Wichita Falls passed away Monday January 19 2026. He was born on September 17 1971 in Wichita Falls Texas to Craig Wayne Coleman and Laura Carlisle Coleman. Mark spent most of his life doing what he knew best working on cars and keeping Colemans Auto going the family busines...

Gary Ernest, age 79 of Owasso, Oklahoma, formerly of Breckenridge, passed away, Sunday, February 1, 2026. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, February 7th at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church with Father Don Sackett officiating. Interment with Masonic Rites will follow in the Breckenridg...

Gary Ernest, age 79 of Owasso, Oklahoma, formerly of Breckenridge, passed away, Sunday, February 1, 2026. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, February 7th at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church with Father Don Sackett officiating. Interment with Masonic Rites will follow in the Breckenridg...

Dennis Jerome Beyer was called home to heaven on January 24, 2026 with his wife and children by his side. Dennis was the 2nd of 7 children born to William and Evelyn (Engel) Beyer on the Engel family farm in the Clark Co town of Mayville on December 27, 1939.Visitation will be held at Rembs Funeral ...

Carol Jean Ann Begotka 87 Green Bay passed away peacefully on the morning of Friday January 30 2026. She was born January 28 1939 in Green Bay to Lawrence and Eunice Panure Marin. Carol Jean graduated from Green Bay East High School with the class of 1957. She married Lynn Michael Begotka on April 2...

Tamara "Tamie" Leigh Brantner 67 passed away peacefully on Wednesday October 22 2025 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Eau Claire surrounded by loved ones. Tamie was born on August 10 1958 at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden Utah to the late Bob and Connie Todahl. She grew up in Eleva Wisconsin and gradu...

Phillip E. Rogers age 90 of Clear Lake WI passed away early on Sunday February 1 2026 at the Golden Age Manor Nursing Home in Amery WI. Phillip Erliing Rogers was born on April 27 1935 to Clara Perry in Eau Claire WI and when he was 3 years old moved to Connersville with his mother and stepfather Ph...

The funeral service for LTC Lamar N. Denkins, U.S. Army, retired, 90, of Tucker, GA, formerly of Jacksonville, AL, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at First Baptist Church of Williams. Dr. Don Carroll will officiate, and interment will follow at Pleasant Valley Baptist Churc...

Robert Curtis Beverly age 95 died peacefully on January 26 2026 at Utah Valley Hospital surrounded by his loving daughters. Before his passing he was visited by almost all of his Grandchildren and Greatgrandchildren during his short stay in the hospital. Curtis was born May 21 1930 to Magnolia Flora...

Mildred Claire Hutchinson Rone passed away on Monday January 26 2026 at the age of 92. She was born December 28 1933 in Vicksburg MS to John Crawford Hutchinson Sr. and Frances Worthington Hutchinson. Mildred graduated from Carr Central High School. She then graduated from Texas State College for Wo...

A funeral service for Mr. Sidney Lee Slater age 62 of Marion LA will be held at 1000 AM Tuesday December 30 2025 at Farrar Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Charlie Smith officiating. Sam was a graduate of Linville High School and upon graduation he started working for several people in his community. H...

A funeral service for Mr. Sidney Lee Slater age 62 of Marion LA will be held at 1000 AM Tuesday December 30 2025 at Farrar Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Charlie Smith officiating. Sam was a graduate of Linville High School and upon graduation he started working for several people in his community. H...

James Michael “Mike” Beaty, 81, of Pikeville, Kentucky, passed away on November 9, 2025, at Pikeville Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family. Mike was born on November 4, 1944, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Clellie Ted Beaty and Mary Florence Woods, and was raised in Garrard County, Kentucky, whe...

Michael B. Phillips I age 74 Harrodsburg passed away on Thursday January 29 2026 at his home. Born November 17 1951 in Harrodsburg he was the son of the late Ralph B. and Eileen Joyce Phillips. He was a graduate of Mercer County High School and became an auctioneer working for Addison Crouch Lee Sim...

Tammy Kay Houck 68 formerly of Ozawkie KS passed away January 6 2026 at Villa St. Francis in Olathe. She was born December 26 1957 the daughter of Harold Eugene Weaver and Glenda Kay French Weaver Webb William Buzz Webb. Tammy was a 1975 graduate of Grandview High School. She attended Joe Herndon Te...

Rob (Robin) S ArndtWe are saddened to share the news that Rob S Arndt passed away in the early morning on December 24, 2025, at the age of 54, in his home, with his wife holding his hand and daughters close.Rob was born in Menomonie, Wi, to Darrell and Sandra Arndt. He grew up in Eau Claire, WI and...

Rachel Ruth Miller 95 went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 18 2025 at her home surrounded by family. She was born on February 21 1930 in Hoosierville Indiana to the late Walter and Bessie Fisher Maurey. She started doing domestic work at the age of 11 and at 16 she started working in the ...

John Leroy Leffler, 87, of Willow Hill, IL, passed away at 12:50 am on Wednesday, January 01, 2026, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, IN.He was born in Jasper County, IL, on June 14, 1938, to Clarence Ishmael “Spoony” and Mary (Daugherty) Leffler. He married his true love, Elsie Yager, on...

Lowell L. Cooper 97 of Campaign Illinois formerly of Philo Illinois passed away peacefully Monday December 22 2025 at Bickford Senior Living in Champaign Illinois. Lowell was born February 7 1928 in Neoga Township Cumberland County Illinois the son of James A. and Ella Hatten Cooper. He attended Neo...

Linda J. Phillips 73 of Macomb IL formerly of Astoria IL passed away at 659 pm on Sunday May 5 2024 at The Elms in Macomb IL. She was born on April 22 1951 in Peoria IL and raised in Astoria the daughter of Forrest and Naomi Welker Phillips. Linda was a graduate of Astoria High School and would go o...

Wayne E. Azbell age 90 of Macomb formerly of Ipava IL passed away at 1015 pm on Saturday March 12 2016 at Heartland Health Care Center in Macomb IL. He was born on February 14 1926 in Ipava the son of Edward and Zena Nelson Azbell. On November 28 1946 he married Frances Jean Easley in Ipava. She ...

Laura May Azbell 95 of Ipava IL passed away at 120 pm on Thursday June 29 2023 at her home. She was born on November 27 1927 in Vermont Township Fulton County IL the daughter of Carl and Ruth Snowden Ellison. Laura May married Donald Azbell on June 21 1952 in Ipava. Donald preceded Laura May in dea...

Lu Ann Schisler age 67 of Astoria IL passed away at 245 am on Wednesday May 10th 2017 at her sons home in Vermont. She was born on November 4 1949 in Vermont the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Flora Margaret Lawson Bowman. She is survived by her daughter Kelly Westlake of Astoria son Jeff and She...

Jeffrey Eugene Althiser was born on October 3 1961 in Canton Illinois the son of Les and Alice Althiser. He married his first love Tina Althiser on January 25 1980 she preceded him in death on July 12 2021. He leaves behind two daughters Brittney Althiser and Brooke Meyer Kevin Doubet and one son Br...

Beverly Ann Carlton 90 of Astoria IL passed away at 5 pm on Monday December 5 2022 at Graham Hospital in Canton IL. She was born on February 22 1932 in Tecumseh NE the daughter of Charles and Julia Stephens McKinney. Beverly married Wilbur Carlton on November of 1951. Together they had 3 daughters V...

Evelyn G. Coil 98 of Browning IL went to be with her Lord on Monday March 29 2021 at Heritage Health in Springfield IL. She was born on July 10 1922 on Morning Star Hill in Fulton County IL the daughter of Hardy and Violet Crable Thompson. Evelyn married Albert Leroy Coil on October 9 1951 in Peoria...

Betty Lee Little age 95 of Bath IL formerly of Vermont IL passed away at 942 pm on Monday March 4 2019 at her home in Bath. She was born on November 8 1923 in Smithfield IL the daughter of Herman and Muriel Weese Markley. On December 6 1941 Betty married Cletus Little in Hannibal MO. He preceded ...

Carroll Eugene Skiles 89 of Astoria IL passed away at 853 pm on Sunday July 26 2020 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria IL. He was born on July 17 1931 in Astoria the son of Leland C. and Hazel Hoke Skiles. Carroll married Wanda M. Hollenback on August 25 1951 in Ipava Illinois. She precede...

Mr. Mark Walden was born on June 21 1952 to Louise Holloway of Louisville GA and the late Lonzie Lewis of Midville GA. He was the beloved husband of Ella Dogan Walden married July 23 1973 with whom he shared 52 years of marriage filled with love partnership and cherished memories. Celebration of Lif...