Phillips, Lewis E. 1868 – 1949

PHILLIPS, RICHARDS, HARPEL

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 4/17/2013 at 10:40:47

Source: Cresco Times

LEWIS E. PHILLIPS, PIONEER OF COUNTY, DIED LAST SUNDAY

Bonair Community Resident, 80 Died in House Where He Lived 70 Years

Funeral services for Lewis E. Phillips, age 80, a life-long resident of the Bonair community, who died Sunday morning in the home near Bonair where he had lived for more than 70 years, were held in Cresco yesterday afternoon.

The services were conducted by the Rev. G. W. Turner, pastor of the Cresco and Bonair Methodist churches, in the Bradley Funeral home. Burial was in the Phillips cemetery, northwest of Bonair.

Lewis E. Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phillips, was born on the Elder farm near Bonair, November 15, 1868. His father built the “Stone House” into which the family moved when Lewis was five years old.

With the exception of two years after his father’s death, when an uncle rented the farm, Lewis made his home on this farm. He attended a log cabin school house near his home and the Cresco public school when E. G. Cooley was superintendent.

The marriage of Lewis Phillips and Hannah Richards was performed in the bride’s home November 8, 1895, by the Rev. Edward Joseph, Lime Springs pastor.

Surviving there are Mr. Phillips’ widow, two sons, Wendell Phillips of Arkansas, Kansas, and Ward Phillips who lived with his parents. Also surviving, there are one granddaughter, Marjorie, of Chicago, Illinois, one sister, Mrs. Oscar Harpel of Kansas City, Missouri, and two nieces and one nephew.

Transcribed from a newspaper clipping submitted by Janice Sowers.

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