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Subject: OBITUARY - DANIEL D. PHILLIPS.

Date: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 9:30 PM

Decatur County Journal

August 23, l906

That "death seeks a shining mark" has been a strangely persistent

impression among all nations. In varying beautiful modes of expression

the idea is found imbedded in the poetry and song of nearly all races.

In almost all, its existence exemplifies and deepens the solemnity of

human life and accentuates the mysterious complexity of all things

mundane. "His footsteps are in the great deep. Our minds are bowed in

wonder at His Judgments, which are past finding out."

DANIEL D. PHILLIPS celebrated his 84th birthday on July 4th. He has

been in exceptionally good health for the past few weeks. Sunday

afternoon he was seized with a stroke of paralysis from which he never

rallied, and died the following morning without regaining consciousness.

There were present at the end, MRS. PHILLIPS, his son, W.R. PHILLIPS,

and his daughter, MRS. H. VANDERHOOF. His daughter, MRS. H.W. RISLEY,

arrived the next morning.

D.D. PHILLIPS was born July 4, l822, at Berne, Albany County, N.Y.,

where he spent his days up to young manhood. It was there that he met

and married MISS R.A. NOONAN, March l, l844. Four children were the

result of that union, three of whom survive him--MRS. ANNA CLOUGH, of

Sparta, Wis.; ERNEST PHILLIPS, Col., and J.W. PHILLIPS, Los Angeles,

California. Shortly after his marriage to MISS NOONAN, he moved to New

Freeport, Ill., where his wife died, Nov. 4, l874. He was married to

HATTIE E. BARTON, March 30, l875. He then moved to Leon, Iowa, where he

resided until l884, when he moved to southwestern Nebraska, and with the

exception of three years' residence in Oberlin, Kansas, lived here until

his death.

Four children were born to his late marriage. One of them preceded him

to the Great Beyond, while the widow and three children--MRS. H.W.

RISLEY, of Denver, R.W. PHILLIPS, and MRS. H. VANDERHOOF, of Culbertson,

mourn his loss.

He was converted in his early manhood, and lived a true Christian life.

He joined the Baptist Church in l875, and was an active member of that

body until called by the Great Master. DANIEL PHILLIPS was respected

for his honesty and uprightness. He loved the cause of Christ and was

always faithful to His interests and the welfare of his fellow beings.

His was such a cheerful kindly nature that for him it was happiness.

Culbertson, (Neb.) Era.

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