Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Betty L. Phillips

Aug. 10, 1929 - Aug. 25, 1998

 

South Bend Tribune 8/27/1998

Betty L. Phillips, 69, of East Indiana Street, South Bend, Ind., died at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, in her residence. She was born on Aug. 10, 1929, in Lima, Ohio.

 

As Betty L. Hunter she married Robert V. Phillips, Sr., who died on May 26, 1984. She was also preceded in death by a son, Robert V. Phillips, Jr., on June 26, 1993. Betty is survived by three daughters, Pamela K. Kurlancki of Marcellus, Mich., Brenda Brown of Granger, Ind., and Carrie Lynn Makielski of Lexington, Ala.; three sons, Dennis, Bryan and Danny Phillips, all of South Bend; a daughter-in-law, Sherry Phillips of Lakeville, Ind.; 21 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren; a sister, Esther Ray of South Bend; and by a brother, Chet Hunter of South Bend.

 

Services will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, in the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 435 S. Ironwood, with Rev. Stephen Cox officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.