This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PHILLIS, LIEBENDORFER, PRICKETT, SMITH Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2037.1 Message Board Post: Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Sat. July 15, 1950, p 5 MRS. SARAH PHILLIS, 92, SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL Funeral rites are scheduled Monday at 11 AM at the Shannon Chapel for Mrs. Sarah Phillis, 92, of Modesto. The 39 year resident of Modesto died yesterday in a local hospital after an extended illness. She was a native of Pennsylvania. She was a member of First Methodist Church. Rev. James A. Andrews will officiate at the rites. Interment will be in the family plot, Odd Fellows Cemetery. Mrs. Phillis was the widow of Joseph A. Phillis. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. O. M. Prickett of Modesto and Mrs. Carl Smith of Oakland, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Friday Jan. 21, 1944, p 5. PHILLIS SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW Funeral services for Joseph A. Phillis, 88, former superintendent of city parks, will be conducted tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at the Shannon Chapel. Rev. Arthur H. Wallace will officiate and interment will be at the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Phillis served as park superintendent for 30 years, retiring several years ago. He was the husband of Mrs. Sarah Phillis and father of C. B. Phillis, of Dormont, Pa., Elmer Phillis of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mrs. Bertha Liebendorfer and Mrs. O. M. Prickett of Oakland. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank