This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nNABAIB/5861 Message Board Post: The following obit is here with permission of The Challis Messenger, in Challis, Idaho. John Claude Phillips John Claude Monroe Phillips, 69, went to be with the Lord on July 20, 2003 at St. Luke's Medical Center in Boise. John was born September 25, 1933 at Sacramento, California to Henry Arthur and Kathleen Mae Phillips. The family moved to Mountain Home in 1949. He enlisted in the Army in 1950 and served in Okinawa, Japan. He was a long haul truck driver for Arlo G. Lott Trucking Company at the time of his death. He loved fishing, friends and family. John married Gerri Woolley on May 19, 1984 in Challis. He is survived by his wife at the family home, his mother Kathleen Wooley, Jerome; three sisters, Gerri Willard, Lava Hot Springs, Judy Holden of Challis and Carolyn Isenhart, Grangeville; two brothers, Dick and Roger Black; two sons, Dick Phillips, Wassilla, Alaska and John Phillips of Omak, Washington; two daughers, Debra Phillips, Bona Ark and Bonnie Kay Hanson, Pocatello, 23 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by three stepsons, Bill Woolley, Gheribaldi, Oregon, Brett Wooley of Stanley and Danny Woolley of Challis. He was preceded in death by one son, Tony Monroe Phillips, his father Henry, stepfather Dick Black and two grandchildren. Services were held July 26 at the Community Church. He was buried in the Challis Cemetery. Note: I am of no relation, but my sympathies go out to those of you who are. This is here as a lasting memorial for Mr. Phillips.