Cora I. Phillips, Obituary, Fergus, Co., MT USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. "List transcribed and organized by Betty (Phillips) Distad, GmomDistad@aol.com. All rights reserved." Copyright, 1998 by Betty (Phillips) Distad. This file may be freely copied for non-profit purposes. All other rights reserved. SERVICES SET FRIDAY FOR CORA I. PHILLIPS Cora I Phillips, 80. Lewistown, died this morning at her home in Lewistown after a short illness. Funeral Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Creel-Morrison-Retz chapel with Rev. George Barnhart officiating. Interment will follow in the City Cemetery. Mrs. Phillips was born Sept. 26, 1896 in Rushville, NE, the daughter of frank and Emma Geary. She received her schooling in Pine Grove and Lavina. She came to the Flatwillow area as a child with her parents. On March 7, 1916, she married R. J. Phillips in Lewistown. Following her marriage, they homesteaded in the South Moccasin Mountain in 1916. They farmed and ranched there until they retired in 1968 and moved into Lewistown. Mrs Phillips was a member of the Eastern Star, Daughters of the Nile, Past Matrons, Republican Women’s Club, Lewistown Woman’s Club and United Presbyterian Church. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Sylvia I Blakemore, Bakersfield, CA, Mrs. Mary Criswell, Lewistown, Mrs. Katherine Conrad, Crestline, CA, two sons Samuel K., and Robert K., both of Lewistown; 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. John Rekdal, Powell, Wyoming.