Maynard A. Philips

      Maynard A. Philips, 87, of Keosauqua, died at 12:58 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at Lutheran Homes in Muscatine.

      A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Keosauqua United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Bryon Wixom officiating. Cremation will follow, with private burial in Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield.

      Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, where the family will be present from 6-8 p.m.

      Memorials to Happy Day Express pre-school or a charity of the donor's choice may be left at the funeral home or mailed to PO Box 513, Keosauqua 52565.

      Mr. Philips was born Aug. 29, 1920, in rural Jefferson County, the son of Lealdes ad Edith Crenshaw Philips. He married Mildred H. Bettis Feb. 18, 1941, in Kahoka, Mo. She died June 8, 1985.

To see the complete obituary, read the April 10, 2008, Fairfield Ledger.