Kenneth Carl Phillips was a son of Fidellar Phillips and Mary Etta Kittinger.
According to his sister, Edna (Phillips) Beaver, Kenny Phillips was an energetic and fun-loving boy. One of his favorite playmates was a little girl named Josephine.
Kenny contracted diptheria when he was six years old. The entire family was vaccinated for the disease and then quarantined in their home for a period of time. Edna said that she became so ill from the effects of the vaccine that she nearly died. Kenny, however, didn't survive. He was placed in his coffin and displayed in the front window of their home for mourners to view from outside.
Burial in Mt. Jackson cemetery on 29 Dec 1917 per Indiana death certificate.
According to his sister, Edna (Phillips) Beaver, Kenny Phillips was an energetic and fun-loving boy. One of his favorite playmates was a little girl named Josephine.
Kenny contracted diptheria when he was six years old. The entire family was vaccinated for the disease and then quarantined in their home for a period of time. Edna said that she became so ill from the effects of the vaccine that she nearly died. Kenny, however, didn't survive. He was placed in his coffin and displayed in the front window of their home for mourners to view from outside.
Burial in Mt. Jackson cemetery on 29 Dec 1917 per Indiana death certificate.
Kenneth Carl Phillips was a son of Fidellar Phillips and Mary Etta Kittinger.
According to his sister, Edna (Phillips) Beaver, Kenny Phillips was an energetic and fun-loving boy. One of his favorite playmates was a little girl named Josephine.
Kenny contracted diptheria when he was six years old. The entire family was vaccinated for the disease and then quarantined in their home for a period of time. Edna said that she became so ill from the effects of the vaccine that she nearly died. Kenny, however, didn't survive. He was placed in his coffin and displayed in the front window of their home for mourners to view from outside.
Burial in Mt. Jackson cemetery on 29 Dec 1917 per Indiana death certificate.
According to his sister, Edna (Phillips) Beaver, Kenny Phillips was an energetic and fun-loving boy. One of his favorite playmates was a little girl named Josephine.
Kenny contracted diptheria when he was six years old. The entire family was vaccinated for the disease and then quarantined in their home for a period of time. Edna said that she became so ill from the effects of the vaccine that she nearly died. Kenny, however, didn't survive. He was placed in his coffin and displayed in the front window of their home for mourners to view from outside.
Burial in Mt. Jackson cemetery on 29 Dec 1917 per Indiana death certificate.
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