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Ruth Marion <I>Robbins</I> Phillips

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Ruth Marion Robbins Phillips

Birth
Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA
Death
14 Feb 2005 (aged 86)
Marion, Grant County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Gas City, Grant County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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She was born in Bartholomew County to the late Percy Leroy and Carrie (Campbell) Robbins. She was a 1936 graduate of Van Buren High School. She married Randall Phillips on Feb. 7, 1941. He survives. They were married for 64 years.

She was a homemaker and former cafeteria worker at McCulloch School. She was a longtime member of First Friends Church in Marion and was a member of the Timebuilders Class. She was a gifted seamstress and baker and was well known for her sewing contributions to missions and baking yeast rolls. She sewed for her grandchildren and was a loving wife and mother.

Additional survivors include children, Stephen R. (Carol) Phillips, Kokomo, Cathy S. (Barry) Lobdell and Diana L. (James) Woodcock, both of Marion; grandchildren, Tia (Tim) Sparks, Tonya (Mike) Staten and Allison (Scott) Hunt; eight great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; eight stepgrandchildren; and 21 stepgreat-grandchildren; siblings, Francis Robbins, Warren, and Edna King, Venice, Fla.

She also was preceded in death by a son, Dennis Lee; and siblings, Mary Ellen Anderson, Pearl Parks, Bonnie Satterthwaite and Glen Robbins.

She was born in Bartholomew County to the late Percy Leroy and Carrie (Campbell) Robbins. She was a 1936 graduate of Van Buren High School. She married Randall Phillips on Feb. 7, 1941. He survives. They were married for 64 years.

She was a homemaker and former cafeteria worker at McCulloch School. She was a longtime member of First Friends Church in Marion and was a member of the Timebuilders Class. She was a gifted seamstress and baker and was well known for her sewing contributions to missions and baking yeast rolls. She sewed for her grandchildren and was a loving wife and mother.

Additional survivors include children, Stephen R. (Carol) Phillips, Kokomo, Cathy S. (Barry) Lobdell and Diana L. (James) Woodcock, both of Marion; grandchildren, Tia (Tim) Sparks, Tonya (Mike) Staten and Allison (Scott) Hunt; eight great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; eight stepgrandchildren; and 21 stepgreat-grandchildren; siblings, Francis Robbins, Warren, and Edna King, Venice, Fla.

She also was preceded in death by a son, Dennis Lee; and siblings, Mary Ellen Anderson, Pearl Parks, Bonnie Satterthwaite and Glen Robbins.



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