PHILLIPS, Marinea Louise (Shipman) - b. January 13, 1935 - d. April 27, 2016

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Marinea Louise (Shipman) Phillips, age 81, formerly of Belle Plaine, Kansas, passed away on April 27, 2016 at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton, Kansas where she had lived for the last year.  She was born January 13, 1935 in Howard, Kansas (by Doc Moon on the way to the hospital in Winfield, Kansas), the daughter of Oscar Homer and Nellie Permelia (Van Royen) Shipman, the last of eight children.

Marinea attended school in Howard, Kansas and remembers Doc Moon giving her a nickel every day after school for an ice cream.  While in high school, she worked part-time in the post office.  On December 26, 1974, she married Leroy Phillips in Wichita, Kansas.  She worked for both Beechcraft and Boeing in the Manufacturing Department and as a secretary for Cappers News.

Marinea is survived by granddaughters, LaTisha, LaTosha, LaNette, LaTonya, LaCynthia, and LaChelle; her daughter-in-law, Colleen Hinman; several great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Leroy; her son, Jerald L. "Jerb" Packard; brothers, Merritt, Mervin, Meriel, and Millard Shipman; and sisters, Mildred Schneider, Minnie Armstrong, and Mary Scott-Houston.

Graveside services will be held Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Grace Lawn Cemetery in Howard, Kansas.  Visitation will be held one hour earlier at 1:00 p.m. at Countryside Funeral Home, 206 E. Washington, Howard, Kansas 67349.  Family suggests memorials to either the American Heart Association or to the Alzheimer's Foundation and may be left with the funeral home.  Countryside Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

(taken from the Countryside Funeral Home website)