Margie J. Phillips, 94, of Bicknell, IN, passed away Thursday morning February 22, 2024 at The Villages at Oak Ridge with her family at her bedside. Margie was born May 13, 1929 in Loogootee, IN, the daughter of Goodlet and Edith Berkshire Burton. She was a graduate of Edwardsport High School and on July 16, 1951 she married Donald H. Phillips and they made their life together for 71 years until his death on July 27 2022. She attended Bicknell United Methodist Church and was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother.
Margie is survived by daughter, Louann Roark and her husband, Larry of Wheatland, IN, her grandchildren, Jason (Janel) Phillips, Jonathan (Megan) Roark, Andy (Britni) Roark and Daniel (Jessica) Roark, their great grandchildren, Kyson Phillips, Dreyton Phillips, Kaleb Roark, Kalyn Roark, Avery Roark, Mason Roark, Layne Roark, and Corbin Roark and a great-great grandchild, Skylar Smith.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald H. Phillips, a son, Donald B. Phillips, her parents, Goodlet and Edith Burton, a brother Walter Burton and a sister Flora Mae Yagle.
Funeral services will be celebrated Monday February 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Duesterberg-Fredrick Wampler Shaw Chapel with Pastor Jarred Chattin officiating. She will be laid to rest next to her husband in Asbury Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:00 Noon until the time of services at 2:00 PM at the funeral home. Memorial contributions can be made in her memory to One Foundation Church, N Seminary St, Wheatland, IN 47597. Duesterberg-Fredrick Wampler Shaw Chapel is honored to assist Margie’s family during their time of loss.
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