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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Valley&State Backpage O&E Sports Archives Classifieds Faith&Beliefs Obituaries Revels May 20, 2004 Irene Phillips The funeral for Pearl Irene Phillips will be 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 21, 2004, at the Litwiller- Simonsen Funeral Home, Ashland with a reception following. Private interment will be at Mountain View Cemetery, Ashland. Mrs. Phillips, 72, of Phoenix, died Friday, May 14, 2004 at home. She was born November 24, 1931 at Laramie, Wyoming the daughter of Opal and Charles Einspahr. She lived in Laramie till the age of 11 when she moved to Vancouver, Washington in 1942, and to Portland in 1946. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1949. During her high school years she was a teen fashion model, loved to ice skate, was a lead soprano in the Choir, and chosen as the Roosevelt High School May Princess. In 1950 she married Wiley Phillips who survives. She worked in a Portland Fashion store as a model and accountant. She was a loving mother of four children and enjoyed fishing, dancing, and attending football games. Prior to her illness she was active in the Ashland Missionary Alliance Church and always listened to Pastor Charles Stanley on Sunday mornings. She moved to Ashland in 1969 and to Phoenix in 2001. Most recently, she enjoyed her yard and backyard birds and she loved her family and her God. Surviving in addition to her husband are: two sons, Dr. Stephen Phillips of Medford, OR, and Gregory Phillips of Talent, OR; two daughters, Deborah Koland of Ashland and Karen Davis of Portland, OR; two brothers Richard Einspahr of Sacramento, CA and William Einspahr of Buena Vista, Colorado; two sisters Shirley Cartozian and Evelyn Nellbauer both of Portland, OR; ten grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Providence Hospice, 1660 East McAndrews, Medford, Oregon 97504. Arrangements under the direction of the Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home, Ashland. DailyTidings.com Home Page Valley&State | Backpage | O&E | Sports | Archives | Weather | Classifieds Columnists | Faith&Beliefs | Obituaries | Revels | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2004 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams