Roscoe W. Phipps

Born in Tiawah, Oklahoma on October 21, 1922
Departed on March 31, 2009. Resided in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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Roscoe Wilbur Phipps 86, of 4429 Lee St. NE, died Tuesday, March 31, 2009, in his home following a long illness. Services will be held at 11 AM Saturday in Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Burial with military honors in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 PM on Friday at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home and at the chapel after 10:30 AM on Saturday.

Roscoe was born October 21, 1922, in Tiawaha, Oklahoma, to James and Stella McClure Phipps. He first married Maxine Reed on April 13, 1942. She died in 1978. He married Ruth Null in 1979. He was a hardware buyer for Ogden & Adams Lumber for over 40 years. He was a member of the Cedar Rapids Eagles Club, and the Hawkeye Hoo-Hoo Club #193. He served in the US Army Air Corps during WW II.

Survivors include his wife Ruth, his children, Bonnie (Robert) Etter of Trenton, Missouri, Cheri (Ron) Sheronick of Marion, Roscoe (Patricia) Phipps of Cedar Rapids, Diana Pierce of Coarsegold, California, and Gail (Don) Church of Lynnwood, Washington, step children, Dan (Theresa) Null of Elkhart, Indiana, Wayne (Sheri) Null of North English, Yvonne North of Kenya, Deborah Pickner of Rowlett, Texas, and Penny (Tim) Kriz of Newhall, Iowa, his sisters Mildred Coberly of Cedar Rapids, Vernice DePriest of Mt. View, Missouri, Jera Dean Cooperman of Mesa, Arizona, and Jacqueline (Darrell) Layton of Edgerton, Kansas, and was blessed with numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, two sisters Wilda, and Cleeda, a brother J. T., and daughter, Patricia.

Military honors by VFW Post No 788.

In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established.

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