Champaign News Gazette- July 1980
Mary Phillips

Mary E. Phillips, 93, of 1515 N. Market St. Champaign, died at 8:30 p.m. Thursday (July 24, 1980) at the Urbana Americana Healthcare Center.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, the Rev. John Kovalcik officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery, Mayview. There will be no visitation.

Mrs. Phillips was born Dec. 22, 1886, in Champaign County, a daughter of Harmon and Elizabeth Bowers Corray. She married James R. Phillips Dec. 16, 1908 in a family home northeast of Urbana. He died in August of 1964.

Survivors include one son, Joe R. Phillips of Champaign; four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Youmans of Ogden, Mrs. Eleanor Butzow of Urbana, Mrs. Mary Margaret Allen of Urbana, and Jane Phillips of Champaign; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and three brothers, Bill Corray, Fred Corray and Frank Corray, all of Urbana. She was also preceded in death by two brothers.

She and her husband lived in the Mayview area for many years. She was a member of the Mayview Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to the church.

Submitted by Marguerite Butzow