Hazel B. Phillips, age 73, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, and Wellington area resident for most of her life, passed away at her home on Wednesday, June 5, 2008. Hazel was a homemaker and also a retired Para with U.S.D. #353.

Hazel B. (Lemon) Phillips was born on April 11, 1935 in Peru, Iowa to Bert B. Lemon and Emma Louise (Kiple) Lemon.

Hazel B. Lemon married Earnest H. Phillips on August 10, 1951. He preceded her in death in 1994.

Hazel was very actively involved in her church and she enjoyed gardening, bird watching, traveling and spending time with her family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Earnest; brother, Ray Lemon; and daughter-in-law, Shannon Phillips.

Survivors include her son, E. Ryan Phillips of Broken Arrow, OK; two daughters, Carolyn Hain and her husband Melvin of Wellington, KS and Vicky Hernandez of Wichita, KS; step-daughter, Norma Jean Martin and her husband Jerry of Arkansas City, KS; two sisters Roberta Moreland of Wellington, KS and Dora Gardner of El Dorado, KS; 12 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild.

Funeral Services will be held at First Southern Baptist Church on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at
1:30 P.M. Pastor Phillip Wylie will officiate. Interment will follow the service at the Belle Plaine Cemetery.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Monday, June 9, 2008 from 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.

A memorial has been established with the First Southern Baptist Church. Memorials can be mailed to or left at the funeral home.

Frank Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.