Life story Mrs. Emma Jean Phillips, age 89, of Madison, passed away on September 28, 2009 at the King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison. She was born on February 6, 1920 in Columbia City, Indiana, the daughter of Eugene Margaret "Maggie" North Young. Mrs. Phillips graduated in 1937 from the Columbia City High School, and was a professional alterations lady. She had worked for Montgomery Ward and Knobbson's in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was also self-employed. She moved to Madison in 2003 and was a member of Saint John's United Church of Christ. She also loved to oil paint and take care of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Survivors include two daughters: Gloria Jean Phillips of Madison and Carolyn Arnold and her husband, Johnny of Defuniak Springs, Florida; four sons and daughters-in-law: Dave and Linda Phillips of Hanover, Maryland, R. Dean and Rebecca Phillips of Columbia City, John G. "Jack" , III and Dianne Phillips of Columbia City, and Wayne and Joan Phillips of Fort Wayne; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-six great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Gilbert "Jack" Phillips, II, to whom she was married on July 25, 1937 in Indianapolis, Indiana, three sisters: Esther Ellen Glascow, Margaret Hamilton and Katherine Jones; and two grandsons: Jason Arnold and Jim Phillips. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, October 3, 2009 at the DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home in Columbia City, with burial in the Oak Grove (Compton) Cemetery there. Friends may call at the DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Saturday. The family requests memorial contributions be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Association or to Saint John's United Church of Christ in Madison. Memorial envelopes are available at the Lytle Funeral Chapel. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Emma Jean Phillips, please visit our floral store.