Frank Phillips
Frank “Val” Phillips of Parker died April 22 at the Veterans
Hospital in Denver. He was 82. A memorial service was April 26 in
Parker.
Born Nov. 29, 1920, in Mineola, Long Island, N.Y., he was the
son of Frank and Marie Phillips. He graduated in 1939 from
Montclair High School, Montclair, N.J.
He married Margaret “Peg” Sebold in March 1948 in Montclair. Mr.
Phillips retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1968 as a colonel. He
owned Western Title Corp. in Castle Rock from 1968-81. He then
worked as a title consultant from 1981-2003.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Lou Hall. He is survived
by his wife of Parker; sons Richard and his wife, Meg, of Parker,
Bruce and his wife, Monica, of Fairbanks, Alaska, Brian of Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho, and Chris and his wife, Cathy, of Plano, Texas;
daughters Valerie Gosnell and her husband, Paul of Fernandino
Beach, Fla., Leslie Phillips of Denver, Denise Elder and her
husband, Chet, of Highlands Ranch and Jennifer Peavy and her
husband, Scott, of New Lenox, Ill.; 15 grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions can be made to the VNA Hospice, 390 Grant
St., Denver, CO 80203 or the VA Hospital, 1055 Claremont St.,
Denver, CO 80220.