Karen Marie Phillips Obituary (1947

Putnam: Karen Marie (Briner) Phillips, 75, of Putnam, passed away Sunday July 31, 2022, 10:05 pm at Liberty Village of Princeton. Family graveside services will be held Saturday August 6, 2022, at Putnam Cemetery. Pastor Terry Broady will officiate. Memorials may be made to The Children's Hospital, of Peoria. Calvert & Johnson Memorial Home, Henry is in charge of arrangements. Karen was born March 10, 1947, in Spring Valley, IL to Charles and Rena (Holocker) Briner. She married Larry Dean Phillips on September 10, 1971, in Henry, Illinois. He preceded her in death on October 9, 2021 after 50 years of marriage. She was preceded in death by her two sons, Joshua, and Brandon Phillips and her parents. Surviving is her brother-in-law, Steven Phillips, of Hennepin, her close friend Bev Malavolti and her five daughters, who were Karen's Goddaughters, Traci, Kristi, Karri, Cindi and Lori. Karen had worked for many years as a secretary for M & D Printing, Henry and later at Randolph Comba Law office in Princeton. .