Obituary of Vernon Phillips

Vernon PhillipsA funeral will be held in San Diego for Vernon K. Phillips of Eugene, who died March 26 of age-related causes. He was 95.He was born May 1, 1915, in Paducah, Ky., to Vernon and Monna Kirkland Phillips. He married Dorthea Naill on Oct. 15, 1940, in Phoenix, Ariz. She died in September 2003.He graduated from the University of Tennessee and did postgraduate work at Redlands University in California. He served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War. While in the Navy Reserve, he was a probation officer in San Diego County.Survivors include a daughter, Gloria Orrick of Eugene; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.Entombment will be at Cypress View Mausoleum in San Diego.Arrangements by Musgrove Family Mortuary in Eugene.