Philip W. Koob

CONCORD - All the questions of eternal life were answered on this day, July 14, 2007, for Philip W. Koob of Concord. A Mass of the Resurrection will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. James the Great Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the St. James Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 until 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Wilkinson Funeral Home, with a rosary service beginning at 8 p.m. Mr. Koob was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 19, 1925, to the late Philip C. and Anna Mae Shalvey Koob. He graduated from Iowa State College and Syracuse University, and served in the Navy during World War II. He was employed with IBM for 38 years, serving in various positions including customer engineering in Philadelphia and Chester, Pa.; engineering and marketing in Endicott, N.Y.; and manufacturing and planning in Charlotte. Philip was very active at St. James the Great Catholic Church in Concord, serving as a Eucharistic Minister and Catechist. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and worked in the Cursillo Movement of the Diocese of Charlotte since 1981. Survivors include his wife, Frances J. Craver "Noopy," whom he met in Endicott, N.Y., and was blessed with 53 years of marriage; five children, Diana Cortright and husband, Roy, of Endwell, N.Y., Michael Koob and wife, Laura, of Asheville, Steven Koob and wife, Karee, of Raleigh, Vincent Koob and wife, Lisa, of Mount Pleasant and Timothy Koob and wife, Jennifer of Concord; 15 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Margaret Colaiezzi and husband,Thomas, of Yeadon, Pa. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Knights of Columbus Adult Education Endowment of St. James Church or the St. James Building Fund, both at P.O. Box 123, Concord, NC 28026-0123, Covenant Presbyterian Church, 731 Union St. S., Concord, NC 28025 or to Hospice of Cabarrus County, 5003 Boy Scout Camp Road, Kannapolis, NC 28081. Condolences may be left at www.wilkinsonfuneralhome.com Wilkinson Funeral Home is handling arrangements for the Koob family.