Paul Edward Phillips

1930 - 2018

Paul Edward Phillips Paul Edward Phillips, loving father and grandfather, passed away Friday, August 17, 2018 at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City Missouri at age 88. Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 25, 2018 at the Connection Point Church, 10500 E. 350 Hwy, Raytown, MO, 64138. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 25, 2018 at the church. Burial will be in the Greenton Cemetery, Odessa, MO. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Kansas City Hospice House. Condolences for the family and memories of Paul may be left at www.ralphojones.com or on our Facebook Page. Arrangements are entrusted to the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home, 306 S. 2nd St., Odessa, MO, 64076, 816-633-5524. Paul was born in Latham, Missouri on April 24, 1930 to Ernest Lloyd and Mildred Blanche (Moser) Phillips. Paul married his high school sweetheart Marcella Celia (Robinson) Phillips on August 3, 1950 in Kansas City, MO. She preceded him in death on August 26, 2002. He graduated from Northeast High School in Kansas City, MO. Paul was a member and deacon of the Connection Point Church in Raytown, MO. He received his mechanical engineering degree from Finley Engineering College and for the next 37 years worked for Armco Steel in KC, initially as a combustion engineer and later in production management, as superintendent of grinding media. During his Armco years, Paul became an expert in the engineering and production of grinding media, and with Marcella traveled extensively, consulting for and training international partners. Survivors include a son, Paul Alan Phillips and wife Rakefet, of Tampa, Florida; two grandchildren, Paula Kay Nowak and husband Roger of Odessa, MO and Matthew Adrian Tuttle and wife Chandra of Kansas City, MO; two great grandchildren, Alannah Kay and Rylan Matthew Nowak; a brother, Philip Phillips of Gladstone, MO; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents and wife, Paul was preceded in death by a daughter, Belinda Kay Phillips; two brothers, Richard and Lawrence Phillips and a step-sister, Dixie Seal.