Joyce L. Phillipps, 80, of West Lake Moraine Rd., passed away Saturday, December 25, 2010 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton.
She was born April 7, 1930 in Georgetown Station, a daughter of Lauritz and Florence Youell Rasmussen. She was a graduate of Hamilton Central School in 1947 and the Central City Business Institute, Syracuse in 1948. On September 8, 1948, Joyce was united in marriage to Kenneth Phillipps in Hamilton. He predeceased her on December 30, 1985. A life long Hamilton resident, Joyce was a homemaker who was devoted to her family. She was a member of the Park United Methodist Church in Hamilton.
Surviving are her children, Kathleen and Allen Quackenbush of Hamilton; Dennis and Suzanne Phillipps of Perryville; Jerry Phillipps of Munnsville; Brian Phillipps of Orlando, FL; Kevin and Connie Phillipps of Reno, NV; 13 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren.
Memorial Services will be held at 1pm, January 3, 2011 from the Park United Methodist Church, Broad St., Hamilton.
Interment in the Madison Street Cemetery, Hamilton will be private at the convenience of the family.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Diabetes Assoc., 356 N. Midler Ave., Syracuse, NY 13206.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Burgess & Tedesco Funeral Home, 25 Broad St., Hamilton, NY.