Lois M. Philipp, 81, Manchester

September 22, 1929  - September 17, 2011

    Lois Mae Philipp, 81, of Manchester, passed away Sept. 17, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a brief illness. A funeral mass was held Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester by Rev. John Flaherty. A visitation was held Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Manchester. Burial was in St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Manchester.
    Lois was born Sept. 22, 1929, in Edgewood, the daughter of Eugene E. and Edna I. (Binning) Whitehead. She graduated from Greeley High School in 1947. On Sept. 30, 1947, Lois was united in marriage to Ernest A. Philipp at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Greeley. The couple farmed near Strawberry Point before moving to Manchester in 1954. Lois worked for 11 years at Super Value, nine years at Hauser’s Culligan Soft Water and 23 years as a teller at First State Bank.
    Lois was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester, the American Legion Auxiliary, V. F. W. Auxiliary, St. Mary’s Altar and Rosary Societies, C.D.A., Cluster Mission Sewing Group, and a past-member of the Friends of the Library.
    Lois was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Edna Whitehead; her husband, Ernest in 1997; an infant brother, two infant sisters; and two brothers-in-law, Kenneth Andrews and Chuck Seibert.
    Lois is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Suzanne (Terry) Burgin of Georgetown, Texas and Nancy (Ed) Harding of Glenwood; six grandchildren, Beth (John) Varan, Brian Burgin, Thomas Burgin, Sara Harding, Adam (Danielle) Harding and Aaron Harding; four great-grandchildren; five sisters, Dorothy Seibert and Joyce Andrews of Manchester, Mary (Milo) Timmerman of Delhi, Jean (Lyle) Beck of Dubuque, and Carole (Don) Jensen of Blairstown; two brothers, Glen Whitehead of Des Moines and Gary (Judy) Whitehead of Delhi; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
    You may sign the online guestbook for Lois at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.