Mary Hughes Phillippi, 87, of Waynesburg, died Wednesday, October 14, 1998, at her residence. Mrs. Phillippi was a graduate of Waynesburg College and Emmerson College, Boston, Mass. She taught elementary school in Nineveh and Fordyce. In 1954, she moved to Oak Park, Mich., where she continued teaching until her retirement in 1975. She returned to Waynesburg the following year. Mrs. Phillippi was a longtime member of Washington Street United Methodist Church and the Fidelis Sunday school class, a member of Polly Wayne Garden Club, Library Club, the Christopher Gist Chapter of the Daughters of the American Colonists, the John Corbly Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Twentieth Century Club, and a 50-year member of the Emerald Chapter 135, Order of the Eastern Star. On July 13, 1935, she married Kenneth A. Phillippi, who died in April 1991. Surviving are a son, Dr. Grover Hughes Phillippi of Waynesburg; a daughter, Bonnie Wilcox of Chelsea, Mich.; six grandchildren, Stephanie Gail and Scott Eric Wilcox, Rachel Priscilla, Marjorie Leilani, Mary Ann and Sherri Lynn Phillippi; and a sister, Kathryn Deever of Waynesburg. Deceased is a grandson, Grover C. Hughes Phillippi. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Friday, October 16, 1998Mary Phillippi
Retired schoolteacher
She born March 18, 1911, in Coal Lick, a daughter of Grover C. and Gail Jacobs Hughes.