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Walter Benson Phillips

Family Search ID: KZ8G-FLL

Person Chart

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Stella Deloma Tuley (Phillips)	23 Sep 1882	Benny Phillips Georgia Phillips June Phillips Tuley Phillips Georgia Lee Phillips (Boyd, Heuber) Walter Tuley Phillips Deloma Jane Phillips Benjamin Thomas Phillips

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place
Birth	11 Jan 1883	Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Marriage	09 Oct 1905	Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
Death	02 Sep 1972	Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Burial	06 Sep 1972	Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

Notes


!DEATH-BURIAL:Arizona Death Certificate;possession of Chuck Falls Burried at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, 2300 W. Van Buren, Phx. !BIRTH:Kansas City, Missouri Certificate of Birth;possession of Chuck F alls !MARRIAGE:Kansas Marriage License;possession of Chuck Falls Per his daughter Deloma Jane Phillips: Water attended Central High in D ansas City and worked his way through Kansas University at Lawrence, Ka nsas. He started out with a desire to become a doctor. But his desire t o complete in the customary four years along with a little influence fr om his close friends and roommates the Cross brothers he switched to en gineering. His means of financing his education were varied. He made the varsity f ootball team first year and thru this connection learned also fencing, s hich he later taught, and physical therapy and became an assistant in t his area for the coach. He also sangwith the Madrigal Choir and he le arned a lot in high school about electricity. He also was a ball room d ancing instructor at the dance classes held at the Elks Club. This is w here he met his future wife Stell a Deloma Tuley. Walter was in his last year in K.U. when he got married so he decided t o practice as an elect rician in Kansas City, Missouri and complete his c ivil engineering degree by corrrespondence. He became a regestered pro fessional engineer in 1908. Walter continued his correspondenc e educa tion to electrical and minimg engineering. He worked for Foster Lumber C o. for many years. Walt's hair when a baby per his daughter Deloma Jane Phillips: Refering t o a photo of Walt at age 5 in a Lord Fauntelroy suit with long yellow c urls - The curls were discarded after one day of school. The story goes h e had the curls put in a cigar boxby the barber so he could take them h ome to mother.

!DEATH-BURIAL:Arizona Death Certificate;possession of Chuck Falls
Burried at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, 2300 W. Van Buren, Phx.
!BIRTH:Kansas City, Missouri Certificate of Birth;possession of Chuck F alls
!MARRIAGE:Kansas Marriage License;possession of Chuck Falls
Per his daughter Deloma Jane Phillips: Water attended Central High in D ansas City and worked his way through Kansas University at Lawrence, Ka nsas. He started out with a desire to become a doctor. But his desire t o complete in the customary four years along with a little influence fr om his close friends and roommates the Cross brothers he switched to en gineering.
His means of financing his education were varied. He made the varsity f ootball team first year and thru this connection learned also fencing, s hich he later taught, and physical therapy and became an assistant in t his area for the coach. He also sangwith the Madrigal Choir and he le arned a lot in high school about electricity. He also was a ball room d ancing instructor at the dance classes held at the Elks Club. This is w here he met his future wife Stell a Deloma Tuley.
Walter was in his last year in K.U. when he got married so he decided t o practice as an elect rician in Kansas City, Missouri and complete his c ivil engineering degree by corrrespondence. He became a regestered pro fessional engineer in 1908. Walter continued his correspondenc e educa tion to electrical and minimg engineering. He worked for Foster Lumber C o. for many years.
Walt's hair when a baby per his daughter Deloma Jane Phillips: Refering t o a photo of Walt at age 5 in a Lord Fauntelroy suit with long yellow c urls - The curls were discarded after one day of school. The story goes h e had the curls put in a cigar boxby the barber so he could take them h ome to mother.

Sources

Description	Page	Quality	Information	Evidence
Chuck Falls [czfalls@hotmail.com], GEDCOM file imported on 22 Jun 2		Don't know	Don't know	Don't know

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