Lorene Faye Phillips passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, November 20, 2010 at the age of 84 years. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at the Clinton United Methodist Church with burial in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. No visitation. Family suggests memorials to the Twin Lakes Hospice or the Samaritan Center, both in Clinton and may be left at Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Lorene was born on February 24, 1926 in Lowry City, Missouri the daughter of Leo and Dorothy M. (Synder) Rader. She attended a one room school house in the Wright's Creek community. She graduated from Clinton High School in 1943. She was married to Ralph E. Phillips on March 6, 1948 and he preceded her in death on December 30, 2004.

She was a charter member of the Terrace Lake United Methodist Church in Hickman Mills, Missouri. She was a member of the Clinton United Methodist Church and the Henry County Historical Society.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one son, Craig E. Phillips and one sister, Geneva McClymond.

She is survived by three children, Kevin D. Phillips and Carma A. Roper, both of Blue Springs, Missouri and Candice J. Phillips of Kearney, Missouri; one sister Ann Moberly of Clinton, Missouri and three grandchildren, Matthew Roper, Nicholas (Nichole) Roper and Helen Phillips, all of Blue Springs, Missouri.