Phyllis Carol West

Phyllis Carol (Welker) West, at the age of 85, died on July 14, 2022 in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born on January 27, 1937 in Elkhart, IL, and was the daughter of John A., and Edna (Patterson) Welker. She attended Oak Hill grade school, and graduated from Riverton, IL High School in 1955.

Right after graduation, she went to work as a secretary for the General Telephone Company of Illinois for 3 years. She then married George Edward West on June 30, 1957, and became a stay at home mom from 1958 until 1977, raising their two sons, Jeff, and Jim. She then, went back to work for General Telephone, known then as GTE. She held the position of Executive Secretary to the Southern Division Manager, at Marion, IL until 1990 when she retired. At that time, she and George moved to Albuquerque, NM where they lived for 10 years before moving to Wellton, AZ, where they lived for 5 years. They then moved to Olathe, KS, where they lived for 17 years.

She is survived by her son, Jeff, of Springfield, IL, and her son Jim, her daughter in law, Deborah, her grandson’s Jacob and Michael, of Olathe, Kansas, also her two brothers, John Welker of Springfield, IL, and Dennis Welker, and wife Nancy now residing in Colorado. She also has 2 nephews, 1 niece, and 2 great nephews.

Her funeral/memorial, will be held on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at Butler Funeral Home located at 900 S. 6th, Springfield, IL., from 9:00am to 10:45am. Her burial will be at Roselawn Cemetery in Springfield, IL on the same day, after the funeral services.