Rose Ann Phipps

Rose Ann Phipps, 67, of LaHarpe died Thursday, March 8, 2012, at Olathe Medical Center.

Rose Ann was born July 21, 1944, in Leon, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Mary (Purdue) Owens. She grew up at DesMoines, Iowa.

On March 31, 1962, Rose Ann married Ronald E. Phipps. Her husband worked construction and consequently they made their home in numerous communities. They retired in 1998 and moved to Iola where they lived until their home flooded in 2007. After the flood they moved to a place just south of LaHarpe.

Rose Ann worked a number of years for King Radio in Paola and Olathe. She enjoyed cooking and oil painting.

She is survived by her husband; two sons, Donal and his wife, Patty, Olathe, and Ronald R. and his wife, Michelle, Overbrook; a daughter, Rhonda Yoder and her husband, Carl, Olathe; two brothers, Ronald E. Owens, Perry, Iowa, and Ricci Owens, Jamaica, Iowa; a sister, Reva Owens, Rippey, Iowa; and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.

Family and friends will meet at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola at 10:30 a.m. Monday for visitation before leaving for graveside services at Highland Cemetery in Iola at 11:30. The Rev. Steve Traw will officiate.

Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.