January 14, 1884 - January 14, 1965
Phillip Rehfedt, 81, of Hilda, MO, formerly of Herrin, (Illinois) died at 6 a.m. today in Herrin Hospital. He had been ill the past three weeks.
He was a retired carpenter.
He was a member of the Herrin Church of the Nazarene. He was born January 14, 1884 in Golconda, the son of Richard and Mary Densch Rehfeldt. He married the former Anna Cowsert December 24, 1907, in Golconda. His wife died October 19, 1959.
He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Eula Grinnell of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; a son Rev. Remiss Rehfeldt of Indianapolis, Indiana; brothers, Fred of Carbondale, George of Towanda, Pennsylvania, Albert of Golconda, and Otis of Rockford; a sister, Mrs. Bertha Thomas of Carterville; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Herrin Church of the Nazarene. Rev. Carl Lee and Rev. William Bohannon will officiate. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Gardens, south of Herrin. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday at Johnson's Funeral Home.
