Memorial services for Margaret “Peg” Redpath Phelps, 89. Prairie Village, formerly of Lawrence, will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence, with the Rev. Dr. Peter A. Luckey officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date at Mt. Muncie Cemetery in Leavenworth.
Mrs. Phelps died Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2011, at Brighton Gardens in Prairie Village.
She was born Sept. 30, 1921, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Helen and Cargill Redpath. She graduated from Paseo High School in 1938 and later attended Grinnell College for one year. In 1942, she joined the United States Navy, and served in the WAVES as a lieutenant until discharged in 1945. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1968.
Mrs. Phelps worked for the United States Department of Agriculture. She also served as a volunteer for her church, PTA, scouting, and as a cook and driver for Meals on Wheels. She was a beloved and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend. The family praises God for her life, and she will be missed by all who knew her.
She married the love of her life, Donald O. Phelps on June 24, 1945. He preceded her in death on Feb. 11, 1999.
Survivors include her four children, April Baughman and husband Larry, Olathe, David Phelps and wife Karen, Lawrence, Jane Dimmel and husband Drew, Overland Park, and Chris Phelps and wife Jane, Lawrence; a sister, Pat Young; ten grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorial contributions to Plymouth Congregational Church, or The Salvation Army, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.
