Philipp, Lois Mae

Lois Mae Philipp, 81, of Manchester, died Sept. 17, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a brief illness. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at St. Mary Catholic Church, Manchester, by the Rev. John Flaherty. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester, and one hour before services Tuesday at the church. Burial will be in St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Manchester.

Lois was born Sept. 22, 1929, in Edgewood, the daughter of Eugene E. and Edna I. (Binning) Whitehead. She graduated from Greeley High School in 1947. On Sept. 30, 1947, Lois was united in marriage to Ernest A. Philipp at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Greeley. The couple farmed near Strawberry Point before moving to Manchester in 1954. Lois worked for 11 years at Super Value, nine years at Hauser's Culligan Soft Water and 23 years as a teller at First State Bank.

Lois was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester, American Legion Auxiliary, V FW Auxiliary, St. Mary's Altar and Rosary societies, CDA, Cluster Mission Sewing Group, and a past member of Friends of the Library.

Lois is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Suzanne (Terry) Burgin of Georgetown, Texas and Nancy (Ed) Harding of Glenwood, Iowa; six grandchildren, Beth (John) Varan, Brian Burgin, Thomas Burgin, Sara Harding, Adam (Danielle) Harding and Aaron Harding; four great-grandchildren; five sisters, Dorothy Seibert and Joyce Andrews of Manchester, Mary (Milo) Timmerman of Delhi, Jean (Lyle) Beck of Dubuque and Carole (Don) Jensen of Blairstown; two brothers, Glen Whitehead of Des Moines and Gary (Judy) Whitehead of Delhi; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Lois was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Edna Whitehead; her husband, Ernest in 1997; an infant brother; two infant sisters; and two brothers-in-law, Kenneth Andrews and Chuck Seibert.

Please sign the online guest book for Lois at  under obituaries.

Published Sept. 18, 2011, in The Gazette