Kenneth Steven Phillips

KENNETH S. PHILLIPS was born in Kansas City Missouri. The second son of Kenneth H. Phillips and Joann Phillips. Ken earned his high school diploma from Shawnee Mission High School then attended Pittsburg State College of Kansas where he earned his bachelor’s in business management.

After college Ken worked in the Food Service industry and it is where he met and then married Rosa Phillips in Kansas City. In 1983 Ken’s first child, Jonathan, was born and shortly thereafter he found his way down to Texas to manage a Showtime Pizza. In the late 80’s, Ken found a position available at the USPS Carl Range branch in Irving where he would become a mail carrier.

Ken’s second son, Corey Phillips, was born in 1988 and Ken devoted whatever time he had while not at work, to his family and became a strong supporter of his son’s in Taekwondo for nearly a decade. Ken enjoyed keeping his yard looking nice and drinking unsweetened tea whenever cola wasn’t around. Ken had a passion for the game of Tennis and would challenge anyone he knew with a racket. Golf, billiards, and bowling were his other talents as we would never let anyone win a game against him.

When the time came for Ken to retire from the Post office he did so with an unfortunate slip and fall injury that marked the beginning of the change of his life and the progressive snowball effect on his health outlook. Kenneth succumbed to his ailments on June 30, 2024.

Ken is survived by youngest son, Corey; Ken’s brother, Michael Phillips; his sister in law, Beverly Phillips; ex-wife, Rosa Phillips; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.