Grace Arcana Phillips (1923 - 2014)

Born 9 Jan 1923 in Pocahontas, Pocahontas, Iowa, USA

Wife of Victor Isaac Powers — married 14 May 1944 in Pocahontas, Pocahontas, Iowa, USA

Died 12 Jan 2014 at age 91 in Humboldt, Humboldt, Iowa, USA

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Biography

Grace Arcana Phillips

Middle name spelled Arcana on obituary, but spelled Arlana on her birth index

Daughter of Albert James Phillips and Anna Laura Pascal

BIRTH AND DEATH:

Birth Date: 9 Jan 1923, per obituary, and SS death index

... says born on the 7th (not 9) on her birth index

Birth Place: Pocahontas, Pocahontas, Iowa, per birth index, and obituary

Death Date: 12 Jan 2014, per SS death index, and obituary

Death Place: Humboldt, Humboldt, Iowa, implied by her obituary

... her obituary says died at "Humboldt County Memorial Hospital"

Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene, Butler Co., IA

EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:

Grace has childhood census with her parents & siblings

Grace's marriage names parents "Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Phillips of Pocohontas"

Grace's obituary names parents as "Albert J. and Anna (Pascal) Phillips"

Grace's obituary also names her 5 siblings

Sources

BIRTH INDEX:

Ancestry.com. Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999

Name: Grace Arlana Phillips

Birth Date: 7 Jul 1923

Birth Place: Pocahontas, Pocahontas, Iowa

Father: Albert J Phillips

Mother: Anna Laura Pascal

FHL Film Number: 1398843

SS DEATH INDEX:

Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Name: Grace A Hoag

BORN: 9 Jan 1923

Died: 12 Jan 2014

State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951)

BURIAL:

Find A Grave Memorial 126754936 (gravestone pictured)

Inscription: Grace A. Hoag

Birth: 1923

Death: 2014

Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene, Butler County, Iowa, USA

Created by: ankenycat

Added: 23 Mar 2014

OBITUARY:

Published: online at Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home (Humboldt, Iowa)

Humboldt, Iowa

Grace A. Hoag, 91, of Humboldt, passed away January 12, 2014 at the Long Term Care Unit of the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Humboldt with the Rev. Marie Paterik officiating. Interment will be in Greene Cemetery, Greene, Iowa. Visitation is from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home in Humboldt.

Grace Arcana Phillips, the daughter of Albert J. and Anna (Pascal) Phillips, was born January 9, 1923 on a farm in Pocahontas County, Iowa. She received her primary education and graduated from Pocahontas High School with the class of 1939. Grace continued her education by attending Iowa State Teachers College (now UNI). She began her teaching career in country schools in Pocahontas County and Laurens. In 1944, she was united in marriage to Victor Powers and to this union one daughter, Grace Ann, was born. The family made their home in Conrad, Iowa until Mr. Powers' death in 1953. She and Grace Ann then moved to Humboldt where she began teaching at Taft Elementary. In 1972, Grace was united in marriage to Roland "Ron" Hoag. Grace continued her service to the Humboldt School district as a fourth grade teacher at Taft School until her retirement in 1985. Mr. Hoag passed away in 2000 and Grace continued to maintain her home in Humboldt.

Grace was a member of the Congregational United Church of Christ. She was also a member of Eastern Star, sewing and bridge club, PEO, and Delta Kappa Gamma.

She is survived by her brothers, Walter (Mary) Phillips and Claude (Martha) Phillips; along with many nieces, nephews, great nieces, nephews, friends, and former students. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Victor Powers and Roland Hoag; daughter, Grace Ann Powers; her parents; and sisters, Margaret Rude, Ruth Miller, and Imogene Schoon.

MARRIAGE(1):

Groom: Victor Isaac Powers, son of Victor D Powers and Lelia DeFerris Shultz

Bride: Grace Arcana Phillips, daughter of Albert J Phillips and Anna L Pascal

Married: 14 May 1944, Pocahontas, Iowa, per marriage announcement

MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT:

Newspaper: The Greene Recorder (Greene, Iowa)

Published: 24 May 1944, Wednesday, Page 5

Sergeant Victor I. Powers Married to Teacher in Laurens.

Announcement is made of the marriage of Grace A. Phillips, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Phillips of Pocohontas, and Sergeant Victor I. Powers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hurd, west of Greene, on Sunday, May 14, in the First Presbyterian church in Pocohontas.

(The remainer includes details of bride's attire, attendants, guests, etc.)

MARRIAGE(2):

Grace has a 2nd marriage to Roland "Ron" Hoag, per daughter's obituary

Her obituary says Ron died in 2000

CENSUS:

1930 census: Grant, Pocahontas, Iowa, USA

Albert J Phillips ...... 30 ... IA,IA,Canada

Anna L Phillips ....... 30 ... IA,IA,Germany

Margaret A Phillips . 9 ... IA,IA,IA

Grace A Phillips ....... 7 ... IA,IA,IA <--------

Ruth E Phillips ......... 5 ... IA,IA,IA

Imogene A Phillips .. 1 ... IA,IA,IA