Phyllis Ida Owens
Phyllis Ida Owens, formerly of Goshen, 94, died Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, at Miller’s Merry Manor in Warsaw, where she had been a resident for nearly a decade.
Born Aug. 1, 1927, in Goshen, to Carl and Freida Strycker Rheinheimer, she was a member of the Goshen High School Class of 1945 and later that year married fellow classmate Russell Owens, whom she shared four children with.
She will be remembered by her children: Jessica (Bobby) Rias, Goshen; Jeffrey (Vicky) Owens, Warsaw; Jennifer (Tripp) Starnes, Naples, Fla.; and daughter-in-law, Mary (Michael) Owens, Laguna, Calif.; as well as 12 grandchildren and 26 great- and great-great-grandchildren.
Rieth Rohrer Ehret Funeral Home, Goshen, is handling arrangements.