MERLE PHILLIPS, 89, of Atlantic, died May 26, 2022 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Memorial services for MERLE PHILLIPS will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 4, 2022, at the Loess Hills Funeral Home, in Carson.

Visitation at the funeral home will be held one hour prior to the service beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Burial will be in the Carson Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the Jennie Edmundson Foundation for Cancer Care.

MERLE PHILLIPS is survived by:

His daughters: Teresa Phillips (and friend Harvey Moyer), of Council Bluffs, and Pamela (Brent) Rairdin, of Cedar Rapids.

His sisters – Alice Phillips, of Mason City, and Ilene Phillips, of Carson.

3 grandchildren; 2 step grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren, his sisters-and brother-in-laws.