Rubana Pearl Phillips

Northview ~ North Mankato Mortuary 2060 Commerce Drive North Mankato, MN 56003 507-388-2202 Funeral services for Rubana Pearl Phillips will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 17, 2014 at Northview ~ North Mankato Mortuary. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will take place 2:00 pm Thursday in Rapid City's Mountain View Cemetery. Rubana was born July 16, 1922 to LeRoy and Dolores (Prickett) Howey; she was the oldest of six children. Growing up on a ranch in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Rubana learned to be a very strong woman, a trait she carried with her for the rest of her life. She attended a country school and then graduated from high school in Rapid City, SD. Rubana married Russell Phillips June 14, 1941 in Chadron, Nebraska. She gave birth to and raised their only daughter, Yvonne, while Russell served our country during WWII. Rubana was a bank teller with US Bank for over 30 years. She was always on the run: a long-time member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Rapid City, an active member of the American Business Women's Association, and a volunteer with the local hospital. She was a talented seamstress, having also created many beautiful crafts throughout the years. Most important to Rubana was her family. She leaves a legacy of four generations of strong, independent women and men. Rubana passed away Nov. 13, 2014, at Oaklawn Health Care Center in Mankato, Minn. She is survived by her daughter Yvonne (Tom) Shields of North Mankato; granddaughters, Carla (Robert) Diesch of Rapidan, Sheila (Virgil) Becker of Long Prairie, Vicki (Jim) Boruff of Belle Plaine, Beth Shields of North Mankato; many great and great-great grandchildren; sister, Becky (Gene) Barker of Hill City, SD; sister-in-law, Beverly Howey of Deerfield, SD, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Russell in 1967; her parents; two brothers and two sisters.