Delpha Phillips age, 88 of Rapid City, and formerly of the Bonilla area, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 11, 2010, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxillary Hospice House.

Her funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, January 15, at the First Presbyterian Church in Huron with burial at Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Visitation will be Wednesday, Jan. 13, from 6-7 p.m., with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. at the Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home, in Rapid City, SD. A second visitation will be Thursday, January 14, from 5-8 p.m. at the Welter Funeral Home in Huron with the family present from 6-8 p.m.; or one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday.

Delpha was born on October 25, 1921, at Tulare, SD, to Joe and Ruby (Otto) Rawstern. She attended Borah Grade School and graduated from Bonilla (SD) High School in 1939. After graduation she moved to Dawson, MN, where she married George Phillips on December 5, 1939. Delpha and George worked on farms near Dawson and Montevideo, MN, and moved back to the Bonilla area in 1942 to start farming. In 1958 they bought their own farm (the former Cooper farm,) and lived there until 1978, when George's poor health forced them to retire and move to a warmer climate.

Their 22 wonderful years in Arizona were spent primarily in Apache Junction. They toured the United States in their motor home during the summer months and had memorable vacations to Alaska, Hawaii and Europe. They also enjoyed years of square dancing, playing cards and socializing with their many friends in Arizona. Again in 2000, poor health brought them back to Rapid City, where they spent 7 years at the Echo Ridge Community.

Delpha was a former member and elder of the Bonilla Presbyterian Church, and most recently was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Rapid City. Delpha was a wonderful, caring mother, as well as a best friend to her daughters. She dearly loved her grandchildren and her "great grands" were a special pride and joy for her. Delpha was loved by everyone who knew her.

Grateful for having shared her life are her two daughters, Sharon (Virgil) Gamber, of Rapid City, and Barbara Carazzo, of Barnegat, NJ; 3 grandchildren, Denise (Ken) Twichel of Billings, MT, Stephanie (Michael) Iannelli of Bayville, NJ, and Robert (Heidi) Gamber of Longmont, CO; 7 great-grandchildren, Marcus and Teresa Twichel, Ian and Erick Iannelli, and Ryan, Mia and Emma Gamber. Delpha is also survived by her sister, Luella Wipf of Rapid City; a brother-in-law, Dean Dawson of Enumclaw, WA and a sister-in-law, Philles Phillips of Bagley, MN.

Delpha was preceded in death by her husband, George, in 2004; her parents; and four sisters.

Memorials in Delphas name may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Rapid City or the Rapid City Regional Auxilliary Hospice House.