Survivors include one brother, Ernest Philabaum and wife Leona, of Brazil; sisters-in-law, Freida Philabaum and Betty Philabaum, Grace Sanders and brother-in-law Robert Porter along with several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted in French Funeral Home at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, 2005. Burial will follow at Bee Ridge Cemetery. Friends are invited to call from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 3.