Funeral services were held Friday, February 24, 1989, at 2:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Manilla, Iowa. Pastor Frank Christ officiated the service with Trudy Saunders as organist and Marlene Jahn as vocalist. Interment was in Manning City Cemetery, Manning, with her grandchildren Brian Gruhn, Krista Witt, Becky Zinke, Kenton Gruhn, Lynn Phillips and Lisa Rohe, as casketbearers.

Edna, daughter of William and Louise (Sievers) Wunder, was born July 23, 1905, in Hayes Township, Crawford County, Iowa. She attended rural schools.

In 1928 Edna was united in marriage with Harlan Phillips. Two children, Doris and Robert, were born to this union. Edna made her home on a farm in Hayes Township, moving to Manilla in 1958. There she especially enjoyed her job as a hot lunch cook at the Manilla school. Edna was a member of the Manilla Presbyterian Church and United Presbyterian Women and the Helping Hand Club. Meeting with her friends and playing cards were an important part of her life, as was her flower garden. She was pleased to be able to care for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Edna had been ill for the past three weeks. She died late Tuesday morning, February 21, 1989, at Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital in Omaha, at the age of 83 years, 6 months, and 29 days.

She was preceded in death by her parents; by a brother, Edwin Wunder; by two sons-in-law, Norman Gruhn and Larry Witt, and by one grandchild, Todd Phillips.