Noah Phillips

Visitation for Noah C. Phillips, 28, of St. Anne, will be from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Clancy-Gernon-Hertz Funeral Home, west Kankakee, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday. Father Doug Hauber will officiate. Burial will be in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood. Memorials may be made to the family. He died Monday (June 7, 2010) from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Mr. Phillips was a security guard at Shapiro Developmental Center. He was born Aug. 27, 1981, at Provena St. Mary’s Hospital in Kankakee, the son of Harry and Therese Langlois Phillips. He graduated from Herscher High School in 1999. He was a member of the VFW in Kankakee, Manteno and Fairbury. He loved serving his country, serving in the U.S. Army from 1999-2007 in Iraq/Kuwait during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He earned the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Valorous Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Iraq Campaign, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Combat Action Badge, Driver and Mechanic Badge and Air Assault Badge. He was devoted to his family. He was a lifelong devoted Chicago White Sox fan. He enjoyed smoking and grilling, fishing, boating, camping and hunting, listening to music, playing the guitar and playing in bands. He was a Little League coach and a member of X-Line Sportsman’s Club. Surviving are his wife, the former Charlene Cooke, whom he married Jan. 24, 2003, in Honolulu, Hawaii; two sons, Dylan and Xander Phillips, both at home; one daughter, Caitlin Phillips at home; his parents; one sister and brother-in-law, Rebecca and Romeo Casiple of LaGrange; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Adam and Gina Phillips of Kankakee, Jacob and Jenny Phillips of St. Anne, Staff Sgt. David and Lt. Stephanie Phillips of Honolulu; one brother-in-law, Conrad Cooke of Queens, N.Y.; six sisters-in-law, Jennifer Cooke, Andrea Cooke and Carlene Cooke, all of Brooklyn, N.Y., Ann-Marie (Norbert) Burton, and Diane (Robert) Assing, all of Long Island, N.Y., and Karen Cooke of Florida; many nieces and nephews; his mother-in-law, Carmen Cooke of New York; father-in-law, Rainford Cooke of Florida; and grandmothers, Elzeer Langlois of Lockport and Gladys Phillips of Kingman, Ariz. Deceased are his grandfathers, Harry Phillips and Clifford Langlois; and two uncles, John E. Phillips and Darrell Langlois.

Noah Phillips

August 27, 1981 - June 7, 2010