Phyllis Worrell Obituary Phyllis Marie Worrell, 89, of Hamilton, Illinois, died Friday, March 11, 2016, at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb, Illinois. She had been a resident at Countryview Care Center in Macomb since December of 2013. Phyllis was born August 28, 1926, in Okarche, Oklahoma, to Earl R. and Velma F. McCrory Head. Phyllis graduated from Hamilton High School in 1944, but during the 1942-1943 school year attended West Port High School in Kansas City, Missouri; and while there played bass clarinet with the Kansas City Phil Harmonic Orchestra. Phyllis married George R. Worrell of Dallas City, Illinois; in March of 1952, and was married forty-three years, until George's death in 1995. Phyllis, for thirty-five years, was a registered X-Ray and Lab Tech at both Graham and St. Joseph Hospitals in Keokuk, Iowa; and began her medical career with Dr. B.C. Kappmeyer in Hamilton, Illinois. Phyllis was a past Matron of Pocahontas Chapter-Order of the Eastern Star in Hamilton, Illinois; the Keokuk White Shrine, President of the Hamilton PTA/PTO, elected board member of Montebello Township serving as Board Clerk, organist at the First Christian Church in Hamilton, Golden's Point Cemetery Board and Hamilton VFW Auxiliary. Phyllis's hobbies included rock hounding, St. Louis Cardinal Baseball, raising cats, smoking, drinking Old Milwaukee beer, and studying her Choctaw Indian heritage. Phyllis's claims to fame were x-raying actor Phil Harris, who broke his leg while hunting with Bing Crosby in Keokuk, and surviving an F-4 tornado in Prior, Oklahoma, where her father Earl was working in April of 1942. The tornado killed 52 people, and injured 400. Phyllis was preceded in death by her father Earl in 1980, her mother Velma in 1989, and husband George in 1995. Survivors include two sons: James E. and John R. Worrell, both of Quincy, Illinois; and a sister-in-law, Beverly Worrell, of Dinuba, California, along with several nieces and nephews. Upon Phyllis's final days she wished to extend special thanks to Dr. Mark and Ann Strope, Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Asbridge of Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Hanlin of Hamilton, and Kirk, Steve, Mark and Jane Hanlin, who always are a special part of the family. According to her wishes, there will not be any visitation or services. She has been cremated, and arrangements are being handled by DeJong-Greaves Celebration of Life Centers in Keokuk, at 917 Blondeau Street. According to her wishes, there will not be any visitation or services. She has been cremated,