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74, met his wife in heaven on Monday, April 13, 2015.
Philip was born on Aug. 27, 1941 in Sheridan, Michigan to Cecil and Grace Starks. He attended school in Michigan, and graduated in 1959.
He served in the Army during the Vietnam era, and was stationed in Germany and Ft. Huachuca, AZ. It was in Ft. Huachuca that he met and fell in love with Isabel Chavez. They were married in 1964. He was later honorably discharged from the military. He lived in Bisbee, AZ where he was a police officer. In 1972 he and his family moved to San Manuel where he was employed by Magma Copper Co. until he retired in 1999. He the took a job as a corrections officer in Florence and retired from there in 2008. Philip also held various college degrees and was valedictorian of his class at C.A.C.
Philip moved to Miami in 2013 when his wife became ill and was taken care of by family members, until the day he passed.
Philip was preceded in death by his mother Grace, father Cecil, son Edward, and loving wife Isabel. He is survived by his sons, Effren Starks of San Manuel and Eric Andrade of Phoenix; daughters, Elodia (Albert) DeHerrera of Miami, AZ, Elvia (Jose) Moreno of Oracle, and Elisa (Anthony) Burrola of San Manuel; 20 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held Saturday, May 9, at 10 a.m., at St. Bartholomew’s Catholic Church in San Manuel. A pot luck will follow in the church hall.
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