J.D. Phillips

J.D. (Jeffrey Daniel) Phillips 79, loving husband, father, brother, hapaw and friend died on May 24, 2024 from a long term neuromuscular disease from his drafted time during Vietnam at Edgewood Arsenal and COPD. He is survived by his loving and loyal wife of 54 years Phyllis Phillips, his daughter Carrie (Steve) Kircher, son Brian (Nicole) Phillips, grandsons Garrett, Joey and Dayton Phillips, his granddaughter Emily (Jordan) Reedy and grandson Jack Rosenfeld, his brother Jack (Beth) Phillips, niece Kim (Steve Shroder), nephew Jason Phillips and niece Genene (Shawn) Bauman, his brother John G. Radclif, nieces Jackie Anderson, Jenny Van Fleet, Grace, Richard, Doug and Jeff Phillips as well as many long term friends.

He is preceded in death by his father, Everett Phillips and mother, Imogene Jeffers, his brothers Donald, Doug, Charlie and Ronald Phillips as well as his sister Shelly Van Fleet (nephews Bobbie Ravine and Ryan Van Fleet ).

J.D. and Phyllis were married in 1970. They enjoyed a long marriage dedicated to loving each other no matter what. J.D. was drafted during Vietnam and served his time in the Army at Fort Knox teaching golf and also served several months at Edgewood Arsenal where he was unknowingly used as a test subject for several different dangerous drugs and chemicals. J.D. served his country during his drafted time and was honorably discharged. J.D. was the youngest golf pro ever to work in the Dayton area starting his golfing career at Larch Tree in Trotwood. He went on to work at other golf courses and taught private lessons. J.D. started his own successful rust-proofing business in the late 1980’s and was a very successful car salesman.

J.D. was deeply loved by many people and is well known in the Dayton area. Please come to the service and share a story about him with his family. He will be remembered by his family as a resilient, loving, proud, charismatic, unique, spontaneous, faithful, cheerful, comedic man who was full of life and loved his family deeply and was truly lit up by his time with friends. His grandsons will remember their hapaw for his entertaining humor and for always making them laugh.

We will miss you dad. There will be a huge hole in our family following your loss. We promise to honor your memory by loving each other, laughing and taking care of mom. We hope you are playing golf with your dad and enjoying brand new muscles and lungs in heaven. The family would like to thank the Dayton VA and J.D.’s home care team as well as our field Hospice services, especially Lori Landis as well as Village Caregiver’s aids Tameisha Henderson and Patrice Bayless. You were our angels from God and we love you and we thank you for your loving care of J.D.

The family would like to ask that in lieu of flowers you consider donating to Hospice of Dayton or The Boys and Girls Club of Dayton. Visitation, June 2, 2024 from 4 pm until time of service at 6 pm, at T0BIAS FUNERAL HOME-FAR HILLS CHAPEL, 5471 Far Hills Ave. at Rahn Rd. Dayton, OH 45429. Online condolences may be sent to www.tobiasfuneralhome.com.