Born: 3/24/1937 Centerville Iowa
Went Home: 2/23/2025 Albuquerque New Mexico Due to advanced symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease.
A Celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, April 5th at McLaren’s Resthaven Chapel in West Des Moines, Iowa. Visitation with the family will start at 1 p.m. followed by a service at 2 p.m.
Phil spent most of his pre-college life in West Des Moines, Iowa and then his service to the U.S. Army lived in Chinon, France. He and Mom then moved to Lake Mills, Iowa, then Racine, Wisconsin. They resided in Oak Park, Illinois for over 40 years until they moved out to Rio Rancho, New Mexico and finally to Albuquerque, New Mexico for some amazing sunsets.
Phil was a proud and loyal alum of both Valley High School in West Des Moines Ia. and Drake University in Des Moines Ia. (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration) Accounting, Computers and Data Analysis were some of his various careers. After college, Phil joined the Army and worked in the Finance Section. He was stationed in Chinon, France where his college sweetheart, Carol came over and married him in 1960. Phil has been a life-long member of the church where he very much enjoyed singing in the choir and serving as a Lay leader and Sunday School Director.
Phil inherited his mom’s (Dorothy Pittman) love for family history so if you are part of his family, there is a good chance that he has added you to a family tree. He also considered himself a perpetual expert in accounting, even offering to do the books for the Ravenna Senior Living Center up to his final time on this plain. He also enjoyed singing the oldies in Karaoke.
Dad was extremely proud of those he is survived by, including his three children and their spouses, Mike (Tara), Michelle (Tony) and Doug (Janice); seven grandchildren, Joel, Kyle, Dillon, Grace, Tyler, Kodi and Jesse; and his three great-granddaughters, Abigail, Isabella and Arianna. He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Dorothy Pittman; and his Wife, Carol Pittman (West).
Please consider donations in Phil’s name to the Parkinson’s Foundation or the Alzheimer’s Association.
