Deanna M Phillips

Deanna Marie Phillips March 25, 1961 - July 12, 2022 IN LIEU OF FLOWERS Please make a donation to: The Washington State Science & Engineering Fair Endowment in honor of Deanna Phillips P.O. Box 2412, Silverdale, WA 98383 www.wssef.org As a long-serving Board Member her vision and dedication supported all students to recognize their potential and master success. Your endowment gift in Deanna's honor ensures students continue to thrive. Deanna was born in Tacoma, Washington to parents Joseph and Josephine Spencer. She was the oldest of 5 and a true leader in her family while growing up on Mercer Island and graduating Mercer Island High School in 1979. She went on to complete her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Gonzaga University class of 1984. During this time, she met and dated George Phillips, whom she later married. They celebrated 36 years of marriage together. Before even graduating University she was hired by Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and worked her way up to Senior Electrical Engineer before retiring after 37 years. While working at BPA she started volunteering for the Washington State Science & Engineering Fair (WSSEF). Over her 25 years of volunteering, she helped thousands of students to recognize their potential and master success. She was also a FOUNDING member of the South West Washington Science & Engineering Fair (SWWSEF). For more than 15 years of her career she also volunteered for many great educational groups and organizations including the Portland Saturday Academy, the local Regional Science Bowl and the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO). While married, Deanna welcomed her greatest joy, Christina Elizabeth into her family. While raising Christina she supported her in whatever she wanted to do including swimming, science fairs and showing dogs. Deanna was very proud of Christina and all of her accomplishments Other interests and hobbies included quilt shop hopping with George and sewing the blocks she would gather into quilt tops for Christina to quilt. She also showed her family pets to AKC championships and beyond. She also succeeded in earning a gold cup championship in international shows. She was preceded in death by her parents Josephine and Joseph Spencer. She is survived in death by husband George Phillips, daughter Christina Phillips, sister Laura Spencer, brother Gary and Scarlet Spencer, brother Tom and Marcie Spencer, sister Marie and Tom Brotherton and a large extended family. Rosary: preceding funeral Funeral: 11am St. Joseph's Catholic Church Burial: Fir lane Spanaway, WA 7/21/22, 11:00 AM Reception to follow Everyone is welcome to attend one or both services.