Phyllis Arline (Brown) Whisnant, 90, of 2200 Hamilton Dr., #502, Ames, IA, and formerly of Chesterfield, MO, died June 29, 2012 at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. Visitation will be at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 2, at Schrader Funeral Home, 14960 Manchester Road, Ballwin, MO, with the funeral service beginning at the same location at 2:30 p.m. Private burial will occur at Forever Bellerive Cemetery in Creve Coeur, MO, at a later date.

Phyllis was born Aug. 16, 1921 to Warrel Henry and Hallie (Satterlee) Brown in Decatur, Ill. She married Lewis Edwin Whisnant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 21, 1945. They lived in Illinois until 1971, when they moved to Chesterfield. She moved to Green Hills Retirement Community in Ames in April, 2012.

Phyllis worked as a commercial artist for 14 years before becoming a wife, mother and homemaker. She loved cats, art, the color blue and photography, so it was appropriate that her skill at photography was recognized by a blue ribbon at the Iowa State Fair in the late 1990s.

She is survived by her son, Kerry, and his fiancée, Lauris Olson, both of Ames; her sister Marilynn (Joseph Roger) Miller of Phoenix, AZ, and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lew, in 1994; her parents, and two brothers, Paul and Robert.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the Arthritis Foundation.

Online condolences may be left at www.grandonfuneralandcremationcare.com