A memorial celebration of the live of Jon Phillips will be held Sunday, Dec. 13, 2 p.m. at 1900 S. Prairie Avenue.
Phillips, 93, passed away Oct. 27 after a long battle with multiple illnesses. Phillips served in the Navy and became a medic in 1942, later serving in the Marine Corps. He served as a division psychiatrist in combat areas and later worked at Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Hospital and at the Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology.
He was hired by the City of Chicago in 1954 where he worked in the planning department, a job that brought him into contact with many celebrities and dignitaries.
In 2013, the play Under a Rainbow Flag, based on Phillips’ life and written by Leo Schwartz, had its world premiere in Chicago and won the Jeff Award for Best New Work and Best Musical Production.
See windycitytimes.com/lgbt/PASSAGES-Jon-Phillips-dies/53283.html.