PHYLLIS ROOF 97 OF INDEPENDENCE, MO. PASSED AWAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2003 AT THE ROSEWOOD HEALTH CENTER IN INDEPENDENCE. PHYLLIS WAS BORN IN WINFIELD, KANSAS ON AUGUST 29, 1906 AND LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN THIS AREA. SHE HAD WORKED AS AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR THE KANSAS CITY BRIDGE COMPANY FOR OVER 30 YEARS, MANY YEARS AGO. PHYLLIS IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND ROY ROOF IN 1986. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHER DICK CHASE OF CHULA VISTA, CA. AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.