Mary Phyllis Speck

Mary Phyllis Speck, passed away on December 29, 2025, at the Kansas Soldiers Home. She was born in Ensign, Kansas on October 1, 1930, to Fred & Mary (Frankenberger) Newberry.

At the age of 3 the family moved to Pocahontas, Arkansas, where she attended Harmony Country School and St. Paul's Catholic School. She moved to Dodge City to attend St. Anthony School of Nursing.

Phyllis was united in marriage to Charles Speck on April 30, 1953, in Tucumcari, New Mexico. After serving in the Navy for 20 years. They moved to Johnson City, Kansas and later to Offerle, Kansas. They owned and operated the Offerle Cafe in Offerle, Kansas for 18 ½ years. They moved to Pocahontas, Arkansas to care for her parents.

Phyllis is preceded in death by her husband Charles, her parents, a brother Thomas (Josephine) Newberry, a sister Ruth (Dale) Stauth.

She is survived by two sons, Fred & Yvonne Speck of Guymon, Oklahoma, Mike & Julie Speck of Dodge City, Kansas, four grandchildren Cami (Brian) Roth of Topeka, Kansas, Ashley (Robert) Domsch of Overland Park, Kansas, Cameron Speck of Edmond, Oklahoma & Lance Speck of Greeley, Colorado, nine great-grandchildren, several niece's and nephew's, and godson Corey McAvoy.

Phyllis was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Offerle, Kansas.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at McKillip Memorial Funeral Home, Kinsley.

A rosary service will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 2, 2025, her mass will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 3, both at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Offerle. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Offerle.

Memorials are suggested to the Kansas Soldiers Home or to Hospice of the Prairie in care of McKillip Funeral Home.