Phillis Darlene Fricke of Weston, MO, a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, passed away, Friday, May 22, 2026, at the age of 87. She was born on November 27, 1938, at Roscoe, MO to John Lee Allen and Loga Lorene Culbertson Allen. Her father died unexpectedly, June 19, 1939, on a farm near Riverview, MO, leaving her mother to care for Phillis and her two older siblings, Roy Lee Allen, and Alice Bea Allen.
Her mother married Archie “Ted” Van Buren Burkhart, Feb. 15, 1941, when Phillis was 2½ years old. Soon four sisters, Wanda Jane, Peggy Jewel, Joyce Kay, and Judy Lorene Burkhart joined the family to be raised on the family farm in Doyle township, one mile north of Rainey, bordered by the Sac River and Coon Creek.
Phillis attended 1st to 2nd grade at Riverview, 2nd to 8th grade at Rainey and graduated from Osceola High School in 1956.
She married “J.W.” James William Moore, June 1, 1957, in KC MO and raised three children: Janet Darlene Moore, James Dean Moore, and Jerri Danette Moore in Parkville, MO. She worked for TWA and took several trips. She married Marvin Lawrence Fricke, Feb. 14, 1991. She built a splendid log cabin in 1998 on a hill in Farley, MO that overlooked Kansas bottom land. She last lived in a duplex in Weston, MO.
She was preceded in death by her grandson, Michael Wayne Houtman (May 16, 1982, to Oct. 3, 1991) of St. James, MO, her father, John Lee Allen (Dec. 5, 1900, to June 19, 1939), her mother, Loga Lorene Burkhart (Apr. 4, 1918, to July 29, 1994), her stepfather, Archie Van Buren Burkhart (Mar. 1, 1912, to Jan. 14, 1995), her brother, Roy Lee Allen (Feb. 22, 1935 to July 10, 2018) of KC, MO, and two sisters, Peggy Burkhart Pelz (June 11, 1949 to Feb. 27, 2023) of Sagel, ID, and Judy Lorene Welch Williamson (Sept. 17, 1957 to June 16, 2024) of Dunnegan, MO.
Phillis is survived by three sisters: Alice Carter of Clintwood VA, Wanda Jane Volkart of Belzoni, MS, Joyce Burkhart of Bolivar, MO; three children: Janet Darlene Houtman (Wayne) of St. James, MO, James Dean Moore of KC, KS, and Jerri Danette Graham of Weston, MO; her grandson, Kyle William Houtman Oakley (Katy) of Chicago, IL, granddaughter, Lauren Mackenzie Graham (Fernando) and grandson, Lucas Colin Graham (Jordan) of Weston, MO, and a great-granddaughter, Braelyn.
Cremation was under the direction of Neptune Society. A private memorial will be held later.
