Obituaries

OBIT: Hanging' Judge Chris Phillips

Chris Phillips, who played the role with relish during the several-months-long Swallows Days events, had cancer

A memorial service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, at Mission Basilica, according to an email from the Fiesta Association, the group that organizes the Swallows Day parade and all the Fiesta de Las Golondrinas activities. A gathering at El Adobe will follow. 

“Carmen is doing well and will return to her regular shifts starting June 3rd. Stop in and say hello.,” the email states, referring to Phillips’s wife, who works at the Swallows Inn


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