Phillip Saba

Beloved husband, father and grandfather, Dr. Phillip Z. Saba, 88, of Litchfield Park died Friday, November 13th at Thunderbird Hospital. Phillip was born March 29th, 1921 in Nogales, Arizona. His family moved to Texas in 1936 where he later attended Trinity University in San Antonio and Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. In 1958, Phillip moved his family to Phoenix where he practiced General Surgery for 28 years. He was appointed to the Board of Medical Examiners by Govenor Raul Castro where he served until he retired. After retirement he became a consultant for the Board. Dr. Saba was a veteran of two wars, serving with the Army at a Veterans Hospital in McKinney, Texas during WWII and as the Air Attaché for the U.S. Embassy in Burma (now Myanmar) for the Air Force during the Korean War. Phillip was a member of St. Vincent De Paul in Maryvale, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Avondale, and was a member and past president of the Phoenix Surgical Society. Phillip loved the Phoenix Suns, growing his own unbelievably sweet citrus in his back yard and carving beautiful things in wood. Phillip is survived by his wife of 54 years Ebye, his daughter Phyllis Zoe, two sons, Phillip Jr. and Khaleel Andrew, two sisters, Afifa and Helen, one brother, Emil, two grandchildren, Lauren and Zachary,his daughter in law Kim Graeme, and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, November 23rd at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 13720 W. Thomas Rd., Avondale, AZ. Menke Funeral & Cremation Center in Sun City made the arrangements.