Obituary for Betty Elnore Melissa Phillips
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Betty Elnore Melissa Phillips (née Johnston), in her eighty-seventh year, at The Wellington, in Hamilton, Ontario. Beloved wife, for sixty-seven wonderful years, of Tom Phillips; mother of Bob Phillips (Joseph Hisey), Don Phillips (Leena), and Leslie Phillips (Ken Skarupa); grandmother of Sarah and Scott Phillips, and Matthew and Benjamin Gryzwacz; sister of Dorothy Ruddell (Peter), and the late Roy Johnston (Joan). First-born daughter of Dora and Elmore Johnston, Betty grew up in Hamilton, attended Delta Secondary School, initially worshipped at New Westminster Presbyterian Church, and studied to be an elementary educator at the Hamilton Normal School. After teaching primary grades for several years, Betty married Tom in 1952, and as an astute, thorough, and admired homemaker, raised three children in Hamilton, then Mississauga. Betty sang in the choirs and served as a session member in both Chedoke and Dixie Presbyterian Churches, volunteered as a school library assistant, and enjoyed cottage life on Lake Couchiching, and, later in life, numerous cruises to sunny climes with Tom and life-long friends. Donations in Betty’s name can be made to The Alzheimer’s Society of Canada.
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Death notice for the town of: Dundas, Province: Ontario