GORE, PHYLLIS IRENE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT MILO, ALBERTA ON NOVEMBER 15, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
PHYLLIS WAS BORN FEBRUARY 4, 1920 AT MELVILLE, SASKATCHEWAN. SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO MANY PLACES IN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN, THEN TO FLORIDA WITH HER MOTHER IN THE MID 193O’S. THEY CAME TO MILO IN 1937 AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR SHE BEGAN NURSES TRAINING AT VEGREVILLE. SHE MARRIED AUBREY GORE IN MARCH OF 1940 IN MILO WHERE THEY FARMED UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN 1975.
PHYLLIS WAS AN ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBER. SHE LOVED TO SING IN THE CHURCH CHOIR AND THE COMMUNITY CHOIR. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE UNITED CHURCH WOMEN. PHYLLIS WAS ALSO ACTIVE WITH THE WIDOWS GROUP “NEW BEGINNINGS” AND WAS A PAST MEMBER WHILE LIVING IN MILO OF THE REBEKAH LODGE. SHE ENJOYED READING MOST ANY BOOK ON VARIOUS TOPICS INCLUDING HISTORY, ART OR RELIGION. HER LIBRARY HAD A FULL CROSS SECTION OF EVERYTHING. SHE WAS ALSO A READER AT HAZEL CAMERON COMMUNITY SCHOOL. SHE ALSO ENJOYED ART, PAINTING IN BOTH OIL AND WATER COLOURS AND SHE HAD DABBLED IN COMPOSITION WRITING.
PHYLLIS LOVED THE OUTDOORS, FAMILY CAMPING, GOLFING, TRAVELLING WITH FRIENDS TO MANY COUNTRIES INCLUDING CHINA, AUSTRALIA, HAWAII, FIJI, ENGLAND, GERMANY AND ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING PLACES FOR HER WAS THAILAND.
BELOVED MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS CAROL (KEN) VOOYS OF MILO AND SHELLEY (RICK) ERVEN OF CALGARY, TWO SONS GORDON (ELVA) OF MILO AND BARRY (MARILYN) OF CALGARY, NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND AUBREY IN 1984, AND INFANT DAUGHTER LINDA, MOTHER MABEL, FATHER ARTHUR AND HER STEPFATHER ROBERT.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY NOVEMBER 21, 1994 AT 12:30 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. BEVERLY HILL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
CASKET BEARERS GUY VOOYS, LAUREEN REID, BRAD GORE, MELANIE MCKAY, LINDA GORE AND CAMERON GORE.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO EITHER THE ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION, 1331-29 ST. N.W., CALGARY T2N 9Z9 OR HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA, 1825 PARK RD. S.E. CALGARY TZG 3Y6.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.