PHYLLIS KILPATRICK, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA JULY 23, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 65 YEARS.
PHYLLIS WAS BORN AUGUST 20, 1931 AT VIKING, ALBERTA. SHE ATTENDED JARROW SCHOOL NEAR VIKING AND MOVED TO CALGARY IN THE LATE 194O’S. SHE MARRIED VERNON KILPATRICK IN 1951 AND TOGETHER THEY MOVED TO UPHAM, NEW BRUNSWICK, WHERE SHE RAISED THEIR CHILDREN. THEY RETURNED TO CALGARY IN 1987 AND MOVED TO THE VULCAN AREA IN 1990 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
WHILE IN NEW BRUNSWICK, PHYLLIS WAS A MEMBER OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH WOMEN. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HIGH RIVER ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION.
PHYLLIS ENJOYED MANY HANDICRAFTS INCLUDING KNITTING AND CROCHETING, SHE MADE A DOLL FOR THE VULCAN CRAFT SALE, WHICH WAS DONATED TO S.T.A.R.S. AIR AMBULANCE.
BELOVED WIFE OF VERNON KILPATRICK OF VULCAN, LOVING MOTHER OF FOUR DAUGHTERS, CHERYL (DAVID) GRIFFIN OF ST. JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK, DEBRA (RONALD) GUENETTE OF CALGARY, PATTI NELSON OF VULCAN AND JUDY (TROY) MILL OF CALGARY, FOUR SONS BRYON (GAIL) OF HAMPTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, ROBERT (CHERYL) OF OLDS, VERNON Jr. (SHERRY) OF CALGARY AND JAMES OF VULCAN, SIXTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, HER MOTHER MRS. SELINA WILKINSON OF CALGARY, TWO BROTHERS JOHN “JACK” (JAN) WILKINSON OF CALGARY AND ALEXANDER (NATLIE) WILKINSON OF HIGH RIVER, THREE SISTERS JEAN (WILLIAM) ANDERSON, DOROTHY (ARTHUR) CLARK AND MAXINE (BRIAN) CAMPBELL, ALL OF CALGARY, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
PHYLLIS WAS PREDECEASED BY HER FATHER MICHAEL, A BROTHER LEONARD WILKINSON AND A GRANDDAUGHTER SHAWNA GRIFFIN.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY JULY 28, 1997 AT 2 P.M. AT ST. ALDHELM’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, VULCAN WITH REV. CANON DON BINNEY OFFICIATING.
HONOURARY BEARERS WERE SCOTTY TAYLOR, RON SWAYZE, JAMES FOWLER AND DAVID GRIFFIN.
CASKET BEARERS WERE ROBERT KILPATRICK Jr., TIMOTHY KILPATRICK, JAMES KILPATRICK, CHRIS FOWLER, RON GUENETTE AND TROY MILL.
CREMATION FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, INURNMENT AT A LATER DATE IN NEW BRUNSWICK.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES COULD BE MADE DIRECTLY TO THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ALBERTA, 1825 PARK RD. S.E., CALGARY, T2G 3Y6.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.