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 Edna Gifford Phillips
March 04, 2004
Edna Gifford Phillips, 98, formerly of 56 Bachand Ave., died Thursday at the Village of Fillmore Ponds in Bennington, Vt., where she had resided for three years.
Born in Middletown, N.Y., on Feb. 7, 1906, daughter of George and Emma Dunlap Gifford, she attended schools in Middletown and graduated from Middletown High School in 1923.
She also graduated from the Ramsdell Business School in 1924.
She was employed as a bookkeeper for several businesses in Middletown. While a resident there, she was an active member of the First United Methodist Church and a volunteer for the Meals on Wheels program.
She moved in 1986 to Williamstown, where she was a member of the Williamstown First United Methodist Church and a member of the First United Methodist Women's Club.
She also was a member of the Williamstown Friendship Club at the Harper Center.
Her husband, Franklin B. Phillips, whom she married April 9, 1925, died May 21, 1959.
She leaves one son, Richard G. Phillips of Somers, N.Y.; one daughter, Margery Janes, of Williamstown; a sister, Lela Ferguson, of Vancouver, Wash., two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- Graveside services for Edna Gifford Phillips, who died March 4, 2004, will take place at a later date in the family plot in Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, N.Y. Memorial donations are suggested for Hospice Care of Bennington, Vt., Area Home Health or the charity of the donor's choice through the FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, West Chapels, 521 West Main St., North Adams.
Survivors include her son-in-law, Robert Janes; two grandchildren, Carol Ann Janes and Christopher M. Janes, and his wife, Kelly, and two great-grandchildren, Addison and Calvin Janes of Hyde Park, Vt.
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