On January 7, 2025, surrounded by the love of her family, Agnes May (Bartley) Phillips passed away at the age of 98 years.
Agnes leaves a lifetime of memories with her four children and their families: Don and his children Marsha Ketler, Tasha (Trevor) Worms, and Markus (Melissa); Shirley McLaren and her children Shane (Joleen) and Kyla (Wayne) Orchard; Blaine (Susan) and their children Tara, Leahette (Jason Enright), and David (Leah); and Raymond (Jeannie) and their children Trevor (Nicolle), and Kelsey (Ryley) MacKinnon. Also surviving are her 18 great-grandchildren, Connor Ketler, Colton and Taytum Worms, Davin and Addison Phillips, Dylan (Grace) and Quinn McLaren, Ryan and Sierra Orchard, Jessie and Henry Thomson, Benjamin Enright, Payton, Findlay, and Oaklynn Phillips, Amelia Phillips, Scarlett and Adalynn MacKinnon, and one great-great-grandchild, Clarke McLaren.
Also surviving are her brother Bruce (Elsie) Bartley and her sister-in-law Ella Bartley, as well as numerous nieces and nephews and their families.
Agnes has left us to be with her husband Wes, parents, Elgin and Mary Bartley, son-in-law Donald McLaren, daughter-in-law Linda Phillips, grandson Brian Phillips, and siblings Margaret and Bud Graham, John and Arlene Bartley, Melva Bartley, and Lorne Bartley.
Agnes was born on January 27th, 1926, at the family farm near Roland. She took her schooling in Roland and completed her education by taking grade 12 while boarding in Carman. She worked at the CIBC in Carman after graduating, and married Wes Phillips on June 23, 1945.
Agnes and Wes farmed for much of their lives, and besides running a farm home and raising a family, she drove the school bus and worked at the Myrtle General Store. She was a faithful member of the United Church, the WA (Women’s Association), sang in the choir, and taught Sunday School for many years. She was a member of the Canadian Foresters, secretary of the Myrtle Consolidated School, a volunteer in the Roland School library, a founding member of the Roland Bingo Committee, and a 4-H leader. Agnes loved hosting family gatherings, reading, sewing, knitting and quilting for gifts and charity, doing jigsaw and word puzzles, bowling, floor shuffling, curling, and playing cards with family and friends. Always busy, she lived a long and healthy life and will be missed by all who knew her.
Many thanks to the friends Mom made at the Boyne Towers. The family would also like to thank the wonderful staff at the Carman Hospital for the excellent care Mom received there.
A funeral service will be held at Roland United Church on Friday, January 10th at 11:00am. A family interment will take place prior to the service.
If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made to Roland United Church, Box 179, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0 or the Carman Palliative Care program, Box 610, Carman, MB, R0G 0J0.
Agnes leaves a lifetime of memories with her four children and their families: Don and his children Marsha Ketler, Tasha (Trevor) Worms, and Markus (Melissa); Shirley McLaren and her children Shane (Joleen) and Kyla (Wayne) Orchard; Blaine (Susan) and their children Tara, Leahette (Jason Enright), and David (Leah); and Raymond (Jeannie) and their children Trevor (Nicolle), and Kelsey (Ryley) MacKinnon. Also surviving are her 18 great-grandchildren, Connor Ketler, Colton and Taytum Worms, Davin and Addison Phillips, Dylan (Grace) and Quinn McLaren, Ryan and Sierra Orchard, Jessie and Henry Thomson, Benjamin Enright, Payton, Findlay, and Oaklynn Phillips, Amelia Phillips, Scarlett and Adalynn MacKinnon, and one great-great-grandchild, Clarke McLaren.
Also surviving are her brother Bruce (Elsie) Bartley and her sister-in-law Ella Bartley, as well as numerous nieces and nephews and their families.
Agnes has left us to be with her husband Wes, parents, Elgin and Mary Bartley, son-in-law Donald McLaren, daughter-in-law Linda Phillips, grandson Brian Phillips, and siblings Margaret and Bud Graham, John and Arlene Bartley, Melva Bartley, and Lorne Bartley.
Agnes was born on January 27th, 1926, at the family farm near Roland. She took her schooling in Roland and completed her education by taking grade 12 while boarding in Carman. She worked at the CIBC in Carman after graduating, and married Wes Phillips on June 23, 1945.
Agnes and Wes farmed for much of their lives, and besides running a farm home and raising a family, she drove the school bus and worked at the Myrtle General Store. She was a faithful member of the United Church, the WA (Women’s Association), sang in the choir, and taught Sunday School for many years. She was a member of the Canadian Foresters, secretary of the Myrtle Consolidated School, a volunteer in the Roland School library, a founding member of the Roland Bingo Committee, and a 4-H leader. Agnes loved hosting family gatherings, reading, sewing, knitting and quilting for gifts and charity, doing jigsaw and word puzzles, bowling, floor shuffling, curling, and playing cards with family and friends. Always busy, she lived a long and healthy life and will be missed by all who knew her.
Many thanks to the friends Mom made at the Boyne Towers. The family would also like to thank the wonderful staff at the Carman Hospital for the excellent care Mom received there.
A funeral service will be held at Roland United Church on Friday, January 10th at 11:00am. A family interment will take place prior to the service.
If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made to Roland United Church, Box 179, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0 or the Carman Palliative Care program, Box 610, Carman, MB, R0G 0J0.