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- Portville NY Review - 6/13/1940
John S. Phillips passed away at
his home on Main Street, Tuesday
afternoon. He was born July 15, 1858,
at East Pennard, England, the son of
George Phillips and Elizabeth Chin-
nock Phillips. He has resided in Port-
ville for the past forty-three years,,
coming hee from Springville, N.Y.
Mr. and Phillips would have
been married fifty-eight years this
summer.
He was a member of the Metho-
dist Church of Portville, the Knight
of the Macabees and the Redmen
Lodge.
Mr. Phillips was gardener at the
Wheeler home for forty-two years
and a most faithful man.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Helen S. Phillps; two daughters,
Mrs. Gertrude Greenman of Port-
ville and Mrs. Jennie McCagg of
Brockport; one son, Reginald Phil-
lips of Brooklyn, N.Y.; four grand-
children and three nieces living in
England.
The funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at two-thirty
o'clock at the home on Main Street.
The Rev. Arthur Partington, former
pastor of the church in Portville, will
officiate, and burial will be in Chest-
nut Hill Cemetery.
Pall bearers will be Archie Ryder,
Earl Holcomb, W. J. Tapp, Herbert
Lowe, Harry Thorn, Floyd Buckles.
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1858 - 1940 (81 years)