| Amalia Gillespie Phillips |
Published in Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram on February 22, 2011
Amalia 'Marlie' Gillespie Phillips, 83, died of lung cancer at her home on
Longview Terrace in Kennebunk, on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 19, 2011.
She was born in Quincy, Mass., on Dec. 18, 1927, the daughter of
Michael Bernard Gillespie and Esther (Fairfield) Gillespie. Raised in
Scituate, Mass., and Washington, D.C., she graduated from Woodrow
Wilson High School in 1944 and earned a B.A. in Creative Writing from
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin later in life.
While attending Art school in Washington, D.C., she met her first
husband, Wilford Caloway Phillips. They were married in Rockville, Md.,
on Feb. 8, 1947, and were together 44 years until his death in 1991.
She married her second husband, Warren Herbert Mitchell Jr. in January
1998. He predeceased her in 1999.
In addition to Massachusetts, Marlie lived in Texas and Florida before
retiring to Maine. She was an auctioneer and antiques dealer in Texas,
Florida and Maine. Marlie was also a published author of both short stories
and children's stories. Her stories appeared in The Bicentennial Collection of
Texas Short Stories, Fiction and Poetry by Texas Women and the Summer
Weekly Reader.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution for over
fifty years, the Maine Auctioneers Association, and the Wells/Ogunquit
Senior Center.
Survivors include three children, David Michael Phillips of Austin,
Texas, Mark Lawrence Phillips of Burnet, Texas, and Lydia Ann Phillips of
Kennebunkport; her sister-in-law, Irene Gillespie; grandchildren, Citabria
Phillips, Anthony and Brian Phillips, Angela Chenuau, and Adrienne
Whitley; eight great-grandchildren; and nephews, Bruce, Brian and Brett
Gillespie. In addition to her parents and spouses, she was also predeceased
by her brother, Richard F. Gillespie.
Calling hours will be on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, from 4 to 7 p.m., at
Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk. A funeral service will
be on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011, at 2 p.m., at Christ Church, 6 Dane St.,
Kennebunk. Spring burial will be in Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk.
Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel. bibberfuneral.com
Should friends desire, the family encourages memorial donations to:
Hospice of Southern Maine
180 U.S. Route One, #1
Scarborough, Maine 04074
or
the Wells/Ogunquit Senior Center
P.O. Box 9
Moody, Maine 04054
Amalia 'Marlie' Gillespie Phillips, 83, died of lung cancer at her home on
Longview Terrace in Kennebunk, on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 19, 2011.
She was born in Quincy, Mass., on Dec. 18, 1927, the daughter of
Michael Bernard Gillespie and Esther (Fairfield) Gillespie. Raised in
Scituate, Mass., and Washington, D.C., she graduated from Woodrow
Wilson High School in 1944 and earned a B.A. in Creative Writing from
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin later in life.
While attending Art school in Washington, D.C., she met her first
husband, Wilford Caloway Phillips. They were married in Rockville, Md.,
on Feb. 8, 1947, and were together 44 years until his death in 1991.
She married her second husband, Warren Herbert Mitchell Jr. in January
1998. He predeceased her in 1999.
In addition to Massachusetts, Marlie lived in Texas and Florida before
retiring to Maine. She was an auctioneer and antiques dealer in Texas,
Florida and Maine. Marlie was also a published author of both short stories
and children's stories. Her stories appeared in The Bicentennial Collection of
Texas Short Stories, Fiction and Poetry by Texas Women and the Summer
Weekly Reader.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution for over
fifty years, the Maine Auctioneers Association, and the Wells/Ogunquit
Senior Center.
Survivors include three children, David Michael Phillips of Austin,
Texas, Mark Lawrence Phillips of Burnet, Texas, and Lydia Ann Phillips of
Kennebunkport; her sister-in-law, Irene Gillespie; grandchildren, Citabria
Phillips, Anthony and Brian Phillips, Angela Chenuau, and Adrienne
Whitley; eight great-grandchildren; and nephews, Bruce, Brian and Brett
Gillespie. In addition to her parents and spouses, she was also predeceased
by her brother, Richard F. Gillespie.
Calling hours will be on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, from 4 to 7 p.m., at
Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk. A funeral service will
be on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011, at 2 p.m., at Christ Church, 6 Dane St.,
Kennebunk. Spring burial will be in Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk.
Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel. bibberfuneral.com
Should friends desire, the family encourages memorial donations to:
Hospice of Southern Maine
180 U.S. Route One, #1
Scarborough, Maine 04074
or
the Wells/Ogunquit Senior Center
P.O. Box 9
Moody, Maine 04054