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Obituary

Carol M. Phillips

Ivoryton

Carol M. Phillips of Ivoryton passed away on Aug. 24. Carol celebrated her 85th birthday on July 10. She was a city girl, born in Manhattan, New York, where she met her soon to be husband, Edward M. Phillips. Together they came to Ivoryton in 1963, raising their five children. Carol was happy and content with the house she lived in for 58 years.

She attended all her sons’ football, basketball, baseball, and soccer games and could be found on the hill knitting a poncho, sweater, or hat.

Carol worked at Chesebrough Ponds in Clinton, for 35 years. She started working on the lines and worked her way up by going back to school to become a micro lab technician.

She enjoyed her 20 years of retirement. Carol took many trips and cruises through the Caribbean and loved to shop for clothing and jewelry and to attend local estate sales searching to complete a Depression glass collection that she loved to collect. She kept active at the Westbrook YMCA, where she attended water aerobic classes and swam. When you would call Carol’s house, you would either hear the women’s Huskies or a Giant’s game on or her pet birds chirping in the background.

Carol adored watching the birds in the bird houses that she could see from her kitchen window and spoiling her cat Onyx. She appreciated the help from people around her, from her mail man who brought in her mail to the next-door neighbor who would cut her flowers and bring them in for her to enjoy. She especially appreciated the help of her son Stephen, who lived close to the family residence. Her other children and grandchildren helped when they could.

She is predeceased by her parents Wilhelmina and Ludwig Brauneis and her husband Edward M. Phillips. She leaves behind her children Edward and his wife Linda, Stephen, Alan, Cathy, and Henry and his wife Maggie, as well as her grandchildren, Aaron, Caitlin, Jeremy, and Madison.

The family will follow Carol’s wishes; there will be no viewing hours and a private burial service.