TITLE:    Debra N. Phillips, Obituary, April 14, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  The Coos County Democrat EST. 1838 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE  
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Debra N. Phillips 

COLEBROOK - Debra N. Phillips, 48, died April 14, 2001 at the Upper
Connecticut Valley Hospital after a brief illness. 

Born June 22, 1952, in West Stewartstown, she was the daughter of
Wendell and Hulda (Blais) Hodgdon. 

She was a 1970 graduate of Canaan (VT) Memorial High School. She
was employed as a dental assistant for Dr. Bruce Katz for several years,
and worked as a part time police and fire dispatcher for the town of
Colebrook. After a serious motor vehicle accident in 1992 she was
unable to work anymore. 

Mrs. Phillips served as a Boy Scout leader and as the Commissioner of
Colebrook’s Little League Baseball program for several years. She
enjoyed cross-stitch, and was an avid collector of pigs. She loved to walk
and could be seen frequently walking around town. She will be
remembered as a loving mother and dearly missed as Mammy, the name
that her grandchildren called her. Her family includes two sons, Corey
Washburn of Colebrook and Allen Phillips of Groveton; a daughter,
Kerry Washburn of Colebrook; a brother, Kent Hodgdon of Hopkinton;
six grandchildren, Sawyer, Shelby, Shyanne, Calli, Tarann and Karsyn;
her best friend and companion, Robert Hodge of Colebrook; and her
faithful dog Mindy. 

Calling hours will be at the Newman Funeral Home, Colebrook on
Thursday, April 19, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Funeral Services are private.
Interment will in later in the spring at the Canaan Village Cemetery. 

Donations in memory of Debra N. Phillips may be sent to the Two
Rivers Ride for Cancer, care of Rosemary Mulliken, First Colebrook
Bank, 147 Main Street, Colebrook, NH 03576. 


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