Nellie Joan (McLaughlin) Phillips

Nellie (Joan) Phillips

With heavy hearts the family of Joan Phillips of Fredericton Junction, NB announce her passing at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital on June 20, 2024. Joan was born August 2, 1937, in Fredericton Junction, NB to the late Lillian (Grant) and Frank McLaughlin.  She was the loving wife of the late Rev. David Phillips.

Joan will be dearly missed by her three daughters; Jennifer MacAusland, Susan Matheson and Sarah (Danny) Kane, her two sons; Michael (Shelly) and Keith Phillips.  Joan was blessed with eight grandchildren; Benjamin, Daniel (Ashley), Angela (Tim), David (Jennifer), Melissa (Jon), Matthew, John (Jeana), Colin (Emily), two step grandchildren; Megan and Nicholas, fifteen great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

Joan effortlessly and unassumingly played many roles throughout her lifetime. She was especially a loving wife and mother. Family, both immediate and extended, was the most important to her which went hand in hand in her role as pastor’s wife, with her love and dedication to her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Her gift was she showed love and kindness to everyone she met; we often heard this phrase to describe her; “Your mother is such a sweet lady“. She was very creative and wrote countless poems and songs which are treasured. She loved to paint craft and knit. She was also musically inclined and could play the piano, guitar, accordion and she could yodel too!

She had a great sense of humor and was always quick with a smart, funny response.

She is very much loved and will be missed by many. Her family are mourning her loss but are rejoicing she has reached her final goal - heaven.

Besides her husband and parents, Joan is also predeceased by her sister Alice Billings, her five brothers; Edgar, Garth, Lloyd, Glen and Gene McLaughlin, her son-in-law Geoffrey MacAusland and her daughter-in-law Linda Phillips.

Family and friends are invited to Abundant Grace Sanctuary for Visitations on Sunday June 23, 2024 from 11:30-1:00 pm.  A Funeral Service will follow at 2pm with Rev. Rick McFadyen officiating.  Internment will be in the Tracy United Baptist Cemetery after the service.   

Arrangements are in the Professional Care of Sunbury Funeral Home, Central Blissville, NB (368-2413). Condolences:sunburyfuneralhome.com