It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Phoebe Ollerhead at the age of 92 at Curtis Memorial Hospital St. Anthony, on July 15th. Predeceased by her husband Dudley, sisters Ella Slade and Jessie Seymour. Leaving to mourn are Children Shirley (Truman) Coates, Derek (Sandy) Olllerhead. Grandchildren, Sherry (Bob) Simms, Karen Dunphy, Kristopher (Sarah) Ollerhead, great grandchildren, Mitchell and Aaron Simms, Kaedon Ollerhead, Emily and Mackenzie Dunphy and brothers Reuben and Bill Elliott, sisters Alice Penney, Bessie Cole, Naomi Colbourne, nieces, nephews and friends. Visitation to be held from Kerry M. Fillatre’s Funeral Home in St. Anthony on Monday, July 19, 2021 from 2-4 pm. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 2:00 pm from St. Mary’s Anglican Church in St. Anthony with Rev Deacon Arthur Kinsella officiating. Interment to follow in the new Anglican cemetery.
SIMMS, PHOEBE GENEVA
On March 20, 1940, Flossie and George Macey of Red Bay, Labrador became the proud parents of a baby girl they named Phoebe Geneva. At the age of 16 she moved to St. Anthony to work with the Grenfell Mission and later on she went to work with Fishery Products until she retired in 1991. In 1957 Phoebe married Wilson Simms of St. Anthony and together they raised one son and two daughters. Phoebe leaves to mourn with fond memories her son Jerry (Triffie); Daughters Judy and Mandy; Grandchildren Brandi, Lorne, Melissa, Jeremy; Great-grandchildren Tyler, Kyle, Damien, Megan, Zoe, Layla, Anna; Special nieces Eleanor McLean, Beryl Pilgrim; Brothers Hayward (Margaret), Hubert (Annie); Sisters Jane (Nelson), Ivy (Theodore), Hilda (Ian), and her best friend Blanche Strickland as well as a large circle of extended relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her Father George, father Walter Ryan, Mother Flossie, Husband Wilson and her brother Albert. Visitation was held at Kerry M. Fillatre’s Funeral Home until the funeral on Monday, June 5th, 2017 at 2:00 PM from the Salvation Army Church in St. Anthony with Captain Brown officiating. Interment followed. Funeral Arrangements entrusted to Kerry M. Fillatre’s Funeral Home, St Anthony and Roddickton, Lee Nippard funeral director.