The death occurred peacefully at the Prince County Hospital, Summeride, P.E.I., on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, of Eleanor Isabelle (nee Phillips) Gates of St. Eleanor’s, P.E.I., aged 95 years. Eleanor was born on June 19, 1919, in Halifax, N.S., to her late parents William and Dorothea (nee Rodd) Phillips. Loving mother of Barbara Mallory, Kingston, Ont., and Joan (Ray) O’Brien, Margate. Beloved grandmother of Anne (Jeff) Moore and Sarah Mallory (Steve Timmerman), Kingston, Ont., Paula Forbes (Tammy Saunders), Quispamsis, N.B., and Jeremy (Colette) Forbes, Summerside. Cherished great-grandmother of Riley and Brin Forbes, Molly Kenny and Mallory Moore. Eleanor is survived by her caring siblings, Edna (late Archie) MacGregor, Halifax, N.S., Carolyn (Gary) Ross, Ajax, Ont., and Dr. Carlyle (Virginia) Phillips, Halifax, N.S., and Stanley Bridge, her sister-in-law Caroline (late Dr. Ralph) Phillips, Halifax, N.S., as well as her nieces, nephews and cousins, the Rodd and Phillips families. Remembered by Ron Mallory and Don Forbes, also the O’Brien family. Besides her parents, Eleanor was predeceased by her precious daughter Beverley Elizabeth, brothers George (Nina), Dr. Ralph, Wendell (Ruth) and sister Gwendolyn (Thomas) Matthew, and Archie MacGregor. Resting at the East Prince Funeral Home, 245 Pope Rd., Summerside, until Tuesday, Aug. 5, then to Trinity United Church, Summerside, for a funeral service at 11 a.m. Interment to take place in Lot 14 United Cemetery, Birch Hill. Memorial donations in Eleanor’s memory to the Prince County Hospital Foundation would be greatly appreciated. Visiting hours on Monday evening only, 7 to 9.

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