On September 4, 2019 Grace Phillips (nee Connelly) devoted wife of the late Milton Phillips; beloved mother of Joyce DeCarlo and her late husband Bill DeCarlo,Sr., and Thomas Phillips and his wife Shirley Phillips; loving grandmother of Stacie Zazzetta and her husband Guido, Bill DeCarlo, Jr. and his wife Stacy, Chris Phillips and his wife Sheila, Marc Phillips and his wife Samantha, and Lori Poss and her husband Joey; cherished great-grandmother of Gino, Gianna, Miranda, Alessia, Luke, Brooke, Delanie, Hunter, McKinley and Grayson; devoted daughter of the late John Gordon Connelly, Sr. and the late Cecilia V. Connelly(Founder of the Connelly Funeral Home); dear sister of the late John Gordon Connelly, Jr., the late Charles O. Connelly, Sr. and the late Cecilia L. Dozier; loving sister-in-law of Anna Connelly. Also survived by many other loving relatives and friends.
A mass of christian burial will be celebrated at St. Clare Catholic Church on Monday at 11 am. Visiting hours will be held at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Ave on Sunday from 3 - 5 and 7 - 9 pm.
Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in the name of "Grace Phillips" to either :
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or to the:
Shriners Hospital for Children Fund Boumi Shriners
5050 King Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21237
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