Bessie June Phillips Whitney

IN  LOVING  MEMORY  OF

Bessie June Phillips Whitney

June 24, 1924 — October 14, 2016

VISITATION

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 from 11:00 a.m.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

3375 W. Sierra Ave., Fresno, California

FUNERAL  SERVICE

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 12:00 p.m.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

3375 W. Sierra Ave., Fresno, California

GRAVESIDE  SERVICE

Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Hills

6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, California

RELATIVES

Husband:  William Erickson Phillips (deceased)

Husband:  Elvin Mills Whitney (deceased)

Parents:  William (deceased) & Verna (deceased) Rounds

Daughter:  Judith Ann (Phillips) Hanks

Daughter:  Christina Louise (Phillips) Myers

Daughter:  Dena Carol (Phillips) Callahan

Granddaughter:  Amey (Hanks) Vance

Grandson:  Shawn Hanks

Grandson:  Jason Hanks

Granddaughter:  Carina (Myers) Humphries

Granddaughter:  Tammy (Myers) Patillo

Granddaughter:  Dana (Myers) Dube

Granddaughter:  Dena Myers

Grandson:  Aaron Myers

Granddaughter:  Karen (Myers) Mann

Granddaughter:  Kirstin Myers

Granddaughter:  Joni (Callahan) Bell

Granddaughter:  Erin (Callahan) Pyne

Granddaughter:  Megan (Callahan) Staheli

Granddaughter:  Kelly (Callahan) Kellogg

Grandson:  Daniel Callagan

Great Grandchildren:  Fifty Three

I  AM  A  CHILD  OF  GOD

by Naomi Ward Randall

I am a child of God,

And he has sent me here,

Has given me an earthly home

With parents kind and dear.

I am a child of God,

And so my needs are great;

Help me to understand his words

Before it grows too late.

I am a child of God.

Rich blessings are in store;

If I but learn to do his will,

I’ll live with him once more.

I am a child of God.

His promises are sure;

Celestial glory shall be mine

If I can but endure.

CHORUS

Lead me, guide me, walk beside me,

Help me find the way.

Teach me all that I must do

To live with him someday.

Bessie June Rounds Phillips-Whitney
1924 - 2016

Bess, (92), passed away in Fresno, California on October 14, 2016 where she and her husband, William E. Phillips, raised their three daughters. She was born on June 24, 1924 in Manhattan Beach, California, the daughter of William Elmer Rounds and Verna Arave Rounds. Her brother William Grant Rounds proceeded her in death. Bess leaves behind three daughters: Judith Ann Phillips Hanks in Gilbert, AZ; Christina Louise Phillips Myers in Richland, WA and Dena Carol Phillips Callahan in Fresno, CA along with fifteen grandchildren and 53 great-grandchildren.

Bess grew up in Southern California where she studied piano and dance lessons as a young girl. At an early age she played in a professional band and also played piano for both church and community activates including YMCA dances. She worked as a secretary at Hamilton Junior High School in Fresno for many years. As an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints she used her musical skills in putting together a variety of road shows and melodrama plays. With her husband she served a mission at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitors Center and helped many refugees who escaped Laos and Cambodia and entered United States to begin a new life.

She loved entertaining friends and family at her home and enjoyed traveling throughout North and South America and other foreign lands. After the death of William Phillips in 1993 she married E. Mills Whitney in 1998 and lived in Newhall, California. For the past (47) years (1969 to 2016) Bess has been an active member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers where she received the Heritage Award. She has a total of twelve ancestral lines to Utah pioneers.

Services will be held at the Fig Garden Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints located at 3375 W. Sierra, Fresno California on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 12:00 PM. Viewing will commence an hour before services. Interment will be at Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills located at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles on Thursday, October 20 at 2:00 P.M.

Mom, you will always be in our hearts and those that had the opportunity to know you.

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