Louise Frances Bornschlegel Phillips was born to Walter and Marie Bornschlegel on August the 8th, 1922 in Denver, Colorado. Her siblings were Harold, Anita, Milton, Ruth and Bob. Frances was 2nd oldest. She enjoyed her studies, exploring her father's bookstore, and activities with her church youth group. Following the dedicated example of her mother and grandparents, Frances was baptized into Christ as a teenager.

After high school, she worked for the Denver Post & then for a Dodge Chrysler dealership. Near the end of World War II, Otis Gatewood visited her church in Denver and passionately spoke of the great need for Christian workers. Inspired, she said, "that's what I want to be." Otis encouraged her to get a college education and helped her enroll in Harding College in Searcy, AR, in 1945. There she majored in English and minored in education, worked different jobs on campus, sang in the college chorus, and served as vice president and president of the GATA club (Girls Aiming Toward Achievement). She deeply loved encouraging younger students. During her senior year, she was Harding's yearbook editor, member of the Alpha Honor Society and was selected as the college's Best All-Round Girl. She graduated in June 1949.

Frances became a dedicated public-school teacher and Christian summer camp worker. Her elementary school teaching career spanned thirty-two years, beginning in Earle, Arkansas. She then taught in Denver for five years from 1951-1955. In 1951, Frances teamed up with Eddie and Stella Grindley and others to launch Camp Shiloh in Mendham, New Jersey, ministering primarily to underserved New York City children. She would work there every summer where she wore many hats and especially loved organizing the arts and crafts program. Frances would write to a friend, "After Camp Shiloh, our lives were never to be the same, the associations, insights, inspirations, friendships, encouragement, challenges all to influence the very trajectory of our lives." There, she met the Camp Superintendent, Ernie Phillips, from Knoxville Tennessee, who had come to Christ in New York City. They were married in the camp chapel on December 24, 1956.

After Craig was born there, the family moved to Tabernacle, New Jersey, where Tim and Dave and John were born. She was a gifted Christian homemaker, dedicated to raising her sons with faith in God. She also had a special talent for whipping up wonderful meals. She collected many good recipes over the years and passed them on to many friends. The family moved to Burlington, New Jersey, where Frances resumed teaching alongside her homemaking duties.

In 1971, the family moved to Lenoir, North Carolina, where she began teaching at Happy Valley Elementary School and joined the Wilkesboro Church of Christ. This congregation became an immense channel of encouragement to Frances. She also served and loved on everyone there, seeking to bring more people closer to Christ. Starting in the summer of 1982, she, Ernie, and

Craig, hosted the Phillips Farm devotional each Thursday night during the summer for the young and young at heart from area churches for more than a dozen years. Her love for Christ and hospitality was a bright light to all who would attend & a lasting impact was made on many people.

After Ernie was badly injured in a mowing accident in 2009, John and Debbie took Ernie and Frances into their loving home in Rochester, Indiana. Frances especially missed her friends in North Carolina, but quickly made many new lifelong friends in Indiana. After Ernie's death, Frances at the age of ninety, along with friends decided to visit Craig and Teresa and grandchildren in India. She had a royal time meeting many Indian brothers and sisters. After returning from India, she moved with John and Debbie and kids to Boquete, Panama, where they experienced a Swiss-family Robinson existence involving evangelism and coffee-export. After living there for four years, they moved to Nashville, Tennessee. And finally in June 2021, they moved back to Frances' beloved North Carolina. There, she was able to meet many dear friends before her peaceful death at ninety-eight years on November 3, 2022, surrounded by loving family members.

Frances is survived by her sons - Craig, Tim, David and John; daughters-in-law Susan, Debbie, Teresa, Maria and Teresa; grandchildren – Emily, Graci, David, Olivia, Abby, Joseph, Bennett, Jonathan, Rachel, Sarah, Anna, Jay, Nicholas and Jasmine; great grandchildren- Eva, Skylar, Paisley, Luna, Lily and Hannah all of whom she dearly loved. We will all miss her faith, love, dedication and inspiration.

A life celebration service will be held on Saturday, November 12th at 2:00 PM at the Wilkesboro church of Christ, 1740 Curtis Bridge Road, Wilkesboro, NC 28697. It can be viewed on the Wilkesboro church of Christ Facebook page. (Just ask to join). In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Camp Shiloh, Shiloh NYC, PO Box 95, New York, NY 10028 or https://www.shilohnyc.org/donate1

Online condolences may be sent to the Phiilips family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com

Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.