Phyllis MacGillivray, 85, died of a stroke Nov. 18 after battling diabetes for 30 years. Phyllis was born May 26, 1924, in St. Petersburg, Penn., to John Guy Miller and Cecilia Mary (Hall) Miller. Her childhood and young adult years were spent in Pennsylvania. She ventured west to Seattle with a girlfriend, where she met and later became engaged to the love of her life, Robert MacGillivray. The couple married in Oil City, Penn., on May 7, 1949. Phyllis worked for Dr. Forrest Bump in Forest...

Phyllis was born May 26, 1924, in St. Petersburg, Pa., to John Guy Miller and Cecilia Mary (Hall) Miller. She ventured west to Seattle with a girlfriend, where she met and became engaged to the love of her life, Robert MacGillivray. They married in Oil City, Pa., May 7, 1949. In 1956 they bought an optometric practice in Tillamook and made their home there. Phyllis worked for her husband's optometric practice as a bookkeeper and as a homemaker while raising their two children. Phyllis was a...