Clara Phillips
January 26, 2010 — January 25, 2016
Clara Quinn Phillips, daughter of Luke and Katy Phillips of Sykesville, passed away Monday, January 25, 2016 as a result of a tragic accident.
Clara was born January 26, 2010 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Maryland, she was the daughter of Luke and Katy (Hartsgrove) Phillips.
She attended Kindergarten at Winfield Elementary School but prior to was a student at William S. James Elementary School in Abingdon, Maryland. She spent the first 5 years of her life attending Kiddie Academy and Celebree Learning Center where she made many friends and was loved by all of her teachers. In October of 2015, the family moved to Carroll County to be closer to family. Clara was an outgoing, humorous, and charismatic child. To know her was to love her.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her sister, Britney Phillips of Virginia; her paternal grandparents, Chet and Chris Phillips of Damascus; her maternal grandmother, Laurel Jo Godin of Tennessee; great-grandparents, Chester and Jennie Phillips and great-grandmother, Riellyann Briggs; maternal aunt, Amy (Tim) Shoopman, Caleb and Emma; paternal aunt, Bethany (Leon) Grant, Olivia and Lee; paternal aunt, Holly Phillips, Karleigh and Hunter; many great aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
She was predeceased by her maternal grandfather, Terry Hartsgrove; maternal great-grandparents, Helen and Joe Godin; paternal great-grandfather, John Briggs; and paternal great-great grandmother, Myrtle Briggs.
Clara, whose name means light, will forever be the brightest star we see in the night sky.
A Celebration of Clara's Life will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, January 30, 2016 at Tri-County Baptist Church, 7821 Damascus Road, Damascus, Maryland. Reverend Russ Ross will officiate. Burial will follow in All Souls Cemetery, Germantown, Maryland.
The family will receive friends Saturday one hour prior to services at the church.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Stauffer Funeral Home, Frederick.