Hubert Harold Phillips

Bud passed away peacefully with family close by at Amica Edgemont in North Vancouver on October 19th.

Bud was the son of Harold and May (Thompson) Phillips. He spent his early life in northwest Saskatchewan, which is parkland (lakes, rivers and trees, as well as grain farming). After finishing at Turtleford High School, he attended the University of Saskatchewan and graduated from the College of Medicine in 1958. He married Kathleen (Kay) that same year. Kay had finished her BSc in Nursing.

After a year of general practice, they moved to Winnipeg where Bud specialised in Diagnostic Radiology. The next move, in 1965, was to Regina where he was a partner in Radiology Associates for over 30 years.

Bud was active in medical organisations and was president of: Regina and District Medical Society, Pasqua Hospital Medical Staff, and the Saskatchewan Association of Radiologists.

Bud and Kay were active members of St Luke’s Anglican Church in Regina.

In 1995 they moved to Victoria and Bud worked as a Radiologist doing Locum tenens for another 8 years. Bud and Kay really enjoyed Newcomers, Uplands Probus, and Rotary. Bud and Kay were volunteers for many years at the Vancouver Island Cancer Centre. Although an introvert, Bud had the ability to work a room and meet everyone in there. That skill and his sense of humour served him well when he moved to new locations throughout his life. If he met you again, he almost always remembered something about you or your family.

Sadly, his beloved Kay passed away in 2014.

In September 2017, on his own volition, Bud moved into Berwick House in Victoria where he made many dear friends. Finally, in September 2020, again on his own volition, he made his final move to Amica Edgemont where in three years he again made new friends, many of whom were very supportive and caring in recent times.

Bud spent many summers and holidays at the family cottage on Last Mountain Lake, Saskatchewan where he and Kay made lifelong friends and entertained often. They returned to Sunset Cove for summer visits after moving to Victoria. For many years he and Kay would travel to Palm Desert for winter reprieve.

Bud was a good athlete as a young man. He coached Childrens' baseball and softball and was quick to learn the rules of new sports that his children and grandchildren would take up. Bud played tennis, and curled into his early 80’s. He spent many hours chauffeuring children to and attending children’s and grandchildren's sporting events and even learned how to watch them on streaming. He was a loving and patient parent and grandparent and a good friend to those close to him.

He leaves his sister Joan MacKenzie, his children and grandchildren: John (Leah) and daughters Hannah and Colleen, Catherine (Rob) and daughter Caitlin, Kimberly, and Ken, his daughters, Eva and Gwynne, son Grant and their mother, Lynda.

Thanks to the caring staff at Amica, Drs. Village, Vyselaar and Sugar, and the Reverend Sharon Smith, at St. Catherine’s Anglican Church in North Vancouver.

No service, but a celebration of Life will be held in Victoria in Spring of 2024. Please feel free to leave a omment or tribute where this memorial is posted. No flowers please, donations can be made to Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada.