Remembrances

There will be a lot of remembrances in days to come. Here's one:

The Loss Of A Great Friend

And another:

Further Reflection

From Don Mahler's column in The Valley News:

“I love it when she smiles. She smiles, not only with her mouth, but with her eyes.”

And Corey Phillips ought to know. He lived for that smile, which also warmed so many others.

Any number of things would make Kathy Phillips smile.

A chip shot out of the bunker would do it. A Dartmouth Ivy title would certainly require it. And sharing in one of husband Corey's off-the-wall jokes would necessitate it.

But nothing -- nothing -- would bring a quicker, bigger mega watt smile to Kathy Phillips' face than children. The young children of the Upper Valley or the older children of Dartmouth College.

But sadly, we'll never get to share or bask in that smile again. Yesterday afternoon, Kathy Phillips, 55, the sports information director and face of Dartmouth College athletics for the past 30 years, died suddenly after a brief illness.

There's no way to minimize the magnitude of this loss. On a personal level, Kathy meant so much to those of us who worked in sports around the Upper Valley. She was a professional who never let her job destroy her friendships. She made us better by caring for how we did our jobs. She was one of us, even though she was a college representative.

The college? It will need six people to fill the void that Kathy has left. And even then it will come up short.

Read the full column here.