Bainbridge native Phyllis Louise Minster, age 91, died Aug. 24 at Martha and Mary Health Care Center in Poulsbo.

She was born in the Port Blakely neighborhood of Bainbridge on Nov. 2, 1910, to Alfred and Amanda Anderson.

She attended the Port Blakely grade school until it closed in 1925.  She graduated from Olympic High School (now Bainbridge High School) in 1929.

She raised her two sons on her own and held numerous jobs throughout her life. She worked at the Bainbridge Island strawberry cannery from 1939 until 1940; the Winslow Shipyard from 1941 until 1945; the Bremerton Naval Shipyard (PSNS) from 1946 until 1948; and the Society Candy Company until her retirement in 1975.

She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church for many years and was one of the first to help establish the Senior Friendship Club, now known as the Senior Center.  She also spent a lot of her free time volunteering at the Island Health and Rehabilitation Center, and she became a friend and family to many residents there.

She enjoyed gardening, singing, working on crossword puzzles and seeing her many friends.

She is survived by her two sons, James William “Bill’’ Minster of Seattle and Larry Alfred Minster, of Hansville; three grandchildren — Brent Minster and wife Jan of Lynnwood, Blake Minster and wife Tina of Vancouver, Wa. and Heather Minster and husband Tom Oreiro of Poulsbo, Washington; and great-grandsons Craig, Frazer and Brandon.

She was buried in a private service at Port Blakely Cemetery next to her mother and father.

Remembrances may be made to the Port Blakely Cemetery.