Legacy Funeral Chapel

Phil’s passing marks a legacy of love, unparalleled community service, and spiritual devotion which stand as example to all who knew him. Memorial service will be held Saturday, March 23rd at 2:00 pm, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Adoration Chapel in Yakima, 202 N. 4th Street. In memory of Phil, the family is asking in lieu of flowers to have tax-deductible donations made to Living Care Retirement Community. Arrangements are being managed by Keith and Keith Funeral Home: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/yakima-wa/philip-weivoda-8154350.

Myrtle Ellen Dennis Tabor, 90, died March 10 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem after suffering a heart attack and stroke.  “I knew Charles and Ellen Tabor soon after their return from missionary service in South Korea,” said Delores Thomas, former Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina (WMU-NC) president, on a tribute wall for Tabor. “They often joined our WMU-NC Executive Board for devotionals and updates. We were so thrilled when she began the Baptist Nursing Fellowship in N.C. and then saw its establishment nationally. Ellen was a humble servant, and much loved.” A native of Albemarle, N.C., Tabor received her first degree at Mars Hill College (now university) and started nursing at North Carolina Baptist Hospital (now Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center). After she married Dr. Charles Gordon Tabor, the couple served at Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital in Pusan, South Korea, for 20 years through the Foreign Mission Board (now International Mission Board). The couple also served Macau. After returning to America, she pursued education and service as a nursing professional. She earned a doctorate in education. She helped found Baptist Nursing Fellowship (BNF), an organization that started Feb. 12, 1983. She became BNF’s first president at the national meeting in Oklahoma that year. BNF provides continuing education, missions opportunities and fellowship for Baptist nurses serving in the U.S. and on mission fields around the world. Tabor served on the board of the WMU Foundation. In 2012, Tabor was honored as WMU-NC’s recipient of the N.C. Baptist Heritage Award at a ceremony in Greensboro. “You are being recognized today because of things that you have done for the good of humanity, and because of your love for God and for the advancement of the work for his kingdom,” said Milton A. Hollifield, Jr., executive-treasurer director of the Baptist State Convention of North ...