PHYLLIS ‘RORY’ CONWAY MCKNIGHT

BATH, Maine — Phyllis Conway McKnight passed away Dec. 25, 2025, at Maine Health Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine, after a long illness. Born to Phyllis Irene Creaser and John Thomas Conway on July 11, 1946, in Proctor, Vt., Rory was the proud and devoted mother of two sons and a loving partner and wife to her Vermont game warden husband.

Survivors are: sons, James McKnight of Alna, Maine and Robert “Chip” McKnight and wife Bethany of Orrington, Maine; sister, Elizabeth Haskell of Bath, Maine; brother, John Conway of Bath, Maine; and three grandsons, Elijah McKnight, Gideon McKnight, and Greyson McKnight of Maine.

Rory was predeceased by her husband, Robert F. McKnight; baby son Sean; and mother, Phyllis (Creaser) Conway. At Rory’s request, there will be no services.

During her many years living in New Haven, Rory was a hospice caregiver and volunteer for the Addison County Home Health and Hospice. Memorial gifts may be made in her memory to ACHHH, P. O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.◊