Harry Bradner Phillips also known locally as Brad Phillips, a lifetime resident of Warwick, NY, passed away on June 12, 2023, at St. Anthony Community Hospital. He was 77 years old.
Born August 27, 1945, at St Anthony Community Hospital, he was the son of the late E. Ray and Dorothy Bradner Phillips.
Harry served in the U.S. Air Force from 1966-1969 and was a Vietnam Veteran. He studied Anthropology at Orange County Community College and then Binghamton University. He began his career as a Union Carpenter in local 964 and finished his career as Senior Estimator for Holt Construction. In his retirement he was instrumental in developing Stone Age Warwick (https://guides.rcls.org/archaeology).
Harry was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed spending time outdoors at the Warwick Camp in Canada on Dog Lake, Cape Cod, and all places in between.
Harry is survived by his wife Gail Sperry Phillips; daughter Heather Sorrell and her husband Mathew and their children Emily and Abigail; son Mark Phillips and his wife Laura Recio; brother Alan Phillips; several nephews; and his four-legged friend Wilbur.
The family will receive friends on Friday, June 16th from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Avenue, Warwick, NY.
Please consider a donation in Harry’s memory to the Warwick Valley Humane Society, P.O. Box 61, Warwick, NY 10990.