Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Phillips, Thomas G.  April 17, 2012
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   Published in Lebanon Daily News on April 21, 2012 
  Thomas G. Phillips 
  
  III LEBANON Thomas G Phillips, III, died on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at his 
  home in Lebanon surround-ed by his family. He was 80 years old. Tom was a 
  graduate of Lebanon High School and received a BA from Franklin and Marshall 
  College, where he was a member of Chi Phi Fraternity and the Varsity Swimming 
  & Diving Team. Upon graduation he joined the trucking firm of New Penn Motor 
  Express, where he rose to the position of Executive Vice President, as well as 
  holding office with Arnold Industries. Subsequently he became Chair of 
  Phillips Office Solutions, the largest independent office products and 
  services provider in central Pennsylvania. An active member of the community, 
  Tom has served on the board of directors for the Council for Public Education 
  of Greater Harrisburg Inc., the Cornwall-Lebanon School Board, Gray's Run 
  Club, the Lebanon Treadway Inn, and the Lebanon YMCA, as well as several 
  traffic boards in Pennsylvania. For years he was an active volunteer for the 
  Good Samaritan Hospital Street Fair. At Franklin & Marshall, he was a member 
  of the Board of Trustees from 1995 - 2005. At the time of his death he was a 
  Trustee Emeritus and a member of the College's Board of Visitors. In 2006, the 
  Franklin and Marshall Society of Distinguished Alumni recognized Tom with it's 
  highest honor, the Alumni Medal, and in 2009 he was bestowed with a Doctor of 
  Humane Letters degree. He was a dedicated big game fisherman and while fishing 
  in Panama in 2007, he was recognized by the Billfish Foundations with the 
  coveted Black Marlin Release Champions award. Later in the same year, he won 
  the Sportsmanship Award at Avalon's Jersey Shore Classic 'Fish for the Cure'. 
  Devoted husband to Virginia (Arnold) Phillips for over 58 years, he was the 
  son of the late Thomas G and Ethel Hoffman Phillips. He was father to Thomas 
  and his wife, Denise of Lebanon, Peter and his wife, Mary of Mechanicsburg, 
  Elizabeth Davies and her husband, Wayne of Nantucket, and David and his wife, 
  Pam of Mechanicsburg; brother to John and his wife, Mary of Lebanon, Virginia 
  Brandt and her husband, Barry of Manheim, and the late Mary Susan Stillwagon; 
  and loving Grandad to Blaine, Natalie, Elizabeth, and Colin Phillips, Nicholas 
  and Sophie Davies, and Harry and Wylie Phillips. He is also survived by 
  several nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, May 1, 
  2012, from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 600 S. 12th St., Lebanon, at 12 
  noon. Inurnment will be held at the convenience of the family in Mt. Lebanon 
  Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 10 a.m. until time of the 
  services at the church.. Kreamer Funeral Home and Crematory, Annville, is in 
  charge of arrangements. 
   
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on April 21, 2012 
   
  
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