Philip Roland Lewis

1943 - 2012

Philip Roland Lewis, 69, died Saturday May 5, 2012, at the Concord Hospital in Concord.

Born in Laconia on Jan. 12, 1943, to Evelyn (Bassett) Lewis and Roland Lewis, he has lived in Franklin for the past year after living in North Carolina for the past 17 years. Prior to that, Phil had lived in the Penacook Boscawen area for many years.

Phil had worked for Rumford Press for 22 years when it closed in 1984, and he then opened, owned and operated his own real estate business in 1986 and more recently had worked for several different golf courses in the south.

Phil liked to play golf and enjoyed building clubs for his wife and other friends he made in the golfing community over the years. He enjoyed sports and loved the game of softball, both playing it and coaching a competitive woman's softball team his wife, Marsha, played for. Phil loved to be outdoors in the woods hunting or on a body of water enjoying his true passion of fishing.

He leaves his beloved wife of 49 years, Marsha (Clouette) Lewis of Franklin; a son, Alan Lewis of Vermont; a daughter and son in-law, Holly and Frank Cochrane of Canterbury; a brother, Brian Lewis and his partner, Walter Chong, of Florida; a brother and sister in-law, Bruce and Donna Clouette of Connecticut; an aunt and many cousins in Maine.

A celebration of life will take place on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, from 5 to 7 p.m. with a funeral service starting at 7 p.m. at the Wendell J. Butt Funeral Home at 42 Washington St. in Penacook.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to the American Legion Post 31 Annual Youth Fishing Derby 11 Charles Street Penacook, 03303.