Philip Axel Litchfield

LITCHFIELD Philip Axel. Died at the age of 89, on Thursday, April 21, 2005, in Vero Beach, Florida, after a long illness. He was born October 22, 1915, in Brooklyn, New York. He was descended from Edwin Clark Litchfield and Grace Hubbard Litchfield of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York. Mr. Litchfield attended Hamilton College and Iowa State University. He served in the U.S. Army at the outbreak of World War II and later served with the American Field Service as an ambulance driver in the Italian theater. After the war he became a professional portrait photographer and was the first full time photographer for The Patent Trader, Mt. Kisco, New York. Besides an affinity for exotic sports cars, Mr. Litchfield was an avid outdoorsman. He was a member of the Anglers' Club of New York, The Bedford Golf and Tennis Club and The New Canaan Country Club. His Florida affiliations included Hawk's Nest Golf Club and The Moorings Club, both of Vero Beach. But, he was in his glory hosting hunting and fishing trips for friends and family at his beloved Adirondack home. Mr. Litchfield is survived by his wife of 35 years, Sarah Richardson Hamill, of Pound Ridge, NY; two sons from a previous marriage to Isabel Crouse of Greenwich, CT, Christopher Sands of Greenwich, CT, and Eric Hubbard of Darien, CT; a stepson Robert B. Hamill of New Canaan, CT; a stepdaughter Amelia H. Hopkins of Simsbury, CT; and eight grandchildren. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. James J. Lowe (Tatiana) of Bedford Hills, NY. Services will be held at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Bedford, New York at 11 A.M. Thursday, May 19. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 382 Cantitoe Road, Bedford, New York 10506, or to Indian River Memorial Hospital, 1000 36th Street, Vero Beach, FL. 32960.