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1936
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2020
Lawrence Phillips Obituary
Lawrence, Jr., was born on March 25, 1936, to the late Frances M. and Lawrence W. Phillips, Sr., and grew up just outside of Corning, New York, on the family farm in Chambers, New York. He attended a one-room schoolhouse for his grade school and junior high years and was a 1953 graduate of Northside High School in Corning.
Larry, as he was known, was a proud Veteran of the United States Army having served in the Korean War and in the US Army Security Agency. He enjoyed a very successful and well-traveled thirty-six-year career with Corning Incorporated (formerly Corning Glass Works), retiring from the company in 1995 as a Senior Project Engineer. Larry collaborated with colleagues in several Corning-partnered manufacturing plants around the world serving as a lead Senior Project Engineer for opening such plants in the countries of Wales, Australia, and South Korea.
The caption to Larry's senior portrait in his high school year book read: "Beware the fury of a patient man." Anyone who was ever on the receiving end of Larry's so-called fury can attest to the truthfulness of this statement. However, equally if not more ferocious was his love and devotion to family and friends. Larry/Dad will be remembered and loved with the same ferocity that he loved us.
Lawrence W. Phillips, Jr., is lovingly survived by: former wife and companion of over sixty years, Elizabeth "Betty"; two sons, Davis and Douglas (Tammara); sister, Laura; brother, Richard (Sandy); brothers-in-law, Mark (Arlene) and Merton (Sonya); and over forty nieces and nephews.
Due to current necessary restrictions on group gatherings associated with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic there are no plans for a memorial service. Details regarding a possible graveside service in Coopers Plains, New York, may be forthcoming as restrictions and travel permit.
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John and Velva Vine
September 27, 2020
Larry was our classmate at NHS. Love the picture of him in uniform as that is how we remember him. Our sincere condolences to Betty and family. We would like to be contacted when a graveside service is conducted at Coopers cemetery.
Pam Higbie
September 21, 2020
My father, Wheeler Meyers, worked with Larry for many years at CGW.
They were great friends! Sorry for your loss.
Pam Higbie
September 21, 2020
I believe my dad, Wheeler Meyers, worked with Larry at CGW for years!
I know they were good friends and remember meeting Larry a few times over the years. Sorry for your loss.
gavin phillips
September 18, 2020
i apologize for taking the liberty of trying to contact betty phillips in this way. i didn't know larry, but i think that betty may be the betty phillips who sang in the choir at grace methodist church in corning, where my parents and i also were members. i think that i may have been related to larry. i heard years ago that betty was compiling a history of the phillips family. if that's the case and the history is available, i'd appreciate receiving a copy. my postal address is 274 fair oaks avenue, rochester, ny 14618. my e-mail address is [email protected]. my cell phone number is 585 880 0781.
i'm grateful for any help you may be able to give me. please accept my condolences on the death of larry. he sounds as if he were a remarkable man. i'm sorry that i never had the chance to know him.
gavin phillips
Douglas L. Phillips
September 13, 2020
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