Richard Hazard Phillips, of Bloomfield, Connecticut, died on August 3, 2011, at the age of 79, after a brief hospitalization. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Emily (Hall) Phillips, and his children Margaret Louise Phillips (Jonathan Johnsen, Sam and Lilly), Richard Hazard Phillips Jr., and Sarah Loring Butkus (Glenn Butkus, Tyler, Aaron and Kathryn). Richard Phillips was born in Hartford, Connecticut on August 23, 1931 to Richard Henry Phillips and Marion Wyper Phillips. He has two surviving sisters, Marion Campbell of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Elizabeth Kelly, of Farmington, Connecticut. He attended Kingswood Preparatory School, Nichols Jr. College, and obtained a Bachelor of Science from the University of Hartford. Richard also served in the Korean War as a Private First Class and was honorably discharged. He was married to Emily Hall on July 27, 1961, in West Hartford, Connecticut. Richard and Emily subsequently moved to Newburgh, New York, where Richard worked for many years in sales. They were very active in Calvary Presbyterian Church. In 2007, Richard and Emily moved to Seabury in Bloomfield, Connecticut. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 13, 2011, at 10 a.m. Please call Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home (860-956-1149) for details. In lieu of flowers, the family gratefully requests donations to the Weekapaug Foundation for Conservation, 366 Post Road, Westerly, Rhode Island, 02891. To share a memory with the family, please visit www.dillonbaxter.com