To a fifty plus year Friendship. I miss you already. It won't be the same without you. I broke down at at exit ninety eight of seventeen at three a m in the morning Called Phil And he rescued me He did that more than once For a lot of people.

You had a good heart He was funny Smart. Good-hearted and very well liked. I will miss you dearly, my friend. And so will all the people you helped in your life. Goodbye, my friend.

Alice Dawn and I saddened to hear of Phils passing. He was a great man and I am happy to have known him. He has touched so many people's lives including mine. R.I.P Phil.

So sorry for your loss my thoughts and prayers are with you. I met Phil through the Delaware County Federation of Sportsmans club he was a great man.

The many trips to cabin were always fun and very interesting. I think the most memorable was stopping in Rosco supermarket and having a snowball fight in the store. There ware many a night helping him make his truck go faster. The many a time for advice on life, guns,cars and things. Thank you for your time and patience.

So many memories, almost five decades worth!

Some of the fondest memories center around the years spent at the Mount Sinai Rifle & Pistol Club. Each adventure to the club began days before. Who was bringing what, how we would fit everybody and everything into the Dinosaur (Phil's racing Suburban). What way we would make the drive and most important, where to stop and eat on the way.

Hunting, hiking, fishing, work weekends and exploring the Catskills were the events that got us together.

But, the most important and lasting moments in time (particularly in the days before the cabin had television, telephone, indoor "plumbing" and running water) were the meals, conversations, stories (some true some not so much), arguments and devising solutions to the world's problems as we sat around the table, in the cabin.

Hunting, improving the property and love of the outdoors may have been the common thread that lead us there. But, it was those moments of lives shared and stories told that created deep bonds. And there was Phil... at the center of it all. My teacher, friend, peer and confidant.

Semper Commonētur

Douglas Olitsky