Visitation:
Monday, August 10, 2026
4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Secor Funeral Home
New Washington, Ohio
Service:
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
11:00 a.m.
St. Bernard Catholic Church
New Washington, Ohio
RICHARD GREGORY PHILLIPS, AGE 68, OF NEW WASHINGTON, PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 5, 2026, AT HIS HOME AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WAS BORN ON MAY 9,1958 IN WILLARD TO THE LATE HUBERT AND GERTRUDE (McLAUGHLIN) PHILLIPS. A SKILLED AND TALENTED CARPENTER, HE WORKED FOR INN TOWN HOMES (COLUMBUS), FOX CABINETS (GALION) AND WURM’S WOODWORKING (NEW WASHINGTON). HE AND HIS BROTHER LEONARD OPERATED RL RENOVATIONS. HE WAS EXTREMELY PROUD OF ALL THE HOMES HE BUILT AND/OR RENOVATED, POINTING THEM OUT REGULARLY WHEN DRIVING AROUND THE AREA. HE WAS A 1976 GRADUATE OF BUCKEYE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL AND A MEMBER OF ST. BERNARD’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NEW WASHINGTON.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE SHERRY (SCHNELLINGER), WHOM HE MARRIED ON NOVEMBER 4, 2023; SONS, ALEX AND MITCHELL (KELSEY); GRANDDAUGHTER GRACE; SIBLINGS, JOHN PHILLIPS, TERESA PHILLIPS, JEAN (AL) SHERER, FRANK (EDNA) PHILLIPS, DIANE (MIKE) DELLINGER, LEONARD (DARLA) PHILLIPS, DOROTHEA (DON) PFLIEGER, MARTHA (JERRY) SENN, WALTER (SUE) PHILLIPS; IN-LAWS, ESTHER SCHNELLINGER, WENDY (KEVIN) GARRETT AND TONI (BRIAN) FEISTHAMEL AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER DEAN (VIETNAM 1972) AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, RICHARD SCHNELLINGER.
HE LOVED PLAYING SOFTBALL AND GOLF. HE WAS PART OF THE HUDDLE SOFTBALL TEAM THAT WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1986, AS WELL AS LEAGUES IN GALION AND SHELBY. HE GOLFED AT CRANBERRY HILLS IN NEW WASHINGTON, PLAYING ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT LEAGUES.
CALLING HOURS WILL BE ON MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2026 AT SECOR FUNERAL HOME IN NEW WASHINGTON, OHIO FROM 4:00 P.M. UNTIL 7:00 P.M. THE ROSARY WILL BE RECITED FOLLOWING THE CALLING HOURS AT 7:00 P.M. RICHARD’S MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2026 AT 11:00 A.M. AT ST. BERNARD CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NEW WASHINGTON, OHIO WITH FR. ERIC MUELLER OFFICATING. BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT A LATER DATE AT ST. BERNARD CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN NEW WASHINGTON, OHIO.
RICH DISLIKED DRESSING UP SO WE ASK FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO DRESS COMFORTABLY AND CASUALLY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO SOUTHERNCARE HOSPICE OR ROLLS MEMORIAL.
THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO LISA FROM SOUTHERNCARE HOSPICE FOR HER CARE AND GENEROSITY.
ONLINE CONDOLENCES CAN BE MADE TO RICHARD’S FAMILY BY VISITING WWW.SECORFUNERALHOMES.COM