Cahill, Philip (Phil) H. R. 93, formerly of Brookline, Wellesley, and Natick, Massachusetts, died peacefully on Saturday, May 13, 2017, at the Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Berlin, Vermont.
Phil was born on July 20, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Harry P. Cahill and Anne Ryan Cahill. He attended Boston College High School, Holy Cross College and graduated from Boston College Law School in 1948 following a three year enlistment in the Army Air Corps. He served as a bombardier during World War II and, after being shot down over Czechoslovakia, spent almost a year in Stalag Luft III, a German P.O.W. camp. Upon his return, he married Rosemary Countie of Newton, Massachuetts on July 30, 1945.
Phil worked as an attorney for the New England Electric System and, following his retirement in July of 1989, became a consultant for Joyce & Joyce of Boston, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Holy Cross Club of Boston. He was also a member of the Clover Club of Boston where he will be best remembered for the many humorous political parodies he wrote. In addition, he served as president in 1972.
He was a long-time member of the Wellesley Country Club where he and Rosemary enjoyed playing golf and tennis as well as socializing with their many friends. After retiring, he spent four months each year in Stuart, Florida where he was a member of the Miles Grant Golf Club.
Phil was predeceased by his parents and beloved wife, Rosemary. He is survived by his daughter Nancy Mercer and her husband, John, of North Fayston, Vermont, his son Ryan Cahill of Stuart, Florida, his granddaughters, Lyndley Mercer Mittler and Kara Mercer Merrill, their husbands, Will and Andrew, and his great grandchildren, Callan, Deacon, and Hunter Mittler, and Bridan and Davern Merrill, all of Warren, Vermont. He is also survived by his brother, John (Jack) Mosher Cahill and his wife, Corinne of Cohasset, Massachusetts, and many loving nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, June 3, at 10 a.m., St. Paul’s Church, 502 Washington Street, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Burial will be in the Holyhood Cemetery, Chestnut Hill and a reception will follow at the Wellesley Country Club, 300 Wellesley Avenue, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Vermont Food Bank, 33 Parker Rd., Barre, Vermont.