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Phil was born in Simsbury and lived in Simsbury and Avon for most of his life. He attended Avon Old Farms on a scholarship and started the baseball team there. After Avon Old Farms, he went on to study civil engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and eventually earned a Masters and PhD in civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He spent two years in the US Coast and Geodetic Survey, and told a story about being on watch one night and nearly getting knocked overboard by a flying fish. Phil worked for nearly four decades at Combustion Engineering where he earned a reputation as the guy who could solve any problem. He also launched entrepreneurial ventures for which he earned several patents.Long time Avon residents may remember the Rotondo Pizza House which Phil ran with his parents. He was in charge of making the pizzas and recently calculated that he had made over 250,000 pizzas in his lifetime. His love of cooking and pizza-making extended to later in his life when he became famous for the polenta and pizza parties he held at the home he designed and built himself, complete with a brick pizza oven in the central chimney. The one thing he ever allowed himself to boast about were his pizza making skills.Phil played the piano beautifully, always trying to master Chopin, and enjoyed playing the accordion as well. He organized and performed in waterski shows and had a pilot's license he used to take family and friends on flights around New England. He made wine, cooked the traditional seven fish Christmas Eve dinner every year, and drove his excavator and bulldozer around his property moving rocks for drainage and structure reasons only he seemed to understand. He loved ice cream and sweets, his kids and grandkids, and had a fantastic witty sense of humor. The classic Italian-American, he loved nothing more than hanging out with his cousins and friends, telling stories, making jokes, and solving important problems like how to marinate and grill en...

Williamsburg, James City & York Counties.Sandra ‘Sandy’ Britton EvansSandra ‘Sandy’ Britton Evans, 49, of West Point, Va., passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2017.Sandy graduated from West Point High School, Rappahannock Community College and Braxton Business School. She was a former employee for Colonial Williamsburg.Sandy is survived by her husband, Addison Browne Evans; parents, Charles ‘Sonny’ and Jennie Britton; brother, Charles Earl Britton Jr. (Jennifer); and many loving aunts, uncles and cousins.The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 5, at Vincent Funeral Home, 417 11th St., West Point. A funeral Mass will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 6, at St. Olaf Catholic Church, 104 Norge Lane, Williamsburg. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. in St. Theresa’s Cemetery, 2400 King William Ave., West Point.Memorials may be made to American or National Kidney Association.Share online condolences with the family at vincentfh.com.Comments...

Frost, recently of Bloomfield, formerly of Simsbury, died March 16, 2017.He was born on May 15, 1918 in Manchester, England and was the son of Rev. Harry A. Frost and Janet Wilson Frost. He received a B.A. from Columbia College and PhD. (Amer. History) from Columbia University. Dr. Frost served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII becoming a Statistical Control Officer with the rank of Major. Following military service, Dr. Frost served as a Professor of American History and then Academic Dean at Oneonta State College in Oneonta, N.Y. At the same time, he served in the Air Force Reserves for 20 years rising to Lieutenant Colonel. He also authored or co-authored seven books and contributed articles to numerous publications and encyclopedias, mostly on the history of New York State. Dr. Frost’s scholarship was recognized when he was made an Honorary Fellow of the New York State Historical Association. Thereafter, Dr. Frost served as Vice Chancellor of the State University of New York for Four Year Colleges retiring from that position in 1972. He then served as President of the Connecticut University System for Four Year Colleges until his retirement in 1985. At that time, he was given the honorary title of Chancellor Emeritus of the Connecticut State University System. Thereafter, from 1985 to 1999, he served as President of the Connecticut State University System Foundation. Dr. Frost is survived by his two children, Janet Frost-Naleski and her husband Victor Naleski of West Hartford, and Elise Frost Alair and her husband, Patrick G. Alair also of West Hartford; grandsons, Julian and James Naleski; granddaughters and their husbands, Olivia Alair Dalton and Ryan Dalton and Allyssa Alair Murphy and William Murphy; two great-grandsons, Wallace Dalton and Colin Murphy; his sisters in law, Mary Wright Frost and Eleanor Lorenz Schneider; nieces and nephews and their spouses and children. Dr. Frost was predeceased by his son Roger Frost, his wife, Elsie Lorenz Frost and his...