Philip LeRoy Scarff Jr., born in Harford County, MD, died on June 5, 2008, in Winchester, MA. He was 84.
The son of Alice Wiley Scarff and Philip LeRoy Scarff, Sr., he grew up in Forest Hill, MD, and had wonderful memories of his small town childhood. He graduated from Bel Air High School in 1941, and began his college education at Mount St. Mary's. He received his Bachelor's of Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in the WW II Class of 1946. After serving in the Navy from 1943 to 1947, he was an engineer at General Electric, initially in Philadelphia, PA, and later in Schenectady, NY.
He married Janice Louise Carico in 1954. They moved to Reading, PA, in 1955, where they raised a family. Phil was active with the PA Society of Professional Engineers, serving as its president in 1965-66. He was one of the founders of Laurel Run Swimming Association. He was also active with his church, St. Mark's United Church of Christ, teaching Sunday school, serving on the consistory, and most recently enjoyed singing in the choir. Through out his life, he enjoyed traveling, and he piloted a private airplane for several years.
Mr. Scarff is survived by his wife, Janice, of Reading, PA; son Philip III and his wife Megha Joshi of Winchester, MA; daughter Carol Hawkins and her husband Tom of Lancaster, CA.; beloved granddaughters Asavari, Rasika and Geetanjali Scarff of Winchester, MA.; sisters Evelyn Fox of Miami, FL., and Martha Frost and her husband, Robert, of Catonsville, MD, and brother Thomas and his wife Shirley, of Belcamp, MD. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his sister, Louise Greer and her husband Tommy, and Evelyn's husband, Jimmy Fox.
Memorial donations can be made to the Alzheimer's Disease Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60601.
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