BRYANT POND — Philip Roy Korhonen, 73, of Bryant Pond, died at his residence on Friday, July 22.

He was born on July 11, 1938, in New Sharon, the son of John and Freda Moody Korhonen, and was educated in local schools. Phil joined the U.S. Navy in 1957 and served on the USS Caloosahatchee until his discharge in 1961. He married Juanita Bernier on June 25, 1962.

Phil had worked at many places: The DOT, as a mechanic; owned his own excavation business for 20 years; owned and operated a skidder and farm raising beef, vegetables and apples; Maine Veterans’ Home; bus driver for MSAD 44; mechanic and bus driver for SAD 17; and most recently for Korhonen Landscaping Co.

He was instrumental in building the Pleasant Valley Bible Church in 1980. Phil took his family on many camping and fishing trips and had gone to California, Florida and Indiana. He had been a Boy Scouts leader, was involved with 4-H, was on the school board for SAD 44 and had been road commissioner for the Town of Newry.

He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Juanita Bernier Korhonen, of Bryant Pond; sons, David and his wife, Kathy, of Waterford, Alan and his wife, Diana, of Lakeland, Fla., Dale and his wife, Darlene, of Littleton, Scott and his wife, Corinna Stanley, of Franklin, Vt., and Bruce of Bryant Pond; two brothers, Robert “Bob” Korhonen of Elkhart, Ind., and Leslie Robertson of Newry; four sisters, Janet Tibbetts of Florida, Norma Bessey of Michigan, Winona Barker of Rumford and Betty Payne of Florida; and five grandchildren.