Phillip A. Tumbarello
Phillip A. Tumbarello, a resident of Peekskill and Spring Lake Heights, died peacefully November 15 at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, NJ. He was 68.
Born in Brooklyn, he lived on Long Island before moving to Westchester County in 1987 and Spring Lake Heights in 1998.
He was a graduate of the State University of New York at New Paltz, where he earned his BA in Political Science in 1974. He then attended St. John’s University School of Law, graduating in 1979. He was a successful attorney for 41 years with the firm Wilson Elser, based in White Plains. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he trained at the State Police Academy in Albany and worked in law enforcement for six years with the State University of New York at New Paltz.
Mr. Tumbarello was a deeply devoted husband and is survived by his beloved wife of 47 years Susan A. Tumbarello. He was a nurturing father of two sons, Michael Phillip Tumbarello and his husband Michael Mason of Morrisonville, NY; Gregory Thomas Tumbarello and his partner Marley Lubin of Ithaca, NY, and his two brothers Thomas Tumbarello of Marietta, GA and Joseph Tumbarello of Seaford, NY.
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