Philip Rodriguez

Philip Vidal Rodriguez was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 9, 1954 to Phillip and Florence Rodriguez. He and his sister, the late Zitta Rodriguez and brother were raised in Wyandanch, Long Island. After graduating from Wyandanch High School in 1971 he began working as a skilled printer and became an avid hunter and outdoorsman.

In 1985 he married the late Victoria Kitchings and became a father. Philip relocated to Coram Long Island and remarried in 2000. He became an entrepreneur and driver and a grandfather in 2013. Although he eventually traded his hunting gear for a fishing pole his love out the outdoors remained.

Philip leaves behind his wife, Nina Henley, his stepson Christopher Henley, his daughter Christina Rodriguez and his grandson Mason Wiggins, his brother Ted Rodriguez, lifelong friends Philip and Christopher Dragon as well as a host of other family and friends who will truly miss his presence.