Philip Donald Pitkin

Philip Donald Pitkin, age 73, of Geneva, Ohio passed away on July 2, 2025, at UH Geneva
Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Philip was a longtime resident of Hartland, MI.
He was born on October 9, 1951 in Montpelier, Vermont, the son of Joan Marcinia
(Bomalaski) and Carroll P. Pitkin.

Philip’s childhood was spent in Montpelier where he attended St. Michael Elementary
School and Montpelier Middle School before his family moved to Buffalo, NY and then
onto Cleveland Heights, OH. He graduated from Cleveland Heights High School in
Cleveland, OH, Class of 1969. Philip graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Ohio University in
1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. He earned an M.A. of Political Science from Central
Michigan University in 1976 and an M.B.A from Case Western Reserve University,
Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland, OH in 1988. He was employed as a
senior consultant specializing in manufacturing operations and supply chain management.
Philip was a long-time member of A.S.C.M. (Association for Supply Chain Management,
formerly A.P.I.C.S. He served as an A.P.I.C.S. instructor and was a master instructor for
CPIM (Certified Planning and Inventory Management) classes.

Philip was an everlasting scholar of history, with special interest in American military
history and the American Civil War. Adjunct faculty at Eastern Michigan University and
Schoolcraft College. Philip was a lifelong competitive athlete excelling in competitive power
lifting, triathlons and marathon racing. He also enjoyed the thrill of life through skydiving,
scuba diving, rock climbing, skiing or white-water rafting. He was also an avid global
traveler, for business and pleasure. Philip sought fun and brought fun to everyone around
him. From traveling to west coast vineyards, down to Key West or being together for
holidays with family, he always carried a positive, fun force. He enjoyed classical music,
American jazz and blues, Shakespearian theater and relaxing near a wood burning
fireplace. A Renaissance man – brilliant and critical thinker.

Phillip is survived by his brother, Martin and sister-in-law, Michelle Pitkin of Harpersfield,
OH; sisters, Mary Pepka of Lake Wales, FL. and Carroll Dunn of Painesville, OH, cousin,
Linda Kaiser Wessel of Jasper, IN and beloved nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Joan and Carroll Pitkin; grandparents George D.
Pitkin and Agnes Heney Pitkin of Montpelier, Vermont and Dr. Martin F. Bomalaski and
Louise Schlegel Bomalalski of Jasper, Indiana.

A Rite of Committal will be at the Green Mount Cemetery, 250 State St, Montpelier,
Vermont on October 24, 2025, at 10:30 am.
The Behm Family Funeral Home of Geneva is assisting the family at this time.
Online obituary and condolences may be viewed at www.behmfuneral.com