A funeral mass was held Oct. 18 at Immaculate Conception Church, Secaucus, for Paul Louis Phillips, Sr., 81, of Secaucus, formerly of Jersey City and North Bergen. He passed away suddenly during cardiac surgery on Oct. 15. He was the husband of 55 years to the late Barbara (Petrie) Phillips; son of the late Edward and Anna Phillips; father of Cynthia Messina and her husband Bobby, Sharon Tabbacchino and her husband Ernie, Paul Louis Phillips Jr. and his wife Jennifer and Peter Phillips and his wife Angela; grandfather of Elizabeth Petrella, John Petrella Jr., Cristina Casagrande, Rachel Messina, Johanna, Shannon, Samantha, Matthew and Ava Phillips and the late Amanda Quesada; brother of Raymond Phillips and his wife Joan, Ronald Phillips and his wife Susan and the late Edward Phillips Jr.; brother-in-law of Lorraine Luzzi and Lawrence and Carol Petrie. Paul is also survived by many nieces and nephews and his friend Gloria Giordano and her family as well as his friends at 600 County Rd. Services arranged by the Mack Memorial Home, Secaucus.