WELLS – Edward Phillip Newell, 74, longtime resident of Kennebunk, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022.

Phil was born Sept. 21, 1948 in Boston, Mass. to Dr. Edward and Geneva Brown Newell. He attended Berwick Academy, Wagner College, and the University of Maine.

He started his career working at The Shawmut Inn in Kennebunkport for a number of years, before getting into real estate. He was the real estate broker responsible for selling The Shawmut Inn in later years for owners Richard T. Hennessey and Raymond Mailhot. Phil started working for Robert Marier, prior to establishing Reagan, Smith, and Newell, then Smith and Newell, which was later purchased by Prudential Prime Properties.

In the early 1990s, Phil started M.M. Newtin wine brokerage with his friend, Ralph Austin. Through his friendships with Peter Emery, Stephen Cross and Paul D. Carr, M.M. Newtin garnered the rights to sell many wine labels in Maine.

Throughout Phil’s lengthy career in real estate and wine, he made many friends in various business groups. He was a 50-year member of the Arundel Masonic Lodge #76 in Kennebunkport and loved to play golf with Dick Ackley and his buddies. An avid bicyclist, he rode many miles most days with John Walker.

Phil was previously married to Joyce Lawrence, and later to Carol Chaisson in 2002, his beloved wife. She was his caregiver, as he struggled with dementia and Parkinson’s Disease in his final years.

He is survived by his loving wife, Carol; his sister, Jeanne; niece Ashley; cousin, Terel; and Carol’s family.

This last year, Phil made his home at Avita, in Wells, where he made the girls laugh and received loving care. We want to acknowledge Avita and Beacon Hospice for the outstanding care he received on his final journey.

A celebration of Phillip’s life will be held at The Rhumb Line Motor Lodge, 41 Turbats Creek Rd., in Kennebunkport on Sunday, Nov. 6 from 2 to 4 p.m.

He was always the person who made people have fun. He lit up the room with his wit and humor. That’s the way Phil should be remembered.

To leave a message of condolence, please visit Phil’s book of Memories Page at http://www.bibberfuneral.com

Arrangements are entrusted to Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St. Kennebunk.

As Phil spent some of his happiest times watching the wildlife along the river at his home in Kennebunk,

in lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the

Kennebunk Land Trust,

6 Brown St #2,

Kennebunk, ME 04043,

or the

Alzheimer’s Association of America,

322 8th Ave., 16th Floor,

New York, NY 10001.

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