aiyca: Washburn, Wisconsin Mourns the Death of Phil Ross
- 12/30/07 11:13 PM
Phil Ross loved boats, snowmobiles and the outdoors. But most of all, Phil loved people. His Washburn, Wisconsin repair and retail shop, Ross Marine, was as much a social center as it was a retail operation. On any given day, you'd encounter a handful of locals chatting with Phil while his wife Jan labored in the back of the shop. Phil was a past chairman of the Washburn Chamber of Commerce, an avid outdoorsman and snowmobile enthusiast (a member of the Washburn Val Hellers snowmobile club) and a sort of town historian. I learned more about Washburn area history from chatting with (7 comments)