Rev. Mr. Robert F. McAdam, 78, of Basswood Avenue, Providence, died Monday, September 18, 2017 at the Hope Hospice Inpatient Center. He was the husband of Antonia T. (Scardera) McAdam. They were married for 48 years.
Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Angus and Madeline (Hurley) McAdam. Mr. McAdam was a Teacher, Assistant Principal and Department Head in the Providence School Department for 30 years.
He served in the US Army as a First Lieutenant for the Military Police. He was a Deacon for the Diocese of Providence as a member of the original diaconate class in 1976. He was a member of the American Legion and the Smithfield Senior Center. He was a collector of model firetrucks.
Besides his wife he is survived by his children: Mary Dean and her husband, Jeff of Lunenburg, MA, Ann McAdam Griffin and her husband, Rob of Houston, TX, Bob McAdam and his wife, Regina of Barrington, RI, Sr. Ellen McAdam, SND of Worcester, MA, Kate McAdam-Prickett and her husband, Chuck of Johnston, his grandchildren: Chaylee and Evelyn McAdam, Theresa and Elena Dean, Liam and Meredith Griffin and Madeline and Elizabeth Prickett and his sister, Sr. Madeline McAdam, SND of Windsor, CT. He was the brother of the late Mary Anderson and Angus “Jack” McAdam.
Funeral Friday at 8:30am from the ANDERSON-WINFIELD Home, Rt 44 at Greenville Common, Greenville. A Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 am in St. Augustine Church, 639 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Providence. Burial will follow in St. Ann’s Cemetery, Cranston. Visitation Thursday from 4-7 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, the Julie House at 425 Poquonock Avenue, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095, or Notre Dame du Lac at 555 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605.