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Richard W. Andrade
November 30, 2018

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Richard W. Andrade, 66, of New Bedford died November 30, 2018 at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness.
He was the husband of Louise Ann (Medeiros) Andrade.
Born in Mannheim, Germany, son of Robert A. Andrade of Fairhaven and the late Gunda (Schornhäuser) Andrade, he lived in Fairhaven and New Bedford all of his life.
Richard was formerly employed by the Bristol County Sheriff's Department for 15 years until his retirement. He had been an electrical instructor and weight lifting coach at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School.
He was head coach of Livesey Youth Football for over 20 years.
Survivors include his wife; his father; 3 children, Mark Andrade and Lisa Stroud and her husband Rick, both of New Bedford, Richard Andrade, Jr. and his girlfriend Nicole of Fairhaven; 3 step-children, Melissa Pires and her fiancé Joaquim of New Bedford, Benjamin Medeiros and his wife Rebecca of North Carolina and Leah Rogers and her husband Ramon of New Bedford; 2 brothers, Hartmut Andrade and his wife Rene of New Bedford and Robert Andrade, Jr. of Dartmouth; a sister, Debra Ann Cromwell of Fairhaven; 13 grandchildren, Marcus, Jasmyn, Anthony, Dejah, Justice, Kiya, Tyrin, Lillian, Brendan, Quincy, Braden, Ashton and Kristen; his nieces and nephews, Schyvaun, Laticyah, Alexia, Tye, Ian and Erik.
He was the grandfather of the late Isaiah Rogers.
His Funeral will be held on Thursday, December 6th at 11 AM in the Saunders-Dwyer Home for Funerals, 495 Park St., New Bedford. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Visiting hours will be on Wednesday, December 5th from 4-8 PM.

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