Daniel J. MCCARTHY, 69, of Pinecrest Drive, Harmony, died Friday in Fatima Hospital, North Providence. He was the husband of Barbara M. (Poirier) McCarthy. They had been married for 46 years.
Born in Providence, the only son of the late Daniel J. and Edith (Parenteau) McCarthy. He had lived in Harmony for 35 years previously living in Bowie, Maryland. A 1958 graduate of LaSalle Academy and 1962 graduate of St. Anselm's College Manchester, New Hampshire.
He had been a Policeman for the City of East Providence, an Agent for the US Customs Service, a US Secret Service Agent for Hubert Humphrey and Gerald Ford during their presidential campaign and the Senior Agent in Charge for the DEA for the State of Rhode Island. Prior to his assignment in Rhode Island, he was an agent for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs working in the greater Baltimore and Washington D.C. areas.
He had been a communicant of St. Philip Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus, 3rd degree St. Philip Council, a member of the International Assn of Chiefs of Police, FLEOA, FOP, Lodge 46, and the Assn of Former Narcotic Agents.
Besides his loving wife, he leaves his three (3) sons, Daniel G. McCarthy and his wife Noreen of Kingwood, TX, Kevin M. McCarthy and his wife Sharon of Shelton, CT and Timothy P. McCarthy and his wife Lucie of Redondo Beach, CA. He also leaves 8 grandchildren.
His funeral will be held Tuesday at 8:30am from the ANDERSON-WINFIELD Funeral Home, Route 44 at Greenville Common, Greenville. A Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30am in St. Philip Church, 622 Putnam Pike, Smithfield. Visitation Monday 4-8pm. Burial will be in St. Ann’s Cemetery, Cranston. If desired donations in his memory may be made to St. Francis Chapel, 275 Wesminster Street, Providence, RI 02903