Robert Anthony Iannotti

Robert was born on April 10, 1933 and passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Robert was a resident of Coventry, Rhode Island at the time of passing. After graduating from Coventry High School in 1950, in 1952 he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Bryant University at the age of nineteen. He was a veteran of the Korean Army, and under the GI Bill he earned a degree from the New England Institute of Anatomy, Embalming and Sanitary Science in Boston. While matriculating at Bryant he would go every day after class to the Chisholm Home, now the Russel J. Boyle Funeral Home on Smith St. in Providence to serve as an intern in Funeral Service under the supervision of the late Russell J. Boyle, to whom he would always be grateful. He was also a past member of many organizations, clubs, and committees: the Academy of Certified Funeral Service Practitioners, Coventry School Committee, Coventry Jaycees, Msgr. His Funeral will be held Monday, April 23, 2018 at 8:45 am from the IANNOTTI Funeral Home 415 Washington St. (Rte.117), Coventry, with a Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 am in SS. John & Paul Church, Coventry. Entombment with Military Honors will take place in Our Risen Christ Garden Mausoleum at St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston. Visitation at the Iannotti Funeral Home from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM on April 22, 2018. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the J. Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center, 3445 Post Rd., Warwick, RI 02886 or St. James Chapel Building Fund (stmjparish.org).