MICHAEL A. McNAMARA

1957 - 2017

McNAMARA
MICHAEL A.

59, on January 11, 2017, enjoyed business success, satisfying personal pursuits, and a loving family, died recently after a courageous two year battle with lymphoma. At the time of his death, Mr. McNamara was the Chief Operating Officer of Hyde Leadership Charter School in the South Bronx, the poorest Congressional district in the country.
Mike graduated from St. Luke's School in Glenside, Abington High School, Penn State University, and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a true scholar-athlete, combining academic excellence with similar athletic achievement.
He began his professional career as an analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia then accepted a position with ARA Services. He relocated his family to Denver when he was appointed CFO of Children's World. Mike devoted himself to his growing family of three children, and explored a variety of business ventures. He purchased a share in a vineyard in western Colorado and several local businesses in the Denver area. Although Mike and his family enjoyed skiing at Copper Mountain, Colorado, he never forgot his Philadelphia roots. He spent every summer at his absolute favorite spot, his home in Long Beach Island, N.J. As part of a very close family of ten children, he returned often to celebrate holidays and shore vacations with his siblings and large extended family. Mike had a life-long love of music, with Saturday mornings devoted to jazz and Sunday's filled with classical music.
He relocated to New York City in 2010 when he joined the Hyde School.
Mike is survived by his three children; Harry of Brooklyn, NY; Lucy of San Francisco, CA; and Michael of Los Angeles, CA and their Mother and Mike's dear friend, Diane Mayer of Denver CO, as well as eight siblings, James (Sharon), William (Mary), Robert (Karen), Gerald (Mary), Patrick (Kristin), Joseph (Joan), John (Anne Cary) McNamara and Rosemary (John) McDonough). His brother Thomas died in 1985 (survived by his wife Betty Ann). The family would also like to recognize Mike's good friend, Deborah Dumont, for her care and attention throughout Mike's illness.
Funeral Mass Monday 11:00 A.M. Church of St. Luke the Evangelist, 2316 Fairhill Ave. (at Easton Rd.), Glenside PA 19038. Relatives and friends are invited to a Visitation at the Church Monday after 9:30 A.M. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund P.O. Box 5193 New York, NY 10087 or nytimes.com/neediest.

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