Robert Wade

Robert J. Wade, age 89, died peacefully, Saturday, December 26, 2015, at home, surrounded by his loving family. He had lived in Quincy for forty-nine years and was a summer resident of Falmouth and a winter resident of Naples, Florida, both for many years. Robert was born in Taunton, raised and educated in Taunton schools where he was a talented athlete, playing football and basketball. He left Coyle High School at the age of seventeen to join the U.S. Navy during World War II. He proudly served as a Seaman First Class aboard the USS Arenac APA-128, an amphibious attack transport in the Pacific Theater where he operated a 26 LCVP, a landing craft vehicle personnel boat. He and his crew participated in the support effort following the invasion of Okinawa and received the World War II Victory Medal and the Asiatic Pacific Area Ribbon with one battle star. Following the war, Bob returned to graduate from Coyle High School and also the Franklin Institute of Technology, earning an engineering degree. Robert was a structural engineer for the former Tucker Concrete Form Company in Malden for many years and later worked several years for the J.F. White Construction Company, retirimg in 1995. Employing his boating skills, learned in the U.S. Navy, Bob enjoyed the ocean and boating on Cape Cod. He was a member of the American Legion in Naples, Florida and the Quincy Lodge of Elks. Beloved husband for forty-nine years to his princess, Mary Ellen (Hassett) Wade. Devoted father of twin daughters, Geraldine M. Piturro of Falmouth and Kathleen E. Gullins of Quincy and the late Richard J. Wade. Loving grandfather of Heidi McLaughlin and her husband Justin, Roxanne and Krystal Gullins, Geraldine Piturro and her partner Craig Costa, Roberta Piturro and the late Richard J. Wade, Jr. and cherished great grandfather of eleven. Dear son of the late John and Margaret (Collins) Wade. He was one of four siblings and pre-deceased by Donald Wade, Eileen Sherry and Clement Wade. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Funeral from the Sweeney Brothers Home for Funerals, 1 Independence Avenue, Quincy on Saturday, January 2nd at 9 a.m. Funeral Mass in Holy Trinity Parish at the Most Blessed Sacrament Church, corner of Sea and Darrow Streets, Quincy at 10 oclock. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Visiting Hours at the funeral home on Friday from 3 | 6 p.m. Interment with Military Honors at Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy. For those who wish, donations in Roberts memory may be made to the Germantown Neighborhood Center, 336 Palmer Street, Quincy, MA 02169. You are invited to visit www.thesweeneybrothers.com or call 617-472-6344.