Paul J. Spadea

Spadea, 55, passed away unexpectedly at home on Sunday, July 2, 2023.

A lifelong resident of Pawtucket, he was a son of Joanne E. (Arruda) Spadea with whom he resided and the late Vincent G.

Paul was a 1986 graduate of St.

Raphael Academy and was a proud supporter of the NRA.

He had been employed by the City of Pawtucket in the Department of Public Works until illness.

Besides his mother, he leaves his siblings, Barry W.

Spadea of Riverside, Jeanne S.

Morris and her husband, Kevin, of Pawtucket, Patricia A.

Masse and her husband, Paul, of Pawtucket, Elizabeth H.

Desmarais and her late husband, Steven, of Los Angeles, CA; nieces and nephews, Tara Devine, Sarah Morris, Alyssa Willson, Rebecca Bettencourt, Robert Masse and Benjamin Masse, and fifteen great-nieces and nephews.

His funeral will be held on Monday, July 10, 2023 at 9 a.m. from WILLIAM W.

TRIPP Funeral Home, 1008 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St.

Teresa Church, 358 Newport Ave., Pawtucket.

Private interment will follow at Mt.

VISITATION will be on Sunday 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts to either St.

Teresa Church or the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation, 249 Roosevelt Ave., Suite 201, Pawtucket, RI 02860 would be appreciated.