Adolph Mancini, 86, formerly of Greenville, a freight handler, for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad for 32 years, died Sunday at Hospice Care of RI Inpatient Center in Providence. He was the husband of the late Carmella “Bobbie”(Marchetti) Mancini.
Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Antonio and Catherine (Ramieri) Mancini. He had been a resident of Greenville since 1957.
He was a WWII Army Veteran and had served in the Tank Corp in the European Theatre. He was a member of the VFW in Smithfield, the St. Philip’s Men’s Club Bowling League and had played semiprofessional football for the Hartford Tigers prior to and after serving in WWII. He had also worked for the Federal Government until his retirement in 1981.
He is survived by three sons, Paul G. Mancini of Cranston, Peter J. Mancini of North Smithfield and Robert A. Mancini of Florida; three daughters, Catherine M. Mancini of Greenville, Margaret M. Morgan of North Providence and Barbara M. Mancini of Smithfield, 14 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren, three sisters, Lena D’Amore and Anna Mancini both of Cranston and Theresa DeCosta of Warwick. He was the brother of the late Paul Mancini, Angelina LaBella, and Mary Swallow.
His funeral will be held on Friday at 8:30am from the *ANDERSON-WINFIELD Funeral Home, Rt.44 at Greenville Common, Greenville with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30am in St. Philip Church, 622 Putnam Pike, Greenville. Burial with Military Honors will be in Highland Memorial Park. Visitation Thursday 4-8pm. Donations in his memory may be made to Mother of Life Center, 400 Atwells Ave., Providence, RI 02909.