Richard Joseph McGrath

Richard Joseph “Mac” McGrath went to be with his Lord and Savior on April 26, 2025 surrounded at home by his loving family. He is survived by the love of his life, Jeanne, following 60 years of marriage. Mac also leaves behind his daughter Deanna and son-in-law Mark Clark, and his sister Linda Keegan. Mac lived a full life. He loved his wife, family, friends, and his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He was a hard worker, who loved to have fun with a smile, a joke or story to make others laugh, joining in with his own hearty booming laugh. He took an active interest in other’s lives, making sure they felt seen and heard. He was a wealth of knowledge who was always willing to teach and was always ready to lend a helping hand. He met the love of his life, Jeanne Kandler, at 20 years old during his enlistment where he was stationed at Dover Air Force Base. Married young, he was so proud of their start of humble beginnings – working as a team to build their life together. Mac was an avid outdoorsman, who enjoyed summers at the lake house in Loon Pond, ME growing up with his family and friends where watersports and large happy family gatherings were the order of the day. He spent much time in the outdoors, hunting and fishing often with friends at the cabin he built in upstate New York. Horseman, farmer, outdoorsman; if he joined an organization you could be sure he would volunteer his time in support. Mac attended Assembly of God Carneys Point church. With his Servant-Leader heart, he volunteered there with Bushels of Blessings, Code Blue of Salem County, and ran a private ministry using his own funds to feed and clothe the homeless that he would seek out in Carneys Point and Penns Grove. When he was a member of the Sportsman’s Club, he volunteered his time maintaining the property. So often, he humbly helped and served others in all ways big and small with only that person and their family knowing he had helped. Mac was a graduate of Sanford High School in Maine, and served his country proudly during the Viet Nam War as a member of the Air Force and then the Air Force National Guard. He worked at Shell Chemical Company and then DuPont Chambers Works where he retired as Supervisor of Wastewater Treatment, member of their HazMat team and the plant Safety Management. After retirement he obtained his Real Estate license and worked for a few years as a realtor. Mac was predeceased by his parents, Bernadette and Joseph McGrath, and his sisters Gloria Marsh, Sylvia St Lawrence and Claire McGrath. According to Mac’s wishes, there will be no services. His family request that you honor his memory by taking a walk in nature on a beautiful day remembering the way he may have touched your life, and most of all, love your family and tell them so often, the way he loved his.

Richard Joseph McGrath

May 24, 1943 - April 26, 2025