Charles "Bob"

Adams

Charles "Bob" Adams loving husband of 65 years to Marceline Roc Adams passed away on July 3, 2015 In the Reading Hospital and Medical Center with his loving family at his bedside. Charles was born in New York City and was the son of the late Daniel B. and Annette Guzzi Cerra.
He served with the Merchant Marines in the South Pacific during World War II. He was very proud to be one of the youngest Chief Communications officers aboard his vessel the Jacques Laramie. He had a life long passion for the advancement of telecommunications, electronics and radio operations. He was an avid Ham radio operator.

After his discharge from active duty "Bob" worked for the United Nations and in 1948 was assigned to the Middle East for the Mediation in Palestine. While there he made the pilgrimage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Christmas Day 1948. He was in Beirut Lebanon when he met his wife Marceline who was there with the French ballet company KellenRoc. They quickly fell in love (neither speaking the other's language) and got married at St Anthony Catholic Church in Damascus Syria. They honeymooned in Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Bob quickly learned to speak French!

When his UN post was completed Bob and Line came back to the US where he became employed with Philco Corporation as a civilian technical representative for the military. He traveled the country training military personnel on different military bases from Fort Bliss Texas to Fort Eustis Virginia and others. After nineteen years with Philco he was ready to venture on his own and was self employed from then on traveling the world consulting, designing and installing telecommunications systems for several foreign countries including Indonesia and Nigeria. He happily spent a lot of time in airports, on airplanes and quickly learning several foreign languages.

Besides traveling, especially to his adopted France, he enjoyed roller skating, he held a private Pilot license, he loved animals, reading, learning, (conservative) politics, the News and wine. His wife, daughters, grand children and his in laws in France meant the world to him. He was very involved in World affairs. He was a man of great intelligence, a born diplomat, an eternal optimist and never accepted defeat!
He will be greatly missed by his wife, his loving daughters Christine and Danielle and his 5 loving grandchildren, Jackie, Sami, Ali, Robert and Joseph. He also leaves behind his sister Martha, his nephew John and niece Missy. He will be greeted in Heaven by his daughters Jackie and Michelle who have gone before him.

Services for "Bob" are being held privately by his family and internment will be in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery