“The Commander” has passed.
He was respected for 20 years by his fellow Navy men.
He was beloved by his students for 24 years at Pike High School.
He was admired for 16 years by the Indianapolis Police Department Reserve Force.
He was awarded the Sagamore of the Wabash by Governor O’Bannon. He raised 3 wonderful children, and was loved by his wife of 53 years. What more could any man ask?
He is survived by his wife, Virginia L. Adams; children, Robert C. Adams Jr., Matthew Adams, and Jeannine P. Daniels; grandchildren, AJ, Daniel, Paige, Emily, Julia, and Caroline; brother, Ralph Adams; and brother-in-law, Fred Newman.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, August 5, 2016 at St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church in Zionsville. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 4 and Noon until service time. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org/donate). Online condolences may be made at www.indianafuneralcare.com.
S. I. Drake, Lt/IPD (Ret) says
On behalf of the Société de Police – IPD Adam & Edward, our condolences and our salute to a fellow and friend on learning of his stepping away from this life.
What a great “person of understanding”, hero, teacher and brother! When it is said that so much is owed so few by so many, Bob is certainly one of those who is owed so much from his life experiences of sharing and caring.
I was very honored to be the training instructor of his 1985 IPD Reserve Recruit Class. Bob was one of an entire group of men and women who understood the necessity of those who could caring enough to share of themselves for the benefit of others.
Bob had already shared 20 years of military experience as a naval aviator, was at the time also serving as Senior Navy Instructor of the Pike High School Naval R.OT.C. Program. However he felt the need and had the desire to put it all on the line serving as a reserve law enforcement officer in the Indianapolis community.
I will never be able to thank Bob and other members of their class for serving as honorably, professionally and with such tenure as he and the majority of them have and one continues to this day to do.
I render my final salute to Bob and pray: Eternal rest grant unto Robert C. Adams, Oh Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.