Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
The Tullytown community is mourning the loss of a borough leader.
Tullytown Borough Council President Rick Adams passed away last week of natural causes after an extended battle with illness.
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The 77-year-old Marine Corps veteran and retired longtime U.S. Steel Fairless Works employee leaves behind his wife, kids, and the borough that he served for 22 years.
Initially elected to the Tullytown Borough Council in 1993, Adams has served as the councils president for the last few years according to Tullytown Mayor David Cutchineal. The mayor described Adams as a bit of a needler, laughing with you after a joke. Above all else, though, Adams was a family man, Cutchineal said.
“He ran meetings in a quiet, dignified way, and he is going to be hard to replace,” Cutchineal said. “We’re all going to miss him a lot, especially during the ceremonies.”
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According to Cutchineal, Adams was rarely missing from town ceremonies such as parades.
Cutchineal described his close friend as being quiet “when he wasn’t joking.”
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“He was a very good man. It’s too bad we didn’t have more people like him on council,” Matt Pirolli, another council member, explained in a phone interview on Saturday.
Pirolli and Adams were close. The two spent a lot of time together doing lots of things together, including giving blood.
“His interest was always for the good of the town and the people, which is why we got along,” Pirolli said.
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Services for Adams were held last week at St. Michael the Archangel Church. The church was a special place for Adams, who serves as an usher and member for many years.
This interest in community spread past just council meeting. According to those who knew him, Adams was the type to help anyone anyway he could.
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“Rick has only been gone for a week, but everyone who knew him and the borough itself already seems to miss him,” Pirolli said.
