Robert B. Nadeau, age 88, of Southborough, formerly of Framingham, passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2014. Born in Webster, MA on July 16, 1925, he was the son of Elzear III and Alice (Genest) Nadeau. He served honorably in the US Navy Air Corps from 1943-45. He graduated from Holy Cross in 1949. Robert was married to Margaret (Spratt) Nadeau on September 12, 1953; they were married for 60 years. Robert was a Special Agent in the FBI for 28 years, assigned in Chicago, New York and Boston and received commendations for outstanding service. Following his retirement from the FBI, he was founder and president of Professional Investigative Consultants for 18 years as a Licensed Private Investigator. He was active in the community having served as past president of Framingham Youth Hockey. He was a longtime active parishioner of St. Bridget's Church. He loved God, family and his country. He especially enjoyed family cook-outs in the backyard. Besides his wife, he is survived by his children, Nancy Anderson of Lexington, Thomas and his wife, Marla, of Truro, Janice of Boylston, Teresa and her husband Ron LaCoss of Hollis, NH and Stephen and his wife Anne of Wellesley; ten grandchildren: Eric Hoffses and his wife Jackelyn, Brian Hoffses and his fiance Katie Woods, Shane and Kira LaCoss, Scott and Tierney Nadeau, Kevin Anderson, Kaitlyn, Matthew and Ryan Nadeau and two great grandchildren, Tyler and Tess Hoffses; his sister, Blanche Fiddes, of Florida. He was father of the late James Nadeau and brother of the late Richard Nadeau. Friends and family will honor and remember his life by gathering for calling hours on Friday, March 21st from 5 to 8 pm at Eugene J. McCarthy & Sons Funeral Home, 11 Lincoln Street in Framingham. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Bridgets Church, 830 Worcester Road ( Rte 9E )Framingham on Saturday, March 22nd at 10 am Burial will follow in St. Stephens Cemetery, Framingham. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to ;(function() { var adKeyValue = 't='; adKeyValue+= escape('clio=STJ'); adKeyValue += escape('&cobrand=metrowestdailynews'); adKeyValue += escape('&linktext=St. Jude Children\'s Research Hospital'); adKeyValue += escape('&linkurl=https://shop.stjude.org/GiftCatalog/donation.do?cID=13522&pID=18290&frequency_selected=2&memoryFirstName=Robert&memoryLastName=Nadeau&sc_cid=ptn1'); adKeyValue += escape('&fn=Robert'); adKeyValue += escape('&ln=Nadeau'); var adClkUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=1815632919'; var adImpUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=1815632919'; document.write("St. Jude Children\'s Research Hospital"); }()); , 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.