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|resting_place=Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans

|resting_place=Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans

|residence=Metairie, Louisiana

|residence=Metairie, Louisiana

|spouse=Alma J. Loisel McNamara

|spouse=Alma J. Loisel "Puddin" McNamara

|children=John Price McNamara<br>

|children=John Price McNamara<br>

Dwight Loisel McNamara<br>

Dwight Loisel McNamara<br>

==Family and death==

==Family and death==

McNamara resided in the large unincorporated community of Metairie with his wife, the former Alma J. Loisel. The couple had two sons, John Price McNamara and Dwight Loisel McNamara (1967-2005), and two daughters, Joni McNamara Parent and Nancy Ann McNamara Miller (died 2014).<ref name=obituary>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=abel-john-mcnamara-buddy&pid=173357455&fhid=17429|title=Hon. Abel John "Buddy" McNamara Obituary|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=December 3, 2014}}</ref>

McNamara resided in the large unincorporated community of Metairie with his wife, the former Alma J. Loisel (c. 1939-2023).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/alma-mcnamara-obituary?id=51698264|title=Alma McNamara obituary|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=April 22, 2023}}</ref> The couple had two sons, John Price McNamara and Dwight Loisel McNamara (1967-2005), and two daughters, Joni McNamara Parent, the widow of Clarence "Benny" Parent, III, and Nancy Ann McNamara Miller (died 2014).<ref name=obituary>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=abel-john-mcnamara-buddy&pid=173357455&fhid=17429|title=Hon. Abel John "Buddy" McNamara Obituary|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=December 3, 2014}}</ref>

McNamara's younger brother, Patrick J. McNamara (1940-2023) was a film and stage [[actor]], theatre director, voice and acting teacher, and tournament poker player. Over a long career, Patrick McNamara worked with major [[Hollywood]] directors such as [[Steven Spielberg]] and Brian De Palma. He co-starred in Spielberg's ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/patrick-mcnamara-obituary?id=44075983|title=Patrick J. McNamara obituary|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=February 12, 2023}}</ref>

McNamara's younger brother, Patrick J. McNamara (1940-2023) was a film and stage [[actor]], theatre director, voice and acting teacher, and tournament poker player. Over a long career, Patrick McNamara worked with major [[Hollywood]] directors such as [[Steven Spielberg]] and Brian De Palma. He co-starred in Spielberg's ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/patrick-mcnamara-obituary?id=44075983|title=Patrick J. McNamara obituary|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=February 12, 2023}}</ref>