Funeral Services for Jean and Scott Adam Set for Saturday at St. Monica

(Updated at 3:10 p.m.): Services for Jean and Scott Adam will take place at St. Monica Catholic Church on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.

"We will remember they lived their lives fully and told of their faith by example," the family of Jean and Scott Adam said in a statement.

Media will not be allowed on the property, according to a high-level administrator at the church.

As previous reported, the family has asked for donations be made to the St. Monica Catholic Church Music Program, in lieu of flowers. The address is 725 California Ave., Santa Monica, CA, 90403.

To view remembrances related to the couple, go to Legacy.com.

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Funeral services for Jean and Scott Adam will take place at St. Monica Catholic Church, according to The Tidings, the weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The couple, who were slain by Somali pirates late last month, were active parishioners at the church.

Additional information about the services is not being made available to the public, according to a high-level St. Monica administrator. The day it was announced that Jean and Scott Adam had been killed, dozens of TV crews and other members of the media were stationed outside the church.

(Go here and here to read about family and friends mourning the deaths of the Adams, and here to read reactions and reflections from Santa Monica Patch readers.)

On Friday, a US Navy Central Command representative told Santa Monica Patch that the remains of Jean and Scott Adam—as well as the other two Americans who had been slain by the pirates—had arrived back in the United States.

Meanwhile, also on Friday morning, Department of Justice spokesman Dean Boyd said, "The Justice Department and the FBI continue to actively investigate and evaluate evidence regarding the killings."

Editor's note: Kurt Orzeck is a parishioner at St. Monica's and previously served as a member of the church's Communications Committee.