After his retirement he married H. Jean Aitken on January 9, 1923, who had died on January 31, 1938. He himself died on May 17, 1939, at St. John's Episcopal Hospital in New York City, after being admitted on January 10. His funeral was held at the Church of the Holy Apostles officiated by Bishop Charles Kendall Gilbert. He was then cremated and his ashes scattered. "BISHOP OF OREGON ILL IN HOTEL HERE; Right Rev. Robert Lewis Paddock Collapses Under Criticismas "Disloyal" to Church.CHURCHMAN DEFENDS HIM Rev. William Austin Smith Praises His Work as Missionary in Wilderness.", The New York Times, New York City, NY, August 6, 1922. Retrieved on February 24, 2023. Minor, M. S. (1965). Portrait of a Rebel: The Story of Robert Lewis Paddock, 1869-1939. Seabury Press.
