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In Memoriam
Melrose High School
Class of 1976

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Flaherty Joseph M Flaherty
Age
Birth
Death
Interred
Cause
63
April 20, 1958
September 23, 2021
New Calvary Cemetery

Parents: John Joseph Flaherty & Ethel Marie Conley

Birth Place:
Boston, MA
Death Place:
Wakefield, MA




 
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Joe
                    Flaherty
Joseph M. Flaherty
380 Washington St.
Enjoyed Mr. Brown and Mr. Hand . . . plays sports in spare time . . . Plans on College
Joe
                    Flaherty



Obituary

Joseph M. Flaherty passed away in Wakefield, MA, on September 23, 2021. He was 63 years of age.

He was born in Boston and was raised in Dorchester and Melrose. Joseph graduated from Melrose High School in 1976 and Suffolk University with a degree in journalism. Mr. Flaherty has been a resident of Melrose since 1969. Joseph worked as a sports reporter at the Woburn Times & Chronicle and the Salem Evening News. Mr. Flaherty was a big sports fan and especially loved basketball and baseball.

Joseph was the son of the late John J. & Ethel M. (Conley) Flaherty. Loving brother of John J. Flaherty & his wife Joanne of Georgetown. Proud uncle of Meaghan & Erin Flaherty. Loving cousin of Francis M. Callahan Jr. & his wife Heather of Lynn. Nephew of the late Mary M. Conley and the late Lauretta Callahan & her husband Francis.

Visitation will be held at the Gately Funeral Home, 79 W. Foster St., Melrose, on Thursday, September 30, 2021 from 9:00-10:00AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary's Church, 4 Herbert St., Melrose, at 10:30AM. Burial at New Calvary Cemetery in Mattapan.


Joe Flaherty

Joe Flaherty

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