Bernard J. Murphy

Bernard J. “Bernie” Murphy, 85, passed away on August 3rd in Lady Lake, FL. 

Son of Mary (Sullivan) and Cornelius, he was born on July 15, 1939, in Somerville, MA. He graduated from Cathedral High School in Boston in 1958. After high school, he went to Coyne Electrical School for 2 years, served in the US Army Reserve for 3 years and eventually started a 32 year career at Fidelity Investments, retiring in 1998. Bernie and his wife Eileen have spent the last 20 years traveling and enjoying retired life with family and friends in The Villages in FL. 

He was preceded in death by his mother, father and brother Gerald. He is survived by the love of his life, wife of 50 years, Eileen (Moore); daughter Jennifer Orlando and her husband Bobby and granddaughter Lyla of Medfield, MA; sister Mary of Peabody, MA; sister-in-law Janet of Hudson, MA and many beloved nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. 

Bernie was a deeply beloved husband, father, Papa, brother, uncle, cousin and friend. Above everything, he cherished his entire extended family. He was always there to support whomever needed it, however he could, including the extensive list of those he included in his nightly prayers. His smiling face always lit up the room and he loved joking and laughing with family and friends. If you knew him, you were his “pal.”

He will be deeply missed by all those that knew and loved him. 

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation in the Holden, Dunn and Lawler Funeral Home, 55 High Rock St., Westwood on Wednesday morning August 28th from 9am-10:30am. Following the visitation, a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Margaret Mary Church, 845 High St., Westwood at 11am. Interment will be private. 

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.