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ROBERT J. KIRBY

1949 - 2025

BORN

1949

DIED

2025

FUNERAL HOME

Gately Funeral Home - Melrose

79 West Foster Street

Melrose, Massachusetts

ROBERT KIRBY Obituary

KIRBY, Robert J. Of Melrose, passed away on February 25, 2025. He was 75 years old. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, from 9:00 AM - !0:30 AM, at the Gately Funeral Home, 79 W. Foster Street, Melrose. A Mass Of Christian Burial will follow the Visitation in St. Mary's Church, Herbert St., Melrose. Interment will follow at Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose. For full obituary & photo, please visit www.gatelyfh.com

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Published by Boston Globe from Mar. 1 to Mar. 2, 2025.

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Visitation

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Gately Funeral Home - Melrose

79 West Foster Street, Melrose, MA 02176

Mar

4

Mass of Christian Burial

11:00 a.m.

St. Mary's Church

Herbert Street, Melrose, MA

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Gately Funeral Home - Melrose

79 West Foster Street, Melrose, MA 02176

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