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THOMAS MURPHY Obituary

MURPHY, Thomas Francis Of Burlington, formerly of Ossipee, NH and Arlington, Oct. 28. Beloved husband of the late Nancy (Broughton). Loving father of Thomas F. Murphy, Jr. & his wife Ginny, Christopher Murphy & his wife Maggie, Tara Olshaw & her husband Fred, Charley Murphy & his wife Nan all of Burlington, Tim Murphy & his wife Marcie of Colorado Springs, CO and Kerry Fitzgerald & her husband Tom of North Reading. Proud grandfather of Kathleen Ammon & her husband Ted, Michaela O'Rourke & her husband Brendan, Eric Olshaw & his wife Lindsey, Brian Olshaw, Ryan, Casey, Jack & Brendan Fitzgerald, and Thomas III, MaryKate, Conor, Charlotte, Michael, Erin, Grace, Amelia, Aidan & Abigail Murphy. Great-grandfather of Cora & Bridget Ammon and Finley O'Rourke. Brother of the late Catherine Cullen, Pauline Driscoll and Irene, William, Mary & John J. Murphy, Jr. Visiting Hours will be held at the Edward V. Sullivan Funeral Home, 43 Winn St., BURLINGTON on Monday, Nov. 1 from 4-7 p.m. Family and friends are invited to attend Graveside Services at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, 52 Bedford St., Burlington on Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 11 a.m. A Celebration of Tom's life will be held immediately following at the Café Escadrille, 26 Cambridge St., Burlington at Noon. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Tom's name may be made to Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, 632 Blue Hill Ave., Dorchester, MA 02121 (www.harvardstreet.org). For directions, obituary, online guestbook & memorial video, see www.sullivanfuneralhome.net

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Published by Boston Globe from Oct. 29 to Oct. 31, 2021.

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Tom Cote'

November 8, 2021

Sending my Condolences

Leslie

October 31, 2021

RIP Tom say hello to the Stonebrige family for us.

Michelle Plakas-Kaiser

October 30, 2021

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