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Gately Funeral Home - Melrose

Posted events

December 23, 2025

Nov

Visitation

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

Gately Funeral Home

79 W Foster St, Melrose, MA

Nov

Visitation

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

Gately Funeral Home

79 W Foster St, Melrose, MA

Nov

Mass of Christian Burial

11:00 a.m.

St. Mary's Church

4 Herbert Street, Melrose, MA

Nov

Mass of Christian Burial

11:00 a.m.

St. Mary's Church

4 Herbert Street, Melrose, MA

Gately Funeral Home - Melrose

Posted an obituary

December 23, 2025

Robert Shay Obituary

Robert Michael "Bob" Shay, age 78, of Melrose, Massachusetts, passed away on October 17, 2025, at Lahey Hospital in Burlington. Born in Somerville, MA on July 19, 1947, Robert was one of eleven children of the late John L. and Kathleen R. S... Read Robert Shay's Obituary