Charles F. Murphy
Charles F. Murphy, a longtime lawyer who was active in the Natick community, died April 24 at the Royal Megansett Nursing Home in Falmouth of complications from Lewy body dementia. He was 79.
A Natick native, Mr. Murphy graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1949 with a degree in engineering and served in the US Navy during the Korean War. He attended Boston College Law School, from which he graduated in 1955, the same year he married his neighbor and childhood sweetheart, Helen. The two reared their five children in Natick.
Early in his career, Mr. Murphy worked with the FBI as an assistant. He then worked for the Army's Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center for about 30 years, eventually rising to chief legal counsel. He also was counsel to the Massachusetts General Hospital Office of Technology Affairs.
Mr. Murphy served at Natick Town Meeting and on the Finance Committee, coached his sons' youth hockey teams, and he was active in St. Patrick's Parish.
In 1994, he retired with his wife to their summer home in Sippewissett, part of Falmouth.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Murphy leaves three sons, Christopher of Indianapolis, Mark of Douglas, Wyo., and Michael of Natick; two daughters, Sarah Burr of Natick and Kathryn Adelmann of Coppell, Texas; and 12 grandchildren.
Services have been held.
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