This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, James "Jim" Murray, Jr., 80, born on September 3rd, 1942 and passed away on November 28th, 2022. We will remember him forever.
James H. Murray, Jr., age 80, passed peacefully while surrounded by loved ones in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on 11/28/22. He was born on 9/3/42 in Lowell, MA to James H Murray, Sr. and Alice (Kilmartin) Murray, where the family were long time members of St. Margaret’s Catholic Church on Stevens Street.
Jim graduated from Keith Academy in 1960, the University of Notre Dame in 1964, and received his MBA from Wharton in 1966. In the fall of 1966, he entered the US Army as a 1st lieutenant Field Medical Assistant. He served in the Vietnam War, reaching the rank of 2nd lieutenant and earning a Bronze Star for meritorious service in a combat zone before receiving a medical honorable discharge in the summer of 1968. Upon his return to civilian life, Jim married Louise Brennan in 1969 and worked at Gillette before earning his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1972. In 1973, they moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL where Jim practiced law and was a devoted father, husband, brother, son, and friend for the remainder of his years.
Jim’s passions in life, other than his family, were golf, Notre Dame football, and the Boston Red Sox. He was an excellent golfer, particularly in his youth, but was unfortunately a terrible putter as he would often lament. Later in life, he had to give up golf and discovered Notre Dame chat rooms as a hobby. Those sites have surely noticed a drop-off in chat volume recently. As a true Red Sox fan, he was certain that he would never live to see them win a World Series. Much to his surprise and delight, he was wrong about that!
Jim remained extremely close to his surviving brother, Joe Murray of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and his late sister, Alice Murray, also of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He remained devoted to his late wife, Louise, who passed in 2020. He had many loyal friends, several of whom were able to visit and help as his health began to fail. His children, Jimmy and Susan, will very much miss the frequent lengthy phone conversations with their father and his posted comments to every single one of the many family photos over the years.
He is survived by his son, Jim Murray and his wife, Allison, of Southport, CT, and their 3 children: Jack (17), Ryan (15) and Matthew (12) and his daughter, Susan Frazier of Rye, NY, her husband, Tom, and their 4 children: Wesley (9), Owen (9), Tommy (7) and Katie (4).
Jim’s memorial service will be held at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at 11am on January 14, 2023, with a reception following. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children or the Jimmy Fund.
