Robert Francis Murray I of Duxbury, died Sunday, Oct. 4, after a year-long battle with cancer.  He was 64 years old.

Born Nov. 22, 1944 to the (late) Vincent and Dorothy Murray, Mr. Murray attended Marshfield public schools, graduating from Marshfield High School and from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education.  He was a teacher for 37 years, including one year in Gardner, 15 years at Martinson Junior High School, and 21 years at Marshfield High School, until his retirement in 2003.  During his teaching career, Mr. Murray served as a track coach, varsity hockey coach, and junior varsity baseball coach. He married Lorna (Hallam) Murray and together they raised five sons.  He owned a log cabin on Watchic Pond in Standish, Maine where he spent many summers with his family.  

Mr. Murray leaves his wife, Lorna Hallam Murray;  his sons, Keith and his wife, Lee-Ann (Pepicelli) Murray of Wakefield, Robert F. Murray Jr. of Farmville, Va., David and his wife, Lauren (Russell) Murray of Methuen, Thomas Murray of North Attleboro, and Michael and his wife, Marcia (Ward) Murray of Marshfield; his sisters, Patricia and her husband Ronald Massa of Scituate, Kathleen and her husband Gregory Cahill of Plymouth, Christine and her husband Robert Cahill of Plymouth, and Elizabeth Nickerson of New Bedford; and five grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the MacDonald Funeral Home, 1755 Ocean St. (Rt.139) Marshfield on Thursday, Oct.8, at 8:45 a.m. followed by a funeral Mass  at Holy Family Church, 601 Tremont St., Duxbury, at 10 a.m. Visiting hours will be Wednesday, Oct. 7,  from 4-8 p.m.  He will be buried in the Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield.  Memorial contributions in his honor may be made to South Shore Hospice, 100 Bay State Dr. Braintree, MA. 02184 or to:  Marshfield High School Baseball, c/o MHS Athletic Dept, 167 Forest St. Marshfield, MA. 02050.