Haverhill, MA: Joseph E. McMurrer, Sr., 86, a former longtime resident of Haverhill passed away peacefully at the home of his daughter in Edgewood, KY with his family by his side on Friday, July 15, 2016.

Born on March 24, 1930 in Cambridge, MA, son of the late James F., Sr. and Mary E. (Sullivan) McMurrer, he was raised in Arlington, MA and graduated from Malden Catholic High School with the Class of 1947. Mr. McMurrer served in the United States Coast Guard as a Damage Controlman 2nd Class from 1947 until his honorable discharge in 1952 and served aboard the CGC Evergreen and the USCGC Eastwind. He was a recipient of the Good Conduct Award and the Honorable Discharge Button.

Mr. McMurrer was employed at Western Electric, AT&T Technologies, and Lucent Technologies retiring in July 1993 after thirty seven years of service. He enjoyed sailing, boating, ice boating, biking, hiking, and cross country skiing in the North Conway, NH area.

He was predeceased by his wife of fifty-nine years, Eleanor G. (Churchill) McMurrer, and is survived by his daughter Elizabeth A. Kozerski and husband, Bruce of Edgewood, KY, his son, Joseph E. McMurrer, Jr. of Fort Meyers, FL, his grandchildren, Justin McMurrer, Jenna McMurrer, Matthew Kozerski, Adam Kozerski, and Amy Kozerski, a brother, John A. McMurrer of Florida, and several nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends are invited to call on Monday, July 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. at BERUBE-Comeau Funeral Home, 47 Broadway, Haverhill. His funeral will begin on Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. from the funeral home with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church, 110 Lincoln Avenue, Haverhill. Burial will follow in Puritan Lawn Cemetery, Peabody, MA. To leave a message of condolence for the family please visit our website, www.BERUBEcomeau.com.