David J. Gaffey

David J. Gaffey – Age 88, of Baltimore, MD, formerly of Scituate, MA and Stowe, Vermont died on October 27, 2017. He was the beloved husband of Nancy M. (Gibbons) Gaffey, with whom he shared 61 years of marriage.

Devoted father of James Gaffey and his wife Nydia of NYC, Jane Oshinsky of Baltimore, MD and Deborah Hynson and her husband Bob of Glen Arm, MD. Cherished grandfather to 5 grandchildren and 1 great grandson.

Loving brother of Andrew Gaffey of West Palm Beach, FL, Catherine Everett of Delray Beach, FL, Edward Gaffey of Boynton Beach, FL, John Gaffey of Winchester, MA and the late Claire Linnehan. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

He was a graduate of Georgetown University and a proud US Army Veteran of the Korean War, where he served in the Counterintelligence Corps (CIC.) Mr. Gaffey was the former President of Gaffey Funeral Homes. Throughout his life he was extremely active in his community serving as a Chairman and Board Member of many church, civic and fundraising committees. He was a former member and Past President of the MA Funeral Directors Association and the Scituate Chamber of Commerce, the South Shore Chamber of Commerce, the Scituate Rotary Club and Stowe, VT Rotary Club where he received the esteemed Paul Harris Award. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, where he served on several committees over the years and was a member of the New England Institute. He also served as an elected Board Member of the Scituate Board of Health and served as a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem for some 30 years.

Funeral from the Richardson-Gaffey Funeral Home, 382 First Parish Road, Scituate, MA on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 10:30 A.M. with a funeral Mass at 11:30 A.M. at St. Anthony’s Church, 10 Summer Street, Cohasset. Interment to follow at Groveland Cemetery in North Scituate. Visiting hours at the funeral home on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 from 4-6 PM. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend.

A Memorial Mass will be held at a later date in Baltimore, MD.

Expressions of sympathy in his memory may be made to The Parkinson’s Foundation: www.parkinson.org. For online guestbook, www.richardsongaffeyfuneralhome.com.