Melchin, Robert B.

Robert B. Melchin, age 70, of Canton, passed away suddenly May 27 at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Boston.

Born in Boston, he was raised in Canton and graduated from Canton High School and Stonehill College. He worked as a programmer for the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance for many years before retiring in 2012. He was the former president of the Board of Trustees at Canton Village, a member of the Ponkapoag Golf Club, and a member of St. Vincent de Paul Society at St. John’s Church in Canton.

Beloved son of the late Marie A. (Maioli) and Alfred F. Melchin. Brother of Laurie E. Stables and her husband, John, of Attleboro and David B. Melchin and his partner, Steven Wilkinson, of Stoughton. Uncle of Maria Lindholm and her husband, Heath, of RI. Also survived by his grandnephew Bruce Lindholm.

A funeral mass was held Wednesday in St. John the Evangelist Church in Canton. Burial Canton Corner Cemetery. Donations may be made in his memory to the American Heart Association at www.heart.org or the American Parkinson’s Disease Association, 72 East Concord St., Boston, MA 02118. Arrangements by the Dockray & Thomas Funeral Home, 455 Washington Street. For complete obituary and guestbook, see dockrayandthomasfuneralhome.com.

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