Quincy- Matthew Cornelius Rorke, 57, passed away unexpectedly at his residence on Thursday March 10, 2022.
\nMatthew was a second son of Daniel A. Rorke, Jr. of Plaistow, NH and the late MaryAnn (Walsh) Rorke. Born in North Adams MA and raised in North Andover MA, Matthew attended North Andover public schools before transferring to Brooks school where he continued to find success in football and wrestling including receiving the honor of being named the Eagle Tribune Player of the Year, 1983. He attended Union and Merrimack colleges. Matt worked in the construction industry for many years and was a member of the Laborer International of North America Local 223 Union.
\nMatt loved being active and was an avid weightlifter and fisherman. He thrived off of spending quality time with his family, his loving girlfriend Ellen Mullen, friends and lived life to the fullest. He was a committed member of AA and gained lifelong friends and support through that community. Matthew will be missed dearly by his family and friends alike.
\nHe is survived by his father Daniel Rorke Jr., and his siblings Sean, Patrick, Christopher, and Carma, along with many nieces, nephews, and extended family. He was predeceased by his brother Daniel A. Rorke, III.
\nFamily and friends are respectfully invited to a Memorial Mass at Sacred Heart Church, 165 So. Main St., Haverhill on Tuesday, April 5 at 10:00AM. Arrangements are by the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main St., Haverhill. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in his memory to the Haverhill Boys and Girls Club, 55 Emerson St., Haverhill, MA 01830. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Quincy- Matthew Cornelius Rorke, 57, passed away unexpectedly at his residence on Thursday March 10, 2022. Matthew was a second son of Daniel A. Rorke, Jr. of Plaistow, NH and the late MaryAnn (Walsh) Rorke. Born in North Adams MA and raised in North Andover MA, Matthew attended North Andover public schools before transferring to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}