Gary D. Stack, 72, passed away Sunday June 18, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer.<\/p>\n
Born on June 7, 1951, Gary was a lifelong resident of Haverhill and graduated from Haverhill High School, Class of 1969.\u00a0 He then went on to attend the University of Massachusetts Amherst, majoring in Civil Engineering.\u00a0 His career as a master carpenter spanned over 50 years. Gary owned and operated his business, Stack Construction, specializing in home remodeling.\u00a0 Gary was always tinkering around the house; he was a good cook and had a great sense of humor. He was an avid fly fisherman, taking numerous trips with friends to Labrador, Northern Canada for salmon and trout fishing.\u00a0 He enjoyed the outdoor life, tying his own fishing flies and hiking trails and taking walks. He even took a trip to the original Woodstock Music Festival in NY at age 18. Spending time with his friends and extended family brought him great joy.<\/p>\n
Gary leaves behind his brother David J. Stack and partner Mary Davies, Derry NH, nephews Jordan Stack and wife Allison, Weymouth, MA and Brendan Stack, Boston MA, and niece Allison Stack, Medford MA, and many cousins. Gary was predeceased by his parents John G. and Julie (Casazza) Stack, Haverhill.<\/p>\n
Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend calling hours on Friday, June 23 from 4PM until 7PM. A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, June 24 at 10:30AM at St. James Church, 185 Winter Street, Haverhill. Burial to follow at St. Patrick\u2019s Cemetery, 395 No. Broadway, Haverhill. Memorial donations may be made to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168. Please visit Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gary D. Stack, 72, passed away Sunday June 18, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on June 7, 1951, Gary was a lifelong resident of Haverhill and graduated from Haverhill High School, Class of 1969.\u00a0 He then went on to attend the University of Massachusetts Amherst, majoring in Civil Engineering.\u00a0 His […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3883","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\/3883","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=3883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}