Rev. Timothy Murphy Jr., Catholic pastor, at 80

The Rev. Timothy Joseph Murphy Jr. of Boston, died Nov. 8. He was 80.

He was born, raised and educated in Somerville.

He was a 1955 graduate of Boston College High School. Father Murphy attended Boston College and entered St. John’s Seminary in 1957.

He was ordained in 1963 at St. Agnes Church in Arlington by Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Riley.

Father Murphy was pastor emeritus of Immaculate Conception Church in Salem from 1995 until retirement in 2013, and was a resident of Regina Cleri in Boston.

He was assigned to St. Jerome Church in North Weymouth and St. Anthony’s Church in Allston before becoming pastor of St. Angela’s Church in Mattapan, where he served for 15 years.

He was a senior priest in residence at St. Mary’s Parish in Cambridge and St. Mary’s Parish in Waltham during retirement.

He was beloved by the Salem community, assisted foreignspeaking priests in Massachusetts and led many day trips and pilgrimages to Lourdes, Fatima, Quebec, Rome and Ireland, and took church groups to World Youth Day on multiple occasions.

Father Murphy is survived by a sister, Maureen Sheehan of Wilmington; two nieces, Kerry Sheehan and Beth Rooney, both of Wilmington; a nephew, Thomas Sheehan III of Hull; a grandniece, grandnephews and many cousins, friends and parishioners.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. today at Immaculate Conception Church, Salem.

Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery, Wilmington.

Arrangements by O’Donnell Funeral, Cremation & Memorial Service, Salem.

Jeff Capel Jr., at 64, Old Dominion coach

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Former Old Dominion and Fayetteville State coach Jeff Capel Jr. has died, less than two years after being diagnosed with ALS.

Fayetteville State Chancellor James A. Anderson said family members told him of Mr. Capel’s death Monday. He was 64.

Anderson called Mr. Capel one of the school’s “most respected alumni and former coaches” in a statement.

Mr. Capel was diagnosed with ALS in the spring of 2016 by doctors at Duke University. His son — Duke associate head coach Jeff Capel III — revealed the diagnosis in a first-person story written in January for The Players Tribune.

Mr. Capel coached seven seasons at Old Dominion from 19942001, taking the Monarchs to two NCAA Tournaments.