Edward Connelly, retired Natick deputy fire chief, dies at 73

“We looked up at him like he was our because he was a fireman,” said Morgan Connelly. Connelly, a lifelong Natick resident, followed his father Patrick’s footsteps to become a Natick firefighter, joining the Natick Fire Department in 1979.

29 after a battle with prostate cancer. He retired when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in 2018.