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Elmer Lawrence Murphy

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Elmer Lawrence Murphy

Birth
Morgan County, Ohio, USA
Death
6 Sep 1948 (aged 57)
Morgan County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Sec 2 Row 27 Stone 22
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Funeral services will be conducted in the last residence in Malta at 2 p.m., Wednesday for Elmer Murphy, 56, who was found dead in his bedroom Monday morning, by his wife. Rev. Carl Hicks will officiate and burial will be in Malta Cemetery. Mr. Murphy had been in ill health from heart trouble but death was unexpected.

He was a son of the late William and Phoebe Murphy and had spent his entire life in Morgan County. Twice married, his first wife, Alta McElfresh Murphy preceded him in death. One daughter by this marriage, Mrs. Freda Moody, of Zanesville, survives. Also surviving are his second wife, Merle Wells Murphy, one daughter, Shirley and a son Cherrick, all of the home; five sisters, Mrs. Lola Smith of McConnelsville, Mrs. Bernice Beach of Zanesville, Mrs. Rose Barnhart and Mrs. Gladys Cramblitt of Malta, and Mrs. Alta Scott of Newark; four brothers, Riley of Stockport, Charles, Floyd and James, all of near Malta.

The body was to be removed to the family home this afternoon from the Fisher funeral home. (September 7, 1948, Zanesville Signal)

Memorial presented and maintained in conjunction with Murphy Nation, a multi-generational family history gateway dedicated to celebrating, documenting, preserving and providing increased awareness and access for the Murphy family pioneers of Morgan County, Ohio and their descendants and families.


Funeral services will be conducted in the last residence in Malta at 2 p.m., Wednesday for Elmer Murphy, 56, who was found dead in his bedroom Monday morning, by his wife. Rev. Carl Hicks will officiate and burial will be in Malta Cemetery. Mr. Murphy had been in ill health from heart trouble but death was unexpected.

He was a son of the late William and Phoebe Murphy and had spent his entire life in Morgan County. Twice married, his first wife, Alta McElfresh Murphy preceded him in death. One daughter by this marriage, Mrs. Freda Moody, of Zanesville, survives. Also surviving are his second wife, Merle Wells Murphy, one daughter, Shirley and a son Cherrick, all of the home; five sisters, Mrs. Lola Smith of McConnelsville, Mrs. Bernice Beach of Zanesville, Mrs. Rose Barnhart and Mrs. Gladys Cramblitt of Malta, and Mrs. Alta Scott of Newark; four brothers, Riley of Stockport, Charles, Floyd and James, all of near Malta.

The body was to be removed to the family home this afternoon from the Fisher funeral home. (September 7, 1948, Zanesville Signal)

Memorial presented and maintained in conjunction with Murphy Nation, a multi-generational family history gateway dedicated to celebrating, documenting, preserving and providing increased awareness and access for the Murphy family pioneers of Morgan County, Ohio and their descendants and families.


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