KENT BOY, 16, FOUND DEAD
FREDERICK A. MURPHY, TERMED SUICIDE
An all-night search by his family ended early Sunday with the discovery of the body of FREDERICK A. MURPHY, 16, of 2083 Three Mile rd., NE, hanging from a tree limb about a mile south of his home. Dr. William H. VanderPloeg, medical examiner, termed the death a suicide but said no reason could be ascribed for the youth's action.
Sheriff's deputies said the youth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD W. MURPHY, reported Frederick suffered severe headaches Saturday and slept most of the day. He left home about 6 p.m., saying nothing of his destination. The search was begun shortly after dark and his sister, MISS DELORES MURPHY, discovered the body about 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
The youth was a lifelong Kent county resident and a student at Creston High School.
Besides his parents and sister, he leaves four other sisters, MRS. CLARENCE MOYER, MRS. CALVIN MORRISON, MISS BETTY JEAN and MISS PATRICIA MURPHY; five brothers, CPL. ROBERT, with the army in Korea; CHARLES, RONALD, WILLIAM and HAROLD, and his grandmother, MRS. VERONICA BLAKESLEE, all of Grand Rapids.
The body is at the Van Strien-Alman mortuary.
THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mon., May 26, 1952, Pg. 2, Col. 8, Art. 1
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MURPHY - Funeral services for FREDERICK MURPHY, aged 16, of 2083 3-Mile Rd., NE, will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the VanStrien-Alman Funeral Home, where he reposes. Interment Fairplains Cemetery.
THE GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., May 27, 1952, Sec. 2, Pg. 17, Col. 5, Funeral 2
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KENT BOY, 16, FOUND DEAD
FREDERICK A. MURPHY, TERMED SUICIDE
An all-night search by his family ended early Sunday with the discovery of the body of FREDERICK A. MURPHY, 16, of 2083 Three Mile rd., NE, hanging from a tree limb about a mile south of his home. Dr. William H. VanderPloeg, medical examiner, termed the death a suicide but said no reason could be ascribed for the youth's action.
Sheriff's deputies said the youth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD W. MURPHY, reported Frederick suffered severe headaches Saturday and slept most of the day. He left home about 6 p.m., saying nothing of his destination. The search was begun shortly after dark and his sister, MISS DELORES MURPHY, discovered the body about 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
The youth was a lifelong Kent county resident and a student at Creston High School.
Besides his parents and sister, he leaves four other sisters, MRS. CLARENCE MOYER, MRS. CALVIN MORRISON, MISS BETTY JEAN and MISS PATRICIA MURPHY; five brothers, CPL. ROBERT, with the army in Korea; CHARLES, RONALD, WILLIAM and HAROLD, and his grandmother, MRS. VERONICA BLAKESLEE, all of Grand Rapids.
The body is at the Van Strien-Alman mortuary.
THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mon., May 26, 1952, Pg. 2, Col. 8, Art. 1
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MURPHY - Funeral services for FREDERICK MURPHY, aged 16, of 2083 3-Mile Rd., NE, will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the VanStrien-Alman Funeral Home, where he reposes. Interment Fairplains Cemetery.
THE GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., May 27, 1952, Sec. 2, Pg. 17, Col. 5, Funeral 2
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