Dorothy Murphy
January 8th, 1929 - November 1st, 2011
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Dorothy's Obituary
Dorothy L. Murphy, 82, of Stevensville, passed away at Lakeland Specialty Hospital, Berrien Center, on November 1, 2011.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, November 4, 2011, at the Stevensville United Methodist Church, 5506 Ridge Rd., with Rev. Gordon Barry officiating. Burial will be at Spring Run Cemetery, Scottdale. Friends may call from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Thursday, November 3, 2011, at Starks & Menchinger Chapel, 2650 Niles Rd., St. Joseph. Memorial donations may be made to the church. Those wishing to share a memory or sign the guestbook online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com.
Dorothy was born on January 8, 1929, in Topeka, Kansas, to Ralph and Lucille (Rosen) Murphy. She retired as a secretary for the former Bendix Corporation.
Dorothy is survived by three sons, Robert Charles Krishna Murphy, Ashville, North Carolina, Kevin Patrick (Barbara) Murphy, Chandler, Arizona, and Richard Paul (Lynn) Murphy, Flower Mound, Texas; two grandchildren; and two sisters, Marjorie Parsons, Wichita, Kansas, and Mildred Drake, Long Beach, California.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband James in 1986.
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