Murphy, Ruth L.

MURPHY, HITCHCOCK, GRAHAM, MUSCH, KNESS, BLOOM, SANDERS, SAATHOFF

Posted By: Ruth Maring - VOLUNTEER
Date: 3/15/2010 at 17:06:24

The Clinton Herald
March 2, 2010
Ruth L. Murphy
CNHI

CLINTON — Ruth L. Murphy, 71, of Clinton, died Saturday, February 27, 2010, at the Eagle Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Clinton.

Visitation will be Thursday, March 4, 2010, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at the Clinton Chapel Snell-Zornig Funeral Homes and Crematory. Following the visitation the body will be cremated.

Ruth L. Graham was born on December 1, 1938, in Fulton, Illinois, the daughter of George and Mary (Hitchcock) Graham. She married Joseph F. Murphy on June 21, 1968, in Rockford, Illinois; he later died.

Ruth attended Fulton schools.

Ruth was a nurse’s aide at Jane Lamb Hospital and also provided in home care.

Ruth is survived by her daughter, Patricia (David) Musch of Clinton; two sons, Barry Kness of Paris, France, and Chuck Kness of Colorado; seven grandchildren; and siblings, Marian Bloom of Chicago, Irvin Graham of Wisconsin, Donna Sanders of Clinton and Maryann Saathoff of Cordova, Illinois.

She was preceded in death by parents, her husband, and three brothers.

Memorial may be made to the family.

Online condolences may be expressed by visiting her obituary at www.snellzornig.com.

Death date: Feb. 27, 2010