DALLAS L. MURPHY

OMAHONEY, MURPHY, MOES, MEYER, MOYER, PAULY

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 7/20/2003 at 19:16:40

Dallas L. Murphy

Telegraph Herald - Thursday, June 12, 2003

Dallas L. Murphy, 83, of 1150 Oak St., died at 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at Stonehill Care Center.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Columbkille's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Iowa. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home, 2659 Kennedy Road.

Mr. Murphy was a longtime self-employed painter and steeplejack and was a former Dubuque County Supervisor.

He was born on April 7, 1920, in East Dubuque, Ill., son of Paul and Ione (O'Mahoney) Murphy. He married Arlene Moes on Oct. 5, 1955, at St. Columbkille's Catholic Church; she preceded him in death on April 5, 1991.

He was an active member of the Dubuque Democratic Party and a member of St. Columbkille's Parish.

Surviving are a son, Robert J. (Nancy) Murphy, of Dubuque; granddaughters, Caitline and Chloe Murphy; stepdaughters, Joan (Don) Meyer and Carol (Stan) Moyer, both of Dubuque; and a stepson, Tom (Jan) Pauly, of Davenport, Iowa.