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Florence Jane (Kelsey) Murphy (1962)

CUNNINGHAM, EVISON, FARLIN, FOOTE, KELSEY, MURPHY, OVERTON

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 11/6/2006 at 16:19:35

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, November 29, 1962

MRS. KENNETH MURPHY DIES AT 44 YEARS

Death Occurred on Saturday After Extended Period Of Failing Health

Mrs. Kenneth Murphy of Winterset died Saturday, Nov. 25, after an extended illness. She was 44 years of age.

Mrs. Murphy was born in Madison county Dec. 4, 1916 and spent all but two years of her life in this community. She was the former Florence Jane Kelsey, daughter of Harry and Mary Cunningham Kelsey.

Her church membership was with the Church of Christ in Winterset. She was affiliated with the Royal Neighbor lodge and a local Garden club.

She was married Dec. 29, 1933 at Creston to Kenneth Murphy, who survives her. She also leaves two daughters, Mrs. Louise Foote of Michigan and Kathleen Murphy at home; a son Charles W. Murphy of Winterset; her mother Mrs. Maude Kelsey of Winterset; two grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Farlin of Lorimor, Mrs. Ruth Overton of Des Moines and Mrs. Gladys Evison of Palo Alto, Calif.

Funeral services were held Monday from the Collins Funeral home in Winterset, conducted by the Rev. L. David Harris. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.

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