MURPHY, Jennie c1873-1953
MURPHY
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 7/17/2009 at 11:40:23
MRS> JOHN MURPHY
Former Osage Teacher Dies
OSAGE, IOWA -- Mrs. Jennie Murphy, 80, a native of Osage, died at a hospital in Long Beach, California, with funeral services to be held at a funeral home there Saturday.
Mrs. Murphy and her late husband, John Murphy, operated a greenhouse at Independence until her husband died, and in 1911 she and her infant son returned to Osage.
Well known here as a school teacher in the early days, she holds the distinction of having taught three generations in Osage.
Survivors include her son, two grandchildren, four sisters and one brother.
[Mason City Globe-Gazette - Saturday, October 10, 1953]
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