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MURPHY, Mrs. Ethel

MURPHY, HARWOOD, KISLING, HIXSON

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Date: 9/21/2018 at 04:23:52

Mrs. Ethel Murphy

Mrs. Ethel Murphy, 86, of Keosauqua died at 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, July 12, at Van Buren Co. Memorial Hospital in Keosauqua where she had been since June 17.

She was born Sept. 12, 1885 in Van Buren County, the daughter of John and Mary Harwood Kisling. On January 8, 1908 she married Morris Murphy in Keosauqua. He died June 14, 1967.

She is survived by three sons, Lawrence of Keosauqua, Floyd of Ft. Madison, John of Casper, Wyo.; a daughter, Mrs. Iva Hixson of Douglas, Wyo.; nine grand children and 21 great grandchildren.

Mrs. Murphy was a member of the Congregational Church and the Keosauqua Book Club.

The funeral was held Friday, July 14, in the Catcott Funeral Home, with the Rev. Millard Marshall officiating. Burial was in Fellows Cemetery.

Source: "Slutts Book", Pg. 53, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA


 

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