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Betty Murphy
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[January
02, 2009]
CHESTNUT
-- Betty J. Murphy, 78, of Chestnut, died
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, at 5:40 p.m. at St.
John's Hospice in Springfield.
Visitation will be 2-5 p.m. Sunday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at
Mount Pulaski Christian Church, with Jeremy
Thomason and Roger Murphy officiating.
Burial will be in Laenna Cemetery, Chestnut. |
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Mrs. Murphy retired from Kaiser Agricultural
Chemical Plant, where she worked with her
husband, Bunnie, as fertilizer plant secretary
for 25 years.
She was born June 6, 1930, in rural Gays,
Ill., to Thomas Clarence "Tom" and Martha Jane
"Jennie" Elder Young. She married Bunnie L.
Murphy at Gays on Sept. 12, 1947. He preceded
her in death on Dec. 8, 2006.
She is survived by three sons, Roger L. (and
Rexanna) Murphy of Oklahoma City, Okla., Alan R.
(and Maryan) Murphy of Chestnut and Gregory L.
Murphy of Chestnut; 11 grandchildren; and 18
great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by four
brothers and three sisters.
She was a member of Mount Pulaski Christian
Church, Chestnut-Beason American Legion Post
Auxiliary and Chestnut Fire Department
Auxiliary. She served as Aetna township clerk
for 12 years and as a voter registrar for 30
years. She was co-chairman for the Chestnut
Geo-Center Committee and secretary of the
Chestnut-Beason Water Board. She was also a
member of the Chestnut Ding-A-Lings Kitchen
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She graduated from Sullivan High School in
1948.
Memorials may be made to the Chestnut Rescue
Squad or Mount Pulaski Christian Church.
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