Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Murphy, Frank July 19, 1949
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Frank Murphy
Associate Justice Frank Murphy of the U S Supreme court will be buried Friday in 
Harbor Beach, his boyhood home and favorite vacation spot. Funeral services will 
be conducted at 11 a.m. in Our Lady of Lake Huron Cath church by Rev James J 
Marvin, pastor. 

The 59 year old MI jurist died Tues morning of a heart attack in Detroit. 
Justice Murphy, appointed to the high tribunal in 1940, had been ill in Henry 
Ford hospital for about a week. his death came unexpectedly since his condition 
had not been considered serious. Doctors said it resulted from a coronary 
occlusion – a blocking of blood to the heart.  

Burial of the man who had served as mayor of Detroit, governor of Michigan, 
governor general of the Philippine Islands and attorney general of the United 
States will be in the family plot in Rock Falls cemetery. He will be laid to 
rest beside his parents, Mr. & Mrs. John F Murphy. Rev Marvin will chant a 
requiem high mass at the last rites. Congress adjourned for the day after its 
members had eulogized the jurist Tues. Flags in Washington and throughout MI 
were flown at half-staff. Federal and Recorders courts will be closed in Detroit 
Fri in tribute. President Truman will be represented at the funeral services in 
Harbor Beach by Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin.


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