Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Murphy, Shirley Josephine (Todd) 2015 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net September 11, 2019, 4:02 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 17 Nov 2015 Shirley Josephine Murphy 90 passed away Nov. 11 2015 at Northridge Nursing Facility in Commerce GA. She was born in Unionville Michigan Feb. 1 1925 she was the eldest daughter of Josephine and S. Colon Todd. Married to Leslie M. Murphy for over 54 years she was a 1942 graduate of Ionia High School mother of four employed as secretary to the prosecuting attorney and served as Registrar of Deeds of Ionia. She liked to read play golf play bridge travel and loved her sweets. Upon her retirement in 1990 they moved to Fruitland FL and then in 2006 to Bentley Assisted Living Jefferson GA. She is survived by her children Pamela (Craig) Buys St. Augustine FL Daniel Murphy Satsuma FL Janet (Alfred) Hayes Fruitland FL and Susan (Richard) Pattillo Jefferson GA; as well as siblings E. Jean Piscelli Ionia MI Kathleen Jones Ionia MI Phyllis (Donald) Nystrom Memphis TN Joanne (Robert) Hull College Place WA. and Stephen (Charlotte) Todd Vassar MI; sisters-in-law Lieselotte Todd Huntsville AL and Charlotte Todd Lake Odessa MI; brothers-in-law R. Stewart Weisgerber Ionia MI and Lloyd Northard Rice Lake WI; seven grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and 32 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Leslie M. Murphy; sisters Marjorie Todd Weisgerber and Marilyn Todd Northard; and brothers Kenneth Todd and Phillip Todd. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held in Michigan at a later date. Her remains will be buried at Balcom Cemetery Ionia MI next to her husband Leslie M. Murphy. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/murphy9990gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb