OBIT: William H. MURPHY, Sr., 1999, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  MURPHY
  
    William H. Murphy Sr., 82, formerly of Copley, Ohio, and
  Meyersdale, passed away May 29, 1999.  Retired with 38 years of
  service from Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.  Bill was a member of
  Coventry Masonic Lodge 665 and was a 32nd Degree Mason, Scottish
  Rite, Valley of Akron.  Preceded in death by his wife, Marguerite
  (Kreiling) Murphy in 1979.  Survivors include his children: William
  H. (Donna) Murphy Jr. of Copley; Richard A. (Sharen) Murphy of
  Doylestown; James B. (Diana) Murphy of North Lawrence; Julia
  Heimbaugh of Manchester; Virginia Fisher of Akron.  11 grandchildren
  and 5 great-grandchildren.  Sisters: Eleanor Raymond of Pontiac, MI.;
  Mary Swindell of Barberton, Regina Kirchner of Meyersdale and Roseann
  Walker of Confluence.  He was laid to rest Tuesday, June 1, in
  Frostburg, Md.  Memorials may be made to the Shriners Children
  Hospital.
  
  Daily American, June 7, 1999
  
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