OBIT: Dorothy (SPEICHER) MURRAY, 2004, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  DOROTHY SPEICHER MURRAY
  
  Dorothy Speicher Murray, 91, Magaw Avenue, Carlisle, died Nov. 24,
  2004, at home.  Born Oct. 27, 1913, in Garrett, she grew up in nearby
  Boswell, the daughter of the late Harry and Ada Speicher.  Also
  preceded in death by a brother, H. Brumbaugh Speicher.  Survived by
  her husband of 67 years, Ralph F. Murray, Carlisle and two sisters,
  Frances Ballatine, Las Vegas, Nev., and Wilma Ashe, Plymouth, Ind.  A
  graduate of Juniata College in Huntingdon and Queens College in New
  York, she was a high school English teacher in Boswell and Jericho,
  N.Y., later becoming the coordinating reading specialist at the
  latter.  In addition, she taught English classes for immigrants and
  tutored at a drug rehabilitation facility as well as privately.  She
  was an active member of the American Association of University Women,
  by whom she was named Woman of the Year for her volunteer reading
  program at the Adams County Jail in Gettysburg.  She also received
  honors from the Court of Common Pleas and other clubs and committees
  for that literacy program.  She was a member of First Presbyterian
  Church.  In addition to her teaching, she created an original remedial
  literacy program, wrote a history of the Adams County Library, a
  biography of her father and various other chronicles of her work.
  Service will be held at the convenience of the family.  Memorial
  contributions may be mailed to Hospice Preferred Choice, 4813
  Jonestown Road, Harrisburg, Pa. 17109. Hoggman*[sic]-Roth Funeral Home, 219
  N. Hanover St., Carlisle is handling the funeral arrangements. 
  
  11/29/2004  Daily American
  
  *Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home