OBIT: Walter Darrell "Mike" MURRAY, 2006, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MURRAY, Walter Darrell "Mike"  01/12/2006  The New Republic
   November 9, 1926 January 8, 2006
  
   Walter Darrell "Mike" Murray, 79, of Salisbury, died Sunday, January 8, 2006, at Beverly
  Healthcare, Meyersdale. Born November 9, 1926, in Greenville Township, he was the son of
  the late Clay and Elsie May (Fuller) Murray.  He was preceded in death by one brother,
  Billy Murray.   Surviving are his wife of 52 years, Betty (Patton) Murray, whom he
  married August 17, 1953; two sons: Larry L. Ashbrook and wife Sharon, Berlin; Vaughn
  Murray, Salisbury; two daughters: Janice Menser, Berlin; Kimberly Smith and husband Mark,
  Salisbury; five brothers: Frank Murray, Salisbury; Robert Murray, Avilton, Md.; Dale
  Murray, Frostburg, Md.; Roy Murray, Dearborn, Mich.; Carl "Sam" Murray, Beaverdam, Ohio;
  ten sisters: Stella Delbrook, Walkersville, Md.; Emma Durst and Shirley Deal, both of
  Salisbury; Norma Deal, West Salisbury; Wilma Watson, Meyersdale; JoAnn Bingamon,
  Flintstone, Md.; Betty Gaumer, Dearborn, Mich.; Rita Miller, Fort Hill; Doris Hennessey,
  Cladin; Alma Gaumer, Frostburg, Md.; eight grandchildren: Jessica and Michael Ashbrook;
  Kedrick Lapp, Jr.; Renee Bittinger, Terra Lapp; Katrinia Snyder; Benjamin and Isaiah
  Smith and seven great-grandchildren.  Mr. Murray was a member of St. John's Lutheran
  Church, Salisbury. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WW II and a member of the Salisbury
  American Legion, Salisbury V.F.W., Salisbury Lions Club, Meyersdale Elks and the Laurel
  Falls Association. He was a former member of the Salisbury Fire Dept. and had been
  employed as a heavy equipment operator for Keystone Lime Co., at the time of his
  retirement. Friends were received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Newman
  Funeral Home, Inc., Salisbury, where services were conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday with
  the Rev. David E. Fetter officiating.  Interment, Hostetler Church Cemetery. Expressions
  of sympathy may be directed to St. John's Lutheran Church.  Condolences may be sent to
  the family at www.newmanfuneralhomes.com.