Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Murphy, John Joseph June 5, 1976 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 January 28, 2015, 6:19 pm The Virginian Pilot Sunday June 6, 1976 Retired Navy CPO John Joseph Murphy, 64, of 8507 Carlton Ave., died Saturday in a hospital. A native of Patterson, N.J., he was the husband of Mrs. Yvonne Virginia Allen Murphy. He retired from the Navy in 1957 after 24 years and from the Department of Defense in 1973 after 16 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of Bayview Civic Club and a delegate to the 2nd District Republican Convention. Besides his widow, survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Yvonne Lillian Jones of Portsmouth and Mrs. Gail Eugenia Powers and Mrs. Catherine Eileen Owens, both of Norfolk; a brother, Dr. George Murphy of Saddle River, N.J.; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, by Dr. William L. Lumpkin. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Park. Additional Comments: Riverside MURPHY, JOHN J I13767 Section MAPLE GROVE, Lot 446, Space 4 0 06/07/1976 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/m/murphy6957gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb