Alice E. Murphy, 92, Celina, Ohio, an Adams County native and a longtime resident of route 1, Bryant, died at 1:20 a.m. today (Ohio time) in Celina Manor Nursing Home, her residence the past 2 1/2 years.
She was born on September 20, 1898, in Berne to John and Elizabeth Topp Hendricks and married Martin Murphy, who died in 1968.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Mary Catholic church in Geneva.
Surviving are four daughters: Virginia Homan, Fort Recovery, Ohio; Mildred Minnich, Port Huron, Michigan; Mrs. Carl (Dorothy) Gromeaux, Fort Wayne; and Mrs. Ronald (Patricia) Tricarico, Dayton, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Doyle (Josephine) Hendricks, Dayton; one sister-in-law, Nolda Hendricks, Berne; 17 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.
There will be a prayer service at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Downing Funeral Home, Geneva, followed by a funeral mass at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary Catholic church, with burial in the church cemetery.
There will also be a rosary service at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.
Visiting hours at the funeral home are 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Monday and 9-9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Preferred memorials are to her church or the New Corydon Community Club.
Alice E. Murphy, 92, Celina, Ohio, an Adams County native and a longtime resident of route 1, Bryant, died at 1:20 a.m. today (Ohio time) in Celina Manor Nursing Home, her residence the past 2 1/2 years.
She was born on September 20, 1898, in Berne to John and Elizabeth Topp Hendricks and married Martin Murphy, who died in 1968.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Mary Catholic church in Geneva.
Surviving are four daughters: Virginia Homan, Fort Recovery, Ohio; Mildred Minnich, Port Huron, Michigan; Mrs. Carl (Dorothy) Gromeaux, Fort Wayne; and Mrs. Ronald (Patricia) Tricarico, Dayton, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Doyle (Josephine) Hendricks, Dayton; one sister-in-law, Nolda Hendricks, Berne; 17 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.
There will be a prayer service at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Downing Funeral Home, Geneva, followed by a funeral mass at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary Catholic church, with burial in the church cemetery.
There will also be a rosary service at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.
Visiting hours at the funeral home are 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Monday and 9-9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Preferred memorials are to her church or the New Corydon Community Club.
Family Members
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Mary Belle Hendricks Affolder
1900–1964
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Pearl Clara Hendricks Ray
1902–1968
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Sarah A. Hendricks
1904–1971
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Cora Ellen Hendricks McFarland
1906–1971
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Joseph Alfred Hendricks
1908–1959
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Josephine M. Hendricks Hendricks
1911–1995
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James Wilson Hendricks
1913–1931
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Elmer John Hendricks
1915–1979
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Charles Chalmers Hendricks
1917–1981
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Richard Leo Hendricks
1920–1971
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Herman Harold Hendricks
1924–1977
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