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Gladys Ruth <I>Hensley</I> Murphy

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Gladys Ruth Hensley Murphy

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13 Feb 1998 (aged 88)
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West Lebanon, Warren County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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"Ruth (Hensley) Murphy, 88, a former resident of rural West Lebanon, died at 3:10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, 1998 in Country Care Nursing Center, Williamsport. She had been a resident there for almost two months. She was born June 12, 1909 in Jasper County, the daughter of Alfred and Martha Fearington Hensley. She married Ted Ralph Murphy April 5, 1925 in West Lebanon. He preceded in death July 22, 1981.

She came to Warren County as a young girl and lived most of her life in the Marshfield community. She was an assembler at Radio Materials Corp. in Attica for 20 years and was previously employed at Guthmans in Attica. She was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in West Lebanon. She loved to piece quilts and crochet.

Surviving, are: three daughters, Martha (Ralph) Byers, Williamsport; Betty Hanover, Webb City, Mo.; Peggy , (Fred) Hobson, Route 2, Williamsport; a son, Danny (Billi) Murphy, rural Crawfordsville; a sister, Reatha (Joe) Miller, West Lebanon; 19 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday in Fisher Funeral Home, West Lebanon, with the Rev. Pat Kuhs officiating. Burial was in West Lebanon Cemetery. Those so desiring may contribute in memorium to the West Lebanon Presbyterian Church" – Fountain County Neighbor, February 17, 1998
"Ruth (Hensley) Murphy, 88, a former resident of rural West Lebanon, died at 3:10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, 1998 in Country Care Nursing Center, Williamsport. She had been a resident there for almost two months. She was born June 12, 1909 in Jasper County, the daughter of Alfred and Martha Fearington Hensley. She married Ted Ralph Murphy April 5, 1925 in West Lebanon. He preceded in death July 22, 1981.

She came to Warren County as a young girl and lived most of her life in the Marshfield community. She was an assembler at Radio Materials Corp. in Attica for 20 years and was previously employed at Guthmans in Attica. She was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in West Lebanon. She loved to piece quilts and crochet.

Surviving, are: three daughters, Martha (Ralph) Byers, Williamsport; Betty Hanover, Webb City, Mo.; Peggy , (Fred) Hobson, Route 2, Williamsport; a son, Danny (Billi) Murphy, rural Crawfordsville; a sister, Reatha (Joe) Miller, West Lebanon; 19 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday in Fisher Funeral Home, West Lebanon, with the Rev. Pat Kuhs officiating. Burial was in West Lebanon Cemetery. Those so desiring may contribute in memorium to the West Lebanon Presbyterian Church" – Fountain County Neighbor, February 17, 1998


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