Catherine Murphy Hoag ("Cathy"), age 68, died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, November 30, 2014 at home in Deerfield, Illinois. She was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1946 to the late Frank A. and Helen (Brady) Murphy. Cathy attended Emma Willard School in Troy, New York for high school, graduating in 1965, followed by the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. She later enrolled in the Katharine Gibbs School in New York, New York, and worked as a secretary for advertising firm Wells, Rich, Greene in New York upon graduation. She later worked for CBS in Chicago. It was in Chicago that she met her husband, William D. Hoag ("Bill"). They married in 1973.
She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Bill, and their children: Betsy (husband Pete Travnicek; children Max, Miles and Murphy), Maggie (husband Adrian Cockerill) and Willie (wife Kristy; children Calvin and Penelope), as well as sisters Sally Morris and Anne West.
She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Bill, and their children: Betsy (husband Pete Travnicek; children Max, Miles and Murphy), Maggie (husband Adrian Cockerill) and Willie (wife Kristy; children Calvin and Penelope), as well as sisters Sally Morris and Anne West.
Catherine Murphy Hoag ("Cathy"), age 68, died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, November 30, 2014 at home in Deerfield, Illinois. She was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1946 to the late Frank A. and Helen (Brady) Murphy. Cathy attended Emma Willard School in Troy, New York for high school, graduating in 1965, followed by the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. She later enrolled in the Katharine Gibbs School in New York, New York, and worked as a secretary for advertising firm Wells, Rich, Greene in New York upon graduation. She later worked for CBS in Chicago. It was in Chicago that she met her husband, William D. Hoag ("Bill"). They married in 1973.
She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Bill, and their children: Betsy (husband Pete Travnicek; children Max, Miles and Murphy), Maggie (husband Adrian Cockerill) and Willie (wife Kristy; children Calvin and Penelope), as well as sisters Sally Morris and Anne West.
She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Bill, and their children: Betsy (husband Pete Travnicek; children Max, Miles and Murphy), Maggie (husband Adrian Cockerill) and Willie (wife Kristy; children Calvin and Penelope), as well as sisters Sally Morris and Anne West.
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