Longtime Cashmere resident Blanche I. Murphey, 77, died Thursday morning, Jan. 31, 1991, at the Cashmere Convalescent Center.
She was born Nov. 28, 1913, in Farnam, Ne., to Oscar and Edith (Kishmer) Gewecke. She attended Faraam schools.
She married Roland L. Murphey on March I5, 1931 in Norton, Kan. They first lived in Nebraska before moving to Oregon and later to Washington and California. They came to Cashmere in 1945. Mrs. Murphey worked locally in the seasonal fruit industry and later for many years at the Washington State Liquor Control Board. She was a member of the Cashmere United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband, at home; two daughters, Mrs.
Gordon (Ruth) Geyer and Mrs. Les (Sandra) Barnett of Cashmere; two brothers, Glenn Gewecke of Long Beach, and Ron Gewecke of La Grande, three sisters. Ruby Gray of Anaheim, Ethel Harlow of Long Beach and Georgena Rand of Milton-Freewater, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Family graveside services were Feb. 4 in the Cashmere Cemetery. The Rev. Glenn Kennedy officiated. Arrangements were by the Braun Funeral Home of Cashmere.
Longtime Cashmere resident Blanche I. Murphey, 77, died Thursday morning, Jan. 31, 1991, at the Cashmere Convalescent Center.
She was born Nov. 28, 1913, in Farnam, Ne., to Oscar and Edith (Kishmer) Gewecke. She attended Faraam schools.
She married Roland L. Murphey on March I5, 1931 in Norton, Kan. They first lived in Nebraska before moving to Oregon and later to Washington and California. They came to Cashmere in 1945. Mrs. Murphey worked locally in the seasonal fruit industry and later for many years at the Washington State Liquor Control Board. She was a member of the Cashmere United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband, at home; two daughters, Mrs.
Gordon (Ruth) Geyer and Mrs. Les (Sandra) Barnett of Cashmere; two brothers, Glenn Gewecke of Long Beach, and Ron Gewecke of La Grande, three sisters. Ruby Gray of Anaheim, Ethel Harlow of Long Beach and Georgena Rand of Milton-Freewater, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Family graveside services were Feb. 4 in the Cashmere Cemetery. The Rev. Glenn Kennedy officiated. Arrangements were by the Braun Funeral Home of Cashmere.
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