MRS. ELLEN MURPHY, 70, SUCCUMBS AT HOSPITAL

Summary

Companion obituary on p.5 of the same paper as the p.2 death notice. Mrs. Ellen Murphy, 73 (the headline misprints 70; body text says 73), a resident of Butte the past 45 years, died yesterday at a local hospital after a brief illness. Made her home at the Fox hotel. Born in Ireland. Active member of the Ladies' Catholic Benefit association in Sacred Heart parish. Survivors: two sons (James Murphy of Los Angeles, Dan Murphy of Butte) and a daughter (Miss Theresa Murphy of Seattle). Body at Duggan's Merrill mortuary.

People

• Ellen (Lyne) Murphy (b. Ardgroom; m. Patrick Murphy 1881; d. Butte 1935)(as printed: Mrs. Ellen Murphy)
  role: subject · family confidence: 10 flag

Also mentioned

• James Murphy · surviving_son

  Of Los Angeles. Possibly the same as 'James Murphy of LA' appearing in The Los Angeles Times pages this archive holds for 1926, 1930, 1940.

• Dan Murphy · surviving_son

  Of Butte.

• Miss Theresa Murphy · surviving_daughter

  Of Seattle.

Places

• Butte, Montana (primary)
• Ireland (context)
• Los Angeles, California (context)
• Seattle, Washington (context)

Themes

• death
• obituary
• irish_american_community

Story threads

• The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980

Tags

• candidate_family

Source type

obituary

Related sources

• 1935-08-24 — The Montana Standard, p.2 — MURPHY
• 1935-08-27 — The Montana Standard, p.5 — MURPHY RITES HELD.
• 1935-08-27 — The Montana Standard, p.7 — Mrs. Ellen Murphy [pallbearer list, expanded]