Ellen Murphy

Summary

Sunday Aug 25 1935 obituary item — between the Saturday Aug 24 death-notice and the Tuesday Aug 27 funeral coverage. Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Murphy, 73, who died yesterday at a local hospital following a brief illness, will be conducted Monday morning at St. Patrick's church. Requiem high mass. Cortege from Duggan's Merrill mortuary. Interment Holy Cross cemetery. Mrs. Murphy resided at the Fox hotel; had made her home in Butte for the last 45 years. Born in Ireland; active member of the Ladies' Catholic Benefit association in Sacred Heart parish. Two sons survive — James Murphy of Los Angeles and Dan Murphy of Butte; also a daughter Miss Theresa Murphy of Seattle. Body at Duggan's Merrill mortuary. Same content as the Aug 24 p5 obituary in the Montana Standard (which had a similar headline "MRS. ELLEN MURPHY, 70, SUCCUMBS AT HOSPITAL", body identical apart from header). Three-day-run pattern (Sat death notice + Sat obituary + Sun obituary + Tue rites) is standard for a major Butte funeral.

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.

• 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, death_notice

Related sources

• 1935-08-24 — The Montana Standard, p.2 — MURPHY
• 1935-08-24 — The Montana Standard, p.5 — MRS. ELLEN MURPHY, 70, SUCCUMBS AT HOSPITAL
• 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]