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    Betty Eleanor Murphy, 
    91, of Huntington, widow of Paul Edward Murphy, passed away Sunday April 19, 
    2015 at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington. Funeral Liturgy 
    will be conducted at 11 am Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church by Father 
    Dean Borgmeyer. Burial will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, 
    Barboursville. She was born December 3, 1923 in Wilsonburg, WV, a daughter 
    of the late Luke and Nell Merle Fornash McDonough. She was a homemaker and a 
    lifelong member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. In addition to her husband 
    and parents she was also preceded in death by two sons Mike Murphy and Tom 
    Murphy and two brothers and three sisters. Survivors include a son Tim 
    Murphy; six daughters and three sons in law Patty Ogg, Mary Ellen Murphy, 
    Bridget and Bernard Childers, Paula and Tracy Johnson, Kathleen Breeding and 
    Colleen and Steve King; twenty three grandchildren; twenty three great 
    grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; daughters in law Mary Frances 
    Murphy and Susan Murphy; sister Joan Swann and special family friend 
    Elizabeth Eshem. The family would like to extend a special thanks to the 
    Hospice House of Huntington. Friends may call from 6 to 8 pm Friday at the 
    Reger Funeral Home. A rosary will be recited at 5:30 pm Friday at the 
    funeral home. Contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church. 
      
    
      
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