Otis Murphy

1893 - 1947  (54 years)

• Name	Otis Murphy
  Born	20 Feb 1893	Valeria, Wolfe County, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Mar 1947	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	5 Mar 1947	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5230	Rossville
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Silas Murphy
  Mother	Elizabeth Murphy
  Family ID	F6769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lottie McGuire Murphy Childers,   b. 30 Apr 1896,   d. 5 Jan 1972  (Age 75 years)
  Married	12 May 1912
  Children	+ 1. Lloyd G Murphy,   b. 6 Jan 1918, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 21 Dec 1987, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa  (Age 69 years) + 2. Eunice P Murphy Locknish,   b. 11 Nov 1920, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 6 Jun 1986, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado  (Age 65 years)   3. Edna Murphy Griebshaber   4. Golda Murphy Caudill   5. Betty Murphy Knoebber   6. Charles O Murphy
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2018 15:09:46
  Family ID	F5273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Murphy, Otis 1 OTIS MURPHY Otis Murphy, a resident near St. Marys almost continuously for thirty years passed away Saturday, March 1, at SBA hospital, Topeka where he was taken a few hours earlier suffering from a complicated heart ailment. Mr. Murphy had been ill for two years. With his family he had been living on a part of the old Black farm, owned by Irl Gulick, on the road to the Valley View cemetery. In his active days Mr. Murphy was a farmer in the Pessimer bottoms west of St. Marys. Later he was employed on the railroad section. The deceased came from early American stock. He was 5 years old and was born Feb 20, in Valeria, Ky., the son of Silas and Elizabeth Murphy natives of Virginia. His wife was Lotie [sic Lottie] McGuire. He is survived by his widow, six children and three grandchildren. The children are Mrs. William Grieshaber and Mrs. Arnold Caudill of St. Marys, Jack and Betty Murphy of the home, Mrs. Eunice Locknish of Newark, New Jersey; and Lloyd of Hudson, Iowa. Rev. J. H. Thornberry conducted the funeral services Wednesday after noon at two o’clock in the Methodist church. Interment was at Rossville. The pallbearers were, Wayne Salisbury, Joe Perry, William LeBlanc, Art Holverson, George Yocum and Don Short.—St. Marys Star.
  		Obituary- Murphy, Otis 2 OBITUARY—OTIS MURPHY Otis Murphy passed away Saturday night, March 1, 1947, at 11:47 at the SBA Hospital, Topeka, at the age of 54 years and 8 days. He was born at Valaria, Kentucky, February 20, 1893, he son of Silas and Elizabeth Murphy. He was united with the Christian Church early in life. In the year 1912, on May 12th, he was united in marriage to Lottie McGuire of Maytown, Ky, and came to St. Marys, Kansas in 1918. He farmed 20 years in that vicinity until six years ago. He is survived by his wife and six children: Betty and Jack of the home; Mrs. Eunice Locknish, of Newark, New Jersey; Lloyd Murphy of Hudson, Iowa; Mrs. Golda Caudill and Mrs. Edna Grieshaber of St. Marys; three grandchildren, Mary Jo Murphy of Hudson, Iowa, Edward Caudill and Steven Grieshaber of St. Marys; one sister, Mrs. Roy Cannoy of Ashland, Kentucky, ,and two brothers, Clyde and Lloyd Murphy of Middleton, Ohio. Music for the funeral, held Wednesday, March 5th, in the St. Marys Methodist Church, was furnished by a quartette composed of Messrs. C. Sharp, J. W. Godbey, Elmore Blackburn and Elmer Salisbury. The bearers were Messrs.Wavne Salisbury Don Short, Wm. LeBlanc, Joe Perry, George Yocum and Arthur Holverson. Burial was in Rossville Cemetery. CARD OF THANKS—We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for the many acts of kindness and sympathy in our recent bereavement. Mrs. Otis Murphy and Family.