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    1. Re: Obit for Alvin Murphy Sioux Falls
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0gB.2ACI/238.1 Message Board Post: Taken from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader August 29, 1992 A. L. Murphy A.L. "Pat" Murphy, 87 of 301 E 26th St, died Thursday, Aug 27, 1992, in McKennan Hospital. Mr Murphy was born April 28, 1905, in Hurley, SD. He moved with his family to Pierre, where he grew up and was graduated from high school. He was graduated from the University of South Dakota, attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin and then received his law degree from the University of South Dakota. During the 1930s and 1940s, he practiced law and was the corporate attorney for Wilson Transportation Company. He was then owner and operator of Murphy Liquor Store from the 1950s to the 1970s, retiring in 1975. He married Patricia Rourke on March 1, 1950, in Sioux Falls. She died in 1975. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. Sioux Falls Rotary Club and the Elks Lodge. Survivors include one son, Thomas of Seoul, Korea; one daughter, Mrs Richard (Margot) Middlen of Sioux Falls; and six grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary's Catholic Church, with burial in St. Michael's Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. today in Miller Funeral Home. Death record taken from the Minnehaha County Register of Deeds Office, 415 N Dakota Ave, Sioux Falls SD 57104. Book 113 Page 921103 Alvin L Murphy, age 87 Born: 4-28-1905 Died: 8-26-1992 at McKennan Hospital Cause: Cardiac Arrest, Congestive heart failure Widowed, Attorney, Wilson Transportation Resided: 301 E 26th St, Sioux Falls 57103 Father: John J Murphy Mother: Addie Robinson Informat: Margot Middlen Buried: St Michaels Cemetery Miller Funeral Home, 507 S Main, Sioux Falls Sd A certified copy of the death record may be obtained by sending $10.00 to the above address. Please send the book and page number along with your request. Donna

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