The Irish standard., 1908-03-21
MRS. JAMES MURPHY
Mother Of Minneapolis Tribune Pub
Usher, Dies at New Richmond.

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ter. Mrs. ~. F. Mulrooney, last Satur-
day evening at 10 o'clock. after all ILL
ness of "everal weeks. The funeral
took place yesterday morning at 10
o'clock from Immaculate Conception
church. says the New Richmond Re-
publican. Voice of the 18th inst.
| Mary IT.. Murphy was born Dec. II,
1883, in Ireland. While still child
she caulc to this country with her par
ents. Her first home in Wisconsin, the
state in which nearly all the years of
her beautiful life were passed, was at
Hudson. where her parents settled in
1858. In 1857 she was married to Mr..
James Murphy. For over 40 years she
was a.. ideal wife and mother OF an
ideal hon-s, looking we'll to the ways
Of her Icusehold," and rearing her
eight children by her own lovely ex-
ample ah'l in the precepts of the
church she loved so devotedly
Her husband died in 1898, since
which time Mrs. Murphy had lived in
this city. and had been a center Of love
and devotion that radiated from her
like a soft light to ilumine the llo,:ies
of her children and grandchildren. The
customary eulogies upon the beloved
dead seem inadequate to reflect the
strong, tranquil and pevading beauty
of Mrs. Murphy's life and character.
FOUNDED upon absolute justice. this es-
sential sternness of that attribute was
softenel by love Of her fef1owmen, and
a personal unselfshness and spiris of
self-sacr' flee that made her the perfe ct
wife ,!d mother, the adored friend and
the valued counselor
The genuine quality of her unself.ah-
ness Was evidenced by her unconscious
ness of :tS possession, and the noble
modesty Of ier character was instarc.
ed during her last illness by her re-
peate1 rquiry. when floral gifts and
other tender evidences of widespread
love ard respect came to her:
What have eyer done, that every
one should be so kind to meg"
During ell her last illness the ra-
diant Influences Of her character that
had always been felt by everyone who
came into her presence. seemed 20 be
intensified; perhaps by the reflection
of the g;cat white light Of immortality
that was shining upon her silvered
head. Brave and CHEEKY to the last, a
comfort and solace to her children
even a. they mourned, she met Death
in tha sam" happy spirit in which she
had walked SO many years with Life,
and taught her children how to die.
even as SIZE had taught them how to
live.
So she passed serenely from world
made better by such gracious presen-
ces, and went with firm faith to meet
the God whose justice she revercd, and
in whose love and mercy she had such
implicit: trust
Mr.. Murphy was the mother Of
eight c:l' '''!ran, all of whom survive her,
and who wore all gathered at her bed
side when she passed away. They are
! w. ]. Murphy, editor and publisher of
The Minneapolis Tribune: Fred E. and
Joseph e. Murphy, who are heads of
departments on the same paper; Mrs
w. NJ. Owens and Miss Cecilc Murphy
of Minneapolis. and Mrs. Il. f. Null
rooney. Mr:. w. f. McNally and Mrs
J. v. McNally of this city.
Twenty three grandchildren survive,
and six grandsons. in compliance with
a request made by Mrs. Murphy short
ly before her death, bore her beloved
body TO its final resting place They
were Kingsley and Paul Murphy. Will
liam art! Robert McNally. Leo Owens
and Clarence Mulrooney.
The funeral services were as simple
and genuinely beautiful as the life of
her in whose honor and memory they
were held Low mass was said by Rev.
Father Goyce. who spoke briefly but
with eloquent feeling of the life Of the
noble woman who was his frtenl az
we'll as his parishioner. A quartet con-
sistins Of Miss Frances Vincent, Mrs.
Louis NJ. Park and j. Austen Williams
of Minneapolis and Francis Rosentral
of st. Paul sang two Of Mrs Murphy's
favori:t hymns: Miss Vincent, Mr.. Ro.
senthal ard Miles McNally sang solos
and two beautiful cello solos were rem
dered by Carlo Fischer of Minneapolis
The body was laid to rest in the
! Catho!i: cemetery in this city.