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Dick Franklin Murphy

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Birth	:	4 Jul 1913 Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, USA
Death	:	6 Mar 1938 Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, USA
Burial	:	Union Cemetery, Berrien Center, Berrien County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.9299431, -86.2727356
Plot	:	Block C, Lot 25, Grave 2
Description	:	OBITUARY Man Drowns in Pine Lake Richard Murphy, 22, Loses Life Sunday in Boat Mishap at Dowagiac Dowagiac, March 7--Stunting in a speedboat cost Richard Murphy, 22, his life Sunday afternoon here. He was drowned at 5 o'clock in Pine Lake, a dangerously deep and swampy lake on the north limits of Dowagiac.... Murphy's speedboat, which he had been maneuvering in circles on the small lake, overturned within sight of Walter Engle on the shore. He told officers that he was too far away to aid the drowning man, and that the only rowboat on the lake was some distance away.... Murphy, a native of Dowagiac, was... Read More	OBITUARY Man Drowns in Pine Lake Richard Murphy, 22, Loses Life Sunday in Boat Mishap at Dowagiac Dowagiac, March 7--Stunting in a speedboat cost Richard Murphy, 22, his life Sunday afternoon here. He was drowned at 5 o'clock in Pine Lake, a dangerously deep and swampy lake on the north limits of Dowagiac.... Murphy's speedboat, which he had been maneuvering in circles on the small lake, overturned within sight of Walter Engle on the shore. He told officers that he was too far away to aid the drowning man, and that the only rowboat on the lake was some distance away.... Murphy, a native of Dowagiac, was married and employed at the James Heddon and Sons bait factory here. He was a motor boat enthusiast, and had gone to the lake on a warm Sunday afternoon to tune up his motor for spring use. Besides his wife, the former Grace Hunsberger of Dowagiac, he leaves a small daughter, Mary Jane, two years old. Also his mother, Mrs. Mae Murphy of Dowagiac, and a brother, Jay, and two sisters, Mrs. Dean Wooster and Mrs. Ralph Jarvis. Dick and Grace's children were Mary Joan Murphy who married Leon Leonard Darr in 1953 in Cass Co., Michigan and Dixie Lee Murphy who married Kenneth Leon Stratton in 1956 in Cass Co., Michigan. Dixie was born in 1938.

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Dick Franklin Murphy's memorial is located at: Union Cemetery, Berrien Center, Berrien County, USA.
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Dick Franklin Murphy death on 6 Mar 1938 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, USA
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Latitude: 41.9299431
Longitude: -86.2727356

Family Members:

Parent

Chester Murphy

(1864 - 1932)

May E. Murphy

(1873 - 1949)

Siblings

Edith Murphy

(1897 - 1897)

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