As printed in the
Albia Newspaper

Therin "Louise" Murphy, 77, of Albia, died Monday morning, Feb. 16, 2004 at her home in Albia. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Albia. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Albia.
She was born Sept. 14, 1926, in Albia, to Merle and Bertha Frazier Muck. She married Robert "Bob" Cecil Murphy on Nov. 15, 1942 in Unionville, Mo. Louise was a homemaker and had worked as a nurses aid and ward clerk at the Monroe County Hospital in Albia. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Albia and its Altar and Rosary Society.
To the union of Louise and Bob's marriage they raised eight children: Ronald and his wife Carole of Muskegon, Mich., Dean and his wife Mary Kay of Albia, Teresa Stiles and husband Dick of Pickerington, Ohio, Mary Gregoire and husband Bob of Renton, Wash., Sheila Elkin and husband Jack of Albia, Pat and wife Judy of Albia, Mike and wife Cheta of Albia, and James, who is deceased, and his wife Judy of Duluth, Minn.; 19 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are three sisters, Janice Jones of Des Moines, Sharon Tucker of Albia and Diane Hood of Pennsylvania; five brothers, Robert Douglas of Illinois, Richard Douglas of Marion, Kenneth Muck of Oklahoma, Merle Muck, Jr., of Washinton and Eddie Muck, also of Washington.
Louise was preceded in death by her parents; her step-father, John Douglas, Sr.; one son, James Murphy; one grandson, Bradley Stiles and one great-grandson, Joshua Murphy; two brothers, John Douglas, Jr.; and one in infancy; and one sister, LaDonna Kendrick.
Visitation will begin at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18, at Winfield Funeral Home in Albia with the family present from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday evening. A rosary will be recited at 4 p.m., Wednesday afternoon and a Christian wake service will be held Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m., at the funeral home.
Casketbearers will be Don, Dean, Mike, Pat, Todd and Eric Murphy.
Memorials may be made to Monroe County Health Care Foundation Kidney Dialysis Research or to St. Mary's Catholic Church in Albia.
Winfield Funeral Home in Albia is in charge of arrangements.