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Joan Audrey Small
Elizabeth "Betsy"
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| Children: |
Robert Murray
Moira Jeane
Carol Anne
Janet Lynne
Richard John
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| Grandchildren: |
Tracey North
Toney North
Laura North
Carey Olive
Sara Olive
Adma Sisler
Kera North
Madison North
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| Parents: |
Edgar Maxey North and Isabel Murray
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| Siblings: |
Jeane Strotz
Joyce North
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| Grandparents: |
None listed
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Birth Date: 7/18/1916
Death Date: 10/5/1999
Oaklawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Garden of Devotion, Lot 100 C, Grave 2
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| Murray was born in Chicago, Illinois, and spent part of his childhood in Virginia. At Western Military Academy, he was an all around athlete, and excelled in track, swimming, cross-country and football. He was MVP, and won a full football scholarship to Northwestern University. He was a member of the team that won the Big Ten Football Championship in 1937. After graduation, he joined the National Guard, and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Army. He was awarded the 'Purple Heart' for injuries suffered while trying to capture a German soldier behind enemy lines. He served at Allied headquarters in England under Eisenhower, and rose to the rank of Captain. He married his English sweetheart, Joan Audrey, and brought her home to Illinois. He began a career in the food industry and finally settled down in Carmel, Indiana. He worked for Stokley VanCamp, as the private label frozen food manager. They raised their five children in a home near the twelfth tee of the Woodland Country Club, so Murray could play his beloved game of golf, and the children could excel in swimming. Murray won many club tournaments, and had a hole in one two times before he had to give up the game he had learned as a reward for caddying from the time he was 10 years old. In 1975 his wife, Joan died. In 1979 he retired, and married Betsy, combining families for a total of 11 children, and 19 grandchildren. In 1983, he suffered a massive stroke from which he never recovered. Throughout his whole life, he was a very special being who enjoyed people. |
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Murray was a football star at his military school. He gave this photo to his Aunt Ruby and Uncle Frank, who reared him.
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Murray was a Captain in the US Army during WW2 and was awarded the "Purple Heart."
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Murray with his Aunt Ruby, who reared him and her friend.
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Murray and his wife, Joan were dressed for the luau at the Woodland Country Club. This picture was taken in their backyard in Woodland. Their house was located the 12th fairway and Murray the the game.
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Murray and his granddaughter, Laura on the beach in Panama City in the Spring of 1976 after wife Joan passed in December.
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Murray with his three daughters, Carol, Janet and Moira with Laura at Moira's house in Virginia.
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Murray surrounded by family at Christmas, 1995. Laura, Moira, Bob, Murray, Sara, Carol and Betsy.
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Murray and Betsy after their Wedding on August 4, 1979 in Carmel, Indiana.
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Murray after his stroke, in his "later" years in the house he and Betsy shared, on Thornhurst Drive.
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Carey Olive, Janet, Murray, Laura and Rick in Panama City and Rick and Sarah Olive on the deck at Murray's 80th Birthday on July 18, 1996.
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