Emma A. Murphy
Dec. 24, 1889-April 23, 1971
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Saturday, April 24 1971, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--Emma A. Murphy, 81, of 103 Market St., died at 5:20 p.m. Friday in Pawating Hospital. She had been in Ill health for several years.
Mrs. Murphy was born Dec. 24, 1889 in Niles and was a life long resident of this area.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Wilbur (Bernice) Shanafelt, South Bend; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Frizzell and Mrs. Dorothy Schumbacher, both of Niles; two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m Monday in the Halbritter Funeral Home, with the Rev. John R. Wyngarden, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.