Murphy, Dorothy Jean

Dorothy Jean Murphy

Dorothy Jean Murphy, 75, Mecca, died at 10:25 p.m. Thursday in West Central Community Hospital, Clinton.

She was born in Mecca to John C. and Mae McKEOWN MURPHY. Miss Murphy retired after 38 years as a school teacher, having taught in Mecca, Chrisman, Ill., and 20 years as a business teacher for North Vermillion High School. A graduate of Mecca High School in 1943 and Indiana State University, she was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority, Indiana State Retired Teachers Association and Parke County Retired Teachers Association. Survivors include one sister, Joan and husband Max HUNGERFORD, Rochester; one sister-in-law, Barbara MURPHY, Anderson; one niece and three nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Joe W. MURPHY. Services are at 10 a.m. Monday in Gooch Funeral Home, 112 Howard St., Rockville, with the Rev. Gordon G. GUOLI officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Montezuma. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home and before services on Monday. Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association, 1400 E. Pugh Drive, Terre Haute, IN 47802, or to the Mecca Historical Society.