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Loretta Isabelle Harden Murray

Female 1920 - 2003  (82 years)


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  • Name Loretta Isabelle Harden Murray 
    Born 9 Jul 1920  Havensville, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 16 Jan 2003  Overbrook, Osage County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Memorial Park Cemetery (Penwell-Gabel Cemetery), Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5233  Rossville
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2019 

    Father Orval Henry Harden,   d. 16 Jul 1960 
    Mother Goldie Bell Lister Colter Harden,   b. 27 Feb 1899, Keene, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1980, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 28 Jul 1919  Harveyville, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frank Lester Murray, Jr.,   b. 1 Feb 1918 
    Married Mar 1936  Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Frank Henry Murray,   b. 7 Mar 1937, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 2020  (Age 83 years)
     2. Shirley Kay Murray Claiborne,   b. 1 May 1944
     3. Larry Murray
     4. Sondra Murray Mosher
    Documents
    Marriage- Harden, Loretta-Murray, Frank
    Marriage- Harden, Loretta-Murray, Frank
    Hardin [sic Harden]-Murray

    A surprise announcement was made this week of the marriage of Miss Loretta Hardin [sic], daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Hardin [sic], and Frank Marray [sic Murray] Jr., youngest son of Mr. Frank Murray. The marriage took place at Alma, Kansas, sometime in March.

    At present Mr. and Mrs. Hardin [sic] are located at Willard.
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2018 11:31:38 
    Family ID F2860  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Jul 1920 - Havensville, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Jan 2003 - Overbrook, Osage County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Murray, Loretta
    Obituary- Murray, Loretta
    Loretta I. Murray
    Loretta Isabelle Murray, 82, formerly of Topeka, died Thursday, January 16, 2003, at an Overbrook care home.

    She was born July 9, 1920, in Havensville, the daughter of Orval Henry and Goldie Lister Harden. She had lived most of her life in the greater Topeka area before moving to Overbrook two years ago.

    Mrs. Murray was a card reader for Hallmark for many years.

    She married Frank Lester Murray. He survives.

    Other survivors include two sons. Frank Murray and Larry Murray, both of Topeka; two daughters, Sondra Mosher, address unavailable, and Shirley Claiborne, Newport News, VA; two sisters, Marcella Wunder, Topeka, and Lola Patton, Seattle, WA; three brothers, Bob Harden, Rossville, Orval Harden, Manhattan, and Wilbur Harden in North Carolina; 15 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and four great- great-grandchildren.

    Mrs. Murray was preceded in death by a grandson, Christopher Dean Murray, Jr., on August 6,2002; and a great-grandson, Skyler Graber, on January 12, 2003.

    Her service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Topeka. Visitation is Tuesday (this evening) at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m.