Helen Murray
1923 - 2017
Obituary
Helen L. Murray, 93, of Newton, died on
Sunday (May 14, 2017). She was born June 2, 1923, the youngest child
of Ernest and Carrie (Spiller) Farrar of Norwich. In 1929, Ernest
married Ersie Houser after Carrie died.
Helen attended school in Norwich and
went to Southwestern College, where she got her associate's degree.
She taught school for two years in Burns during World War II.
Helen married Henry Murray of Marion.
They lived in Kansas, then in New Jersey. She and husband Henry moved
back to be in the Central Kansas Conference of the Methodist Church.
Helen's hobbies were sewing, knitting,
quilting, singing and playing piano. She loved windmills and
sunflowers, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was
active in UMW and Sunday School teaching, and music programs in Burr
Oak, Lindsborg, Peabody, Wichita (Mt. Vernon and Dellrose), LaCrosse
and Derby (Woodlawn).
In 1966, she and Henry joined the
National Board of Missions' New Church Development program. After
retiring from active ministry, they stayed in Newton.
Helen is preceded in death by siblings,
Marie B. Fisher, Clarence, Howard, Kenneth, Opal, Max and Paul
Farrar; and husband of 60 years, Henry Murray.
Surviving are children, Nancy (Murray)
Mulholland; son, Harold Murray (Nancy Cockrum); grandsons, Vance
Mulholland (Laura), Patrick (Yvette Vymazal) and Benjamin (Kristina
Gannon) Mulholland; and great-grandchildren, Parker and Gabrielle
Mulholland.
Memorial service will be 1 p.m. Friday
(May 19, 2017) at Trinity Heights United Methodist Church, 1200 N.
Boyd, Newton, with Reverend Donna Voteau presiding. Inurnment service
will be 10 a.m. Friday at the UpChurch Cemetery in Norwich.
Memorials are suggested to the Henry
and Helen Murray Endowed Scholarship Fund at Southwestern College in
care of Petersen Funeral Home.
