Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameLawrence Negley Murphy 
Birth10 Nov 1920, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA
Death22 Sep 2010, Johnsville, Morrow Co, OH
MemoCounty Meadows Care Center
Burial24 Sep 2010, Shauck Cem, Shauck, Morrow Co, OH
FatherNegley Wells Murphy (1896-1983)
MotherEva Hutchison (1897-1981)
Misc. Notes
Lawrence N. Murphy, 89, of Johnsville, Ohio formerly of Ontario, passed away early Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at County Meadows Care Center.
Lawrence was born November 10, 1920 in Philadelphia, PA, eldest child of Negley Wells and Eva (Hutchison) Murphy.
Raised in Ashland, Ohio, Lawrence graduated in 1939 from Ashland High School. As a youth, he enjoyed hunting, raising mink, and pitching for Ashland County, Ohio fast-pitch softball games at New Pittsburg.
Lawrence received training at a technical school in Chicago in the building of planes, where he graduated at the head of his class. While teaching in Chicago, servicemen were needed for World War II, and Lawrence joined the Army Air Corps.
He served in the 15th Air Force, 463rd bomb group, and 774th bomb squadron from July 5, 1943 to October 31, 1945. He hauled gasoline for refueling B-17 planes in North Africa, Sicily and Italy.
After the war, Lawrence returned to the Mansfield, Ohio area. He and Mary I. Henry, who survives, were married May 2, 1948. As a young couple they resided in Sandusky, Ohio and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where Lawrence worked in the conveyor business.
He was Vice President and Chief Engineer of CMP Corp. (formerly Convey-all Metal Products) in Mansfield, retiring in 1990.
Lawrence was a member of the First Church of God in Ontario, the Morrow County Genealogical Society, and the Morrow County Historical Society, where he served as Trustee Emeritus.
Surviving are his wife, Mary I. Henry Murphy (1 Feb 1919 Richland Co, OH - 29 Dec 2011 Bellville, Richland Co, OH); two daughters, Karen J. (Jeffrey) Sigsworth of Elyria, Ohio and Janet K. (Daniel) Rhodebeck of Johnsville; grandsons, Levi D. and Kent R. Rhodebeck; one sister, Wilma Baker of Arizona; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Lawrence was preceded in death by his parents; and a sister, Rita Rozea.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 24, 2010, at the Ontario Home of Wappner Funeral Directors, 100 S. Lexington-Springmill Rd., Mansfield, Ohio. Burial will follow in Shauck Cemetery, Mt. Gilead, Ohio.
Lawrence was born November 10, 1920 in Philadelphia, PA, eldest child of Negley Wells and Eva (Hutchison) Murphy.
Raised in Ashland, Ohio, Lawrence graduated in 1939 from Ashland High School. As a youth, he enjoyed hunting, raising mink, and pitching for Ashland County, Ohio fast-pitch softball games at New Pittsburg.
Lawrence received training at a technical school in Chicago in the building of planes, where he graduated at the head of his class. While teaching in Chicago, servicemen were needed for World War II, and Lawrence joined the Army Air Corps.
He served in the 15th Air Force, 463rd bomb group, and 774th bomb squadron from July 5, 1943 to October 31, 1945. He hauled gasoline for refueling B-17 planes in North Africa, Sicily and Italy.
After the war, Lawrence returned to the Mansfield, Ohio area. He and Mary I. Henry, who survives, were married May 2, 1948. As a young couple they resided in Sandusky, Ohio and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where Lawrence worked in the conveyor business.
He was Vice President and Chief Engineer of CMP Corp. (formerly Convey-all Metal Products) in Mansfield, retiring in 1990.
Lawrence was a member of the First Church of God in Ontario, the Morrow County Genealogical Society, and the Morrow County Historical Society, where he served as Trustee Emeritus.
Surviving are his wife, Mary I. Henry Murphy (1 Feb 1919 Richland Co, OH - 29 Dec 2011 Bellville, Richland Co, OH); two daughters, Karen J. (Jeffrey) Sigsworth of Elyria, Ohio and Janet K. (Daniel) Rhodebeck of Johnsville; grandsons, Levi D. and Kent R. Rhodebeck; one sister, Wilma Baker of Arizona; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Lawrence was preceded in death by his parents; and a sister, Rita Rozea.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 24, 2010, at the Ontario Home of Wappner Funeral Directors, 100 S. Lexington-Springmill Rd., Mansfield, Ohio. Burial will follow in Shauck Cemetery, Mt. Gilead, Ohio.