Hopkins - Mary "Marge" Murphy, 85, died Monday, January 10, 2000 at the Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park.
Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 15 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Grand Rapids. Burial will be in the Lakeview Cemetery in Coleraine.
Visitation will be held on Friday, January 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. with a 6 p.m. wake prayer service at Rowe Funeral Home in Grand Rapids.
Mary Marjorie Bernicke was born on February 8, 1914 in Eveleth where she grew up and attended school, graduating from Eveleth High School in 1931. She graduated from Duluth Teachers College in 1935.
On September 8, 1937 she married James F. Murphy in Eveleth. For two years she taught school in the Coleraine area.
Marge was an active member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Grand Rapids where she was a member of St. Theresa's Circle for many years. She was also an active volunteer at Leisure Hills Care Center in Grand Rapids.
Her husband, Judge James F. Murphy, died in 1974. At the time of her death, Marge was a resident of St. Therese's of Hopkins.
Survivors include two daughters, Susan (Harry) Gillman of Bloomington and Mary Ann (Gus) Briguet of South St. Paul; one son, Honorable Dennis (Sharon) Murphy of Thief River Falls; one sister, Harriet Keenan of Eveleth; one brother, William Bernicke of Sacramento, CA; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
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