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ObituariesJanuary 13, 1991

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mrs. Nellie Murphy of Anna will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Crain Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Jack Wolfe will officiate, with burial in Taylor Cemetery near Vienna. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mrs. Nellie Murphy of Anna will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Crain Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Jack Wolfe will officiate, with burial in Taylor Cemetery near Vienna.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today.

Mrs. Murphy, 90 years old, died Friday, Jan. 11, 1990, at Union County Hospital.

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She was born Oct. 20, 1900, in Johnson County, daughter of William Franklin and Matilda Adeline Waters Cates.

Mrs. Murphy was a psychiatric aide at Anna Mental Health Center and Galesburg Mental Health Center for 35 years, retiring in 1972. She was a member of Anna United Methodist Church.

Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Juanita Deming of Newington, Conn., Peggy and Harry Johnson of Anna; a sister, Opha Thompson of Bloomington; a brother, Charlie Cates of Vienna; five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

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