Name: Yeager-McMurphy, Luther Austin
Burial Date: 1965, 03/12
Age at Death: 82
Plot Location: 464 G
Notes: husband of Verna Ethel(Bennett)/Rozetta Charles(Denbo)

Birth: Dec. 12, 1883 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Death: Mar. 9, 1965 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Published March 18, 1965 , The Sterling Kansas Bulletin, Sterling, Rice Co, Kansas ATTEND McMURPHY RITES — In Sterling Friday to attend the funeral services held for Luther McMurphy were Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Haston, Ellenwood; Mrs. Levert Towse, Kingman; Mrs. Kenneth Massey, Wichita; Mr. and Mrs. Woody Coffin, Wendell Bressler, Mrs. Fred Heckle and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Heckle, and Mrs. Robert Gough, Hutchinson; Mr. and Mrs. James Humphreys and family, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Tyler, Oklahoma City; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Orr, Sylvia; Mr. and Mrs. Rex Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Estes Davison, Lyons; Wendell Vandever, Ponca City, Oklahoma; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Muxlow and Dick Vincent, AldenFamily links: Parents: Charles Nicholas Yeager (1849 – 1934) Mary Ann Jaynes Yeager (1855 – 1888) Spouse: Rozetta Denbo McMurphy (1889 – 1978)Verna Ethel(Bennett)McMurphy (1883-1906) *Children: Dewey Arthur McMurphy (1903 – 1973)* Mabel Ernestine McMurphy Humphreys (1905 – 1980)* Theresa Heckel (1907 – 1977)* Alonzo LeRoy McMurphy (1912 – 1987)* Harlan Melvin McMurphy (1914 – 1916)* Nevin R McMurphy (1916 – 1995)* Marvin Herman McMurphy (1921 – 1982)* Siblings: Lida Bell Clark Yeager Benn (1873 – 1958)* Alva Franklin Yeager (1879 – 1906)* Jessie I Yeager Banister (1881 – 1975)* Luther Austin Yeager McMurphy (1883 – 1965) Charles Edward Yeager Wilson (1885 – 1946)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 464 G Created by: eileencw Record added: Sep 13, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 96995762

Luther Austin Yeager McMurphy- 12/12/1883  (1882 on death certificate)He was born in Valley Township, Sterling, Rice Co., Kansas. After his mother died he was given to the McMurphy family. He went to see his brother Charley along with their sister Jessie after Charley was married.    Luther drank and his wife didn’t care.  She left him alone about it. When his father left Charley’s home, he went to Luther’s for awhile.  His father had been at Luther’s when he died.  Luther died 3/9/1965 in Sterling, Kansas and is buried at Sterling Cemetery from Myocardial infraction and the flu.  He was a Methodist.  He served on the Sterling R. E. A. Board since 1940, Maple School Board for 10 years, Woodman Of The World.  He was a farmer. He was not legally adopted, but went by last name of McMurphy.  His foster parents’ names were Ruth and Alonzo Leroy McMurphy since he was 4 years of age and his SSN was 511-12-1278  He married Verna Bennett  on 4/2/1902.  She died 5/2/1906.

Verna E. McMurphy

BIRTH	1883
DEATH	1906 (aged 22–23)
BURIAL	Peace Valley Cemetery Reno County, Kansas, USA

NOTES About their children:—- A. Dewey McMurphy  –  son Buel McMurphy —–  B. Mable McMurphy (F)   married Willard Humphreys – Robert, James   — —- After Verna died he married Rozetta  Denbo in Lyons, Kansas on 11/26/1906.  She died 7/25/1978 in Sterling.  NOTES on children :   — C. Theresa Myrle  McMurphy Heckel (F)    daughter Nina J Heckel — D. Alonzo Leroy McMurphy (M) married Doris —  E. Harland McMurphy (M)       died 18 months        —-F. Nevin McMurphy(M)   —– G. Hazel McMurphy (F)  married Jerry Tyler —-  H. Marvin McMurphy (M)—– I. Glen McMurphy (M)—–

Birth:	1882/1883
Death:	Mar., 1965
age 82, husband of Verna Ethel(Bennett)/Rozetta Charles(Denbo)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 464 G
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