Lois Ann Tatich Murphy, 91, of Morgantown, formerly of Moundsville, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2019, at Ruby Memorial Hospital.
Lois was born on Nov. 8, 1928, the daughter of the late Joe Vasil Tatich and the late Mary Helen Gunto.
When she was very young, her parents owned a cow named Bonnie, who was her very loved pet. She graduated from Moundsville High School in 1946 and went on to graduate from WVU in 1950 with a degree in journalism. She worked for The Moundsville Journal for one year. She married Robert Lawrence Murphy, of Moundsville, in March, and moved to Washington, D.C., in December 1951. There, she worked for the Library of Congress until 1969.
Lois and her husband moved to Morgantown in 1970, where they spent the remainder of their careers. Lois ran for a position in the Morgantown city council in the 1970s and was a den mother for the Cub Scouts at Morgantown Central School. In the 1980s, she worked briefly at the National Institute of Safety and Health.
She was a strong supporter of combat veterans, police and volunteer firemen and loved watching WVU basketball. She loved watching western movies, TV shows and reading romance novels. She also loved the music of Roger Whitaker and Abba.
She is survived by her daughter, Mary Erin Roberts; her son, Sean Anthony Murphy; her granddaughters, Mary Catherine Roberts and Alison Meredith Roberts Barone; and great-grandsons, Joseph Hayden Barone and Noah Johnathon Barone.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her son, Michael Robert Murphy, who was 34 and died from a serious ailment.
A graveside service will be held at Riverview Cemetery, 326 Jefferson Ave., Moundsville, WV 26041, at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or WVU Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 8200 (ROC II), Morgantown, WV 26506.
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