Mable Virginia (Barton) Murphy

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Mable Virginia (Barton) Murphy, 81, died on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008.

She most recently resided in Findlay, Ohio, previously residing in Southgate, Mich., and Eldorado.

Loving daughter of the late John Barton and Mabel (Read) Barton Little. Beloved wife of the late John L. Loving mother of Kathleen (Daniel) Smith; the late Douglas; Cheryl (James) McVey; Deborah Lepo; Betty Murphy; Laura (William) Fleming; and Roy (Malinda) Murphy. Beloved grandma/nana of 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Loving sister of Norma Patterson and eight late siblings: Earl, Herbert, Freda, Cyril, Vernal, Dewey, John Lee and Stella Mae. Beloved aunt of many nieces and nephews.

She was born in Eldorado on March 18, 1927. She was a 1945 graduate of Eldorado High School and attended Southern Illinois University before marrying John, also an Eldorado native, on Dec. 8, 1946. They moved to the Detroit, Mich., area in 1952, where she was a homemaker and John was an engineer with Ford Motor Company. After John's passing in November 1998 she resided in Michigan until 2004 when she moved to Findlay, Ohio.

Visitation from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at Colonial Terrace Funeral Home, 700 Fourth St., Eldorado, Ill. 62930, www.colonialterracefuneralhome.com. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday following the visitation. Memorials suggested to Glenwood United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 2130 Ford Ave., Wyandotte, Mich. 48192; Bridge Home Health and Hospice, 15100 Birchaven Lane, Findlay, Ohio 45840; National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Attn: Disbursing Office, 101 Independence Avenue S.E., LM-613, Washington, D.C. 20540-9130 www.loc.gov/philanthropy/donate.php; or the charity of your choice.