DOROTHY E. MURPHY
BANGOR - Dorothy E. (Parady) Murphy, 91, wife of the late Cornelius H. Murphy, died March 5, 2010, at a Bangor health care facility. She was born July 12, 1918, in Old Town, the daughter of Clement and Ethel (Piers) Parady. Dorothy was employed at Dow Air Force Base for several years. She was so appreciative of and grateful for the loving care she had received, throughout the past eight-plus years, from her nephew, Tim Rice. Surviving are one brother, Leon Parady and his wife, Elizabeth, of Old Town; a sister-in-law, Peggy Parady of Nashua, N.H.; nieces and nephews, Tim Rice of Bangor, Marilyn Rice of Holden, Fred Rice and his wife, Elaine, of Veazie and Naples, Fla., David Rice and his wife, Bonnie, of Bonita Springs, Fla., Patty Tewhey and her husband, Dennis, of Glenburn, Julie Tewhey and her husband, Everett, of Old Town and Cathy Phillips and her husband, Guy, of Gray; many other special nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by two sisters, Geneva Rice and her husband, Fred, and Veronica King and her husband, Vernon; and by three brothers, Ken Parady, Bernard Parady and his wife, Betty, and Harold Parady and his wife, Marion. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at a later date and time to be announced at St. Paul the Apostle, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Ohio Street, Bangor. Spring interment will be at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Old Town. Gifts in her memory may be sent to St. Paul the Apostle, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Memorial Fund, 207 York St., Bangor, ME 04401. A service of Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor.
