Open Full Navigation
We're sorry but the candle you have selected is currenty in the process of being purchased or has just recently been purchased.
Please feel free to select another candle or check back in 15 minutes to see if the candle you have selected has been released for purchase.
Thank you.
Okay
We're sorry but there are no candles available for lighting.
Thank you.
Ok
You have already begun a candle purchase session. If you would like to continue with your current candle choice please click "Continue" otherwise please click "Select Another".
Thank you.
Select another
Continue
In Memory of
Mary Mabel
Murphy
Murphy
1923 - 2018
Click above to light a memorial candle.
Obituary for Mary Mabel Murphy
GUILDERLAND – Mary Mabel Murphy, 94, died Thursday, June 21, 2018 at the Albany County Nursing Home in Colonie. Born in Troy on June 23, 1923, she was the daughter of the late John and Catherine Mabel Donahue Murphy.
Mabel was raised and educated in Troy and graduated from St. Peter’s Academy and Catholic Central High School, class of 1941. She later graduated from Mildred Elley Business School.
She was employed by the Watervliet Arsenal for a brief period. She retired from the New York State Department of Taxation & Finance in 1982 as the Director of Personnel after 40 years of service to New York State.
Mabel lived in Albany for many years before moving to Guilderland in 1987. She was a former communicant of Christ the King Church in Westmere.
Mabel enjoyed researching her Irish geneaology, had written a few children’s books and especially loved her treasured nieces and nephews.
She is the beloved sister of Jean M. Caldwell of Latham; adored aunt of Kevin Caldwell, Michael (Dawn) Caldwell, Timothy (Susan) Caldwell, Kathleen (Frederick) McGraw and Maureen (Keith) Kostanoski. She is also survived by 14 grandnieces and grandnephews and 4 great grandnieces and great grandnephews.
The funeral will be Monday morning at 9:30 am from the Cummings Funeral Home, 643 Third Avenue (Rt. 32 South of Arsenal), Watervliet and at 10:00 am at Our Lady of the Assumption Church, 498 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Latham where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Geoffrey Burke, Pastor. Interment will follow in St. Agnes Cemetery, Cohoes. Relatives and friends are invited and may also call at the Cummings Funeral Home on Monday prior to the mass from 8:30-9:30 pm.
Condolence book at cummingsfuneralhome.com.
Mabel was raised and educated in Troy and graduated from St. Peter’s Academy and Catholic Central High School, class of 1941. She later graduated from Mildred Elley Business School.
She was employed by the Watervliet Arsenal for a brief period. She retired from the New York State Department of Taxation & Finance in 1982 as the Director of Personnel after 40 years of service to New York State.
Mabel lived in Albany for many years before moving to Guilderland in 1987. She was a former communicant of Christ the King Church in Westmere.
Mabel enjoyed researching her Irish geneaology, had written a few children’s books and especially loved her treasured nieces and nephews.
She is the beloved sister of Jean M. Caldwell of Latham; adored aunt of Kevin Caldwell, Michael (Dawn) Caldwell, Timothy (Susan) Caldwell, Kathleen (Frederick) McGraw and Maureen (Keith) Kostanoski. She is also survived by 14 grandnieces and grandnephews and 4 great grandnieces and great grandnephews.
The funeral will be Monday morning at 9:30 am from the Cummings Funeral Home, 643 Third Avenue (Rt. 32 South of Arsenal), Watervliet and at 10:00 am at Our Lady of the Assumption Church, 498 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Latham where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Geoffrey Burke, Pastor. Interment will follow in St. Agnes Cemetery, Cohoes. Relatives and friends are invited and may also call at the Cummings Funeral Home on Monday prior to the mass from 8:30-9:30 pm.
Condolence book at cummingsfuneralhome.com.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Mary Mabel Murphy, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.
Order Flowers
Recently Shared Condolences
-
The death of a loved one... (read more)
Recently Lit Memorial Candles
-
We are honored to prov ...(read more)
-
You will be missed Mab ...(read more)
Recently Shared Stories
Recently Shared Photos