MURRAY, EDITH - Edith Porter Murray, passed away peacefully two days after celebrating her 97th birthday at the Kenneth E. Spencer Memorial Home on Wednesday, January 8th, 2014. Born in Brookline, Mass., on January 6th 1917, she was the daughter of the late Ernest A. and Emma B. (Rogers) Porter. Edith graduated with a teaching degree from Wheelock College Boston, Mass., and a Bachelor of Science in Education from Boston University. Edith held several teaching positions in Maine and Massachusetts ending in Brookine, Mass. She married her husband in Brookline, Mass. in 1943, and moved to Canada in December 1945. She was a Life Member of Fidelity Chapter #36 O.E.S. a member of Meredies Temple Daughters of the Nile, Saint John, NB. Edith was a long time member of St. Paul’s United Church, Riverview. Edith is survived by her husband of 70 years, Durell G. Murray, son John of Toronto, Robert of Riverview, daughter Janet Murray (Edward) of New Jersey, a sister Virginia Kerrigan of Toronto, special friends Laura Burns and Deborah Carson, as well as several nieces and nephews.
In keeping with her wishes, there will be no visitation, a private family service will be held at a later date. Interment will be in Fair Haven Memorial Gardens. Memorial donations may be made to the Hoover Animal Shelter, 116 Greenock Street, Moncton, N. B. Moncton, NB. E1H 2J7. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Fair Haven Funeral Home, 1177 Salisbury Road, Moncton (506) 852-3530. The family invites you to send online condolences to www.fairhavenmemorial.ca