At the Moncton City Hospital, Moncton, N.B., on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, with the love and support of her loving family, of Marie Ellen (Griffin) Murphy, beloved wife of Richard L. Murphy, of 6 MacNeill Lane, Alberton, age 78 years. Born at Tignish on January 20, 1935, she was the daughter of Angelina (nee Perry) and the late Ferdinand Gaudet. Loving mother to: Barb (Brian) Lewis of Elmsdale; Peter (Pam) of Elmsdale; John (Norma Jean) of Montrose; and Eleanor (Troy) Smallman of Mill River East. Caring Nanny to: Adam (Chrissy) Smallman, Joshua (Sarah) Smallman, Melissa (Rivard) Arsenault, Tabatha Wilkie (Randy Blanchard), Tiffany Wilkie, Dextor Wilkie, Jake Griffin, Colton Griffin, Alysha Griffin, Emma Jean Griffin, Ashton (Bradford) Perry, Hayden Smallman, and Kierston Smallman. Nanny Marie to great-grandchildren: Avery, Brogan, Carlie, Griffin, Oscar, Gabby, Destiny, Pearson and Sophie. Stepmother to: Ricki Murphy and Wendy Murphy of Musquodobit, N.S., and Robert Murphy of Sherwood, N.S. Step-grandmother and great-grandmother to: Andy (Erin) and son Rory; Jeff (Jaclyn) and daughter Jordyn; and Kattie (Matt) and children Bryce, Jace and Mark. Dear sister to: Jean (Joseph) Shea of Cascumpec; Carl (Marie) Gaudet of St. Catherines, Ont.; Rose (Keir) MacDonald of O'Leary; Joseph (Barbara) Gaudet of Tignish; and Angela (Dennis) Gaudet of St. Felix. Sister-in-law to: Austin MacLellan, Doris Dunn, Noreen Jeffery, Marie (Clarence) Keefe, Rosalie (Reg) McCarthy, Clarence (Wilma) Griffin, Emmett Griffin, Leigh (Elsie) Griffin, Earl (Jean) Murphy, Josey Breau, Leonard (Christine) Murphy; Fred (Sheila) Murphy; and Joseph (Jean) Murphy. She was predeceased by her first husband Wilfred Griffin in 1996, and by sisters, Gloria MacLellan, Irma Skerry, and brothers-in-law: Russell Murphy, Frank Murphy, Ulice Breau, Malcolm Skerry, Louis Dunn, and sister-in-law, Phyllis Griffin. Resting at the Rooney Funeral Home, Alberton. Visiting hours Friday 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Funeral on Saturday morning from the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Alberton, with funeral mass at 10:30 a.m. Interment in the church cemetery. Reception to follow in the MacCarville Room of the Sacred Heart Church. Flowers welcomed or memorials to the Sacred Heart Cemetery Fund would be gratefully appreciated.

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