The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, October 1, 1996              TAG: 9610010216
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   16 lines

DOROTHY S. MURPHY

Dorothy Sailer Murphy, 82, died Sept. 29, 1996, in a Portsmouth hospital.

A native of Bridgeport, Conn., she was a public schoolteacher.

Survivors include her husband, Marshall E. Murphy; a daughter, Deborah J. French of Suffolk; a son, Marshall B. Murphy and his wife, Debbie of Haddonfield, N.J.; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Helen Patrick and a brother, Frederick Sailer.

Services will be private. Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB