Irmgard Murray

SUDBURY Mrs. Irmgard Murray of Sudbury died at her residence Thursday, July 24, 2008, following an illness of 11 years. She was 72. Born in Ruken, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Elvira (Neuman) Knekties. A resident of Sudbury since 1984, she was the wife of 26 years to Richard Murray. A homemaker, Mrs. Murray liked to work in arts and crafts and ceramics. She also liked camping and snowmobiling and she especially enjoyed traveling to her summer home in her husbands original area in Canada. In addition to her husband, Richard, she leaves her children and their spouses; Dorothy and Robert Danforth of Troy, Maine, Vivian and Edward Farrell of Walpole, Michael and Margalice McClanahan of Mansfield and Ronald McClanahan of Sudbury. She was the sister of Siegfried Knekties and Eldetrude Johnson. She also leaves 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Monday, July 28, at 2 p.m., at the Duckett-J.S.Waterman & Sons Home of Memorial Tribute, 656 Boston Post Road, Rte. 20, Sudbury. The Rev. Erica Robinson Johnson will officiate. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend and may visit from 1 to 2 p.m., prior to the service. Donations in memory of Mrs. Murray should be directed to Parmenter-Wayside Hospice, 266 Cochituate Road, Wayland, MA 01776. For guest book, tributes and additional information, please visit (www.mem.com).