Doris-Murphy-Obituary

Doris Wood Murphy

Santa Paula, California

Mar 4, 1924 – Apr 15, 2015

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BORN
March 4, 1924
DIED
April 15, 2015
LOCATION
Santa Paula, California
CHARITY
Alzheimer's Association

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The only child of James and Gladys Ghormley Wood, Doris was born in Wagon Mound, New Mexico on March 4, 1924. Doris left this earth on April 15, 2015 after 91 wonderful years.

During the depression years Arnold Bahns, owner of Bahns Jewelry Store in Ventura and brother-in-law to Doris'...

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My great-uncle (Russ) and great-aunt (Elizabeth) owned Chambers Market on Main Street in the World War II years but they'd been in town since about 1930. Into her 90s, Elizabeth loved to talk about her early days in Santa Paula. One of her fond memories was of little Doris Wood hanging on the back of an ice wagon in summer to get a refreshing ice chip.

I loved to go inside Wood Jewelers as a young adult in the 1970s-80s era. I feel like I can recall carpeted floors, for a rather...

Pam and Jim thinking of you and your families, remembering your mother and the wonderful times we had together. Our parents were such good friends and I always think of them when I reminisce about growing up in Santa Paula

So sorry for you family's loss