Terrence-Murphy-Obituary

Terrence Murphy

Richmond, Virginia

1951 - 2025

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It came on fast. I expected to be fighting it off longer. But it's ok. I had a very nice life. I had an amazing wife, two wonderful kids, and two great dogs. I was at the home I loved with my family by my side at the very end. I leave with them my love of all kinds of music and food, as well as...

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Terry was funny behind the bar at Puzzles on Robinson st....always had a smile on his face

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Aidan and Grace, I'm so sorry for your loss. Before you all came into the world, your Dad got to practice his Dad skills when my father would bring me to see Terry at Puzzles and Plan 9. At Puzzles, he would lift me up to the pay phone so I could "call" my Mom, grandparents, friends, etc. He also gave me all of the cherries I wanted along with all the early '90s posters from Plan 9. You'll always remember the adults who were good to you as a kid and your Dad is @ the forefront of many fond...

When Sherri and I moved into the neighborhood with one toddler and another on the way Terry befriended me on the playground while watching our daughters play. We were both stay at home dads at the time. His friendship made us feel connected to our new home. So much of why we fell in love with the new neighborhood and the people we met started with Terry saying hello on the playground that day. We have not seen each other much after we were both done with that part of our lives, but his...

I loved this man. He was absolutely the best boss that I ever had! I still live by his mantra "Six of one, half a dozen, one or the other." Such a mensch Terry was. My most heartfelt sympathy to Cat,Aidan & Grace.

I didn´t know Terri, but his younger brother, Kevin, was a good friend of mine during high school. I remember Terry somehow managing to get a bottle of wine smuggled to Kevin, then brought it to a group of us before we went to homecoming our senior year. We thought we were so clever to get away with that! Thank you, Terry for a fun memory. And Kevin, if you´re reading this, hello from Leslie (Hendershot) Whitney. California and I´m so sorry for the loss of your brother.

Wow what an obituary. I don´t know you at all. I know that your light and love will continue to shine on your family

I have a lot of fun memories of Terry from his high school and college years. What an amazing guy. One summer we took a budget trip to Montreal and stayed at a campground. We went into town and got pastries and left them in the tent while we went to dinner. We retuned to two skunks in the tent enjoying our pastries. We had to sit outside the tent in the dark until they left on their own. Lesson learned! I haven't seen Terry for decades but heard he was living the dream with his lovely wife...

I first met Cat and Terry in the late 80´s, early 90´s. We would typically run into them around good music. They were always "Cat n Terry" to me, ...always together, they were such a partnership. It would be hard to find anyone kinder and nicer than them, and so nice to hang out and talk with. Years later, my wife and I moved in around the corner from them in the Bellevue neighborhood. So we got to see them a little more often. I also learned that my wife, Marie worked with Terry and she...