Isabelle MacKenzie Murray

MURRAY Isabelle MacKenzie Murray, beloved wife of Robert T. Murray of Newtown, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2006, at Danbury Hospital after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Isabelle was born in Bridgeport, on September 17, 1947, a daughter of Roderick and Margaret (Lee) MacKenzie of Fairfield. She attended Regis College in Weston, Mass., where she met her husband of 38 years. Mrs. Murray had been a resident of Newtown for the last 26 years. She worked at the Newtown Montessori School for 10 years and most recently worked at the Wesley Learning Center. Isabelle was elected to the Newtown Board of Education in 1986 and served for 12 years. She held various committee positions on the board and served as vice chairman for four years. Isabelle had been a member of Rock Ridge Country Club since 1987 and was elected as the first female president in 1999, serving three years in that position. Most recently she earned a lifetime membership at Rock Ridge from the board of governors for her extraordinary service and commitment. Besides her dedication to her family and community, Isabelle enjoyed golfing, bowling, reading and gardening. In addition to her devoted husband and parents, Isabelle is survived by her three loving children, Robert T. Murray III of Newtown, Lee Moore and her husband, Doug, of Westford, Mass. and Kerry Murray of Newtown. She is also survived by the lights of her life, her three grandchildren, Abigail Isabelle Moore, Matthew Joseph Moore and Lindsey Lee Moore. Isabelle is survived by her brothers, Roderick MacKenzie of Menlo Park, Calif., Malcolm MacKenzie and his wife, June and David MacKenzie and his wife, Mary, all of Fairfield; sister, Missy Cumings and her husband, Michael, of Huntington; several aunts; uncles; brothers and sisters-in-law; and 36 nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, January 30, 2006 in St. Rose of Lima Church, 46 Church Hill Road, Newtown. Interment will be in Newtown Village Cemetery in the Spring. Friends may call in the Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main Street, Newtown, Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. In lieu of flowers, her family requests donations be made to Newtown Scholarship Association, P.O. Box 302, Newtown, CT 06470 or to Newtown Relay for Life, P.O. Box 831, Newtown, CT 06470 in memory of Isabelle's extraordinary service to the community she loved so dearly.