Margaret Anne Murphy

Margaret Anne Murphy of Charlottesville, Virginia passed away on Monday, December 10, 2007, at the University of Virginia Medical Center after a brief illness.

She was born on April 6, 1947, in Hornell, New York, the daughter of the late Emmett and Mary O'Boyle Moran.

She moved to Erie with her parents as a child and spent most of her life there until relocating to Charlottesville in 2001. She also lived in Schnectady, New York, Boston, Massachusetts, and Ottawa, Canada.

She is survived by her three children, Timothy Murphy of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, Sheila Murphy and Stephen Johnson, of Ann Arbor, Michigan and Christopher Murphy and Elisa, of Springfield, Pennsylvania. She is also survived by her former husband, David Murphy of Erie; her sister, Marcia Fleming of Charlottesville; and her brother, Paul Moran and Patricia, of Lawrenceville, New Jersey; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

She was a graduate of St. Benedict's Academy and Mercyhurst College, North East, Pennsylvania, where she earned a degree in the Culinary Arts. She worked in food service managerial positions but especially enjoyed working with senior citizens. She was the Dining Room Manager at University Village in Charlottesville, Virginia.

A Celebration of her Life will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at University Village in Charlottesville.

Visitation will be at Brugger Home for funerals in Erie, Pennsylvania on Friday, December 14, 2007, with a funeral mass on Saturday, December 15, 2007, at St. Peter's Cathedral.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Ablemarle County-Charlottesville ASPCA, P.O. Box 7047, Charlottesville, VA 22906 and the Emergency Food Bank, 1207 Harris Street, Charlottesville, VA 22901.

Friends may sign the guest register at teaguefuneralhome.com.