Kathryn Newbury Murray

(Asbury Park Press)

KATHRYN NEWBURY MURRAY
AGE: 65 FORMERLY OF ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS
Kathryn Newbury Murray, 65, of Accomac, VA, formerly of Atlantic Highlands, NJ and a Monmouth County educator for over 25 years died at home here Thursday, July 23, 2009 surrounded by her family. She taught English in the Middletown Public Schools and was a former professor of Learning Disabilities at Monmouth University. She is a graduate of the University of Miami with a B.A. in Education and a Master's Degree in Education from Monmouth University. She was a member of the Monmouth Players and The Monmouth Chorus and had starring roles in several plays including Agatha Christie's The Spider Web. She was a member of the New Jersey Teacher's Association and Sang in the Choir of St. Agnes Church, Atlantic Highlands and St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Toms River, NJ. In Virginia she was appointed director of Learning disabilities for 12 Public Schools in Accomac County.
She is survived by her husband, Thomas A. Murray, a former reporter for the Asbury Park Press and Washington Correspondent for the Hearsat Newspapers; a son, Timothy Allen Murray, here; a daughter, Elizabeth Wells Conlon and her husband Mark Conlon, and two grandsons, Mathew and Alexander of Newport News, VA.
The Day Funeral Home, Keyport, NJ is in charge of arrangements with a visitation scheduled 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, and funeral mass at St. Joseph's Church, Keyport 9 a.m. Thursday. Interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Keyport.