Marcia L. Murphy

A celebration of Marcia Leigh Murphy's life will be held at Twin Lakes Church 2701 Cabrillo College Drive, Aptos, CA on Monday, March 3, 2008 at 10:00 AM, followed by a celebration at her home for family and friends.

Marcia L. Murphy was born in Merced, California on October 24, 1950 and passed

away on February 27, 2008 at her home, surrounded by family and friends.

Marcie was a loving daughter, mother, wife and friend. She is survived by her mother, Leigh Sweeney, father, Harvey Dalke and his wife, Connie, husband Randy

Shuffler and his daughters, Amy and Heather, sons Michael Murphy and his long-time girlfriend, Sarah Kelly, and Sean Murphy, and his wife, Arika Murphy, their children - granddaughter, Makena, and grandson, Kieren, and her beloved

dog, Sophie and cat, Otis. She also has many loving aunts, ! uncles, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her former husband, Mark Murphy, who passed away in 2003.

Marcie shared the love of life and enjoyed writing, art, traveling, entertaining, family and friends. She was gifted with her ability to open her heart to everyone and made each person feel special and loved. Her motto in life was "To Thine Own Self Be True." To Quote Marcie, "So today I give thanks and gratitude for all that God has blessed me, but most of all, I am thankful for my children, for in teaching them, I have learned great lessons in life."

Any kind acts of charity should be made at any Washington Mutual Bank to "The Children of Marcia Murphy", which will go to funding cancer research.

Arrangements by Pacific Gardens Chapel, SC.