Shannon Murphy Pulver

Pulver, Shannon Murphy Former Owner and President Of Frank Murphy, Inc. Shannon was the only child of the late Frank and Madeline Murphy and beloved niece of Blanche (Buddy) and Dorothy (Dotes) Reynolds. She graduated from Convent of the Visitation School (1957 valedictorian), St. Paul, MN and Manhattanville College (1961), Purchase, NY. She was the former owner and President of Frank Murphy, Inc. a specialty women's clothing company with two stores in St. Paul, MN at 5th & St. Peter Street and Highland Village, and a third store in Wayzata, MN. The business was started by her father in St. Paul during the early 1930s. The downtown St. Paul store was, for over half a century, the focal point for women's fashion and a gathering place for the area's fashionable women. The store's famous annual "Give Away Sale" was held, across the street from the store, at the St. Paul Hotel where customers from near and far became part of local, national, and overseas television coverage. Shannon purchased clothing for her stores in America and abroad, and became a personal friend of many of the era's top fashion designers. She is survived by her husband John, daughters Posh Jesmer and Zoe Pulver and step children Catharine Schwartz, Celia Thrall and Laird Pulver, their spouses and step grandchildren Catriona Schwartz, Gilbert and Alicia Thrall. A former long time resident of Kenwood Parkway in St. Paul, and in recent years divided the year between Bear Dance, the family's retreat in northwestern Wisconsin, and their home on Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce, FL. She will be dearly missed by her family and many, many friends. There will be a service at The Assumption Catholic Church, 51 7th St. W., St. Paul on Thursday August 28, 2008 at 10AM.