Dorothy A.Murphy Harding

Full Name: Dorothy A. Murphy Harding Age: 78 Years Sex: F

Current address: Aldersgate Village, Special Care Unit East, Topeka, KS

Date of death: Friday , January 17, 2003

Place of death: Topeka, Kansas

Cause of death: An extended illness

Date of birth: June 11, 1924 Place of birth: Topeka, Kansas

Parents: Reese T. and Ethel Jewell Carnett Haller

Years in current city/town: Has lived most of her life in Topeka, KS. Lived one year at McCrites Health Care Facility before moving to Aldersgate Village. (Daughter would like for this information to appear)

Background: She attended Topeka schools and graduated from Highland Park High School. Last summer she attended her 60th high school class reunion. She received a certificate from Kaw Area Vo Tech for floral
classes. She had been employed by Alco, Nita's Crafts & Ceramics, and Jostens before she retired. She attended
Highland Heights Christian Church.

Relatives: Married to: William L. Murphy, Jr. He preceded her in death on September 16, 1956. She married Henry W. Harding in 1958. They were divorced.

Immediate survivors:
2 Sons: Galen K. Murphy, Topeka, KS
C.S.Harding, Houston, TX
1 Daughter: Nita J. Murphy, Topeka, KS
2 Sisters: Ethel Mae Beene, Arp, TX
Ruth Tavenner, Dayton, OH
1 Brother: Paul Haller, Lake Junatuska, NC
4 Grandchildren

Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 24, 2003 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel.

Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery Topeka,Kansas

Visitation times, place: Dorothy Harding will lie in state after noon Thursday, January 23, 2003 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel where the family will receive friends from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. .

13. Memorial contributions, if any: Midland Hospice, 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka, KS 66606