MURPHY, Daniel Joseph - On Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 4:55 p.m., Dan Murphy quietly passed away in Goderich.
He was in his 90th year.
Daniel Joseph Murphy was born in 1930 in Mount Forest, Ontario.
The oldest of five children born to Vincent and Madeleine Murphy.
Dan was named after his grandfather, Daddy Dan Murphy.
Dan attended school in Mount Forest before moving to Toronto to attend the University of St. Michael's College, where he lived in House 63 and "studied and prayed" for the ensuing three years.
In 1957, he accepted a job at Rose, Tyrell, Rose & Green, in Welland.
It was during this time that he first met his future wife, Muriel Simpson.
Dan and Muriel were married in 1959 and shortly thereafter moved to Goderich, where Dan joined friend and fellow St. Mike's alum, Jim Donnelly, at the firm that would eventually become Donnelly and Murphy. Dan and Muriel started their family in 1960 with the birth of their first child Anne Marie, in February. She was followed by her six siblings, Pat, Mike, Paul, Mary Margaret, Katharine and Maureen.
During his sixty years in Goderich, Dan was valued member of the community.
Muriel, along with her seven children and 18 grandchildren and Dan's sister Anne are deeply saddened by the loss of their beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother. He will be missed dearly.
A funeral mass will be held at a later date in light of Covid-19 restrictions.
In lieu of flowers, we would ask that donations be made to Alexander Marine and General Hospital in Dan's name.
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