MURPHY, Juanita L.


The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ September 23, 1998, p. 16 Juanita L. Murphy of Wickenburg died September 18 at Del E. Webb Hospital in Sun City West. She was 92. Mrs. Murphy was born August 14, 1906 in Green City, Missouri. She had been a resident of Arizona for four years. Juanita was blessed with a full life. She and her husband were ranchers in the Bear Paw Mountains of Montana. When she retired, her hobby was racing horses throughout the United States and Canada. Her late years were happily spent in Arizona. She will be missed by her family and many friends. She is survived by a brother Bill Harbolt, daughters and sons-in-law Virginia M. and Ken Schoen of Wickenburg and Patricia and Doug Crouse of Vancouver, Washington; grandchildren John Schoen, Susan Kangas, Kathy Wegman, Paul Schoen, Tom Schoen, Matt Schoen and Juanita Sawyer; and 18 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband John Murphy, parents Ira and Lillie Harbolt and brother, Glenn Harbolt. A Rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 24 at St. Gabriel’s Church in Chinook, Montana. A mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, September 245 at St. Gabriel’s Church in Chinook. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 3 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Wickenburg, with Father John Vogt officiating. Interment will be at the Chinook Cemetery. Contributions may be made to My Father’s Retirement Ranch, 400 N. Jefferson St., Wickenburg, AZ 85390. Brown’s Wickenburg Funeral Home handled the arrangements.