{"id":5189,"date":"2011-03-24T01:44:14","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T06:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=5189"},"modified":"2011-03-24T01:44:14","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T06:44:14","slug":"wilda-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/03\/24\/wilda-murphy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilda Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wilda Murphy, 86, of Hicksville, passed away Tuesday morning, March 22, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5190\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5190 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Wilda-Murphy-obituary-photo-3-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"208\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wilda Murphy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wilda was born in Hicksville on December 18, 1924, the daughter of the late George W. and Emma (Cramer) Clark. On June 6, 1948, she was united in marriage to Derrill M. Murphy, who preceded her in death in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Murphy was a 1943 graduate of Hicksville High School. Upon graduation, she worked as a teller and a bookkeeper at the Hicksville Bank and later became assistant cashier. In 1965, she accepted a position at the Hicksville Building Loan and Savings as their bookkeeper. She retired in 1989 after 24 years of employment. Wilda was an active member of Grace United Methodist Church in Hicksville. She taught Sunday school and was the Sunday school treasurer. She served on various committees and was a member of the United Methodist Women. Wilda was also a member of the Gideon Auxiliary, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and the American Legion Auxiliary and was a charter member of the Hicksville Historical Society.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include a daughter, Laura (David) Roach of Delphos; and two granddaughters, Melissa and Amanda Roach, both of Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>Three sisters, Herma, Eva and Eleanor, also preceded her in death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funeral services for Wilda will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 25, at Grace United Methodist Church in Hicksville.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Calling hours are from 2-5 and 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 24, at Smith &amp; Brown Funeral Home in Hicksville and an hour prior to services Saturday at the church.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preferred memorials: Gideons International, Cripple Children and Adult Society or Grace United Methodist Church in Hicksville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilda Murphy, 86, of Hicksville, passed away Tuesday morning, March 22, 2011, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville. Wilda was born in Hicksville on December 18, 1924, the daughter of the late George W. and Emma (Cramer) Clark. On June 6, 1948, she was united in marriage to Derrill M. Murphy, who preceded her in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 05:19:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}