away peacefully on February 27,
2018. He was born in Merced,
California to Sallie and Charles
McMurray in 1929.
He graduated from Livingston
High School. He also served in
the army where he was deployed
to Korea during the Korean War.
After his discharge he joined the
Laborer’s International Union
and worked as a construction
laborer on several large
construction projects. He left
construction to take a position
with the Winton Elementary
School District as a grounds
keeper where he worked for 22
years until he retired in 2007.
Stanley was an avid gardener
who generously shared his
bounty of fresh vegetables with
neighbors and friends. He was
known for his tomatoes. He
also loved to cook, delighting
friends and family with famous
potato salad and red beans when
entertaining for cookouts in his
backyard.
Stanley was preceded in
death by his brothers, Roscoe
McMurray, R.Q McMurray
and John V. McMurray and
his sisters, Letha Moore and
Dorothy Wiggins.
Left to cherish his memory
is his sister, Sallie Baylor; his
brother Arthur McMurray and
a host of nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends.
He will be especially missed
by his nephew, Marque Wiggins,
and family who have cared for
Stanley over the last several
years.
We would like to give special
thanks to the loving staff at
Pacifica Senior Living who
continued to care for Stanley
like family.
A funeral service will be held
at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March
10, 2018 at Stratford Evans
Merced Funeral Home, 1490
B Street, Merced, California.
Interment will follow at Winton
District Cemetery, 7657 Almond
Ave, Winton, California 95388.
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