Donald Louis Murphy

DONALD LOUIS MURPHY BORN AUGUST 30, 1930 DIED PEACEFULLY ON APRIL 12, 2016. BELOVED HUSBAND OF GLENDA ROTH MURPHY AND THE LATE KATHERINE DUPUY MURPHY. WONDERFUL FATHER OF CHERYL MURPHY QUIGLEY (MIKE), DONALD L MURPHY, JR (CINDY) AND THE LATE TERRENCE P (TIP) MURPHY (GRETCHEN). GRANDFATHER OF 7 BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTERS, MELISSA QUIGLEY, KAY QUIGLEY DUSSOUY (DAVID), KRISTEN QUIGLEY DUBOURG (RICHARD) AND HAYLEY, ASHLEY, MEGHAN AND CHELSEA MURPHY. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 4 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, KATE AND ABBY DUSSOUY AND ELLIOT AND ALICE DUBOURG. HE IS THE SON OF THE LATE JAMES J AND MARIE ADELE PERRET MURPHY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHER, BOBBY MURPHY (BRENDA). HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHERS JAMES J MURPHY, JR (SHIRLEY) AND ALVIN MURPHY (THE LATE CELESTE MURPHY). DON WAS ALSO LOVED BY ALL OF GLENDA’S CHILDREN, MARK, DANA PILAND (TOM), ROBERT, AIME DUHE (CHIP) AND BRAD (JENNIFER) ALONG WITH ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

DON RETIRED FROM EWIN, CAMPBELL & GOTTLIEB ENGINEERS AFTER WORKING THERE HIS WHOLE CAREER. HE WAS WELL LOVED BY EVERYONE WHO MET HIM. HE WAS AN AVID GOLFER AND DIE-HARD LSU FAN UNTIL HE STARTED HIS BATTLE WITH ALZHIEMER’S. HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF BISSONET MANED DOWNS CC AND ONE OF THE FIRST PARISHIONERS OF ST PHILIP NERI CHURCH. HE WAS BORN IN NEW ORLEANS AND ATTENDED ST LEO THE GREAT GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1946 AMERICAN LEGION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL TEAM AT JESUIT. HE WAS A COACH OF THE 1975 JEFFERSON PARISH BABE RUTH AMERICAN LEGION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL TEAM. HE COACHED MANY YEARS AT GIRARD PLAYGROUND AND FOR JEFFERSON PARISH. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF CHATEAU COUNTRY CLUB AND ORMOND COUNTRY CLUB.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE CAREGIVERS AT THE ACADEMY HOUSE IN METAIRIE WHO TOOK SUCH GOOD CARE OF DON DURING HIS LAST YEAR. ALSO THE STAFF AT THE CARPENTER HOUSE OF ST JOSEPH HOSPICE IN RIVER RIDGE WHO WERE WONDERFUL DURING HIS LAST FEW DAYS.

A FUNERAL MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED AT LAKE LAWN METAIRIE FUNERAL HOME ON TUESDAY, APRIL 19TH AT 11:00 A.M. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 9-11. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS TO JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL OR LSU TAF PREFERRED. TO VIEW AND SIGN THE FAMILY GUESTBOOK, PLEASE VISIT WWW.LAKELAWNMETAIRIE.COM.