On January 10, 2020, Pura Monserrate Murphy, (nee Morales Ayala), Adored youngest daughter of twelve children of the late Maria Ayala and the late Justo Morales; Beloved wife of the late Thomas "Tommy" F. Murphy; Loving mother of Jessica M. Murphy; Dearest sister of Natividad Morales; Cherished grandmother of Leandro "Leo" Cuadra-Murphy, passed away peacefully.
Family will receive friends at Witzke Funeral Homes, Inc., 5555 Twin Knolls Rd., Columbia, MD 21045 on Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 10431 Twin Rivers Rd., Columbia, MD 21044 on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at 12pm. Interment Crownsville Veterans Cemetery.