Esther McMurray died Friday, Jan. 28, 2005. She was 94.
Esther McMurray died Friday, Jan. 28, 2005. She was 94.
She was born on April 8, 1911, in Sandpoint, Idaho. Since moving to Gilroy from Seattle in 1978, she and her husband Earl were very active in New Hope Community Church (formerly First Assembly of God). She loved children and became Director of the Children’s Church in the 1980s.
She is survived by sister, Helen Sisley of Burien, Wash.; children, the Rev. Donald Earl McMurray of Gilroy; Donna Joy Lee of Kent, Wash.; Patricia Faith McMurray of Seattle, Wash.; Esther Yvonne Haas of Gilroy; David Andrew McMurray of Issaquah, Wash; and Bonnie Jean Kuhn of Chelan, Wash.; 15 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, 14 great-great grandchildren.
Her husband, Earl, preceded her in death in 1994.
A viewing will be held at noon, Friday, Feb. 4, at Habing Family Funeral Home, Gilroy. Graveside services will be at Gavilan Hills Memorial Park, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005, at 1pm. Her pastor, Rev. Malcolm MacPhail will officiate.
