Pomfret, Vermont

Morgan "Ed" Murphy, 90, passed away early Friday morning May 20th at the Brookside Nursing Home in White River Jct., Vermont.

Ed was born on February 12, 1926 in Providence, RI the son of Keeran J. and Elizabeth A. (West) Murphy.

He graduated from Leavitt Academy in Leeds, Maine in 1944. In 1948 he married his high school sweetheart Helen Claire Peters. Together they purchased a farm (now known as Morganfields) in Pomfret, and moved to the farm permanently in 1971.

As a young man Ed was involved in his father's nursery business and family farms in Rhode Island and Maine. He worked for New England Telephone as a cable splicer for over 30 years. On the Pomfret farm he raised Black Angus cattle, Hampshire sheep, and Morgan horses.

Ed's sacred spots on the farm were his shop and shed. He had the mind of an engineer and the skill and ingenuity to design, create, or fix anything he needed on the farm. He was famous for never throwing anything away, and everything he kept had a potential use. Though he loved his projects, he also cherished his time with family and friends, watching the grandkids compete in sports, taking road trips with Claire, and meeting friends in town to enjoy food and fellowship.

He was a brilliant self-educated man whose interests included history, politics, aviation, transportation, and mechanics. A devout Catholic, he was deeply loved and will be remembered for his sense of humor, his kindness, generosity, and great strength.

Ed is survived by his daughter Maryanne Murphy and her husband Dennis Grady of Pomfret, his son Jerry Murphy and his wife Shannon, and two granddaughters, Kirsten and Kate, all of Woodstock, and his sister-in-law Elizabeth Murphy of Leeds, Maine. In addition to his parents he is pre deceased by his wife Claire, and his two brothers Keeran Joseph Murphy, Jr., and John Joseph Murphy.

The family is grateful to the Brookside A-Wing nurses and staff for their excellent care and deep compassion.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday May 25th at 11:00am at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church in Woodstock. Burial will be held at a later date.

Those wishing may make memorial donations to the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (vabvi.org).

Arrangements are under the direction of the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock, Vermont. An on line guest book can be found at cabotfh.com