Obituary of Florence M. Murphy

        Florence Krygier Murphy passed away peacefully of natural causes on August 12, 2024. She was
96 years of age. Florence was a beautiful person, both inside and out. Born and raised in Maspeth,
Queens, she was a graduate of St. John’s University (class of 1949). She and her husband of 64 years,
Martin J. Murphy, married in November 1949 and proceeded to raised their six children in North
Massapequa, New York. Flo loved to dance – she and Marty made a great team cutting the rug- and she
loved to sit on the beach and enjoy the sun, sand and water. She was an accomplished seamstress,
reader, traveler, sports fan and bridge player. In their retirement to Palmyra, Virginia, she and Marty
became avid golfers and were very active in their Lake Monticello community. As faithful Roman
Catholics, she and Marty were active founding parishioners, first at Maria Regina R.C. Church in Seaford,
NY, and then in Saints Peter and Paul R.C. Church in Palmyra, VA. Florence was a friend to all, a faithful
volunteer, a wonderful wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and great-grandmother.

       Florence, whose family was of upmost importance in her life, was predeceased by her parents
George Krygier and Frances Mroczek Krygier, her brother Eugene Francis Krygier, her sister Marion
Krygier, her husband, Martin J. Murphy (a World War II USAAF veteran), and her son Gregory Murphy.
She is survived by her daughters Kathleen Meehan (Louis), Ann Dranoff (Robert), Janet Derrick (Richard),
Maryellen Gray (Paul) and her son Thomas Murphy (Linda). She is also survived by twelve Grandchildren
Kevin Murphy, Christine Murphy, Brian Meehan, Tymon Meehan, Alexandra Dranoff Goessmann ,
Kathryn Dranoff Waters, Christopher Derrick, Mark Derrick, Michael Murphy, Megan Murphy, Maxwell
Gray and Zachary Gray. She is also survived by seventeen Great-Grandchildren: Emily Sanderson, Colin
Sanderson, Liam Sanderson, Aiden Murphy, Kai Murphy, Layla Meehan, Josephine Meehan, Martin
Meehan, Rosemary Meehan, Olivia Dziubek, Maya Dziubek, Damian Dziubek, August Goessmann, Zoey
Goessmann, Maeve Waters, Keegan Waters and Isaac Derrick.

Florence lived a long and blessed life and will be missed by all that knew, and loved, her.

Funeral arrangements are as follows:
1.) A wake will be held at the William E. Law Funeral Home, 1 Jerusalem Avenue, Massapequa,
NY 11758, on Sunday August 18, 2024 from 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM
2.) There will be a Mass of Christian Burial for Florence on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 9:45 AM
at Maria Regina R.C. Church, 3945 Jerusalem Avenue, Seaford, NY 11783. There will be a
private interment at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family would request a donation to either of the following entities that
were so helpful to Florence in her final days:
1. Good Shepherd Hospice, 110 Bi-County Boulevard, Suite 114, Farmingdale, NY 11735; or
2. Babylon Beach House Senior Living, 23 Yacht Club Road, Babylon, NY 11702