Regina "Jeanne" G. Murphy was born July 16, 1924 to Faustus Genetti and Matilda Turri.  She grew up on a farm near Mt Laffee, Pa where old world ways were practiced. They made wine, ate snails, took water cures and grew their own food.  Her first language was a local dialect of Southern Tyrolian. Seeking adventure, Jeanne left her small town life and moved to NYC working as a WAVE in the Navy during and after World War 2. She then went on to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1950 with a circle of Delta Gamma sorority sisters who became lifelong friends.  She married Dan Murphy in 1954 and they settled on the Main Line and raised two children. They divorced in 1978. She taught 1st & 3rd grades at Penn Valley & Belmont Hills School for almost 30 years, teaching literally hundreds of children to read both professionally and in her retirement. She was a lifelong Republican (until 2016) and a devout catholic and member of the Sisters of Marian for many years. She died peacefully on October 1, 2019, aged 95, at her home surrounded by family and loved ones. She is survived by her two children Jewel Ann Murphy of Eugene, Oregon and Daniel Ignatius Murphy of Newtown Square, Pa. and her grandson Jeremiah Vela-Murphy of Sutter Creek, Ca.  She will be remembered for her style, strength and generosity.

Tributes  may be made to the Center for Literacy in Philadelphia https://centerforliteracy.org/online-giving/

Relatives and friends are invited to a Funeral Mass to be held at Our Lady of the Assumption Church, 35 Old Eagle School Rd, in Wayne Pa on Saturday October 12th at 10:45 AM.  Internment will be private.

We welcome you to enjoy some photos we have assembled and to post your own as well.