DURBIN, Ella Mae (Murphy) - b. May 1, 1926 - d. October 31, 2007

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Ella Mae (Murphy) Durbin, 81, went on to be with her Lord and Savior on October 31, 2007.  Visitation 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Rosary 1:00 p.m.; Mass of Christian Burial 2:00 p.m., all Monday, November 5, 2007, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Moline.  Memorials:  St. Mary's Funeral Fund.  Zimmerman Funeral Home c/o Countryside Funeral Home, Fredonia.  

(Published in the Wichita Eagle on 11/3/2007)


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(Taken from the Independence Daily Reporter, November 4, 2007, page 2)

Ella Mae Durbin, 81, of Moline, Kansas, died Wednesday.

Mass of Christian burial will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 5, 2007, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Moline, Kansas.

Friends may call from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00  p.m. Monday at the church, with a rosary service at 1:00 p.m.  A private family burial service will be at Moline Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to St. Mary's Funeral Fund and donations may be sent to Countryside Funeral Home,  P.O. Box 247, Fredonia, KS 66736.  Arrangements are under the direction of Zimmerman Funeral Home, Howard, Kansas.

Mrs. Durbin was born May 1, 1926 in Moline, Kansas, the daughter of Edgar and Mae (Brogan) Murphy.  She attended school at St. Mary's in Moline and graduated form Moline High School in 1944.

She married Ronald R. Durbin on September 9, 1944, and he survives.

She was active in the American Legion Auxiliary and St. Mary's Altar Society.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Durbin is survived by a son, Ronald R. Durbin, Jr., Anchorage, Alaska; three daughters, Sharon L. Patteson and Deanna S. Cannon, both of Moline, Kansas, and Nancy J. Liebau of Grenola, Kansas; a brother, Harry Murphy; two sisters, Ruth Peebler and June Rhudy; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.