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I was born on 5
November 1949 to Mary Louise Reither Murphy and Stuart Murphy at De Paul Hospital.
I am the oldest of four children. My brother Stu (58) is a
social worker in Jefferson City, MO, my sister Cathy Conners (56) is a
mother of three, Clare (25), Charlie and Patrick (both 24) and is a trainer
at Automated Data Processing, and my sister Ellen Dahl (51) is a
mother of four: Mike (21), James (20), Matt (19) and Anne (18).
I was married for the one and only time (
I HOPE!!!) to Steve McDonald, the love of my life, on 30 September 1995 at our
parish (both then and now--for we met at a church function), Little Flower in
Richmond Heights. Our reception was held on our
own front lawn here at Villa and great fun was had by one and all. We were
not blessed with children of our own but consider our 20 nieces and nephews
our kids. As of March 16m, we are the proud great aunt & uncle of a
little baby girl, Graice, borne to Steve’s
nephew Patrick & his wife, Keri.
I was educated at Our Lady of Lourdes in University City until sixth grade when I
transferred to Visitation (I know, I know!!!) I graduated in 1968 (boy,
am I old!!!) and then attended Marymount College in Virginia
and graduated from St. Louis
University with a BS in
Psychology and Education in 1972. I received my Master's Degree in 1983 from Webster University.
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I began
my teaching career in South St. Louis at St.
Aloysius Gonzaga on the Hill. I taught fourth grade and loved it. After four
years, I transferred to St Pius the V on South Grand and taught 5th
through 8th Grade Social Studies
while also teaching fifth grade Parish School of Religion on Sunday
mornings.
In 1980, I began teaching at Villa in the middle
school. I taught English and Speech for six years in the 7th and 8th
grade under the guidance and tutelage of Sr. Ghio
(whom I love and admire to this day). In 1986, Sr. Gavan, our principal at
the time, requested that I move up to 9th Grade, where I remained until 2005,
when I returned to the Middle School.
I love the enthusiasm and spirit you, my students, bring to the
classroom (as well as to me). My students are and always have been 'the wind
beneath my wings' and I thank our dear Lord every day for them.
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