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APPENDIX. [From the April 9, 1991 Corvallis Gazette Times] Bessie Gragg Murphy, Nov. 6, 1894 - April 6, 1991
APPENDIX. [From the April 9, 1991 Corvallis Gazette Times] Bessie Gragg Murphy, Nov. 6, 1894 - April 6, 1991 of Bessie Murphy — printed pp. 101–102. Every printed page has its own permanent link.
Carlson, Judy, Marlene Finley, Bob Zybach and Phil Hays 1995. Bessie Murphy. Botanizing in Benton County, Oregon, 1900-1991. Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #11. Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 114 pp
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APPENDIX
[From the April 9, 1991 Corvallis Gazette Times]
Bessie Gragg Murphy
Nov. 6, 1894 - April 6, 1991
Bessie Gragg Murphy, 96, died at Corvallis Manor of natural causes Saturday.
She was born in Elsie, Ore., to Stephen Alexander and Kate Crees Gragg. She moved with her family in 1900 to the Crescent Valley area near Corvallis, where she grew up on a farm.
She graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1922 with a bachelor of science degree in home economics.
On Aug. 6, 1922, she married Phillip G. Fleischman. He died in 1941.
In 1952 she married Harry Murphy in Portland; he preceded her death.
Mrs. Murphy discovered an unnamed clover in 1962, which was named "Trifolium owyheense" by the botany department at Oregon State University.
She was a member of the Pythian Sisters, Camp Fire Girls Leaders and the Corvallis Button Club, and was a volunteer on the election board of the Benton County Historical Society.
Mrs. Murphy enjoyed horse-back riding, botany, camping, genealogy, local history, button collecting and needlecraft. She was a member of the Handweavers and Spinners Guild.
Survivors include two daughters, Marjory Fitzwater of Lebanon and Phyllis Dentel of Oakridge; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one nephew.
She was preceded in death by one brother, George Gragg.
Visitation will be today from 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at McHenry Funeral Home, 206 N.W. Fifth St., Corvallis.
Graveside services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Crystal Lake Cemetery in Corvallis. Memorial services will follow at 4:30 p.m. at the Benton County Historical Museum in Philomath.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Benton County Historical Society and Museum in care of McHenry Funeral Home.
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- Carlson, Judy, Marlene Finley, Bob Zybach and Phil Hays 1995. Bessie Murphy. Botanizing in Benton County, Oregon, 1900-1991. Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #11. Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 114 pp
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