Bowman Funeral Home
On Thursday February 16th, 2023, my beloved husband Marty Murphy left his courageous 11 year battle with Alzheimer's behind, and was promoted into the waiting arms of his loving Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Martin E. Murphy (Marty or Murph) was born on February 11, 1947 in Rochester, NY to Helene and Joseph Murphy. He was the youngest of three brothers in a very loving family, attending school, playing baseball, and enjoying vacations at different lakes in Upper State New York. Marty graduated from West High School in 1965. After graduation, Marty enlisted in the Army, serving in the Vietnam War as a courier for top-secret correspondence. Marty served in Vietnam until 1968, when he was honorably discharged. Marty was a true American Patriot and loved his country.
Shortly after returning from Vietnam, Marty moved to Colorado to attend and graduate from Arapahoe Community College. He later graduated from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado with a bachelor's degree in Business in 1972, and from University of Norther Colorado in 1976 with a master's degree in Special Education with an emphasis on teaching emotionally challenged children. In 1978, Marty moved to Boise, where he was hired in the Meridian School District to teach at McMillan Elementary School, designing and implementing the first "mainstream" elementary classroom for emotionally challenged children in the school district. Marty later taught second grade at Frontier Elementary School and then to the Principalship of Ustick, Eagle, and Frontier Elementary Schools. In 2000, Marty's family moved to the Dominican Republic where he served as the Director of Santiago Christian School. Returning to Boise in 2003, Marty was selected as Principal designated to open and staff Desert Sage Elementary School, retiring in 2009 after a long and distinguished career in education.
Marty and Linda met on a church retreat in the Sawtooth Mountains in 1990 and were married on May 25, 1991. In 1992, we became foster parents to Erin and Shannon, and wow, did our lives change! After we adopted our girls in 1994, our first trip was to Papua New Guinea, living in the jungle! This was to be the MURPHY life. Marty showed us the world as he/we traveled to Papua New Guinea, Australia, Guatemala, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Mozambique, China, Taiwan, Malawi, Senegal, and Ireland both for pleasure and church short term service.
Marty is survived by his wife Linda, his daughters Erin and Shannon, his brothers Bernie and John and wife Paula, sister-in-law Karen, brother-in-law Ron and wife Kathi, nieces and nephews Caitlin, Keegan, Brian, Brad, Kimberly, Whitney and Courtney. He also adored being Uncle Monkey to his nieces-in-love Marla and Katy VanSkiver. Marty was preceded in death by his parents Joe in 1982 and Helene in 1993.
We will celebrate Marty's life at 10am on May 5th, 2023, at Faith Community Bible Church, 9950 W Ustick Rd, Boise, Idaho, followed by an honor ceremony at the Idaho Veterans Cemetery at 1pm. In lieu of flowers, a contribution can be made in Marty's name to Gary Sinise Foundation, PO Box 40726, Nashville, TN 37204 or garysinisefoundation.org/donate.
Please read the full description of Marty's beautiful life at www.bowmanfuneral.com
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