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Harrison F. Murray, Jr., M.D. of Port Jervis, died Sunday, August 27, 2006, at Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis. He was 90 years old.

The son of the late Harrison F. Murray and Margaret Schenk Murray, Harrison was born August 15, 1916 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He married the late Laura Todd Hewlett Murray on May 25.

Harrison was a retired General Practice of Medicine in Port Jervis from 1946-1986 and Obstetrics Physician. Dr. Murray was a member of the Deerpark Reformed Church, Port Jervis and served on the consistory for many years. He was a former member of the Port Jervis School Board and long time School Physician for the Port Jervis School Dist. He was a 52 year member of Rotary International and past president of the Port Jervis Chapter from 1949-1950. He was a member of the Cahoonzie Club. He was a veteran of World War II serving with the U.S. Army Medical Corp. He was a member of the Orange County Medical Society; he graduated from Port Jervis High School in 1933 and continued his education at Rutgers University and was a member of the 1937 graduating class. He furthered his education at New York University Medical School and graduated in 1941. He was the First Anaesthesiaologist at St. Francis Hospital, Port Jervis. As an O.B. Physician Dr. Murray delivered more than 3,000 babies in the Tri-State Area during his career.

Survivors include one son, Harrison f. Murray, III and his wife, Olga of Port Jervis; two daughters, Lucinda Heinlein and her husband, Alan of Neptune, Nancy J. Murray of Port Jervis; one sister Delphine Osborne of Lexington, Ky.; three grandchildren, Darrell Murray, Brian Thomas and Michael Paul Murray and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his daughter, Margaret L. Murray; his sister, Lucy Nevius and by a brother, Edward Murray.

Funeral services will be held, Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 2 p.m. in The Deerpark Reformed Church, 30 E. Main St., Port Jervis. The Rev. Ann Rost will officiate.

Private interment will take place at Glen Cove Cemetery, Narrowbush.

Contributions may be made to: The Deerpark Reformed Church, 30 E. Main St. Port Jervis, NY 12771 or Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis, NY 12771 or to the Dr. Harrison F. Murray Scholarship Fund, c/o Port Jervis School District, 9 Thompson St., Port Jervis, NY 12771.

Funeral Arrangements by Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home Inc., 154 East Main St., Port Jervis, NY 12771.

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