Raymond J. Murphy

Raymond J. Murphy CLAREMONT — Raymond James Murphy passed away of natural causes at his home at The Earl Bourdon Center in Claremont, New Hampshire, on April 7, 2022, at age 102. Born Jan. 13, 1920, he was a St. Johnsbury, Vermont, native and the son of James and Mary (Cassidy) Murphy. He graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy and Bay Path Business College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps following college and served as a navigator flying missions aboard B24 bombers. Following his military service in WWII, he returned home to St. Johnsbury and started Murphy Motors in 1949 and Murphy Motors Realty in 1956 with his brother, Bernard Murphy. His passion throughout his life was fishing whether it be in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, and the Connecticut Lakes or at Willoughby Lake in Westmore, Vermont, and more recently, at Lake Sunapee in Georges Mills, New Hampshire. He lived on Back Lake in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, for nearly 30 years where he operated the Woodland Dance Hall for several years. He moved from Pittsburg, New Hampshire, to Claremont, New Hampshire, where he resided independently for 32 years at The Earl Bourdon Center. One of his fondest memories was driving a Jeep CJS from Pittsburg, New Hampshire, to Anchorage, Alaska, a total distance of 4,294 miles, with plenty of fishing spots along the way. He is survived by his son, Dan Murphy (Shosh), of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and his daughter, Karen Vucich (Thomas), and grandson, Peter Vucich, all of Vail, Colorado. Private services will be held at a later date.