Book of Memories for Thomas Patrick Murphy

Condolence From Griffin Family

Sat, 29 Apr 2017 09:23:02 EDT

Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us to cope. Remember God cares for your family during this difficult time 1 Corinthians 1:3,4 - 3 Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our trials

Condolence From Joanne Kucinski

Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:11:37 EDT

Dear Gail and family, I was so sorry to hear of Tom's passing. What a great guy. I have so many fond memories of working with you both at St. Catharine's. Tom could always give us a laugh even on the craziest of days. My favorite memory is teasing him about the Mets when they played against my Yankees. Please know my thoughts and prayers are with you all during this difficult time. I hope the many wonderful memories you have will give you comfort in the days ahead. Hugs to you and the family! Joanne

Story shared: Captain Puke

Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:55:33 EDT

Another classic Tom story: When I was in high school I used to work with Tom on the infamous "Gail Force". Tom always wanted to be a big game fisherman and bring in a trophy marlin, tuna or shark (that's a dream that never came true). I had made the trip to the Hudson Canyon no less than 10 times. I think during all of the trips we caught maybe 4 tuna collectively. Most times we came back because we broke something, forgot something or just ran out of Pepsi and Tasty Cakes. One particular trip, there where several boats heading to the Canyon. We where all planning on departing around midnight to make it to the fishing grounds by 6AM. The weather on the first night was suppose to be a little rough. Tom never enjoyed rough water because he would get sea sick. That's where the nickname "captain puke" came from. Tom was a little nervous heading out because he didn't want to be sick for 2 days in the Canyon. We both grabbed a Tasty Cake, he had a cup of coffee and I grabbed a Pepsi and we headed out with the rest of the boats. When we cleaned the ocean avenue bridge, jetties and drove for about 5 minutes, Tom leaned over to me and said "I shouldn't had the cup of coffee". Within 20 minutes Tom was puking over the side. I stopped the boat and asked him if he wanted to go back. He told me "NO" and that it was not sea sickness it was either a bad Tasty Cake or the milk was bad in his coffee. So we kept on heading out. He was laying on the bench that was in front of the helm as I was driving. I said to him "Let's head back, you dont look good", he told me "no way the guys would make fun of him". I told him he looked dehydrated and yellow and that it had nothing to do with being sea sick. He ask me "how do we sell the story to the other boats ". Just as we where thinking of the excuse, the loran (navigation device like a GPS) broke loose and smashed on the lower deck. Just like that we had our excuse..... Tom radioed the other boats to inform them that we had just lost one of our Loran's and we did not feel comfortable heading out with only 1 working. The other boats told us to come anyway and that they would not lose sight of us. He said no and we headed back in. As soon as we cleared the ocean avenue bridge we busted out laughing, broke out another batch of Tasty Cakes and swore we would never tell the guys the truth. I loved him...

Condolence From Tom Koenig

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:23:24 EDT

My Condolences to The Murphy Family...having spent many years watching football and baseball games, from Pop Warner to high school...Tom would always applaud the kids effort even in defeat. I'll miss him on the sidelines.

Condolence From The Mulzoff family

Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:48:20 EDT

We are thinking about all of you with much love!

Story shared: Tom and Joe

Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:05:13 EDT

My favorite story about Dad and Joe (he told it so many times and I laughed harder every time): Dad went on a ride along with Joe one afternoon. They get called to a fire and the house is really blazing. Joe turns to dad and says something like "I gotta go in there to see if anyone is alive" he turns and goes running into the house. Dad jumps out of the car and is panicked, no other EMS Fire Deparment or Police personnel are there yet. They start to show up, five, ten, fifteen minutes.........no Joe Byrne. Dad is beside himself. He is looking around and finds one of the cops that knows he and Joe. "Joe is still in there he went running in there fifteen minutes ago my god we have to save him" frantic about his best pal. The cop turns and looks him sorta crooked "Joe Byrne?" He says, "he's around the back having coffee." Dad rips into Joe, "you SOB I was so upset" as Joe and the other cops standing around are hysterically laughing. I am not kidding I was smiling the entire time while I wrote it out. If you catch Jamie Byrne at the services this week, ask him about it. His father Joe laughed and smiled just as much while Dad told it.

Condolence From Kelly, Debbie an Matt

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 21:30:57 EDT

A beautiful warm and loving soul, we will miss you Uncle Tom. God has a very special new angel.

Photo shared: MURPHY.JPG

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 08:07:29 EDT