Margaret J. Murray, 87, died Saturday at her home in Hopewell Township.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., she lived most of her adult life in New Jersey, most recently in Lawrenceville and Pennington.
Her lifelong occupation was as a secretary.
Predeceased by her husband Michael P. Murray Jr., her parents Fredrick and Julia Harrison, her brother, Fredrick Harrison, her sister and brother-in-law, Eleanor and Earnest Benvignati, her daughter, Margaret R. Murray, and brothers and sisters-in-law John and Mary Murray, Joseph Murray, Paul and Patricia McCarthy and James Higgins, she is survived by a sister Mimi Brown of Devon, Pa.; a sister-in-law, Nan Harrison of Biloxi, Miss.; daughters and their spouses, Kathleen and Geoffrey Kimmel of Lawrenceville, Barbara and James Peterson of Carbondale, Colo., and Maria and Kenneth Light of Pennington; a son-in-law Carl Schwensen of Key West, Fla.; sons and their spouses, Michael and Mary Murray of Telford, Pa., and Martin and Elizabeth Murray of Wilmette, Ill.; grandchildren Christian Schwensen, Jana and Geoffrey Kimmel, Nilsse and Stina Peterson, Connor, Madelaine and Constantine (Gussie) Murray, Michael Murray, and Rebecca and Kenneth Light; brothers and sisters-in-law, Edward and Rosemary Murray, Gertrude Higgins, Charlotte Murray, Anne and Robert Levis; and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. in the Church of St. Ann, Lawrenceville.
Private family burial services will be held on Thursday in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Newfield.
Friends may call Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
For directions, visit www.poulsonvanhise.com.
