Murphy Funeral Home
From Salem Links and Lore
- Murphy Funeral Home was founded by Patrick Murphy in 1893 at the location of what it now the Hawthorn Hotel.
- It was one of the city's first funeral homes. The business moved later to a building across the street from the
Immaculate Conception Church on Hawthorne Boulevard. In 1942, they relocated to North and Federal Streets; their present funeral home was built in 1965.
- Three generations help run the business. Francis J. Murphy, his son and the funeral home's manager, Francis J. "Frank"
Murphy,(now deceased) and his son Francis J. (F.J.) Murphy.
See Also
"5th generation Murphy Funeral Home adapts with the times" Salem News, June 17, 2019
Vertical File in Salem Collection- Businesses #2
