11/05/2025
MOMENT OF SILENCE: We ask you to join us for a moment of silence in honor and recognition of Leroy for his lifesaving gift of organ donation. The magnitude of this decision, to save those most in need, is to be honored and admired. In this moment, we regard Leroy with respect and dignity above all else.
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"Today, we pause to remember a man who didn’t just live life, he charged through it at full speed, boots on the blacktop, a cold Murf Lite in hand and laughter rolling from his chest like thunder.
Leroy J. Murphy Jr., or Murf as most of us knew him, wasn’t one to tiptoe through life quietly — he made an entrance, and he always left a lasting impression.
He worked hard, he loved hard and he lived by his own rules. If you were lucky enough to know him, you knew exactly where you stood, and chances are, you stood beside him at a job site, a bar stool, or around the barn, laughing at one of his stories, probably a little too loud… just how he liked it.
He didn’t believe in shortcuts — in life, in work or in love. He showed up, stood his ground, gave the shirt off his back and made sure his presence was felt.
So now, in honor of a man who paved his own roads, let us take a moment of silence to honor his life.
Let this quiet be our way of feeling him in the stillness, of hearing that laugh echo in our mind, and of thanking him for loving us fiercely, loudly and all the way through.
Let us bow our heads now: not to say goodbye, but to honor the legacy of grit, loyalty, and heart he leaves behind."
-Tribute submitted by Leroy's family.