Martha Maude Murphy

12-23-1935 to 8-11-2024

Martha was so proud that she lived in South Portland all her life.

She graduated from South Portland High School in 1954 and frequently met with four of her classmates for lunch.

Martha received an Advanced Accounting Diploma from LaSalle Extension University in 1979. In 1989 she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Husson College with High Distinction.

She received many awards at Unum as an accountant for 40 years and in 1969 became the first female at Union Mutual Life Ins. and in the State of Maine to become a Fellow of Life Office Management Assoc.

A lifetime member of First United and Thornton Heights United Methodist Church, Martha was a faithful servant of the Lord. She enjoyed traveling worldwide and was an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots.

She is survived by a brother Thomas Murphy from Greenpath, Oregon and two nephews David (Grace) and John (Stephanie) Murphy and five grand nephews.