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I was born on 5
November 1949 to Mary Louise Reither Murphy and Stuart Murphy at De Paul Hospital.
I am the oldest of four children. My brother Stu (54) is a social worker in Jefferson City, MO,
my sister Cathy Conners (53) is a mother of three, Clare (22), Charlie and
Patrick (both 21) and is a trainer at Automated Data Processing, and my
sister Ellen Dahl (48) is a mother of four: Mike (18), James (16), Matt
(15) and Anne (14) and is a Customer Service representative at Monsanto.
I was married for the one and only time (
I HOPE!!!) to Steve McDonald, the love of my life, on 30 September 1995 at our
parish (both then and now--for we met at a church function), Little Flower in
Richmond Heights. Our reception was held on our
own front lawn here at Villa and great fun was had by one and all. We have
one 'child', our black Labrador 'puppy', who
is now nine, named McMurphy. (How do you think Murph got her name????)
I was educated at Our Lady of Lourdes in University City until sixth grade when I
transferred to Visitation (I know, I know!!!) I graduated in 1968 (boy,
am I old!!!) and then attended Marymount in Virginia and graduated
from St. Louis University with a BS in Psychology and
Education in 1972. I received my Master's Degree in 1983 from Webster University in Communications.
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I began
my teaching career in South St. Louis at St.
Aloysius Gonzaga on the Hill. I taught fourth grade
and loved it. After four years, I transferred to St Pius the V on South Grand
and taught 5th through 8th Grade Social Studies while also teaching fifth grade Parish
School of Religion on Sunday mornings.
In 1980, I began teaching at Villa in the middle
school. I taught English and Speech for six years in the 7th and 8th
grade under the guidance and tutelage of Sr. Ghio
(whom I love and admire to this day). In 1986, Sr. Gavan, our principal at
the time, requested that I move up to 9th Grade, where I remained until last
year. I am excited about being back in the middle school with all of you. I
love the enthusiasm and spirit you, my students, bring to the classroom (as
well as to me). My students are and always have been 'the wind beneath my
wings' and I thank our dear Lord every day for them.
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I love to needlepoint ---EVERYTHING.
I read INCESSANTLY and hope to instill this love in you.
Travel is an antidote for me. I love visiting new places
and meeting new
people. It revives my spirit
immensely.
'Hangin out' with my now adult
niece (Clare, 23) and my nephews (twin boys, Patrick & Charlie, 22) is a favorite.Clare graduated from Dayton in ’05 and the boys are now
seniors. My siblings also
attended Dayton and it's wonderful to revisit the campus with the kids.
I relive my youth and it is great fun.
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