Nancy M. Murray

Wellfleet- Nancy Monk Murray passed away on July 3rd, 2011 at 85 years of age, after a lengthy battle with heart disease. Nancy was born and raised in Fall River, MA, the daughter of the late William Frances Monk and Vera Allen Monk. Nancy spent many of her summers at her grandmother’s Allen’s Pavilion, at Horseneck Beach. She attended Sacred Heart Academy, Fall River, and in 1947 married the love of her life, Robert Thomas Murray, also of Fall River, at which time they settled in Wellfleet, where they owned and ran Murray’s Pharmacy on Main Street until his death in 1971.

She loved Wellfleet, her many friends there and especially enjoyed the seashore. Be it clamming, oystering, a boating rendezvous at Jeremy Point, or her great passion for fishing and boating in Wellfleet Harbor or on the waters off Key West during her visits at her daughter’s home there. In 1962 she received an award for catching the largest bass on Cape Cod by a woman from a private boat. She also enjoyed gardening, rug braiding, golfing and decorating projects. She and her husband were one of the founding members of the Wellfleet Sportsman’s Club in the 1950’s, and she was a former member of the Eastham Rod and Gun Club.

She was also predeceased by her sister, Marjorie Allen Sullivan, of Somerset, MA in 2009. Marjorie was the owner of “The Health Shoppe”, established in Fall River and Newport by their mother in 1936, the oldest continually family owned health food store in the USA.

She is survived and missed by her daughter, Pamela Murray Eldridge of Chatham, MA and Key West Florida, son-in-law, James H. Eldridge, Jr.; stepchildren, James H. Eldridge, III, of Chatham, and Wendy J. Eldridge of Winston-Salem, NC; nephew William F. Sullivan, Jr. of Fairhaven, MA; niece and nephew, Gayle Murray Ulrich of Somerset, MA and F. “Ric” Murray of North Kingstown, RI; and a cousin, Donald Allen of St. Helena, SC; and her childhood friend, Marion Jones Milligan of Westport, MA.

A special thanks is extended on her behalf to the Doctors and Nurses at Cape Cod Hospital, especially those of 3 North, and to the Wellfleet Rescue Squad for their skill, care, and compassion over the past few years.

Interment will be at the Allen family plot, Oak Grove Cemetery in Fall River, MA at 11:00 am on Friday, July 8, 2011. A celebration of Nancy’s life for friends and family will be held at the Boat House at Chequessett Yacht and Country Club, Chequessett Neck Rd., Wellfleet, on Sunday July 17th from 3:00 – 6:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, contributions would be appreciated, in her name, to the Wellfleet Council on Aging, “Medical Transport Fund”, 715 Old King’s Hwy., Wellfleet MA 02667.

For on-line guest book and directions, please visit www.nickersonfunerals.com.