Richard G. Murphy, 92

Richard Gregg Murphy, age 92 of rural Lyle, Minn., died Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Mayo Clinic Health System-Austin.

Richard was born May 22, 1920, in Austin, Minn., to John and Lulu (Gregg) Murphy. One of four brothers, Richard attended school in Gregg County School District No. 10. He worked at Austin Drug before starting to farm with his grandfather, Reuben Gregg, near Lyle. This has been a family farm for 152 years.

Double Funeral Held Sunday For Harold Fossey's

The entire community was saddened last Thursday, March 9 of the tragic death of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fossey, prominent Mower county farm couple who lost their lives by smoke inhalation in a fire in their farm home northeast of Lyle.

Double funeral services were held Sunday, March 12 at Our Savior's Lutheran church, Lyle, with the Rev. Merland Johnson officiating. Interment was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery, Mona.