Lee Murray, retired Foreign Service Staff Officer, died Tuesday at the Frederick Nursing home after a long illness. Born in Hereford, W. Va., the son of the late Rev. Levi F. and Arrilla Van Gorder Murray, he was educated in schools in Maryland and abroad.
After a brief assignment to the Department of State, he enlisted in the United States Navy during World War I, Subsequently joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Murray was assigned to Tokyo, Peking , Moscow and Paris prior to the German occupation, at which time the Embassy Staff were held in detention in Baden-Baden.
Reassigned to London after World War II, he served as an attache' to the U.S. Embassy and before his retirement was appointed Vice-Consul in Le Havre. During his entire career as a Foreign Service Officer, Mr. Murray served a total of 42 years in posts home and abroad. His wife, the former Ruth Sutton Kirker, whom he married in China in 1934 , died in 1950.
Mr. Murray is survived by a daughter, Miss Gail Murray of Cambridge, Mass., and a brother, Roscoe Murray of Frederick.
Private funeral services will be held at the M. R. Etchison & Son Funeral Home, 106 East Church Street, Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. Private interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. The family requested that flowers be omitted.
After a brief assignment to the Department of State, he enlisted in the United States Navy during World War I, Subsequently joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Murray was assigned to Tokyo, Peking , Moscow and Paris prior to the German occupation, at which time the Embassy Staff were held in detention in Baden-Baden.
Reassigned to London after World War II, he served as an attache' to the U.S. Embassy and before his retirement was appointed Vice-Consul in Le Havre. During his entire career as a Foreign Service Officer, Mr. Murray served a total of 42 years in posts home and abroad. His wife, the former Ruth Sutton Kirker, whom he married in China in 1934 , died in 1950.
Mr. Murray is survived by a daughter, Miss Gail Murray of Cambridge, Mass., and a brother, Roscoe Murray of Frederick.
Private funeral services will be held at the M. R. Etchison & Son Funeral Home, 106 East Church Street, Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. Private interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. The family requested that flowers be omitted.
Lee Murray, retired Foreign Service Staff Officer, died Tuesday at the Frederick Nursing home after a long illness. Born in Hereford, W. Va., the son of the late Rev. Levi F. and Arrilla Van Gorder Murray, he was educated in schools in Maryland and abroad.
After a brief assignment to the Department of State, he enlisted in the United States Navy during World War I, Subsequently joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Murray was assigned to Tokyo, Peking , Moscow and Paris prior to the German occupation, at which time the Embassy Staff were held in detention in Baden-Baden.
Reassigned to London after World War II, he served as an attache' to the U.S. Embassy and before his retirement was appointed Vice-Consul in Le Havre. During his entire career as a Foreign Service Officer, Mr. Murray served a total of 42 years in posts home and abroad. His wife, the former Ruth Sutton Kirker, whom he married in China in 1934 , died in 1950.
Mr. Murray is survived by a daughter, Miss Gail Murray of Cambridge, Mass., and a brother, Roscoe Murray of Frederick.
Private funeral services will be held at the M. R. Etchison & Son Funeral Home, 106 East Church Street, Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. Private interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. The family requested that flowers be omitted.
After a brief assignment to the Department of State, he enlisted in the United States Navy during World War I, Subsequently joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Murray was assigned to Tokyo, Peking , Moscow and Paris prior to the German occupation, at which time the Embassy Staff were held in detention in Baden-Baden.
Reassigned to London after World War II, he served as an attache' to the U.S. Embassy and before his retirement was appointed Vice-Consul in Le Havre. During his entire career as a Foreign Service Officer, Mr. Murray served a total of 42 years in posts home and abroad. His wife, the former Ruth Sutton Kirker, whom he married in China in 1934 , died in 1950.
Mr. Murray is survived by a daughter, Miss Gail Murray of Cambridge, Mass., and a brother, Roscoe Murray of Frederick.
Private funeral services will be held at the M. R. Etchison & Son Funeral Home, 106 East Church Street, Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. Private interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. The family requested that flowers be omitted.
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