Mary V. Duff Murphy, age 92, of Stratford, widow of Thomas R. Murphy, passed away on Friday December 16, 2011 in Lord Chamberlain Health Center, Stratford. Mrs. Murphy, a retired teacher at St. Ambrose School in Bridgeport for over thirty years, was born in Bridgeport to the late John L. and Ida Mae (Bentley) Duff and has been a life long area resident. Mary was a graduate of Lauralton Hall, and Albertus Magnus College, and received her Masters Degree in Education from the University of Bridgeport. She was a member of the Ladies Guild at Our Lady of Grace Church and the Albertus Magnus College Alumni Association. She is survived by her beloved children, Richard Murphy and his wife Suzanne of Stratford, John Christopher Murphy of New York, and Carolyn Agoglia of Stratford, 4 cherished grandchildren Luani and James Agoglia, and Jonathan and Joshua Murphy. Mary's family would like to thank Dr. David Jutkowitz and the staff of Lord Chamberlain HCC for their kind and loving care. Funeral services will take place on Tuesday December 20th at 12 Noon in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford and at 12:30 In Our Lady of Grace Church, Stratford for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Trumbull. Friends may call on Tuesday from 11a.m. – 12 p.m. lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations in Mary's memory to the Mary Murphy Scholarship at St. James School 2070 Main St Stratford, CT. 06615