"Vi" Violet (Shadid) Murphy, 90 , of Cedar Rapids died Thursday, September 2, 2010.  Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church with Fr. Fred Shaheen presiding.  Burial will be in St. George Cemetery .  Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, where there will be a 7 p.m. Trisagion Service.  Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids is in charge of arrangments.

Vi was born July 14, 1920 in Cedar Rapids , the daughter of Raymond F. and
Elizabeth (Solomon) Shadid.  She married Thomas F. Murphy on November 15,
1943 in Alexandria , VA. Tom died October 11, 1982.  Vi proudly joined WAC (Women's Army Corp.) and served her country in the United States Army during WWII after which she attended and graduated from Cedar Rapids Business College .  Together, Vi and Tom owned Murphy Employment Service from 1956 to 1991.  Vi belonged to
the Business and Professional Women's Club, Altrusa, Cedar Rapids Women's
Golf Association, USBC, National Bowling Association, and Cedar Rapids
Bowling.  She was a lifetime member of St. George Orthodox Church.  Vi
enjoyed golf and bowling and was an active Hawkeye and Cubs fan.  In
addition, she loved going to Las Vegas !

Vi is survived by her daughter Chris Murphy of Cedar Rapids ; her son
Dennis R. (Kay) Murphy of Bettendorf; grandchildren Laura (Jeff)
Kaufman, Tom (Kate) Murphy, Lisa Murphy, Don (Jennifer) Murphy, and
Michele Bellamy; great-grandsons Jack Murphy, Ryan Murphy, and Zane Kaufman; great- granddaughters Rachel Murphy & Whitney Bellamy , and her sister Mary Shadid of Wichita , Kansas .

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Tom; a daughter Teri
in 1986; and her brothers Frank Shadid and George Shadid.

Memorials may be directed to Taylor Elementary School Computer Lab and St.
George Orthodox Church.