Patti Jean Murchison

Patti Jean Murchison, a 39 year resident of Morgan Hill, passed away unexpectedly on June 17, a little more than a week before her 88th birthday. Patti was born and raised in Chicago with one sister, often spending summers with her grandmother in St. Paul, MN. As a young, single mother of five, she followed her mother and sister to Palo Alto, CA in 1960, where she married a second time and had her sixth child.

Through hard work and perseverance, Patti developed a successful career in financial planning

and later real estate, becoming the owner of Help-U-Sell in Morgan Hill. She also invested a great deal of her time and energy in the Morgan Hill community as a member of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. Notably, she was one of two of the first women Rotary members in 19xx, and served as the President of the Chamber of Commerce in 19xx. In addition, she served as the President of the Independence Day celebration in 19xx.

Patti and her husband, Denis, moved to Morgan Hill in 1982 and have been here ever since - loving every minute of it!

Patti is survived by her husband of 43 years, Denis, five of her six children: Beverly Webber (JC), Art Cooley (April), Steve Bunkowske (Cindy), Laura McCaffery, and Barb Cooley (Rod Creason), as well as two stepchildren, Todd Murchison (Nicole) and Melissa Rask (Robert). She is also survived by eleven grandchildren: Codey, Steve Jr, Anthony, Allison, Michael, Jenny, Jen, Haley, Elena, Jeremy, and Jacob, as well as nine great-grandchildren, a niece, two nephews, five grandnephews, and two grandnieces. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Suzi Uomini (Stan) in 2016 and her granddaughter, Cheryl Atwood in 1994.

Patti will be laid to rest at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto on June 25.

Published in Morgan Hill Times · June 24, 2021