Dover - Sylvia M. Murphy passed away Thursday Dec. 18, 2014 at KGH Bay Health Dover. She was born on March 18, 1935 in Fair Bault, Minn. to the late Lyle and Eunice Smith Nelson. She moved to Dover and started a family, she enjoyed the outdoors and gardening. She is preceded in death by her husband Archie Murphy, son Thomas J. Parks, and grand daughter Andrea C. Smith. She is survived by daughter, Susan C. and her husband David Comegys of Dover, Del.; sister, Constance Garcia and many nieces and nephews. Services will be held Monday 12/22/2014 at12 noon at Trader Funeral Home in Dover, Del. Burial will be at the Sharon Hill Memorial Park Dover. Friends may also call Monday from 11 a.m. till time of service at the Trader Funeral Home in Dover. Letters of condolences may be sent to www.traderfh.com