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Jean Ann Murphy was born 9-24-60 to the parents of Cyril Francis and Shirley Mae Weis (Murphy) in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Jean is the 2nd of 5 daughters to Cyril and Shirley born from 1959-1965.
A...view moreJean Ann Murphy was born 9-24-60 to the parents of Cyril Francis and Shirley Mae Weis (Murphy) in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Jean is the 2nd of 5 daughters to Cyril and Shirley born from 1959-1965.
All Jean’s early childhood and high school years were lived in Wisconsin. Jean graduated in Prairie du Chien, Wi, in 1979.
Interests in Wisconsin developed were her love for God, family and then as the great Vince Lombardi would list, the Green Bay Packers.
The Murphy family moved to Minnesota in 1979. Jean from there moved to Fosston, Minnesota to work at the city’s municipal nursing home in 1982. She met her future husband, Rod Nielsen there and they were married in June 1982 in Bemidji, Minnesota.
While living in Fosston, two daughters were born, Lori Jean on 12-23-82 and Rachel Elizabeth on 8-9-86.
As family needs grew so did education as Jean received a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education with additional licensures in the Pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and early childhood special education areas at Bemidji State University. Jean moved her family to Fairmont, Minnesota to establish a career in teaching with the Martin County Special Education Coop.
Because of change in education, this moved the family to New Ulm, Minnesota in 1995. Jean became the director of the New Ulm Area Catholic Schools EduCare preschool and daycare serving 80 families at the time.
More change was to come with work and the consolidation of the program into a new elementary building led Jean to a new career working with group homes in the New Ulm area.
Staying in New Ulm was a blessing in disguise for Jean and her family. The family learned the true values of the community because the longer the family lived in New Ulm, the more apparent of living the city’s values became because these values became her own.
Over time, as Lori married she and her husband, Brett now have two children Lily and Eve. They are in New Ulm, too, and understanding more and more the importance of living in a smaller community.view less
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