Brother Thomas C. Murphy, M.S., 73, a Missionary of Our Lady of LaSalette, 85 New Park Avenue, Hartford, CT, died on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at St. Mary Home in West Hartford, Connecticut. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on July 7, 1940, the son of the late Thomas and Agnes (Thompson) Murphy. He was educated in local schools and entered the LaSalette formation program in Ipswich, Massachusetts, as a postulant in 1964. Brother Tom made his first profession of vows on May 1, 1965, and was then assigned to the LaSalette Junior Seminary in Jefferson City, MO. In 1972 he pursued nurse's training at the DePaul Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, MO. He was assigned to Our Lady of Prompt Succor Parish in Sulphur, Louisiana, and ministered at St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, LA. In April of 1975 he returned to LaSalette House in St. Louis, MO and was appointed house treasurer in 1979. In 1986 he was assigned to renovate property there which would be used by LaSalette seminarians attending St. Louis University. After a year's sabbatical he was named Associate Director of the formation residence in St. Louis. In 1991 Brother Thomas assisted with the Senior's Program at Holy Guardian Angels Settlement in St. Louis and in 1995 became the maintenance director at residential care facilities of the Cardinal Ritter Institute in St. Louis. He was assigned to the LaSalette Formation House in Washington, DC in 2000. Since August of 2004, he has resided at the LaSalette Hartford House. Brother Tom is survived by his LaSalette confreres. A Mass of Christian Burial will be concelebrated at Hartford House Chapel, 85 New Park Avenue, Hartford on Monday, November 25, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. with burial at Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield, CT. Friends may call at Hartford House on Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. Contributions in Brother Tom's memory may be made to: Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette Retirement Fund, 915 Maple Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114-2330. To share a memory with the Community, please visit www.dillonbaxter.com