Nyla Murphy

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|name = Nyla Murphy

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|office = Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives

|term_start = 1979

|term_end = 1991

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1931|1|31}}

|birth_place = Stilesville, Indiana, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|6|6|1931|1|31}}

|death_place = Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.

|party = Republican

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Nyla A. Murphy (January 31, 1931 – June 6, 2015) was an American lawyer, real estate broker, flight attendant, and politician. A Republican, she served in the Wyoming House of Representatives for 12 years from 1979 to 1991. She lived in Casper, Wyoming and represented Natrona County.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jaQMAQAAMAAJ&q=roma+alma+spaulding | title=Women, State, and Territorial Legislators, 1895-1995: A State-by-state Analysis, with Rosters of 6,000 Women | isbn=9780786400782 | last1=Cox | first1=Elizabeth | year=1996 }}

Biography

Nyla A. Murphy was born on January 31, 1931, in Stilesville, Indiana. She graduated from Arsenal Technical High School in 1949, and attended Butler University, but had to drop out due to work. She met Charles J. Huff while working as an airline stewardess. She married him, had three children, and moved to Wyoming before his death in 1977. She graduated from the University of Wyoming with a bachelor of science in political science in 1989, and from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1993.{{sfn|Jost|1991|p=221}}{{Cite news |date=August 19, 1990 |title=1990 Wyoming gubernatorial candidates biographies |page=E2 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/casper-star-tribune/102963495/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820231922/https://www.newspapers.com/article/casper-star-tribune/102963495/ |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=June 15, 2015 |title=Nyla Murphy |work=Casper Star-Tribune |url=https://trib.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/nyla-murphy/article_d7c93378-4051-5550-a83a-93ed0fb8b32a.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820233137/https://trib.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/nyla-murphy/article_d7c93378-4051-5550-a83a-93ed0fb8b32a.html |archive-date=August 20, 2024}}

Nyla operated a real estate business. She practice law in Riverton for a few years before moving back to Laramie and creating her own law practice.

During Murphy's tenure in the state house she served on the Labor, Health, and Social Services, Mines, Minerals, and Industrial Development, and Judiciary committees.{{sfn|Jost|1991|pp=170; 183; 192}}

She died from bile duct cancer at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie, Wyoming, on June 6, 2015.

Political positions

The Wyoming Right to Choose PAC reported Murphy as supporting abortion rights during the 1990 gubernatorial election.{{Cite news |date=August 14, 1990 |title=Wyoming Right To Choose Candidate Survey Results |page=A10 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/casper-star-tribune/81947538/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820234809/https://www.newspapers.com/article/casper-star-tribune/81947538/ |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}

References

Works cited

{{cite book|editor-last=Jost |editor-first=Loren |title=Wyoming Blue Book |volume=4 |publisher=Wyoming State Archives |date=1991 |url=https://wyoarchives.wyo.gov/pdf/WyomingBlueBookFour.pdf}}

Category:1931 births

Category:2015 deaths

Category:Deaths from cancer in Wyoming

Category:Deaths from cholangiocarcinoma in the United States

Category:People from Hendricks County, Indiana

Category:Butler University alumni

Category:University of Wyoming alumni

Category:University of Wyoming College of Law alumni

Category:Flight attendants

Category:Businesspeople from Wyoming

Category:Wyoming lawyers

Category:Women state legislators in Wyoming