Emma Fay Murray, 77, departed this life on Thursday, July 19, 2018 surrounded by her loving children. She was preceded in death by the love of her life, Richard, in August of 2017. Today, they are together for eternity.Fay was born May 30, 1941 in Cumberland, MD, to the late Thomas and Clara "Marty" Moore. She was a graduate of Ursuline Academy, class of 1959. She attended Kings Daughter's Hospital School of Nursing, Martinsburg, WV, and graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1962. She worked as an RN until the birth of her children, taking only part-time RN jobs intermittently until all five of her children were reared.She worked and volunteered in Sts. Peter and Paul, St. John Neumann, and Bishop Walsh Catholic Schools as a school nurse and also volunteered in the cafeteria while working full-time as a homemaker for her family. Once her children were raised she took on full time work as an RN with Nurti-Systems in Cumberland until they closed. She also loved her job with Goodwill Industries before changing and working as a nurse for the State of MD at the Brandenburg Center. She was a certified First Aid and CPR instructor, conducting classes for various organizations and held certification in Reflexology. She was a lifelong member of the Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Parish, sang in the St. Ambrose Church choir, was a Sultana in the Alhambra, enjoyed aerobic dance classes and water aerobics, and had a passion for nutrition. Fay also wrote news publications for the YMCA Sea Otters Swim team.Fay was devoted to her family. She and Rich took all their children and grandchildren on annual Myrtle Beach trips. It was one of their most treasured yearly events. In high school she was member of The Four Lasses singing quartet, winning and placing in several local talent contests, played the piano, and was a member of the Ursuline Academy Glee club.Fay's surviving family members include children, Sharon Devine, Ijamsville, Chris Murray and wife Amy, Frederick, Julie Bohrer and husband Travis, LaVale, Susan Young and husband Steve, Westminster, and Mark Murray and wife Kellie, Westminster; grandchildren, Billy, Matthew, and Chris Devine, Brad and Jacob Murray, Victoria and Cameron Bohrer, Taylor, Nathan, Shannon, and Jordan Young, and Alex and Adam Murray; siblings, Diane Spicer, Dan Moore and wife Betty, Elizabeth Bender and husband Tom, Janet Hollern and husband Mike, Denise Bennett and husband Mark, and Cathy Zirk and husband Dave, beloved sister-in-law Lois Hoke and husband Phil, brother-in-law Don Murray, and numerous nieces and nephews.Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., 108 Virginia Avenue, Cumberland, on Sunday, July 22, 2018 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A Christian Wake will be conducted on Sunday at 8:30 p.m.Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 125 Fayette Street, Cumberland, on Monday, July 23, 2018 at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in Restlawn Memorial Gardens.Pallbearers will be Fay's grandsons.Condolences for the family may be left at www.ScarpelliFH.com