retired director and owner, Murphy-Musgrove Funeral Home, Junction City, Oregon, died June 7, 2022, at age 91. He served in the U.S. Navy and attended funeral service college in Los Angeles. He was a 60-year member and past president of the Downtown Eugene Lions Club, as well as past president of the Oregon Funeral Directors Association, the Oregon State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, and the Eugene Active 20/30 Club.
Musgrove served on the boards of the Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation, Lane County Cancer Society, Goodwill Industries and Lane County Council on Alcoholism. He was a board and Executive Committee member of Eugene Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Oregon Lions Eye Bank Operating Committee. An avid Ducks fan, he and his family established a Musgrove Family Scholarship for local athletes.
After the tragic loss of his only brother, John, in Vietnam, Musgrove stepped forward as surrogate father to his children.
His life with wife Kay was cut short by her tragic death. In 2002, he married Ann Lamon. Together, they established a vocal scholarship in the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance.
He is survived by wife Ann, sons Mark and Jeff (NFDA past president and Policy Board member, respectively), daughter Jan, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandsons.