Paul tells us….”my Mom ( Rose Dunphy )passed away on Dec.28th, 2007 at the age 97. She loved teaching ... It was her passion in life. My sister, Chris & I had her for a teacher at RHS   ... we both took German with her & Chris took her advanced English class. Mom was born in Germany in 1910 and came to America with her parents when she was only one year old. She graduated from Rutgers back in the early 1930's and got two Master's degrees at Princeton University in English & German.”

DUNPHY , Rose S. On December 28, 2007, ROSE SCHMIDT DUNPHY predeceased by Edward N. Dunphy, loving mother of David E. Dunphy of Pasadena, MD; D. Patrick Dunphy of Castro Valley, CA; Mary of Mill Valley, CA; Christine A. White of Towson, MD; and Paul T. Dunphy of San Diego, CA; grandmother of 7 and great grandmother of 3.