1965

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Murphy Sabatino ’65 on January 8, 2010. Murphy, a farmer and restaurateur, was born December 23, 1943 to Murphy and Josephine Sabatino. He was a lifelong resident of San Jose. He graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory in 1961 and Santa Clara University in 1965 and paid for his college tuition by selling fireworks during the summer. Murphy began working at the Pink Elephant Market on King Road at the age of 11 and continued helping in various family businesses all his life. Murphy had a passion for starting a business from nothing and had many successful ventures of his own, including a hardware store, a tortilla factory, a delicatessen, and his most well-known business, the Italian Gardens in San Jose. Most recently he acquired a vacant building in Hollister and turned it in to the Cedar House Restaurant, which received many outstanding reviews. However, first and foremost, Murphy was a farmer with a lifelong love for growing cherries. Murphy is survived by Carol, his true love and wife of 42 years, daughter Elizabeth Smith (Michael), son Murphy Sabatino III (Jennifer), grandchildren Samantha, Sophia, and Wade Smith, and Olivia Sabatino, Sister Joanne Moul (Mike), Aunts Lucille Marks, Angie Margo, Santina Maxwell and Mary Parle, nephews Michael and Kevin Moul, Mark, Randy and Scott Bruner, and Sean Collins, nieces Elizabeth Moul and Shannon Tassi, numerous cousins, great nephews and nieces.

08 Nov 2018