Thomas 'Brick' B. Murray

Dr. Thomas “Brick” B. Murray, age 92, of Kearney died Thursday, April 23, 2015 at his residence following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church with Father Charles Peek officiating. Inurnment will be in the St. Luke’s Church columbarium. Memorials are planned to the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church or to Doctors Without Borders. Feel free to visit www.hlmkfuneral.com to leave a tribute or message of condolence. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney are in charge of arrangements. Brick was born March 21st. 1923 in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Thomas and Corinne (Hanaford) Murray. He graduated from Grand Island High School, and is now in its Hall of Fame. He received his B.A. at UNL and continued his education at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He entered the service on March 3, 1943. He completed his residency in Neurology and Psychiatry at the Presidio in San Francisco. He served as Chief Psychiatric Consultant for South East Asia during the Vietnam era, then ran a psychiatric hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. He retired at the rank of Colonel on April 30th, 1973. He was in the military, but not a warrior. He treated those who were in pain. Brick married Grete W. Sandberg on July 4, 1974 in Trondheim, Norway. They moved to Kearney in 1974 where Brick entered private practice. He helped develop a psychiatric wing at Good Samaritan Hospital (“Three South”), and later, Brick and the late Dr. Robert Rosenlof were responsible for helping establish Richard Young Hospital. His professional endeavors and honors were many, first and foremost he was “good people”. Brick is survived by his wife Grete of Kearney, son Thomas B. Murray III and his wife Kyong of San Antonio, TX, daughter Annette Cecilie Sandberg and her partner Janet Minyard, of Pittsburgh, PA, son Axel Sandberg of Oslo, Norway, and daughter-in-law, Janis Davis of Lincoln, NE, granddaughters Mia B. Sandberg of Oslo, Norway, Shinenn D. Sandberg Nair of Albuquerque, NM, Katherine S. Murray of San Antonio, TX, grandson Sean R. Murray of San Antonio, TX, sister-in-law, Marianne Murray of Omaha , nieces and great grandchildren, Brick was preceded in death by one daughter in infancy, and daughter Karen Murray on July 28, 2012, one grandson Thomas B. Murray IV, and one brother Robert. PDF Printable Version

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Thomas 'Brick' B. Murray

April 23, 2015 - April 23, 2015