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CALVIN “EDDIE” MURRAY MARCH 13, 1948 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 CALVIN, EDDIE, BOP BOP, POPS OUR DAD LEFT HIS EARTHLY SELF TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE THERE IS NO PAIN, A PLACE WHERE LOVE SURROUNDS HIM. CALVIN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE SOUTH END OF ALBANY. HE WAS A TYPICAL TOUGH GUY RUNNING THE STREETS WITH GREASE IN HIS HAIR AND A PACK OF CIGARETTES ROLLED UP IN HIS T-SHIRT. HE WAS A TEENAGER WHEN HE MET A REDHEAD THAT STOLE HIS HEART AND THEY CREATED A FAMILY. THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN WIGI, GOO, LITTLE EDDIE, BIG MAC, AND BARBIE. OUR DAD USED ALL THESE NICKNAMES, OUR REAL NAMES AND SOMETIMES THREW IN THE NAME STEVE IN ORDER TO GET OUR ATTENTION. CALVIN WORKED IN A SCRAPYARD, DROVE TRUCK, DROVE A BUS, AND DELIVERED MEDICAL SUPPLIES THROUGH OUT HIS CAREER. IF YOU CAME TO OUR HOUSE YOU WERE INVITED TO STAY FOR DINNER. HE FED MANY KIDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND MANY OF OUR FRIENDS. HE WOULD GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK IF YOU NEEDED IT, OR IF HE THOUGHT IT WOULD HELP YOU. HE LOVED HIS MOM, SHE WAS HIS HERO AND HE WORRIED ABOUT HIS SIBLINGS CONSTANTLY. CALVIN’S HOBBIES WERE SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS ALL YEAR LONG, WATCHING THE METS PLAY BASEBALL AND CALLING HIS CHILDREN AT 5AM, 5:30AM OR DURING NORMAL WORK HOURS. HE WAS HAPPIEST WHEN HE COULD PLAY POKER OR BOTTLE CAP WARS AND CHEAT. HIS SUMMER VACATION SPOT WAS THE CHATHAM FAIR. HE WENT EVERY YEAR FOR 65 YEARS, ONLY MISSING IT ONCE. THIS WAS HIS HAPPY PLACE. WE MISS HIM ALREADY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 60 YEARS, DORIS, HIS CHILDREN LEUELLA (RAY), GRACE (JIM), EDWARD, MATTHEW, AND BARBARA (RYAN) SIBLINGS SYDNEY (GLENDA), ROSETTA AND SUE PREDECEASED BY MARY AND GEORGE HIS BASEBALL TEAM OF GRANDDAUGHTERS ERICA, LEIGH, LINDA, CAITLIN, DAWN, SIMANTHA, FELICITY, AVA AND ONE MORE WAS ADOPTED TO MAKE 9 THE BACK UP ROSTER OF GREAT GRANDCHILDREN MACI, AUDREY, CALEB, NOVA, LUNA, AND STEVEN IF YOU MET OR KNEW OUR DAD, YOU WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM. “I ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD” CALVIN In lieu of flowers please donate either to Shriners Hospital or Columbia Greene Humane Society. Relatives and friends are invited to visit with Calvin's family on Saturday, September 9, 2023 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in the McVeigh Funeral Home, 208 North Allen Street, Albany, NY 12206. Please only enter the funeral home from the rear parking lot entrance.

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Calvin "Eddie" Murray

March 13, 1948 - September 3, 2023