Melva Dunphy

  Melva M. Dunphy (Age 81)   Late of  Sunnyside, College Park, MD, went to be with her Lord on April 17, 2018. She was preceded in death by her mother, Leona Elizabeth Dilworth Milstead, father Melville Brown Milstead, sons Stephen Michael and Joseph Michael Dunphy, granddaughter Chasity Dunphy, and sisters Barbara Joan Clingerman and Leona Elizabeth (Betty) Hall, sisters in law Ethel Sweeney,Veronica Sweeney, brothers in-law James N. Chumbris, Nicholas J. Chumbris and Quentin Clingerman. Well loved, she leaves her husband of 64 years, Thomas F. Dunphy, Sr, children Thomas F. Dunphy, Jr (Rose), Cheryl A. Johnson (Dan), Charles A. Dunphy, Grandchildren Thomas F. Dunphy III (Kelly), Jessica M.D.Bennett (Terry), Jennifer Shannon Shaw (Kyle), Jessica Granims, greatgrandchildren Jillian, Kendall, Lukas and Claire Bennett, Parker and Finn Dunphy, brothers Charles E. Milstead (Catherine) and Albert A. Milstead (LouEtta), Precious In-laws, Rosalie Posey (Terry) Jack Sweeney, Sandi Chumbris, Carol Chumbris, a large extended family and a plethora of friends to cherish her memory.  Born Melva Carol Milstead in Takoma Park, MD on Saturday, March 6, 1937, Melva grew up in the Sandy Springs, Spencerville area of Montgomery County MD and in Washington, DC. It was in Washington, at Eastern High School that Melva met and in 1954 married Tommy, the great love of her life. The couple’s first apartment was in Takoma Park. In 1959 the young family moved to Palmer Park and finally in 1969 to College Park, MD where Tommy and Melva spent nearly 50 years together. Melva was an accomplished bowler and an avid sports fan. Her favorite sports were baseball and football. Win or lose, she loved her Orioles and Redskins! She was the vocal cheerleader of any sport her family or friends played and was always as close to the action as possible. ! She loved to be on the local ball field and at a baseball game would always station herself right behind the backstop, taking stats and watching those umps. She enjoyed intimate conversations, dinner out, country music, TV, playing cards, dancing and quiet evenings by the fire.  Thru many difficulties, Melva modeled tenacity, working over and over again to get back home to her family. A loving Wife, precious Mother, faithful Sister and Friend, Melva is already missed so much. At times like these we often learn those we love have facets with which we are unfamiliar. Please let share your experience of love and friendship with our beloved Wife and Mom so that, in losing her, we may also know her better. Thank you for all of your love and support of our family through the years. Everyone one of you means the World to us. Please view the family’s online memory book to share a favorite story, picture or sentiment. Private Interment: Arlington National Cemetery In lieu of flowers, donations maybe made in her memory to Washington Adventist Heart & Vascular Care Center to support the work of Dr. David Brill, who cared for Melva for more than 15 years. Address: 7600 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912