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John deMarmon Murray, a longtime resident of Quogue, died on January 6, 2018, at his home in San Paulo, Brazil, of cancer. He was 82.
Mr. Murray was a graduate of the Quogue School, Deerfield Academy and Yale University class of ’58. After fulfilling his military obligation in the U.S. Army, he took a job in Brazil as the American representative for A & P Coffee Company and lived there for 55 years, following his marriage to Irene Wefers, a Brazilian citizen. From A & P Coffee, he moved on to work as chief financial officer for Cargill International/Brazil, and later as a partner in Boyden International, an executive search firm. He was especially active in the Yale Club of Brazil, and served as its president for many years. Despite a lifetime in Brazil, Mr. Murray always considered Quogue to be his home and returned most every year with his family and grandchildren to spend several months in the Quogue Street house where he had grown up.
In recent years he was pleased to have his brother, Bob, and family living only two doors away. He left his “favorite place in the world” just before Thanksgiving to seek further treatment for his illness in San Paulo.
Mr. Murray was a “people person,” according to survivors. While he enjoyed traveling and reading (history was his subject of choice), his favorite pastime was meeting new people and making new friends, which is why he liked to finish most every evening out in Quogue at Nando’s or the Inn at Quogue, precursors to the Quogue Club at Hallock House, for a night-cap … and for one last conversation with an old, or new, friend.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Irene; sons, Robert Murray and Manfred Wefers; a daughter, Alice Murray Reimer and husband Ronaldo; grandchildren, Lisa, Christine and Matthias Reimer; as well as his brother, Bob Murray and wife Meredith.
A funeral and burial will be in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
on Jan 8, 2018