Camille Murphy (born Camille Margaret Costanza) passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of January 24th, 2026, at Bridges by Epoch Memory Care Assisted Living in Mashpee, Massachusetts. She was 93 years old. Camille is survived by her two sons, Christopher Murphy of Truro, Massachusetts and Douglas Murphy and his wife Rita of Chula Vista, California, her two granddaughters Alyssa Murphy of Lemon Grove, California and Megan Armitage and her husband Samual of Fort Worth, Texas and her great granddaughter Katherine Armitage, her nephew Patrick Aldrich of Inlet Beach, Florida and his wife Maureen and her niece Abigail Homiller of Westwood, Massachusetts and her husband Jacob, her two grandnieces Emily Homiller and Olivia Homiller of Boston, Massachusetts and her grandnephew William Homiller of Westwood, Massachusetts.
Camille was born on June 7th, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Beatrice and George Costanza. She graduated from Girl’s Latin School (currently Boston Latin Academy) in 1949 and Jackson College of Tufts University 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and she returned to school and obtained her Master’s in Education from Syracuse University. She became a teacher with The Syracuse City School District in 1970 where she taught third and fourth grade students for 25 years at Seymour and Danforth schools respectively. She was a member of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. She enjoyed her membership at the Onondaga Country Club, where she was a member of the Social, Pool, Tennis and Paddle Tennis Committees, a member of the Cape Cod Museum of Art, the founder of the Tufts Club Book Award Program, a member of the City of Dennis, Massachusetts Historical Society, a volunteer at both the Jacob Sears’ Library and the Dennis Public Library. She was an antique enthusiast and had a lifelong love for cats. She was a voracious reader and loved the beach, especially those on Nantucket and Cape Cod.
There will be a private memorial service held in the summer.
Our family is deeply appreciative for the compassion and care that Camille received at Bridges of Mashpee and from Continuum Hospice-Cape Cod.