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Sharon "Shari" Kay Timms
May 14, 2025
Sharon “Shari” Kay Timms, 85, of Central City, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A visitation will be held from 4 until 7 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2025 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City. A Memorial Service will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 17,...
Clifford Wayne Ayers
May 12, 2025
Clifford Wayne Ayers, 77, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Monday, May 12, 2025. A Celebration of Life will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids, with a luncheon following at The Legacy Center at Murdoch-Linwood in Cedar Rapids.
Clifford was born on April 17, 1948, in...
Ronald John Behnken
May 12, 2025
Ronald John Behnken, 89, of Manchester, Iowa, passed away on Monday, May 12, 2025, at home surrounded by his family. A Celebration of Life for Ronald and Janice will take place at a later date. Private family burial will take place at Oakland Cemetery. Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Manchester has assisted the family.
Ronald was born on March...
Jean Wentworth Mueller
May 9, 2025
Jean Wentworth Mueller died Friday, May 9, 2025. She was 100 years old, and completed a bucket list item by surpassing her 100th birthday.
Betty Jean was born April 28, 1925, in Dewey, Oklahoma to Frederick and Mildred Wentworth. Nearly every girl she went to school with was a Betty, so her teachers used her middle name to call on her...
David "Dave" W. Tesdahl
May 7, 2025
David “Dave” W. Tesdahl, 78, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. A visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at The Legacy Center at Murdoch-Linwood in Cedar Rapids. A funeral service will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at First Lutheran...
Lewis Erdman Staley
May 5, 2025
Lewis Erdman Staley, was born, he lived, he loved, and he died. Enough said.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Murdoch Funeral Home in Marion, Iowa. A private family burial will be held at Dunkard Cemetery in Toddville, Iowa. Please, no flowers or memorials. Let the only memorial be your memory of...
Janice Arlene Glessner
May 4, 2025
Janice Arlene Glessner, 88, of Marion, Iowa, passed away surrounded by her family on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at Winslow House Care Center. A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at Murdoch Funeral Home in Marion with visitation one hour prior. Inurnment will follow at St. John Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Jan was...
LaVonne L. Stemper
May 3, 2025
LaVonne L. “Bonnie” Stemper, 78, of Marion, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Marion. Funeral mass will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 9, 2025, at Old...
Maria Kay Orlich-Healy
May 2, 2025
Maria Kay Orlich-Healy, 77, died peacefully and surrounded by family on Friday, May 2, 2025, in Cedar Rapids. A Celebration of Life will be held at 3 p.m., Friday, May 9, 2025, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home; Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday at 2 p.m., or at the reception following the service. A livestream...
Lorenz "Larry" Sanders
May 2, 2025
Lorenz “Larry” Sanders, 88, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Friday, May 2, 2025, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, Iowa. Visitation: 4 – 6 p.m. Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 10 a.m. Friday, May 9, 2025, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar...
Carolyn King
Apr 30, 2025
Carolyn King passed away peacefully at Cottage Grove Place in Cedar Rapids on April 30, 2025. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, with visitation to begin at 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial: Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery, Davenport, Iowa.
She was born on January 24, 1943, in Clinton, Iowa,...
George 'Butch' Hubert Slocum
Apr 30, 2025
George 'Butch' Hubert Slocum, 81, of Marion, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. A Celebration of Life will be held from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Marion.
Butch was born on December 4, 1943, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Dale and Emma (Stangl) Slocum. He...
Arlo Ann Sieck
Apr 30, 2025
ArloAnn Betty Sieck, 92, of Center Point, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at the Hiawatha Care Center. A Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Marion, Iowa. A Funeral Service will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 5, 2025, at...
Beverly Carnahan
Apr 29, 2025
Beverly “Bev” Lynn Carnahan, 81, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving family. Visitation: 4 – 7 p.m. Monday, May 5, 2025, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at Hope Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids. Burial will immediately follow the service at Linwood...
Michael J. Hoeger
Apr 29, 2025
Michael J. Hoeger, 49, of Delaware, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Unity Point Health-Allen Hospital, Waterloo, Iowa. A visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Earlville, Iowa. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10:30 a.m., on Monday,...
Paul Allen Henze
Apr 28, 2025
Paul Allen Henze, 75, of Marion, Iowa, passed away on Monday, April 28, 2025, at St. Luke’s Hospital. A Celebration of Life will be held on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home in Cedar Rapids.
Paul was born on July 28, 1949, in Waterloo, Iowa, to Ernest and Verlyn (Andreessen) Henze. He graduated from Grundy Center...
Eloise "Ellie" Lehrman-Wood
Apr 28, 2025
Eloise “Ellie” Lehrman-Wood, 99, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Monday, April 28, 2025, surrounded by her family. A visitation will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids. A funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 5, 2025, at Zion Lutheran Church...
David Lee Fisher
Apr 28, 2025
David Lee Fisher, 82, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away, Monday, April 28, 2025, at St. Lukes Hospital, Cedar Rapids. No service will be held. Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, assisted the family.
David was born December 14, 1942, in Belle Plaine, Iowa, the son of Clifford and Blanche (Drahos) Fisher. He graduated from Belle Plaine High School...
Matthew Aaron Hamilton
Apr 27, 2025
Matthew Hamilton passed away on April 27, 2025, at 59 years old. Matthew has been living at Harmony – Cedar Rapids the last four years there on May 1, 2021.
Matthew was born on December 29, 1965, in Mason City, Iowa. Parents are Margie Mitchell, mother, and Patrick Hamilton, father. Matthew resided in the Boone, Ames, and Des Moines areas, until...
John "Jack" Darwin Rezabek
Apr 26, 2025
John D. “Jack” Rezabek passed away peacefully on April 26, 2025.
Jack was born on November 16, 1932, to George and Lorraine Rezabek in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. He grew up in Clear Lake, Iowa, working for the family business, Hawkeye Boat Livery. After the family moved to Cedar Rapids, he graduated from McKinley High School.
He married Maryann Dusterhoft on May 7,...
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