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Timothy William Garrity
Oct 3, 2020
Timothy William Garrity, 55, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Saturday, October 3, 2020. The family will greet friends from 4 – 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids. A private family funeral Mass will be held at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. Private burial will take place at...
Roxanne 'Roxy' Ellis
Oct 3, 2020
Roxanne “Roxy” Ellis, 41, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Saturday, October 3, 2020, at her home. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held from 4 – 8 p.m. Thursday, October 8, 2020, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. All guests are respectfully requested to wear a mask and practice social distancing. Roxy was born March 27,...
Kang Anderson
Oct 2, 2020
Kang Anderson, 72, of Toddville, Iowa, died Friday, October 2, 2020, at her home. A private family service will be held. All guests are respectfully requested to wear a mask and practice social distancing. A public Celebration of Life and burial in Dunkard Cemetery will take place at a later date. Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids...
Pamela Rae Durchenwald
Oct 1, 2020
Pamela Rae Durchenwald, 76, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Thursday, October 1, 2020, at the Hiawatha Care Center in Hiawatha, Iowa. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, October 5, 2020, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at the...
Jackie 'Jack' Keene Dutton
Oct 1, 2020
After a long struggle with Vascular Parkinsonism, Jackie “Jack” Keene Dutton, 83, was released from his body on Thursday, October 1, 2020. The family will greet friends from 5 – 7 p.m. on Monday, October 5, 2020, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion. A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at...
Judith Ovida Miles
Oct 1, 2020
Judith Ovida Miles died on October 1, 2020. She was born in Seattle, Washington, on November 23, 1936, to Odine and Nels Petersen who emigrated from Norway in the 1920’s. She graduated from Ballard High School in Seattle in 1954 and from the University of Washington in 1958 with a B.A. degree in Business Administration. In 1961, she married Dr....
Alan C Rash
Oct 1, 2020
Alan C. Rash, 69, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Thursday, October 1, 2020, at Heritage Specialty Care in Cedar Rapids surrounded by his family. Alan was a COVID-19 survivor. The family will greet friends from 12-2 p.m. on Sunday, October 11, 2020, at the Legacy Center at Murdoch-Linwood in Cedar Rapids. A Memorial Service will follow at 2 p.m. on...
Mary Lou Schmitz
Oct 1, 2020
Mary Lou Schmitz, 97, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2020 at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, Iowa. She was born May 23, 1923, in Hamilton, Illinois, the daughter of Frank and Millie (Ensign) Brown. She was adopted at age 9 by Daniel C. and Clara M. (Burrow) Gibbs. She graduated from Earlville High School in 1941. On June 29, 1947...
Curtis 'Curt' G. Smith
Sep 30, 2020
Curtis “Curt” G. Smith, 85, of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, formerly of Colesburg, Iowa, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 5, 2020, at All Saints Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids, officiated by his great nephew, Reverend Nick Radloff. All...
Irma J Pearson
Sep 29, 2020
Irma J. Pearson, 65, of Marion, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at her residence in Marion, from an illness related to her double lung transplant. A private memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 3, 2020, at Marion First United Methodist Church, live-streamed at www.marionmethodist.org . Click the Watch Live tab. A Celebration of Irma’s...
Rose Ann Imsland
Sep 29, 2020
Rose Ann Imsland, 90, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at Hiawatha Care Center, Hiawatha, Iowa. A Celebration of Life is planned for June of 2021. Burial will take place at Saint Patricks Cemetery in Fairfax, Iowa. Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids is assisting the family. Rose was born June 21, 1930, in...
Tamara Lee Johns
Sep 28, 2020
Tamara Lee (Failor) Johns, 61, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away on Monday, September 28, 2020, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. A Memorial Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 12, 2020, at Antioch Christian Church in Marion, Iowa. Private family inurnment will take place at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. All guests are...
Robert A. Luensmann
Sep 28, 2020
Robert “Bob” Luensmann,81, of Delhi, Iowa, passed away suddenly of a heart attack on Monday, September 28, 2020 at Unity Point, Finley Hospital, Dubuque, Iowa. Visitation for Robert will be held Thursday, October 1, 2020, 3 to 7 p.m. at St John’s Catholic Church, 307 South Street, Delhi. Funeral Mass will be held 11 a.m. Friday, October 2, 2020 at...
Robert J. Langfitt
Sep 28, 2020
Robert J. Langfitt, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 28, 2020, at UnityPoint St. Luke’s Hospice Unit. No services will be held. Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, assisted the family. Robert was born June 14, 1939, the son of Orland and Naomi (Brown) Langfitt. He proudly served his country in the United States Army and...
Marylyn Jane Krog
Sep 27, 2020
Marylyn Jane Krog, 84, of Central City, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2020, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In agreement with her wishes, cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 17, 2020, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church located at 915 27th Street in Marion, Iowa, where...
Patricia Failor
Sep 26, 2020
Patricia Failor, 82, of Marion, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2020, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion.
Jan (Schmitz) Gaitan
Sep 25, 2020
Jan (Schmitz) Gaitan, 82, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away Friday, September 25, 2020, at UnityPoint St. Luke’s Hospice Unit, Cedar Rapids. Per Jan’s wishes, cremation has taken place and her inurnment will be held at a later date in Madison, Wisconsin. Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids assisted the family. Jan was born...
Robert Leon Offerman
Sep 24, 2020
Robert Leon Offerman, 94, of Monticello, Iowa passed away Thursday, September 24, 2020, at his home. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, September 27, 2020, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City, Iowa. A Private Family Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, September 28, 2020, at St. Joseph Catholic Church...
Lyle E. Orcutt
Sep 23, 2020
Lyle E. Orcutt, 93, passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, Iowa. The family will greet friends from 3 to 7 p.m. on Friday, October 9, 2020 at the Earlville United Parish, Earlville, Iowa. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, October 10, 2020, at the church with an additional visitation...
Florence "Flo" May (Felty) Winkler Robertson
Sep 23, 2020
FLORENCE “FLO” W. ROBERTSON Former Central City Mainstreet Program Facilitator Florence “Flo” May Felty Winkler Robertson, 75, passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, at Fort Dodge Villa Care Center, Fort Dodge, Iowa from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. A Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 3, 2020, at the United Church of Christ in Central City....
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