Obituaries

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Marilyn Margaret Blakley

Marilyn Margaret Blakley

Mar 21, 2017

Marilyn Margaret Blakley, 81, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at the University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics. Private family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Marilyn is survived by her children, Deborah Greene of Lowden, Iowa, Randall (Diane) Blakley of Urbana, Iowa, Johnny...

Maurice E. Whitman

Maurice E. Whitman

Mar 20, 2017

Maurice E. Whitman, 88, of Marion, Iowa, formerly of Clayton Center, Iowa, entered into eternal life with his Lord and Savior on Monday, March 20, 2017. Visitation: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 26, 2017, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion. Graveside Service: 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 27, 2017, at Clayton Center Cemetery, Clayton Center, Iowa, conducted by...

Richard Allen Dunphy

Richard Allen Dunphy

Mar 19, 2017

Richard A. Dunphy, 54, of Manchester, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017. Visitation will be held from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Cornerstone Community Church, Manchester, followed by a Memorial Service at 11:00 a.m. Richard was born March 4, 1963, in Longbranch, New Jersey, the son of Daniel and Johnny Faye (Scrivner) Dunphy. Richard married...

Joyce M. Fehlhafer

Joyce M. Fehlhafer

Mar 19, 2017

Joyce M. Fehlhafer, 81, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017. Family will greet friends from 9 – 11 a.m. Thursday, March 23, 2017, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion, where a service will begin at 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Inurnment: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Joyce is survived by her...

George J. Stancel

George J. Stancel

Mar 18, 2017

George Stancel, celebrating 90 years of life, of Iowa Veteran’s Home, Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 18, 2017, at Unity Point Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, following a short illness. Service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Visitation is one hour prior to service. Burial with...

Phyllis L. Olson

Phyllis L. Olson

Mar 17, 2017

Phyllis Louise (Vollertsen) Olson, 77, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 17, 2017, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, Iowa. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 24, 2017, at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, March 23, 2017, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial:...

Larry P. Schultz

Larry P. Schultz

Mar 17, 2017

Larry P. Schultz, 75, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 17, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Larry was born June 16, 1941, southeast of Sigourney, Iowa, in Keokuk County to William and Neva (Fowler) Schultz. He attended Sigourney schools before the family moved to a farm near Richland, Iowa. He graduated from Richland in 1959. Larry...

Kenny Barker

Kenny Barker

Mar 17, 2017

Kenny Barker, 94, passed away on March 17, 2017. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Coggon, Iowa, conducted by Father Scott Boone. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Coggon, with military honors provided by American Legion Post #362 of Coggon. This will be...

Marlys Eilene Tritle

Marlys Eilene Tritle

Mar 17, 2017

Marlys E. Tritle, 83, of Springville, passed away Friday, March 17, 2017, in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Visitation: 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the funeral home. Burial: Springville Cemetery, Springville. Marlys is survived by her son, Randy Tritle of Clarks Grove,...

Richard "Dick" Louis Pflughaupt

Richard "Dick" Louis Pflughaupt

Mar 16, 2017

Richard “Dick” L. Pflughaupt, 80, of Central City, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017, at Mercy Hallmar, Cedar Rapids. Visitation will be held from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 20, 2017, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City, with funeral service beginning at 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home conducted by Pastor Darran Whiting. Burial will...

Linda L. Salsbery

Linda L. Salsbery

Mar 16, 2017

Linda L. Salsbery, 71, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Thursday, March 16, 2017. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her husband, Alvin; daughter, Crystal; and son, Jeffrey Salsbery; two half-sisters, Charlene and Karen. She was preceded in death by her parents; two children,...

Sally Carol Rohrer

Sally Carol Rohrer

Mar 14, 2017

Sally Rohrer, 77, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, joined the Heavenly throne in Heaven on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, as she fought a courageous battle with cancer. Visitation: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 18, 2017, at Salem United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 18, 2017, at the church, conducted by Rev. John Luke and Rev....

Barbara "Barb" Ann Walser

Barbara "Barb" Ann Walser

Mar 14, 2017

Barbara Ann Walser, 89, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 18, 2017, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, conducted by Pastor John Howerton. Visitation: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2017, at the funeral home....

Donna Jean Smock

Donna Jean Smock

Mar 13, 2017

Donna Smock, 76, of Ryan, Iowa, died Monday, March 13, 2017. Visitation: 4:00 - 7:00 p.m., Friday, March 17, 2017, Bohnenkamp – Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester, and one hour prior to services on Saturday. Funeral Services: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 18, 2017, at Bohnenkamp – Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester. Inurnment at a later date:...

Michele Jane Wegmann

Michele Jane Wegmann

Mar 13, 2017

Michele Wegmann, 36, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Monday, March 13, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion. Funeral Mass: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 16, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Hiawatha, conducted by Father Mark Ressler. The family will greet...

Lois Ann Wilhelm

Lois Ann Wilhelm

Mar 12, 2017

Home at Last. Lois Ann Wilhelm, 80, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, Iowa. Visitation: 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 520 Wilson Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, where a Scripture Service will begin at 5:30 p.m. Food,...

Marcella K. "Sally" Reilly

Marcella K. "Sally" Reilly

Mar 12, 2017

Marcella K. “Sally” Reilly, of Shueyville, Iowa, died Sunday, March 12, 2017, at the University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. Memorial Gathering: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 16, 2017, at The Legacy Center at Murdoch-Linwood, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Burial: Spring Grove Cemetery, Covington, Iowa, at a later date. Sally is survived by her husband, Tom; beloved...

Leland Wayne Nowadzky

Leland Wayne Nowadzky

Mar 12, 2017

Leland Wayne Nowadzky, 89, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Sunday, March 12, 2017, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 16, 2017, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Pastor Phil Jorgensen will officiate. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar...

Ellen D. Ferguson

Ellen D. Ferguson

Mar 11, 2017

Ellen D. Ferguson, 85, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Saturday, March 11, 2017, at St. Luke’s Unity Point Hospital, Cedar Rapids. A Celebration of Life Service will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday April 14, 2017 at the Legacy Center at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids. Private family burial will be held at the Monona Cemetery, Monona, Iowa....

Michael Peter Shulgin

Michael Peter Shulgin

Mar 11, 2017

Michael Peter Shulgin, 62, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away from cancer on Saturday, March 11, 2017, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Visitation: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 520 Wilson Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, where there will be 7:00 p.m. Scripture service. Funeral services: 10:30...