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Franklin William King
Mar 24, 2017
Franklin W. King, 86, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Walker, Iowa, passed away on Friday, March 24, 2017. Visitation: 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Monday, March 27, 2017, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point. Service: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at Walker United Methodist Church in Walker. Burial: Walker Cemetery, Walker, Iowa. Survivors include his wife,...
John Wesley Bunting
Mar 24, 2017
John Wesley Bunting, 86, of Marion, died Friday, March 24, 2017. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Monday, March 27, 2017, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Marion. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion, conducted by Reverend David O’Connor. Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery in Marion with military honors. Survivors...
Josephine Wilma Riley
Mar 23, 2017
Josephine Wilma Riley passed peacefully from this world on Thursday, March 23, 2017, at Northbrook Manor Care Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Upon her death, Josephine donated her body to The University of Iowa Medial Clinic. She will be remembered at her Private Memorial Service at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 27, 2017, at Sacred Heart Catholic Parish Hall, Walker. Service...
John Calvin Munn
Mar 23, 2017
John Calvin Munn, 52, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2017. Celebration of Life from 4:00 – 7:00 pm on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, where there will be a sharing time at 6:30 pm at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Inurnment at a later date: Prough Cemetery, Kirksville, Missouri. Survivors include his parents,...
Kay Arlene Blinks
Mar 22, 2017
Kay Arlene Blinks, 79, of Marion, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at Unity Point Hospice Unit at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 4 – 8 p.m. Friday, March 24, 2017, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion. Funeral Service: 9:00 a.m. Saturday, March 25, 2017, at the funeral home. Kay is survived by her children, Barb (Curt...
Dion "Don" O'Loughlin
Mar 22, 2017
Dion “Don” O’Loughlin, 80, of Marion, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at his home. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at Peace Christian Reformed Church, 6600 C Avenue NE in Cedar Rapids, conducted by Reverend Gary Brouwers. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will...
Marlyn D. Benish
Mar 22, 2017
Marlyn D. Benish, 70, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, after a courageous battle with cancer. A Masonic Service will begin at 5:00 p.m., Sunday March 26, 2017, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, in Marion. Visitation will follow until 8:00 p.m. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 27, 2017, at Springville Presbyterian...
Sylvia Lou Foreman
Mar 21, 2017
Sylvia Lou Foreman, 89, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away at home, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Services: 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 27, 2017, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Sunday, March 26, 2017, Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Sylvia is survived by her children,...
Bobby Joe Slaton Sr.
Mar 21, 2017
Bobby Joe Slaton, Sr. 76, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at his home. Visitation: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Friday, March 24, 2017, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Service: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 25, 2017, at First Church of the Open Bible, Cedar Rapids, with an hour visitation prior to the...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
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