Obituaries
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Jan J. Garien
Aug 10, 2016
Jan J. Garien, 68, of Marion, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at Hiawatha Care Center, Hiawatha. Visitation: 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., Sunday, August 14, 2016, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion. Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m., Monday, August 15, 2016, at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Marion, conducted by Pastor Dennis Johnson. There will be a private family...
Virginia Eden Oakley
Aug 8, 2016
Virginia Eden Oakley, 91, of Marion, passed away Monday, August 8, 2016, at Linn Manor Care Center, Marion. Visitation: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion. Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 11, 2016, at First United Methodist Church, Marion conducted by Pastor Mike Morgan. Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion. Virginia...
Bonnie Mae Bower
Aug 6, 2016
Bonnie M. Bower, 80, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, Iowa. Service: 11 a.m. Friday, August 12, 2016, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point. Visitation: one hour prior to service, at the funeral home. Burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point. Survivors include...
William "Bill" Weirather
Aug 6, 2016
William “Bill” Weirather, 86, of Marion, Iowa, died early Saturday, August 6, 2016, following a brief illness. Visitation will be held at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion, on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. followed immediately by a memorial service. Burial will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at the Middle Catholic Section...
Gregory Paul Erenberger
Aug 5, 2016
Greg Erenberger, 59, of Walford, Iowa, passed away on August 5, 2016. Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 12, 2016, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Visitation: 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday, August 11, 2016, at the funeral home. Greg was born on October 14, 1956, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, son of Kenneth and Rae Jean...
Kenneth Lee Comley
Aug 5, 2016
Kenneth L. Comley, 73, of Central City, Iowa, died Friday, August 5, 2016, at Living Center East, Cedar Rapids. Celebration of Life will be Monday, August 8, 2016, at the Central City American Legion from 3-7 p.m. Survivors include his children, Brian Comley of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Gina (Dennis) Betzer and Darrin (Laura) Comley, all of Central City, Iowa; six...
Ronald Earl Falconer
Aug 4, 2016
Ronald Earl Falconer, 81, of Coggon, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2016, at his home. Visitation: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., Sunday, August 7, 2016, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City. Graveside Service: 1:00 p.m. Monday, August 8, 2016, at Coggon Cemetery, Coggon. Military Honors provided by Coggon American Legion Post #362. Ron is survived by his children,...
Alvin Charles Chesley
Aug 4, 2016
Alvin Charles Chesley, 87, of Hiawatha, Iowa, died on Thursday, August 4, 2016, at Northbrook Manor Care. Memorial services: 11 a.m. Saturday, August, 6, 2016, at Murdoch Funeral Home, 3855 Katz Drive, Marion, Iowa, Rev. Rick Gail officiating. Visitation: one hour prior to service, at the funeral home. He is survived by his wife, June; five children, Allen (Kathryn) Chesley...
Lorraine Leclere
Aug 3, 2016
Mary “Lorraine” Beranek LeClere, 82 of Prairieburg, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2016, at her home surrounded by family. Visitation: 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, August 5, 2016, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City. Funeral Mass: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 6, 2016, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Prairieburg. Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Prairieburg. Lorraine is survived...
Nancy Lee Gerdemann
Aug 3, 2016
Nancy Gerdemann, 77, of Robins, Iowa, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Wednesday, August 3, 2016. Memorial Service: 4 p.m. Saturday, August 6, 2016, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, conducted by Pastor Ron Voss. Visitation: one hour prior to service, at the funeral home. Private family graveside will be conducted at Cedar Memorial...
Ronald Gene Coffin
Jul 31, 2016
Ronald Gene Coffin, 79, of Marion passed away, Sunday, July 31, 2016, at Bickford Cottage in Marion. Inurnment at Oakshade Cemetery in Marion at a later date. Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion is assisting the family. Survivors include his children, Rhonda Morphis, Allen (Diane) Coffin, and Kelly Lewiston; grandchildren, Justin (Caryn) and John (Bri) Morphis, Nate and Kaitlyn...
Kathryn Lucille Lennox
Jul 29, 2016
Kathryn Lucille (Fisher) Lennox, 96, of Coggon, died Friday, July 29, 2016, at Bickford Cottage in Marion. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Monday, August 1, 2016, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City. Memorial Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at United Parish Church in Coggon. Inurnment: Coggon Cemetery. Survivors include her children: Susan (Bill)...
Esther E. Greenhaw
Jul 28, 2016
Esther E. Greenhaw, 94, of Palo, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 28, 2016, at Living Center East, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, July 31, 2016, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Olivia Cemetery, Olivia, Texas. She is survived by her children, Edgar L. Greenhaw, Jr. and his special friend, Nora Venega of Port...
Anita Shivers Wilkinson
Jul 28, 2016
Anita Shivers Wilkinson, 70, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016, at her home in Marion. In agreement with Anita’s wishes, cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 6, 2016, at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Marion, where the family will greet friends one hour prior to service. Inurnment will be...
Diane Leigh (Hansen) Yurko
Jul 27, 2016
Diane (Hansen) Yurko, 62, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements made by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Yurko; her mother, Kathryn Hansen; sisters, Sandy (Mike) Langridge and Lori (Doug)...
James Curtis Falcon
Jul 27, 2016
James Curtis Falcon, 87, of Ocean Pines, Maryland, formerly of Central City and Waterloo, died at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland. Visitation will be from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 27, 2016, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Marion. Memorial Services: 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Graveside Services: 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Jordan’s...
Calvin Russell Hopson
Jul 27, 2016
Calvin Russell Hopson, 89, of Marion, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at his home. Visitation: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m., Saturday, July 30, 2016, at Valley View Baptist Church, Cedar Rapids. Celebration of Life: 2:30 p.m., Saturday, July 30, 2016, at the church. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion. Calvin is survived by his wife, Joanne; daughters,...
Jeanine Ann Paige
Jul 26, 2016
Jeanine A. Paige, 67, of Manchester, Iowa, passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by family, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Visitation will be Thursday, July 28, 2016, from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Bohnenkamp - Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester. Funeral Services will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 29, 2016, at Triumphant Church, Independence, Iowa, with visitation...
Nancy J. (Clark) Fare
Jul 26, 2016
Nancy J. (Clark) Fare, 77, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Mercy Hallmar, Cedar Rapids. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, August 3, 2016, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Private family burial: at a later date at Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Survivors include children, Patricia Cain, Debbie Freerksen, Julieann Fare, Amy (Brett) Hart,...
Sharon Marie Mooney
Jul 24, 2016
Sharon Marie Mooney, 76, of Cedar Rapids, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, July 24, 2016, at the Hospice House in Hiawatha, Iowa. She was born on April 6, 1940, in Ottumwa, Iowa, to Leonard Pierson and Marie (Woollums) Pierson. She was a 1958 graduate of Ottumwa High School. She married Steven Leroy Mooney on January 12, 1963,...