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Alice Luella Doyl
Jan 31, 2015
Alice Luella (Rickard) Doyl, 84, of Coggon, died Saturday, January 31, 2015, at home. Per her wishes, there will be no funeral or visitation. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Central City. Survivors include three children, James R., Kathleen, and Tracy; three grandchildren, Melissa, Lucille, and Amanda; and four great-grandchildren, Austin, Colton, Maggie, and Leah. She was preceded...
Leonard Lnenicka
Jan 31, 2015
Leonard Lnenicka, 90, of Center Point, passed away January 31, 2015, at the Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab in Vinton. Funeral service: 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 7, 2015, Murdoch Funeral Home, Center Point, Iowa. The family will greet friends 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, February 6, 2015, at the funeral home. Burial: Center Point Cemetery. He is survived by a...
Marjorie Ida Garrison
Jan 30, 2015
Marjorie Ida Garrison, 91, a longtime resident of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, January 30, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids after a short illness. Services: 1 p.m. Friday, February 6, 2015, at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends from 12 until service time. Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral...
Roy J. Piispanen
Jan 30, 2015
Roy J. Piispanen, 88, formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died at his home in Fort Washington, Maryland, on January 30, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at the Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at the funeral home. Burial:...
Lillian Gladys Hillers
Jan 29, 2015
Lillian G. Hillers, 89, of Manchester died Thursday, January 29, 2015 at the Good Neighbor Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Delaware. Family will greet friends from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 2, 2015 at Clifton Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Earlville and...
Welma M. Welper
Jan 28, 2015
Welma M. Welper, 99, of Marion, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at Heritage Care & Rehab, Mason City, Iowa. Celebration of Life: 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 31, 2015, Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Private inurnment: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Iowa. Welma M. Welper was born October 31,...
Bernadette Jean Parcel
Jan 28, 2015
Bernadette “Bernie” Parcel, 72, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Chicago, Illinois, was called home on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, after a short home hospice stay related to kidney failure. Services: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, February 1, 2015, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, January 31, 2015, at the funeral...
Scott Alan Kramme
Jan 28, 2015
Scott Alan Kramme, 50, of Toddville, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospital surrounded by family and friends after a courageous eight-year battle with Multiple Myeloma. Per Scott’s wishes, there will be no visitation. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday, January 31, 2015, at the Toddville American Legion....
Jeremiah Edward Purdy
Jan 27, 2015
Jeremiah Edward Purdy, 23, of Atkins (formerly of Cedar Rapids), passed away unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Visitation will be held from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Saturday, January 31, 2015, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 520 Wilson Ave, SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Funeral immediately following the visitation at 1:30 pm. Private burial...
Vivian Lorraine Norden
Jan 26, 2015
Vivian Lorraine Norden died peacefully on Monday, January 26, 2015, in Iowa City at 91. Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 30, 2015, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2015, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. She is survived by sister, Doris...
Marlys L. Raddatz
Jan 24, 2015
Marlys L. Raddatz, 82, current resident of Keystone Place and formerly of Troy Mills, died Saturday, January 24, 2015, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, surrounded by her family. Services: 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 28, 2015, Murdoch Funeral Home, Center Point, Iowa, with Reverend Jill Cameron Michel officiating. Visitation: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, January...
Russell O Sherman
Jan 24, 2015
Russell O. Sherman, 84, of Robins, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2015 in Gulf Shores, AL. Services: 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 2, 2015, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends from 10 until service time. Inurnment at a later date in Conroy, Iowa. Survivors include his wife, Judy of Robins; children, Sheri...
Beverly Jean Bruce
Jan 23, 2015
Beverly Jean Bruce, 82, of Cedar Rapids and formerly of the Center Point and Urbana areas, passed away on January 23, 2015, after a long, hard-fought battle with heart disease. Funeral Service: 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Urbana Christian Church, Urbana, Iowa, with Rev. Melanie VanWeelden officiating. Family will greet friends 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, January...
Clyda Ellistene Carpenter
Jan 21, 2015
Clyda Ellistene Carpenter, 88, of Monticello, died Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at the Monticello Nursing & Rehab Center, Monticello, Iowa. Services will be at a later date. Clyda was born March 12, 1926, to her parents, Ellis and Eva (Heald) Stanley, in Whittier, Iowa. She graduated from Olney Friends School, Barnesville, Ohio, and became a fabricator for Rockwell. She married...
Edith H. Tharp
Jan 21, 2015
Edith Tharp, 88, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Martelle, Iowa, died Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at the Heritage Nursing and Rehab Center, Cedar Rapids. Services: 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 26, 2015, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Chaplain Jim Goodrich. Family will greet friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, January 25, at the funeral home....
Martha Elizabeth White
Jan 21, 2015
Martha Smith White, 93, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at her home in Marion. Memorial Services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 24, 2015 at First Presbyterian Church, Marion, conducted by Pastor Beth Hilkerbaumer. Friends may call from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, January 23, 2015, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Burial will be 3:00...
Rosemary Eiben
Jan 20, 2015
Rosemary Eiben, 56, of Central City, died Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 24, 2015, at St. Stephen's Catholic Church in Central City. Scripture Service: 2:30 p.m. Friday, January 23, 2015, at the church. Visitation: 3-8 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial: Mt. Clark Cemetery, Central City. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in...
Robert "Bob" Alan Ray
Jan 18, 2015
Bob Ray, 65, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, January 18, 2015 at the University of Iowa Hospital. Visitation: 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Murdoch Funeral Home in Marion. A time of sharing will begin at 11:00 a.m. Robert Alan Ray grew up in Manchester and graduated from Maquoketa Valley High where he met his wife,...
Martha Sue Joyce
Jan 18, 2015
Martha Sue Joyce, 79, of Marion, died Sunday, January 18, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospital. Funeral Services: 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 23, 2015, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Survivors include five children, Peggy and James Tempfer of Leitchfield,...
Florence "Oppy" Opperman Glass
Jan 18, 2015
Florence “Oppy” Opperman Glass died Sunday, January 18, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Per Florence’s wishes, there will be no service. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, March 29, 2015, where family will greet friends from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Elks Lodge #251, Cedar Rapids. Florence was born March 17, 1918, in...
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