Obituaries

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Dean H. Twaddle

Dean H. Twaddle

Apr 30, 2013

Dean H. Twaddle, 91, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 4, 2013, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marion. The family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2013, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Burial: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Cedar...

Beatrice C. Cocking (Hayward)

Beatrice C. Cocking (Hayward)

Apr 28, 2013

Beatrice C. Cocking, 96, of Marion, died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Crestview Acres Care Center, Marion. Per her wishes, there will be no funeral services. Survivors include her children, Shirley (Al Bartus) Dement, Coretta Sweeney, Dreanna (Don) Zachmeyer, and Rick Cocking; 12 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and sister, Ruth Hayes. She was preceded in death by her parents;...

Donna Jean Sondag (Scalf)

Donna Jean Sondag (Scalf)

Apr 28, 2013

Donna Jean Sondag, of Hiawatha, died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at home, surrounded by her family after losing her battle with lung cancer. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 3, 2013, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hiawatha by Reverend Daniel Krueger. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in...

Darlene Louise Gogg (Usher)

Darlene Louise Gogg (Usher)

Apr 27, 2013

Darlene Gogg, 82, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Saturday, April 27, 2013. Services: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 2, 2013, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her son, Steven (Kris) Gogg; grandchildren, Bryan...

Theresa Henry (Jahren)

Theresa Henry (Jahren)

Apr 26, 2013

Theresa A. Henry died at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, on Friday, April 26, 2013, at the age of 88. Visitation will be held at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, with the service following at 12:00 p.m. Pastor John Albertson will officiate. Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Iowa. Theresa was...

Marianne Angelika "Mia" Gibbs (Kuncaitis)

Marianne Angelika "Mia" Gibbs (Kuncaitis)

Apr 26, 2013

Marianne Angelika “Mia” Gibbs, 64, of Manchester peacefully returned to her Father on Friday April 26, 2013 after a courageous battle against Alzheimer’s disease. Services will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at United Methodist Church in Manchester by Rev. Michael Druhl. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm on Tuesday, April 30 at the...

Stanley John Ahos

Stanley John Ahos

Apr 26, 2013

Stanley John Drahos, 86, of Bertram, passed away Friday, April 26, 2013, at St. Luke’s Hospital following a short illness. Funeral Mass: 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 2, 2013, at St. Wenceslaus Church, Cedar Rapids by Father Christopher Podhajsky. The family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Burial:...

Tracee Lee Farr

Tracee Lee Farr

Apr 25, 2013

Tracee Lee Farr, 54, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, went to be with her mother on Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House, Hiawatha. There will be a private graveside services held April 30, 2013, at Linwood Cemetery, Maplecrest Addition, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her daughter, Angela...

Twila Ann Wyman (Pederson)

Twila Ann Wyman (Pederson)

Apr 25, 2013

Twila Ann (Pederson) Wyman, 77, of Springville, died April 25, 2013, at St. Luke’s Hospital, surrounded by her family, following an extended illness. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 29, 2013, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion by Pastor John Keizer. The family will greet friends on Sunday, April 28, from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the...

Audrey Jean "Jean" Barta (Gardner)

Audrey Jean "Jean" Barta (Gardner)

Apr 23, 2013

Audrey Jean Barta, 85, of Solon, Iowa, died at Hallmark Care Center, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Robert A. Barta of Solon; son, Jeff (Doreen) Barta of...

Gene A. Falcon

Gene A. Falcon

Apr 23, 2013

Gene A. Falcon, 82, of Springville, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at Hiawatha Care Center. Funeral Services: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church, rural Marion by Pastor Jon C. Moss. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. A private family graveside service will be at...

Betty Jane Knott (Caldwell)

Betty Jane Knott (Caldwell)

Apr 21, 2013

Betty Jane Knott, 87, a resident of the Hiawatha Care Center, Hiawatha, formerly of Coggon, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 21, 2013, surrounded by her family. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City. The family will greet friends from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. prior to the service at the...

Lechelle Dawn "Shele" Flitsch (Allgood)

Lechelle Dawn "Shele" Flitsch (Allgood)

Apr 20, 2013

Lechelle “Shele” Dawn Allgood Flitsch, 46, of Alburnett, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at St. Luke’s Hospital, following a courageous battle with breast cancer. Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Pastor J.R. Henderson. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Shele encourages...

Joann Jean Wolfe (Guthrie)

Joann Jean Wolfe (Guthrie)

Apr 18, 2013

JoAnn Jean Wolfe, 82, of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, April 18, 2013, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, of cancer. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 22, 2013, at St. Pius X Church, Cedar Rapids by Father Dave Ambrosy. Visitation will be one hour prior to the mass at the church on Monday. Burial: Mt....

Keith D. Hyde

Keith D. Hyde

Apr 18, 2013

Keith D. Hyde, 84, a resident of Linn Manor Care Center, Marion, died Thursday, April 18, 2013, at the Care Center. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at Marion Gospel Hall, Marion. The family will greet friends from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday, April 22, 2013, at the Marion Gospel Hall. Graveside Service: 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April...

John Leslie Krumrey (Krumrey)

John Leslie Krumrey (Krumrey)

Apr 18, 2013

John Leslie Krumrey, 89, of Cedar Rapids, went to heaven suddenly on Thursday, April 18, 2013, to meet his Lord and Savior and to be reunited with Wanda, his sweetie of 61 years. Services: 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by: Rev. Dave King. Military honors will be provided by...

Elsie Ann Wiltsey Kerkman (Adair)

Elsie Ann Wiltsey Kerkman (Adair)

Apr 17, 2013

Elsie Ann Wiltsey (Kerkman), 81, a resident of Buchanan County Health Center, Long Term Care, Independence, formerly of Shellsburg, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at the care center. Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 22, 2013, at Walker United Methodist Church, Walker, by Pastor Norman Kelley. The family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, April 21,...

Harold Bishop "Hock" Hockaday

Harold Bishop "Hock" Hockaday

Apr 17, 2013

Harold Bishop “Hock” Hockaday, 95, of Nashua, NH, and formerly of Marion, Iowa, died on April 17, 2013 at his home from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. The family will greet friends from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2013, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Private Family Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, Iowa. “ONE MEMORY LIGHTS ANOTHER.”...

Marland F. Huls

Marland F. Huls

Apr 17, 2013

Marland F. Huls, 87, of Manchester, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at the Edgewood Convalescent Home. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, April 20, 2013 at The First Lutheran Church in Manchester by Rev. Jean Rabary. Visitation will be from 3:00 pm-7:00 pm, Friday, April 19, 2013 at Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester. Additional visitation...

Phillip Clarence "Phil" Welsch

Phillip Clarence "Phil" Welsch

Apr 15, 2013

Phillip “Phil” Clarence Welsch, 80, of Marion, formerly of Springville, died Monday, April 15, 2013, at his home. Funeral Service: 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by Rev. Beth Hilkerbaumer. The family will greet friends from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar Memorial...