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John Delbert "Jack" Harris
May 27, 2012
John “Jack” Delbert Harris, 73, of Iowa City, Iowa, formerly of Center Point, Iowa, died Sunday, May 27, 2012, at his home. Services: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 31, 2012, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Walker, Iowa, by Father Ardel Barta. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation...
Terry Orrin Moore
May 26, 2012
Terry Orrin Moore, 70, of Marion, formerly of Toddville, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, at his home. Family will greet friends from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Marion. Terry’s brother-in-law, James Freet, will lead a time of sharing beginning at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, with military honors by American...
Robert G. "Bob" Pratt
May 26, 2012
Robert “Bob” G. Pratt, of Coggon, died Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Northbrook Manor Care Center, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at Zion Presbyterian Church, Coggon. The family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday, May 28, 2012 at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Central City. Interment: 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, May...
Dorothy Mae Leichsenring (Hartke)
May 24, 2012
Dorothy Mae Leichsenring, 79, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, went peacefully to her Lord surrounded by family on Thursday, May 24, 2012, at Meth-Wick Community, Cedar Rapids. Services: 11 a.m. Monday 28, 2012 at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by Revs. Craig Peters and Lloyd Brockmeyer. Family will meet friends on Sunday, May, 27, 2012, from 3-7p.m. Murdoch-Linwood...
Virgil Dwight Woodford
May 24, 2012
Virgil Dwight Woodford, 98, died of natural causes on Thursday, May 24, 2012, in Olathe, Kansas. Private family services, conducted by Pastor Mike Patterson and Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, were held in Cedar Rapids on June 1, 2012. Virgil was born October 8, 1913, the son of Leota Lodge Woodford and Bert Woodford in Downey, Iowa. Virgil was preceded in death...
Mable Yvon Wittman
May 23, 2012
Mable Y. Wittman, 92, of Keota, Iowa, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday May 23, 2012, at Maplewood Manor, Keota, Iowa. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by Rev. Roger Mckinstry. Family will greet friends on Friday, May 25, 2012, from 6-8 pm. Mable was born May 11, 1920,...
Marie K. O'Kelly
May 22, 2012
Marie K. O’Kelly, 98, of Marion, died Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at her daughter’s home in Decorah. Funeral Services: 12:00 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion with Mike Schultz officiating. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Survivors...
Ronald Hepker
May 22, 2012
Ronald Hepker, 59, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday May 22, 2012, at home. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday May 26, 2012, at Center Point United Methodist Church, Center Point, by Rev. Mike Ellson. Friends may call for 9 a.m. until service time at the church. Inurnment: Center Point Cemetery. Military honors by the Center Point American Legion. Arrangements by Murdoch...
Eloise Ruth Dedich (Jenkins)
May 22, 2012
Mrs. John Dedich, known to her friends as Eloise, passed away, due to “failure to thrive” (as the doctors say), on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 10:15 pm. The former Eloise Ruth Jenkins was born in Hermansville, Michigan on June 1, 1933, and married John Dedich at Nadeau Michigan on September 17, 1955. She considered Nadeau, Michigan her hometown. Eloise...
Dorothy May Vsykocil (Ake)
May 21, 2012
Dorothy May (Drake) Vyskocil, 100, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Monday, May 21, 2012, at Heritage Nursing and Rehab Center, Cedar Rapids. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday May 24, 2012, at Czech National Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her two daughters Judy Heisler of Fairfax, and Joan Rawlins of Vinton; daughter-in-law...
John C. Ramsey
May 21, 2012
John C. Ramsey, 83, of Marion, died Monday, May 21, 2012, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha surrounded by his loving family. Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 25, 2012, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion. Visitation will be from 3-6 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in...
Wayne Otto Kieckhaefer
May 21, 2012
Wayne Otto Kieckhaefer, 85, of Marion, died Monday, May 21, 2012 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 25, 2012 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by Rev. Nick Longworth. The family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the funeral home in Marion. Private family...
Dolores Brawner
May 21, 2012
Dolores D. Brawner, 83, of Shellsburg, died in her home, Monday May 21, 2012. She made her home the last few years with her daughter Theresa and son-in-law Doug. There will be a Celebration of Life Service at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Friday May 25, 2012, at 1:00 pm conducted by Rev.William B. Harnish. Private graveside...
Royce Roy Mingo
May 20, 2012
Royce Roy Mingo, 73, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, May 20, 2012, at Living Center West in Cedar Rapids. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home in Marion. Survivors include his two uncles, Arlen (Frieda) Howe and L.C. (Connie) Howe, both of Central City; and two aunts, Dona (Dick) Schellin of Marion and Mary Frye of Stevens...
William L. "Bill" Blick
May 19, 2012
William (Bill) L. Blick, 72, died Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Willow Gardens Care Center, Marion. Per Bill’s request, there will be no services. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Bill was born March 7, 1940 in Washington, IA, the son of Leslie and Marian (Schultz) Blick. He married Elaine Spurgeon and they later divorced. Bill worked...
Marvin John Helle
May 19, 2012
Marvin J. Helle, 85, of Earlville, died, Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 am, Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Earlville. Conducted by Rev. Dennis Quint. Visitation will be from 2:00pm – 8:00 pm, Monday, May 21, 2012 at Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Earlville with a...
Joseph Paul "Joe" Acker Jr.
May 18, 2012
Joseph Paul Acker, Jr., 29, of Cedar Rapids, chose to end his life on Friday, May 18, 2012. The family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. A Celebration of Life will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation...
Tammy Reene Ake
May 17, 2012
Tammy R. Drake, 39, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Thursday, May 17, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday May 23, at First Church of the Open Bible, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Dan Sanford and Rev. Bart Bentley Survivors include her mother Mae and daughter Katherine Drake both of Cedar Rapids. Tammy was born November 24,...
Twila June Holland (Plummer)
May 16, 2012
Twila J. Holland, 91, a longtime resident of Marion, whom had been living with her daughter in Alburnett for the last seven months, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Funeral Service: 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 21, 2012 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. The family will greet friends...
Leo Crawley
May 15, 2012
Leo Crawley, 87, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Services: 1 p.m. Friday, May 18, 2012, at Immanuel Baptist Church, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Dan Wiersema. Family will greet friends from 11 a.m. to 1p.m. at the church. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Military Honors will be provided. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood...
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