Obituaries
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Cain Lee Christensen
Jun 2, 2012
Cain Christensen, 35, of Cedar Rapids, died on Saturday June 2, 2012, at his home. Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday June 6, 2012, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Family will greet friends from 9-11 a.m. Wednesday before services. Survivors include his mother and father; his five daughters, Kaitlyn Hayek, of Souix City, Jennica...
Donnie Lee Johnson
Jun 1, 2012
Donnie Lee Johnson, 65, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Memorial Service: 1:00 p.m. Friday, June 1, 2012, at Greater Word of Faith Pentecostal Church of God in Christ, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his children, Marcus Johnson, Rockford, Illinois, Erik Johnson, Los...
Father William Patrick Devine (Devine)
May 31, 2012
Father William P. Devine, 84, of Eldora, formerly of Ryan, died Thursday, May 31, 2012. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Ryan, 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Visitations will be held: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Sunday, June 3, 2012 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Eldora with a 7:00 p.m. Rosary; and...
David Charles Yeoman
May 30, 2012
David Charles Yeoman, 75, passed away peacefully at his home in rural Marion on May 30, 2012. He will be dearly missed by his wife of nearly 53 years, Mary; his children: Janet Staley (Jansen) of Robins, David Yeoman (Julie) of Mount Vernon, and Jennifer Waskow (Kurt) of Toddville; his 11 grandchildren: Matthew, Nathan, Adrianne, Allyson, Jessica, Elizabeth, and Rebekah...
Mary Ellen "Micky" Sagers (Husmann)
May 29, 2012
Mary Ellen “Micky” Sagers, 77, of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, formally of Central City, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, no longer burdened by her body, on Tuesday May 29, 2012, in Cedar Rapids. At her request, no service will be held. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mary Ellen was born on August 17,...
James R. "Jim" Thibadeau
May 29, 2012
Jim R. Thibadeau, 57, of Delhi , died Tuesday, May 29, 2012 in Cedar Rapids at Manor Care. Memorial Services: 1:30 pm, Friday, June 1, 2012 at the Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home in Earlville. Visitation: 1 hour prior to services at the funeral home. Inurnment with Military Honors: Fairview Cemetery, Earlville. Jim was born March 9, 1955 in Manchester, Iowa, the...
Emagene Katherine Krause Thomas (Dukek)
May 29, 2012
Emagene Katherine Krause Thomas, 96, of Springville, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Celebration of Life: 11:00 a.m. Saturday June 2, 2012 at Springville Presbyterian Church. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home &...
Shirley Ann Bransford
May 27, 2012
Shirley Bransford, 81, of Center Point, died on Sunday 27, 2012. Services will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June, 6, 2012, at the Center Point Methodist Church, by Pastor Mike Ellson and associate Ken Graham of the Center Point Methodist Church, where visitation will be held one hour prior to services. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Center...
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...