Obituaries

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Kimberly Marie Christianson (Van Horn)

Kimberly Marie Christianson (Van Horn)

Apr 19, 2012

Kimberly M. Christianson, 37, a resident of the Harmony House in Waterloo, Iowa, formerly of Walker, died Thursday, April 19, 2012, at the University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics in Iowa City. Services: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at the Center Point United Methodist Church in Center Point, by Ken Graham. The family will greet friends from 9:30 to...

Rick C. Harris

Rick C. Harris

Apr 18, 2012

Rick C. Harris, 70, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Memorial Gathering: 12:00 p.m. Monday, April 23, 2012, at Hope Lutheran Church, by Rev. Dan Clark-Bridges. Family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until service time on Monday at the church. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his wife, Sonya; his children,...

Cody Lee Whittaker

Cody Lee Whittaker

Apr 17, 2012

Cody Lee Whittaker, 21, of 1115 16th Street, SW, Cedar Rapids, died April 17, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 20, 2012, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. William B. Harnish. The family will greet friends from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Survivors include his mother,...

Blake Cameron Stark

Blake Cameron Stark

Apr 17, 2012

Blake Cameron Stark, 19, of Marion, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at home. Private family services will be held. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Blake was born April 22, 1992. Survivors include his mother, Vanessa Perkins of Cedar Rapids; his father, Steve (Jenni) Stark of Marion;...

Shirley Marie Johnson (Stimson)

Shirley Marie Johnson (Stimson)

Apr 16, 2012

Shirley Marie Stimson Johnson, 80, of Marion, died at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Monday, April 16, 2012. Shirley, the eldest child of Francis and Marie (Barton) Stimson, was born on April 23, 1931, in Des Moines, Iowa. The family later moved to Marion, Iowa, where she grew up and attended school. Shirley married John R. Clark...

Robert John Boehmke

Robert John Boehmke

Apr 15, 2012

Robert John Boehmke, 80, of Walford, passed away, Sunday, April 15, 2012, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Walford, by Pastor David Mosher. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at the church and also one hour prior to service time at...

Frances Ella Snyder (Waterbeck)

Frances Ella Snyder (Waterbeck)

Apr 15, 2012

Frances E. Snyder, 88, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Elberon, Iowa, died Sunday, April 15, 2012 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Services: Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.at Sharon United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids by the Rev. Bob Dagit. The family will greet friends from 5-7 on Friday, April 20, 2012 at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral...

Marilyn L. Travis (Thoren)

Marilyn L. Travis (Thoren)

Apr 14, 2012

Marilyn L. Travis, 82, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, April 14, 2012. Services: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Richard Speight. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at the funeral home. Entombment: Linwood Cemetery Mausoleum, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her children, Dennis (Denise) Travis of Cedar...

Katheryne Laverne Ringgenberg (Mcmullen)

Katheryne Laverne Ringgenberg (Mcmullen)

Apr 14, 2012

Katheryne Laverne Ringgenberg, 79, of Center Point, died Saturday, April 14, 2012, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Center Point by Ken Graham. The family will greet friends from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at the funeral home and one hour prior to...

Mabel Etta Morris (Swallom)

Mabel Etta Morris (Swallom)

Apr 14, 2012

Mabel E. Morris, 98, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Saturday, April 14, 2012, at her home. Services: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at the funeral home. Burial: Dunkard Cemetery, Midway, Iowa. Survivors include her children, Loretta...

H. Burr Bryant

H. Burr Bryant

Apr 12, 2012

Rev. H. Burr Bryant, 61, of Alburnett, died Thursday, April 12, 2012 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 16, 2012 at First United Methodist Church, Marion, by Rev. Scott Lothe, Rev. Ben Wilson, and Rev. Howard Lord. The family will greet friends from 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday, April 15, 2012 at...

Mary Regnier (Sirek)

Mary Regnier (Sirek)

Apr 12, 2012

Mary Regnier, 80, of Marion, died Thursday, April 12, 2012 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marion. The family will greet friends: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday, April 16, 2012 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, where a vigil service will begin at 7:00...

Craig M. Dunlap

Craig M. Dunlap

Apr 12, 2012

Craig M. Dunlap, 63, of Central City, died on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marion. The family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center,...

Robert William Burns

Robert William Burns

Apr 12, 2012

Robert William Burns, 83, of Monticello, died following a courageous battle with cancer, on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at Jones Regional Medical Center, Anamosa. Memorial Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 19, 2012 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by Rev. Byron Henn. The family will greet friends from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at...

Denise Marie Glubka (Mccallum)

Denise Marie Glubka (Mccallum)

Apr 10, 2012

Denise M. Glubka, 55, of 1837 8th Ave., SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at her home. Private family inurnment will be held at the Linwood Mausoleum at a later date. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Survivors include the joys of her life, her husband, Franklin Glubka; her daughter, Tracy...

Timothy Joe Bascom

Timothy Joe Bascom

Apr 9, 2012

Timothy Joe Bascom, 30, of Independence, Iowa, formerly of Cedar Rapids died Monday, April 9, 2012, at his home. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 13, 2012, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Sharon Bainbridge. The family will greet friends from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, April 12, 2012, at the funeral home. Survivors include his wife, Pam; mother,...

Charles A "Chuck" Sabathne

Charles A "Chuck" Sabathne

Apr 8, 2012

Charles Anthony “Chuck” Sabathne, 91, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Hot Springs, AR, died Sunday, April 8, 2012 at Mercy Hallmar, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 12, 2012 at All Saints Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by Father David O’Connor. The family will greet friends one hour prior to Mass at the church on Thursday. Arrangements by Murdoch...

Ronald Dean Utley

Ronald Dean Utley

Apr 7, 2012

Ronald D. Utley, 64, of Belle Paine, Iowa, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died peacefully at home with family at his bedside, Saturday, April 7, 2012, following a courageous battle with leukemia. Services: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Bill Harnish. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m....

Anne Patricia Starcevich (Vinton)

Anne Patricia Starcevich (Vinton)

Apr 5, 2012

Anne Patricia Starcevich, 87, of Cedar Rapids, passed away following a short illness, April 5, 2012 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Memorial Service: 11:00 am Saturday, April 7, 2012 at The Hotel at Kirkwood, conducted by Father Ivan Nienhaus. Survivors include her husband, Milton; her children Michael “Mick” (Linda) Starcevich, of Cedar Rapids, and Mary Grabowski (John Hammarstrom),...

Marvin B. "Mert" Boysen

Marvin B. "Mert" Boysen

Apr 4, 2012

Marvin “Mert” B. Boysen, 82, of Marion, died at his home Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, Monticello, by Rev. Ellery Dykeman. The family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday, April 9, 2012 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, and also one hour prior...