Obituaries

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Richard D. "Dick" Benson

Richard D. "Dick" Benson

Dec 6, 2011

Richard “Dick” D. Benson, 68, of Luzerne, died Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center. Services: 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 9, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids by Rev. Dan Hoeger. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his wife, Cynthia of Luzerne;...

Mary Amelia Russell (Pospisil)

Mary Amelia Russell (Pospisil)

Dec 6, 2011

Mary A. (Pospisil) Russell, 93, a resident of Hallmark Care Center in Mount Vernon and longtime resident of Mt. Vernon and Prairieburg, died Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at Hallmark Care Center in Mt. Vernon, following a long illness. Services: 11 a.m. Friday, December 9, 2011, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Prairieburg by Father Wayne Droessler. Visitation will be held...

Dean Raymond Bond

Dean Raymond Bond

Dec 6, 2011

Dean Raymond Bond, 77, of Delaware died Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Greg and Deanna’s home. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 10, 2011 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Delaware by Rev. Donald Krause. Visitation will be from 2:00 – 8:00 p.m., Friday, December 9, 2011 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service in...

Thomas Hardman

Thomas Hardman

Dec 4, 2011

Thomas Hardman, 70, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, December 4, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, from a short illness. Memorial service will be at a later date. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include three daughters, Penny (Dana) Teel, Cedar Rapids, Susan (Willie) Paz and Diana Wilson, both of Oakley, California; seven grandchildren;...

Wilma J. Welfare (Leikert)

Wilma J. Welfare (Leikert)

Dec 4, 2011

Wilma J. Welfare, 91, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Detroit, Michigan, died Sunday, December 4, 2011, at Meth-Wick Community, Cedar Rapids. Memorial Service will be held at a later date in Cedar Rapids. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home,Cedar Rapids Survivors include her children, Marilynn Keller of Cedar Rapids, James Welfare of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and Alan Welfare of Detroit, Michigan;...

Harry L. Edwards

Harry L. Edwards

Dec 4, 2011

Harry Lee Edwards, 71, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, December 4, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 10, 2011, at Bethel AME Church, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor W. C. Perkins. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his children, Kevin Edwards of Marion and Kim...

Jean Ann Franklin (Fairchild)

Jean Ann Franklin (Fairchild)

Dec 4, 2011

Jean Ann Franklin, 80, of Vinton, formerly of Hiawatha, died Sunday, December 4, 2011, at Windsor Manor Assisted Living in Vinton. Memorial Service: 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home in Central City. Burial: Coggon Cemetery, Coggon. Survivors include her children, Stephen W. Coomes of Owensboro, KY, Janis Franklin (Dennis Kelchen) of Anchorage, AK, Christopher J. (Marcia)...

Dorothy Mae Newcomb (Toton)

Dorothy Mae Newcomb (Toton)

Dec 4, 2011

Dorothy Newcomb, 75, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Sunday, December 4, 2011, following a long illness. Mass: 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 9, 2011, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, December 8, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids, where a rosary will be held at 6 p.m. Burial:...

Lincoln Jon Allen

Lincoln Jon Allen

Dec 3, 2011

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Winston M. Tellier (Mavis)

Winston M. Tellier (Mavis)

Nov 30, 2011

Winston M. Tellier, 91, a resident of the Meth-Wick Community, died Wednesday, November 30, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 5, 2011, at First Congregational Church by Rev. Bob David. Because of Winston’s love of the color red, the family requests that those attending the memorial service wear something red. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral...

Marion P. Keffer

Marion P. Keffer

Nov 30, 2011

Marion P. Keffer, 90, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center. Memorial Services: 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 5, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Willy Mafuta of Asbury Methodist Church. The family will greet friends one half hour before the service at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar...

James Leroy Christensen

James Leroy Christensen

Nov 29, 2011

James L. Christensen, 71, of Walker, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at his home. Services: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 3, 2011, at the United Methodist Church in Walker, by the Rev. Norm Kelley. Survivors include his daughters, Julie Christensen of Cedar Falls and Amy Kolpek of Waterloo; seven grandchildren; his siblings, Karen (Don) Ham, Virginia Wahl, Maurice Christensen, Delorias...

Betty Snoddy (Bruce)

Betty Snoddy (Bruce)

Nov 29, 2011

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Virginia Duffy (Supple)

Virginia Duffy (Supple)

Nov 28, 2011

Virginia M. Duffy, 93, a resident of Living Center East, passed away Monday, November 28, 2011. Funeral Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday, December 3, 2011, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marion. Family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, December 2 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, where a Rosary will start at 3:30 p.m. and a wake...

Odessa Mae Levasseur (Hawley)

Odessa Mae Levasseur (Hawley)

Nov 28, 2011

Odessa Mae Levasseur, 86, of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, November 28, 2011, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Friday, December 2, 2011 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, December 1, at the funeral home. Survivors include her son, Timothy...

June Adel Schmall (Angle)

June Adel Schmall (Angle)

Nov 27, 2011

June Adel Schmall, 82, Keystone Place, 6126 Rockwell Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, November 27, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Friday, December 2, 2011, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion by Father John Gossman. Family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, December 1, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center...

David Louis Mackey

David Louis Mackey

Nov 27, 2011

David L. Mackey, 75, of Center Point, Iowa, died Sunday, November 27, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Services: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, by Sister Mary Hargrafen. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at the funeral home. Burial: Center Point Cemetery,...

Kathy M. Vanous (Forrest)

Kathy M. Vanous (Forrest)

Nov 27, 2011

Kathy M. Vanous, 67, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, November 27, 2011, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Services: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Sonda Kirsteatter. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 29, at the funeral home. Burial:...

Jean Elizabeth Young (Barnd)

Jean Elizabeth Young (Barnd)

Nov 25, 2011

Jean Elizabeth Young, 93, of Manchester died November 25, 2011. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester by Rev. Richard Gaul. Visitation: 5:00 – 8:00 p.m., Monday, November 28, 2011 where there will be an 8:00 Scripture Service at Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Manchester. Additional visitation:...

Virginia D. Valliere (Clayton)

Virginia D. Valliere (Clayton)

Nov 25, 2011

Virginia D. Valliere, 89, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, November 25, 2011, at Living Center West, Cedar Rapids. There will be no services. Private Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her husband of 69 years, Louis; daughter, Judith (Eugene)Wieneke of Arizona; four grandchildren; and a stepsister, Jacqueline (Richard) Petty....