Obituaries
All Obituaries
Joyce Marilyn Parks (Fosdick)
Nov 24, 2011
Joyce Marilyn (Fosdick) Parks, 82, of Marion, died November 24, 2011, at her home of Alzheimer’s disease. Funeral Service: 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at First United Methodist Church in Marion. Family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. Monday, November 28, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion. Survivors include her husband...
Bryan Wayne Ware
Nov 23, 2011
Bryan Wayne Ware, 50, of Vinton, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Services will be held by the family at a later date. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include his parents, Verna and Charles Randall of Marion; sisters, Kathy Mims...
David E. Herrmann
Nov 23, 2011
David E. Herrmann, 66, a lifelong resident of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at his home, following a long illness. Visitation will be from 1:00 – 8:00 p.m. Sunday, November 27, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids. A private graveside service will be held. Survivors include his wife, Donna of Cedar Rapids; two...
Richardson Evans "Dick" Clark Md
Nov 23, 2011
Richardson Evans “Dick” Clark, M.D. 98, died Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at the Good Neighbor Home following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 2, 2011 at the Community Congregational Church, Manchester by the Rev. Kurt Pasko. Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, December 1, 2011 at the Bohnenkamp – Murdoch...
Ronald Ashby Lewis
Nov 23, 2011
Rev. Ronald A. Lewis, 58, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at his home. Celebration of Life: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids by Rev. Dr. Katie Hopper, with military honors. Family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. Monday, November 28 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors...
Jack A. Banse
Nov 22, 2011
Jack Albert Banse, 83, of Walford, Iowa, successfully completed his life journey here on earth on November 22, 2011, and is now ready to start a new chapter in heaven. Visitation will be on Saturday, November 26th at Clover Ridge United Methodist Church in Walford from 9 am to noon with the service at 12:30 p.m. and a fellowship lunch...
Lila Lee Hegland (Ratliff)
Nov 22, 2011
Lila L. Hegland, 77, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 22, 2011, in her home. Services: 1:00 p.m., Friday, November 25, 2011, at River of Life Ministries, 3801 Blairs Ferry Road N.E., by Pastor Brian Fink. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her children, Leslie (Lonny) Bartholomew of Seattle, Washington, Dave Hegland of...
Marian Viola Shaffer (Carlson)
Nov 21, 2011
Marian Shaffer, 89, of Silver Pines Assistant Living, Cedar Rapids died Monday, November 21, 2011 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House in Hiawatha. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Murdoch- Linwood Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids by Pastor Dan Clark Bridges. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 22, 2011 from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Burial...
Richard Dean Binger
Nov 21, 2011
Richard Dean Binger, 83, of Cedar Rapids, died suddenly Monday, November 21, 2011. Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m. Monday, November 28, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Family will greet friends from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, November 27, at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, with military honors. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Brown;...
Verne Joseph Martin
Nov 20, 2011
Verne J. Martin, 83, of Grimes and formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Sunday, November 20th, 2011, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00am on Saturday, November 26th, 2011, at the Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Visitation will be 4:00-7:00pm on Friday, November 25th at the funeral home. Burial will...
Lucille Marye Maxson (Walker)
Nov 20, 2011
Lucille Marye (Walker) Maxson, 94, a resident of Northbrook Manor Care Center in Cedar Rapids, died there on Sunday, November 20, 2011. Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 23, 2011, St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion, with visitation one hour prior to services. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids....
Ernestine Spencer
Nov 19, 2011
Ernestine Spencer, 68, a longtime resident of Waterloo, died Saturday, November 19, 2011, at Crestview Acres Care Center in Marion following a lengthy illness. Funeral Service: 1 p.m. Monday, November 28, 2011, at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 7121 Mt. Vernon Road SE, Cedar Rapids, by Bernard Willingham. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include...
Charles Allen "Chuck" O'Connor
Nov 19, 2011
Charles Allen “Chuck” O’Connor, 71, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, November 19, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 26, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. William B. Harnish with military honors. Family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Survivors include his...
Karen Kay Ealy (Krukow)
Nov 18, 2011
Karen K. Ealy, 71, of 112 Austin Street S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Friday, November 18, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Private Family Services will be held at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her husband, Mike; daughters, Kathy (Dale) Claussen of Bettendorf, Sheri (Arlyn) Bonneur of Morrison, Illinois, and Cindy Textor of...
Ella Mae Rentschler (Campbell)
Nov 17, 2011
Ella Mae Rentschler, 91, of Gordonville, Texas, formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Thursday, November 17, 2011, after a long illness. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 26, 2011, at St. Jude Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by Father Mark Reasoner. Viewing: 3 to 7 p.m., Friday, November 25, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids where a...
Pauline M. Cooper (Lowther)
Nov 17, 2011
Pauline M. Cooper, 90, a resident of Hiawatha Care Center formerly of Alburnett, died Thursday morning, November 17, 2011. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 21, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Dan Peterson. Family will greet friends from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, November 20, 2011, at the funeral home. Burial: Lafayette Cemetery, Alburnett. Survivors...
Eugene Olin "Gene" Frye
Nov 17, 2011
Eugene O. “Gene” Frye, 86, of Marion, died Thursday, November 17, 2011, at his home. Per Gene’s wishes, his body was cremated. Family will greet friends from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, November 26, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include a daughter, Marie; grandson Ryan; granddaughter Gabrielle; two brothers, Calvin and David; a sister, Char; and...
Martha Louise Foster (Palmer)
Nov 17, 2011
Martha Louise Palmer Holcomb-Foster, 76, of 3225 Willowridge Rd., Marion, died Thursday, November 17, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital, following a sudden illness. A Celebration of Life Service will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday, November 21, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Pastor Brent Schulte. Friends may call one hour prior to the service at...
Thomas Richard Willi Wendler
Nov 17, 2011
Thomas Richard Willi Wendler, 48, of Marion, died Thursday, November 17, 2011, at home, from medical complications. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include his wife, Lisa Wendler of Marion; and three sisters, Margitta and Regina of Germany, and Gisela of California. Thomas was born...
Katherine L "Kathy" Carnahan (Cook)
Nov 17, 2011
Katherine L. Carnahan, 66, of Springville, died at home on Thursday, November 17, 2011, from lung and brain cancer. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 21, 2011 at St. Isadore Catholic Church in Springville by Rev. Tony Kruse. Family will greet friends from 1-5 p.m. Sunday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion and one hour prior to...