Obituaries
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Jerome L. "Jerry" Schlueter
Sep 22, 2011
Jerome “Jerry” L. Schlueter, 85, of Keystone Cedars Assisted Living, Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, September 22, 2011. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Monday, September 26, 2011, at St. Ludmila Catholic Church, by Father Dennis Juhl. Family will greet friends from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, September 25, 2011, at the church, where a vigil service will begin at 4 p.m. and...
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Bruner
Sep 22, 2011
Jerry N. Bruner, 64, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Thursday, September 22, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Services: 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 26, 2011, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Jonathan Offt. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Sunday, September 25, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Linwood...
Arlene D. Thomas (Bowler)
Sep 21, 2011
Arlene D. Thomas, 89, of Meadowview Assisted Living, died Wednesday, September 21, 2011, from complications of congestive heart failure, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, September 26, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Chaplain Deb Black. Visitation: 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, September 25, 2011, at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar...
Fred R. "Fred" Thomas
Sep 21, 2011
Fred R. Thomas, 87, founder and owner of Freddy's Beach, Delhi, IA went to rest with his Lord on September 21, 2011. Visitation will be 4-8 pm, Friday, September 23 at Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Earlville. Memorial Service: 10:30 am, Saturday, September 24 at Delhi United Methodist Church by Rev. Lorraine Hartman where the family will greet friends...
Kenneth Weston Anderson
Sep 21, 2011
Kenneth Weston Anderson, entered eternal rest on September 21, 2011. Services: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 1, 2011, at Seals Campbell Funeral Home, Marseilles, Illinois. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, September 30, 2011, at the funeral home. Burial: Section Cemetery, Marseilles, Illinois. Local arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Ken was born November 21, 1919, in...
Robert J. "Bob" Harrington
Sep 20, 2011
Robert J. “Bob” Harrington, 68, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, September 20, 2011, at his home following a long illness. Funeral Mass: 9:00 a.m. Friday, September 23, 2011, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church by Father Christopher Podhajsky. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion where a vigil service will begin at...
Lois Mae Philipp (Whitehead)
Sep 17, 2011
MANCHESTER- Lois Mae Philipp, 81, of Manchester, died September 17, 2011 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a brief illness. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Manchester by Rev. John Flaherty. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, September 19, 2011 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester and one...
Joseph William Soukup
Sep 17, 2011
Joseph William Soukup, 34, formerly of Central City, passed away Saturday, September 17, 2011. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Prairieburg, by Father Wayne Droessler. Visitation following the Mass on Wednesday from 3 to 8 p.m. at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City. Joseph William Soukup, the son of Leon and...
John T. "Ziggy" Margellos
Sep 16, 2011
John T. “Ziggy” Margellos, 46, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, September 16, 2011. Services: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 24, 2011, at the St. John Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Cedar Rapids, by Father Ciprian Sas. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, September 23, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, where a Trisagsion service will begin at 7...
Marcella Mary Huff (Dvorsky)
Sep 15, 2011
Marcella Mary Huff, 86, of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, September 15, 2011, from a massive brain hemorrhage. Services: 10:00 a.m. Monday, September 19, 2011, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids by Rev. Ivan Nienhaus. A rosary will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids followed by visitation from 2:30 -5...
Carmen Smith (Primrose)
Sep 14, 2011
Carmen Smith, 74, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, September 14, 2011, at Heritage Nursing & Rehab Center. Private Family Memorial Services will be held. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include four children, James (Sheryl) Smith, Montague, Michigan, Jenny (Kevin Paulsen) Smith, Cedar Rapids, Jacquelyn Helgens, Anamosa and Leo Smith, Jr. of Clarinda; 12 grandchildren;...
Annabell R. Swick (Frozene)
Sep 13, 2011
Annabell R. Swick, 81, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Services: 10:00 a.m. Friday, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids by Rev. Sonda Kirsteatter. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial: Mound Cemetery, Watkins, Iowa. Survivors include five...
Mary Elizabeth Errington (Nichols)
Sep 13, 2011
Mary Elizabeth Errington, 86, of Marion, died Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at her home. She was born March 9, 1925, in Mobile, Alabama, the daughter of Charles Anthony Nichols and Annie Louise Lauber. She married Alfred Errington on September 6, 1944. She is survived by her husband, her children Charles (Eileen) Errington, Elizabeth (Tom) Boyd, and William (Kathy) Errington. Also...
Laverna Kathryn "Katie" Coleman (Klima)
Sep 13, 2011
LaVerna Kathryn (Katie) Coleman, 84, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, surrounded by her family, at the Monticello Care Center. Her Funeral Mass celebrating her life will be at St. John’s Catholic Church in Coggon at 10:30 am Friday, September 16, 2011, by Father Wayne Droessler. Family and friends are invited to come and share your “Katie” stories at...
Hollis Carl Emerson
Sep 13, 2011
Hollis Carl Emerson, 62, of Marion, passed away peacefully Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at his home after a courageous one-year journey living with lung cancer. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 17, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, Iowa, by Pastor Robin Tyner and Delane Wolter. The family will greet friends...
Bradford John "Pops" Deck
Sep 12, 2011
Bradford John “Pops” Deck, 62, of Marion, died Monday, September 12, 2011. Per Brad’s wishes, there will not be a formal funeral service. An informal gathering of family and friends will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, September 15, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Private family inurnment will be at a later date. Survivors include his...
Evelyn L. Humphreys (Wise)
Sep 11, 2011
Evelyn L. Wise Humphreys, 85, of Northbrook Care Center, Cedar Rapids passed away Sunday, September 11, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital, following a stroke. Services: 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 14, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at the funeral home. Entombment: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include...
Leta Lucille Albright (Krewson)
Sep 10, 2011
L. Lucille Albright, 82, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Saturday, September 10, 2011, at Northbrook Manor, Cedar Rapids. There will be no public services. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her husband, Duane; daughter, Nancy (Todd) LiPetri; grandchildren, Ryan and Jyll; great grandchild, Ken all of Mooresville, North Carolina; one brother, George (Peggy) Krewson,...
Juanita Theresa Fuchs (Frye)
Sep 10, 2011
Juanita Theresa Fuchs, 79, of 624 26th Street S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Saturday, September 10, 2011, at Mercy Hallmar Residential Care Center, Cedar Rapids. Services: 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 15, 2011, at All Saints Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by Father David O’Connor. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, September 14, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home &...