Obituaries
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Percy Joseph Brown
Nov 5, 2011
Percy Joseph “Peck” Brown heard the final gun on Saturday, November 5, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Services will be held at a later date . He was born to Leigh and Anna Brown on September 5, 1920, in Malden, Washington, where his father worked for the Milwaukee Road. The railway was responsible for some of...
Maxine Merth Schoonover (Hepker)
Nov 3, 2011
Maxine Merth Schoonover, 87, of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, November 3, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital, following a short illness. It was Maxine’s wish to be cremated. There will be no visitation or services. Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her husband, Ray; daughter, Janet Bonifazi and her husband, Leo of Cedar Rapids;...
Martha Marie Winch (Oltmann)
Nov 3, 2011
Martha Marie Winch, 79, of Marion, died Thursday, November 3, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital following a sudden illness. Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 7, 2011, at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Marion by Rev. Kevin Jones and Rev. Dennis Johnson. Visitation will be from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Sunday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in...
Norma Marie Helmrich
Nov 3, 2011
Norma Marie Helmrich, 92, of Manchester, died Thursday, November 3, 2011 at her home. Funeral Services: 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 7, 2011 at Manchester United Methodist Church by Rev. Mike Druhl. Visitation: 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester. Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Manchester. Survivors include her husband, Bob; children, Patricia...
Rockey Lahne Mandel
Nov 2, 2011
Rockey Lahne Mandel, of Center Point, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 in Hiawatha. The memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 19th, at the Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Center Point at 2 p.m. Rockey was born October 16, 1956, in Danville, Illinois. He attended Georgetown High School in Georgetown, Illinois. Rockey was...
Richard Harry Held Sr.
Nov 1, 2011
Richard H. Held, Sr., 80, of Marion, died Tuesday, November 1, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 5, 2011, at Garden View Chapel in Waterloo. Family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. Friday, November 4, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Burial: Garden of Memories, Waterloo. He is survived...
Janet A. Miller (Young)
Oct 31, 2011
Janet A. (Young) Miller, 66, of Swisher, died Monday, October 31, 2011, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 3, 2011, at Hope Lutheran Church by Pastor Dan Clark-Bridges. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her son, Trent and Ida “Hays” Miller of...
Gary Joseph Haberkorn
Oct 30, 2011
Gary Joseph Haberkorn, 56, of Marion, died Sunday, October 30, 2011, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, following a long battle with cancer. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Thursday, November 3, 2011 at New Covenant Bible Church in Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Kim Pagel. Family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, November 2, at...
Bertha Marie Stoecker (Kistler)
Oct 29, 2011
Bertha Marie Stoecker, 83, of Central City, died Saturday, October 29, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with her family by her side. Service: 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 4, 2011, at Good Shepard Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Wesley Bruss. The family will greet friends from 4 - 8 p.m. Thursday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation...
Laverne E. "Jake" Boots
Oct 28, 2011
Laverne “Jake” E. Boots, 90, passed away with his family and caregivers by his side, Friday, October 28, 2011. He had been a resident of the St. Luke’s Living Center West for the past five years. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 1, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, where the family will greet friends from 5...
Patricia Ann "Pat" Daugherty (Barnard)
Oct 27, 2011
Patricia A. Daugherty, 69, of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, October 27, 2011, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Services: 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 31, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids by Chaplain Joe Kane. Visitation will be from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home and after 9:30 on Monday....
Jo Ellen Goodwin-Conner (Sacora)
Oct 26, 2011
Jo Goodwin-Conner, 59, of Cedar Rapids, peacefully passed into the presence of Jesus, in her home. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 31, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Pastor Bryan Regier. Family will greet friends after 10:00 a.m. Jo was preceded in death by her grandparents. She is survived by per parents, Keith and...
Charles Richard "Chuck" Mcallister
Oct 24, 2011
Charles Richard “Chuck” McAllister, 76, of Marion, died Monday, October 24, 2011, at the Hiawatha Care Center. Funeral Mass: 11 a.m. Thursday, October 27, 2011, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion. Burial: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, with military honors. Survivors include his wife Bev; children, Shelly (John) Kramer of Marion, Kim McAllister of Marion, and Mike McAllister of...
Rita Maxine Koeppen (Mills)
Oct 23, 2011
Rita Maxine Koeppen, 96, of Marion, died peacefully October 23, 2011 at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids with her children at her side. Funeral Services will be on Thursday October 27, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. by Rev. Mike Morgan at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion. Family will greet friends Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 from 4-7 p.m. at...
Darwin Eugene "Del" Long
Oct 22, 2011
Darwin “Del” E. Long, 77, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died at home on Saturday, October 22, 2011. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 28, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Dean Rothchild. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, October 27, 2011, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar...
Greg Morris
Oct 21, 2011
Greg Morris, 60, of Marion, died of natural causes on Friday, October 21, 2011, at his home. Celebration of Life Service: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, by Rev. Mike Morgan. The family will greet friends form 5 – 8 p.m., Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park...
Delores Arlene Winn (Hepker)
Oct 21, 2011
Delores A. (Speed) Winn, 74, of Walker, Iowa, died Oct. 21, 2011, surrounded by her family at the Buchanan County Health Center in Independence, Iowa, from complications due to Alzheimer’s. Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Walker, by Father Ardel Barta. Visitation: 4:00 to 8:00 pm on Monday, October 24, 2011, at...
Kent Norton Wallace
Oct 21, 2011
Kent N. Wallace, 76, of Manchester died October 21, 2011 at the Briarwood Healthcare Center in Iowa City, IA following a brief illness. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 24, 2011 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester. Visitation will be 3:00 – 7:00 p.m., Sunday, October 23, 2011 with a Rosary Service at 3:00 pm at...
Judith Lee Harten (Prokosch)
Oct 20, 2011
Judith Lee Harten, 71, of Marion, died Thursday, October 20, 2011, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion, where family will greet friends from 9-11 a.m. Survivors include her children, Patricia Hodge of Freeport, NY, Michael Gandia of Staten...