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Earnest Ray "Earnie" Highley
May 18, 2011
Earnest R. “Earnie” Highley, a resident of Higley Mansion, died Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2011, Clark Funeral Home in Neosho, MO. Family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial: Howard Cemetery, Goodman, MO. Local...
Hazel P. Keil (Lanning)
May 16, 2011
Hazel Lanning Keil, 96, of Marion, died Monday, May 16, 2011. Services: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 19, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, Iowa, by Pastor Jay Jentink. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Iowa. Survivors include two sisters, Doris Smith of...
Rose Ann Bach
May 16, 2011
Rose Ann Bach, 78, of Center Point, died Monday, May 16, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital. Services: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011, at Hoover Church in rural Troy Mills. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Center Point. Burial: Troy Mills Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Jack; two sons, Byron (Marta)...
Eileen Frances Dolan (Lynes)
May 15, 2011
Eileen F. Dolan, 98, of Ryan died Sunday, May 15, 2011. Funeral Services: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 21, 2011 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Ryan by Rev. John Flaherty. Visitation: 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., Friday, May 20, 2011 with a 4:00 p.m., Rosary Service at Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home in Manchester, and one hour before services Saturday, at the church....
John C. Lower
May 14, 2011
John C. Lower, 88, of Ely, died Saturday, May 14, 2011, at Higley Mansion Care Center, Cedar Rapids. Graveside Services: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska, at a later date. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his children, Robert Lower, Kirkland, Washington, Claudia Halley, Lenexa, Kansas, Connie Follett, West Des Moines, Iowa, Douglas Lower, Concord,...
Joseph P. Parrott
May 14, 2011
Joseph P. Parrott, 85, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, May 14, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital from complications of pneumonia. There will be no services per Joe’s wishes. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Darlene “Polly”; his children, Sharon Domino of Indianapolis, Indiana, Judy Bousquet of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Ralph Parrott of Sebring, Florida; two grandchildren, Thomas (Josetta) Domino...
Matthew Lorenz
May 13, 2011
Matthew John Lorenz, 58, of Aurora, Colorado, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, May 13, 2011, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The family will greet friends from 5 – 8 p.m., Thursday, May 26, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, Iowa. Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 27, 2011, at St. Isidore Catholic Church, Springville, Iowa. Graveside Service: 2:00...
Jimmy F. Shimek
May 13, 2011
Jimmy F. Shimek, 70, of Robins, formerly of Marshalltown, died Friday, May 13, 2011, at his home. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Chaplain Tammy Buseman. Visitation will be from 9-10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Graveside Service: 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Long Grove Cemetery in Maynard. Survivors include his sister, Mary...
Lowell Howard Palmer
May 13, 2011
Lowell H. Palmer, 79, of Marion, formerly of Hiawatha, died Friday, May 13, 2011, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Funeral Mass: 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2011, St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion. Family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion with...
Kenneth William Martin
May 13, 2011
Kenneth William Martin, 89, a resident of Evergreen Estates III, formerly of Marion, died Friday, May 13, 2011, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Private services and burial will be held by the family. Burial: Wilson Cemetery, Independence. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include a nephew and niece, Steve...
Henry Witwer
May 12, 2011
Henry Witwer, of Marion, Iowa, went to be with the Lord on May 12, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, after a sudden illness. The family will greet friends from 3-6 p.m. Monday, May 16, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Services and committal will be private. Henry was born in Cedar Rapids, the...
Milo D. Muntz
May 11, 2011
Milo D. Muntz, 78, of Marion, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Services: 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 16, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, Iowa. The family will greet friends from 1 – 4 p.m., Sunday, May 15, 2011, at the funeral home. Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Iowa. Survivors include...
Doris Helen Williams (Luber)
May 11, 2011
Doris H. Williams, 90, of 6105 Greenbriar Lane S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Services: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 14, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Joe Polzin. Friends may call from 10:00 – 11:00, Saturday, at the funeral home prior to the service. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Doris...
Ronald Dean "Ronnie" Larson
May 11, 2011
Ronald D. Larson, 76, of Marion, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 10 a.m. Monday, May 16, 2011, at the Lutheran Church of Resurrection in Marion by Pastor Dennis Johnson. Family will greet friends from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, May 15, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Burial: Cedar...
Robert E. "Bob" Corum
May 8, 2011
Robert “Bob” E. Corum, 45, of Springville, died Sunday, May 8, 2011, at his home, surrounded by his loving family, after a long, courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Memorial Services: 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 13, 2011, at Springville United Methodist Church, Springville, Iowa. The family will greet friends from 4 – 8 p.m., with a prayer service beginning...
James Edward Mclaud
May 8, 2011
James Edward McLaud, 66, of 219 18th Street N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Sunday, May 8, 2011, in St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Memorial Service: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 12, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Bill Harnish. James “Jim” was born to Mary and George McLaud on January 2, 1945, in Cedar...
Geraldine Lafrentz (Mathewson)
May 7, 2011
Geraldine LaFrentz, 88, of Marion, died Saturday, May 7, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June11, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, Iowa, by Vicki Standley. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Iowa. Survivors include her children, Tina (Mike) McCormick...
Joseph Anthony Nortmann
May 7, 2011
Joseph Anthony Nortmann, 94, of Hiawatha, died Saturday, May 7, 2011, in Washington. Services: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids by the Rev. Beverly Thompson-Travis. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, with Military Rites. Survivors include two sons, Gary (Bunliep)...
Marissa Rose Harbach
May 7, 2011
Marissa Rose Harbach, 13, of Delhi, died, Saturday, May 7, 2011 from the results of a car accident. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Manchester, conducted by Rev. Donald Krause. Visitation: 2-8pm, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Earlville. Additional visitation will be one hour prior to the...
Megan Lynn Scott
May 7, 2011
Megan Lynn Scott, 16, of Marion, joined her grandpa Tom in Heaven following a courageous battle with cancer, on Saturday, May 7, 2011, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Services: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 12, 2011, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion. The family will greet friends from 3 – 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 11,...
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