Obituaries

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Abdurahman "Abe" Salehoglu

Abdurahman "Abe" Salehoglu

Feb 14, 2011

Abdurahman “Abe” Salehoglu, 92, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died February 15, 2011, at St. Luke’s Living Center West in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service will be at 2:00 pm on Tuesday at the Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids, with Iman Tahir officiating. Burial will be in the Isalmic Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Abe was born on January 25, 1919, in the...

Eleanor Helen Rubner (Wolfe)

Eleanor Helen Rubner (Wolfe)

Feb 13, 2011

Eleanor H. Rubner, 93, a resident of the Good Neighbor Home, died Sunday, February 13, 2011. Funeral Mass will be held 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester by Rev. John Flaherty. Visitation will be Tuesday, February 15, 2011 from 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Manchester with...

Jane M. Johnson (Baird)

Jane M. Johnson (Baird)

Feb 12, 2011

Jane M. Johnson, 84, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, February 12, 2011, at Heritage Nursing & Rehab Center in Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. In accordance with Jane’s wishes, there will be no services or visitation. Burial: San Carlos Cemetery & Mausoleum, Monterey, California. Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Iowa is assisting the family. Jane is...

Alice Virginia Duvall (Wordehoff)

Alice Virginia Duvall (Wordehoff)

Feb 12, 2011

Alice Virginia Duvall, 91, a long-term resident of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died February 12, 2011, in DeKalb, Illinois. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated by Father Thomas McDermott at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at St. Ludmila Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids. Burial: St. John's Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until service time at the...

Clarence J. Spellerberg

Clarence J. Spellerberg

Feb 11, 2011

Clarence J. Spellerberg, 84, a resident of the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester, died, Friday, February 11, 2011. Funeral Mass: 10:30 am, Monday, February 14, 2011 at St. John’s Catholic Church, Delhi. Conducted by: Rev. John Kramer. Visitation: 3:00 – 7:00 p.m., Sunday, February 13, 2011 at Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Earlville. Burial: St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Earlville....

Bonnie Lou Cavin (Heidt)

Bonnie Lou Cavin (Heidt)

Feb 11, 2011

Bonnie Lou (Heidt) Cavin, 74, of Cedar Rapids, died peacefully in her home Friday, February 11, 2011, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. As per Bonnie’s request, there will be no services. Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion will be handling Bonnie’s cremation. Bonnie is survived by her children, Jeff of Minnesota, and Elizabeth and Kelly of...

Kaye I. Higdon (Young)

Kaye I. Higdon (Young)

Feb 11, 2011

Kaye I. Higdon, 65, of Springville, died Friday, February 11, 2011, at Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, from complications of diabetes. Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Oaks Bridge, 2100 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Survivors include 3 daughters, Robin (Larry) Kovarik of Marion, Tammy (Bob) Jordan of Marion,...

L. Dean Redmon

L. Dean Redmon

Feb 11, 2011

L. Dean Redmon, 77, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa died peacefully Friday, February 11, 2011 at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas. Dean was born on September 5, 1933 in Ottumwa, Iowa, son of Merle and Hazel (Benson) Redmon. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict...

Eldon D. Mcmillen

Eldon D. Mcmillen

Feb 11, 2011

Eldon D. McMillen, 80, of 3055 10th Ave., Marion, died Friday, February 11, 2011, at his home, with his family by his side, following a short illness with cancer. Services: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, February 17, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, Iowa, by Rev. Mike Morgan. The family will greet friends from 4 – 8 p.m., Wednesday,...

Nancy L. King (King)

Nancy L. King (King)

Feb 10, 2011

Nancy L. King, 58, of Manchester died February 10, 2011 at the University Hospital & Clinics in Iowa City. Funeral Services will be at 5:30 p.m., Monday, February 14, 2011 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service by Ruth Tibbott. Visitation will be one hour before services on Monday. Nancy was born December 16, 1952 in Manchester the daughter...

Kenneth Earl Gooding

Kenneth Earl Gooding

Feb 10, 2011

Kenneth E. Gooding, 76, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, peacefully left this life for his new home in heaven on Thursday, February 10, 2011. A Celebration of Ken’s life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 13, 2011, at Christ Community Church, 3000 Alburnett Road, Marion, Iowa, by Rev. Chad Jennings, Pastor Becky High and Pastor Ron Bupp. Friends may...

Daniel F. Hunter

Daniel F. Hunter

Feb 8, 2011

Daniel F. Hunter, 33, of Potomac Falls, Virginia, formerly of Coggon, passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at his residence. Beloved son of Hollis and Ann K. Hunter of Burke, Virginia, devoted brother of Michael K. (Bethany) Hunter of Alexandria, Virginia; and also survived by a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends. Mass of Christian Burial was held...

Ronald G. "Ron" Achey

Ronald G. "Ron" Achey

Feb 8, 2011

Ronald “Ron” G. Achey, 73, of 3110 Willowridge Rd., Marion, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with his wife and family by his side, following a courageous battle with cancer. The family will greet friends from 4 – 8 p.m., Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Celebration of...

Brian Lane Pritchard

Brian Lane Pritchard

Feb 8, 2011

Brian Lane Pritchard, 25, of West Des Moines, and formerly of Center Point, died February 8, 2011, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, after a long battle with cancer. Celebration of Life Service: 1 p.m. Saturday, February 12, 2011, at St. Paul United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Mike Ellson. Family will greet...

Irvin "Ike" Schick

Irvin "Ike" Schick

Feb 8, 2011

Irvin “Ike” Schick, 89, of Ft. Dodge, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. A memorial service will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 9, 2011 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Ft. Dodge. Burial: Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Des Moines. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids....

Winifred "Bonnie" Canady (Newman)

Winifred "Bonnie" Canady (Newman)

Feb 7, 2011

Winifred “Bonnie” Canady, 86, a resident of Willow Gardens Care Center, Marion, died there Monday, February 7, 2011. Services: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 12, 2011, at First United Methodist Church, Marion. The family will greet friends from 4 – 8 p.m., Friday, February 11, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Burial: 1:30 p.m., Saturday, February 12, 2011,...

Richard Max "Dick" Armstrong

Richard Max "Dick" Armstrong

Feb 7, 2011

Richard “Dick” M. Armstrong, 79, of Marion, died Monday, February 7, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Inurnment: Millersburg, Iowa, at a later date. Survivors include his wife of...

Garnet C. Cecil (Lister)

Garnet C. Cecil (Lister)

Feb 7, 2011

Garnet C. Cecil died Monday, February 7, 2011 at her “home” at the Meth-Wick Community where she had resided for nearly thirteen years. There will be a memorial service at a later date still to be determined by the family. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids. Survivors include one daughter, Judith Cecil Vasbinder (Carroll), of...

Geraldine Elaine "Gerry" Stearns (Keggan)

Geraldine Elaine "Gerry" Stearns (Keggan)

Feb 6, 2011

Geraldine “Gerry” Elaine Stearns, 76, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, February 6, 2011, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Services: 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Linwood Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, John; her children, Jeff (Sofya) Stearns of Mars, Pennsylvania, Greg (Jenny) Stearns of Cedar...

George J. Haddy

George J. Haddy

Feb 6, 2011

George J. Haddy, 86, of Cedar Rapids, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, February 6, 2011. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 11, 2011, at St. George Orthodox Church, 3650 Cottage Grove Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Father Fred Shaheen and Rev. Deacon Edmund Abodeely. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service,...