Obituaries
All Obituaries
Mae E. Constien (Northrup)
Sep 3, 2011
Mae E. Constien, 81, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, September 3, 2011, at Heritage Nursing Home & Rehab Center, Cedar Rapids. Private Graveside services at Park Cemetery, Nora Springs, Iowa, at a later date. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Survivors include her daughters, Dianna May of Denver, Colorado, Delores (Michael) Dammen of Albert Lea, Minnesota,...
Alice Leona (Machula) Pospisil
Sep 3, 2011
Alice Leona Pospisil, 91, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, September 3, 2011, at her home. Services: 9:00 a.m. Friday, September 9, 2011, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by Father Christopher Podhajsky. Family will greet friends from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday, September 8, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Anderson Cemetery, Swisher. Alice...
David D. Hines
Sep 3, 2011
David D. Hines, 56, of Vinton, died Saturday, September 3, 2011, in his home. Services: 4:00 p.m. Friday, September 9, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, by Rev. John Caughron. Survivors include his wife, Judy; his parents, Carrol and Dorothy Hines of Toddville; his siblings, Roger Hines of Vinton, Terry Hines and Randy Hines, both of...
Inez Lucille Schlagel (Taylor)
Sep 3, 2011
Inez Lucille Schlagel, 92, of Marion, died Saturday, September 3, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 8, 2011 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Family will greet friends one hour prior to services. Survivors include her children, Jean (Richard) Strausser of Cedar Rapids, Linda Clemons of Belle Plaine, Dan...
David Packard
Sep 2, 2011
David George Packard, 66, of Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Sept. 29, 2011 at Linwood Cemetery. Please sign the online guest book for David at www.murdochfuneralhome.com . David was a member of Calvin-Sinclair Presbyterian Church. David was...
Gary Duane Benesh
Aug 31, 2011
Gary D. Benesh, 70, of 1234 29th Street N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Wednesday, August 31, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his sisters, Joan Benesh, Waterloo and Kathy Benesh Robinson, Cedar Rapids and her children, Courtney...
Dale Rodger Hormann
Aug 30, 2011
Dale R. Hormann, 77, of 106 3rd Avenue, Hiawatha, Iowa, died peacefully with his family by his side on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m., Friday, September 2, 2011, at St. Pius Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by Father Phil Thompson. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, September 1, 2011, at...
Robert L. Umbdenstock
Aug 30, 2011
Robert L. Umbdenstock, 83, of Vinton, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at home. Services: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 3, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home in Center Point by Chaplain Bobbie Dickerson. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Urbana Cemetery, Urbana, Iowa with military rites. Survivors include his wife, Marion; his son, Gary Umbdenstock (Jane...
Frances Elizabeth Montgomery (Holliday)
Aug 30, 2011
Frances Elizabeth. Montgomery, 60, of 1025 20th Street S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011, in Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Services: 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 6, 2011, at Gospel Tabernacle Church, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Joe Pledge. Friends may call from 9 to 11 a.m., Tuesday, September 6, 2011, at the church prior...
Pamela Elizabeth Spies (Russell)
Aug 30, 2011
Pamela Elizabeth Spies, 51, of Hiawatha, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. A private Celebration of Life Service will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her husband, Terry Spies; six children, Cassidy Borcherding of Phoenix, Arizona, Travis Borcherding...
James Wayne "Jim" Poisal
Aug 30, 2011
James “Jim” Wayne Poisal, Jr., 63, of Marion, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, after a courageous battle with cancer. A celebration of Jim’s life will be announced at a later date, per the family’s request. Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion is in charge of arrangements....
Donald E. High
Aug 29, 2011
Donald E. High, 83 of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, August 29, 2011, in his daughter’s home. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 1, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 31, 2011, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his children, Kimberly “Kymm”...
Sharon Kay "Sherry" Walker (Price)
Aug 29, 2011
Sharon Kay (Price) Walker, 72, a resident of Garnett Place in Cedar Rapids, formerly of Marion, died Monday, August 29, 2011, at the University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics. Funeral Services: 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 2, 2011, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, Iowa, by Rev. Donald Loesch. The family will greet friends from 4 – 7 p.m.,...
John Fredrick Schloeman, Jr.
Aug 27, 2011
John Fredrick Schloeman, Jr., 82, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Saturday, August 27, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Services: 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. James McCoy. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m., Monday, August 29, 2011, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, with...
Joan Marie Etzel (Miller)
Aug 27, 2011
Joan Marie Etzel, 78, of Marion, Iowa, died Saturday, August 27, 2011, in her home. A Memorial Mass 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion on Thursday, September, 1, 2011. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. -7 p.m. Wednesday, August, 31, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Marion. A private family burial will be held at Oak...
Larry W. Benge Jr.
Aug 25, 2011
Larry W. Benge, Jr., 56, of Shueyville, passed away after a courageous 4 year battle with renal cell carcinoma, surrounded by his family on Thursday, August 25, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Celebration of Life: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids by Father Donald Bruggeman and Deacon Dan Hoeger....
Lois J. Nosek (Oswald)
Aug 24, 2011
Lois Jean Nosek, 56, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at the Living Center West, Cedar Rapids. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 29, 2011, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Christopher Podhajsky. Family will greet friends from 2-6 p.m. Sunday at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, where a wake service will begin...
Scott Welbourne
Aug 23, 2011
Scott Welbourne, 60, of Toddville, Iowa, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011, after twice defeating cancer. He lost a four year long battle to pulmonary fibrosis, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Services: Noon, Saturday, August 27, 2011, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Bill Harnish. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, August 26, 2011, at...
Nancy Ann Russell (Ahrens)
Aug 23, 2011
Nancy A. (Ahrens) Russell, 66, of Rochester, MN, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Graveside Service: 2:00 pm, Sunday, August 28, 2011 at Campton Cemetery, Lamont. Nancy was born September 25, 1944 in Manchester, Iowa the daughter of Alfred Ernest and Genevieve Blanche (Remling) Ahrens. Nancy was an office manager working with court reporting at Carney...
Randy Charles Clarke
Aug 23, 2011
Randy Charles Clarke, 56, of Cedar Rapids, died suddenly after battling a long illness, Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at his home. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his wife, Deanna Dains; his mother, Bernice Clarke of Cedar Rapids; his children, Chrystal (Carl) Dains-Clarke of Stanwood, Shoady Clarke, Joshua Clarke and Tabitha (Stanley) Clarke, all...


