Obituaries

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Hollis K. "Kay" Sweet (White)

Hollis K. "Kay" Sweet (White)

Apr 3, 2010

Hollis K. Sweet, 96 formerly of Central City, died Saturday, April 3, 2010 at Summit Pointe in Marion. Services: 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion. Family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Private burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her...

Martin L. "Marty" Davis

Martin L. "Marty" Davis

Apr 2, 2010

Martin (Marty) L. Davis, 52, of Cedar Rapids, was last seen on January 3, 2010. Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 12, 2010, at Asbury United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids by Rev. Ed Powers. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Sunday, April 11, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids. Inurnment: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery....

William "Bill" Hartkemeyer

William "Bill" Hartkemeyer

Apr 2, 2010

William “Bill” Hartkemeyer, 67, of Walker, died Friday, April 2, 2010, in his home. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Perry Fruhling. Family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his wife, Darlene; his...

Maxine Wagner (Bliss)

Maxine Wagner (Bliss)

Apr 2, 2010

Maxine Wagner, 91, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, April 2, 2010, at the Winslow Care Center, Marion. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Carroll Brown. Family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 5, 2010, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids....

Helen M. ""Mac"" Wagner (Walser)

Helen M. ""Mac"" Wagner (Walser)

Mar 31, 2010

Helen “Mac” M. Wagner, 80, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 3, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 2, 2010, at the funeral home. Burial: Lafayette...

Robert "Woody" Woodford

Robert "Woody" Woodford

Mar 29, 2010

Robert “Woody” Woodford, 86, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Services: 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at Peoples Unitarian Universalist Church in Cedar Rapids by Rev. Tom Capo. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis; three children, Yale (Sandy) Woodford of Texas City, TX, Ann Peek of Alvarado, TX, and...

Annie Mae Cronbaugh (Keisler)

Annie Mae Cronbaugh (Keisler)

Mar 29, 2010

Annie Mae Cronbaugh, 63, of Marengo, Iowa, died Monday, March 29, 2010, at St. Luke’s Hospital, in Cedar Rapids, surrounded by family, following a brief illness. Survivors include her husband, Tim; sons, Rev. Michael Langer and wife Tess of Iowa City, Thomas Langer of Iowa City and Joshua Meskimen and wife Crystal of Cedar Rapids; step daughter, Tracy Cronbaugh of...

Charlotte E. Morris (Nieland)

Charlotte E. Morris (Nieland)

Mar 29, 2010

Charlotte E. Morris, 75, of Marion, died Monday, March 29, 2010, in her home, surrounded by her loving family. Services: 10:00 a.m., Friday, April 2, 2010, at First United Methodist Church, Marion, by Rev. Mike Morgan. The family will greet friends from 4 – 8 p.m., Thursday, April 1, 2010, at Murdoch Funeral Home, Marion. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery,...

Lavonna "Bonnie" Hamed (Starry)

Lavonna "Bonnie" Hamed (Starry)

Mar 28, 2010

LaVonna “Bonnie” Hamed, 82, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, March 28, 2010 at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Services: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Private Family Inurnment. Survivors include 5 children, Sam (Diane) Hamed,...

Viola Evelyn Klein (Moorman)

Viola Evelyn Klein (Moorman)

Mar 27, 2010

Viola E. Klein, 87, of Manchester died March 27, 2010 at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester following a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 31, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester. Visitation: 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 30th at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester, Iowa and...

Paula Genevieve Quaas (Koch)

Paula Genevieve Quaas (Koch)

Mar 27, 2010

P. Genevieve Quaas, 84, of Alburnett, died Saturday, March 27, 2010 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 29, 2010, at Alburnett Christian Church, by Rev. Dan Peterson. The family will greet friends from 4 – 8 p.m., Sunday, March 28, 2010, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, Iowa....

Keith Sippy

Keith Sippy

Mar 26, 2010

Keith Sippy, 46, has died in his home in Central City, Iowa. Visitation will be Wednesday, March 31, 2010, from 5 – 7 p.m., with a short Memorial Service to follow, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, Iowa, with Chaplain Jeremy Hudson officiating. Keith’s cremains will be buried at a later date. Survivors include his mother, Marilyn Sippy...

Thelma Lucille Spencer (Micou)

Thelma Lucille Spencer (Micou)

Mar 26, 2010

Thelma Lucille (Micou) Spencer, 91, formerly of 1995 25th Ave., Marion, died Friday, March 26, 2010 at Crestview Acres, Marion. Services: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 3, 2010, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 7121 Mt. Vernon Rd., S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by Terry Houser, Sr. The family will greet friends from 4 – 8 p.m., Friday, April 2, 2010,...

Wilma Ruth Politis (Zach)

Wilma Ruth Politis (Zach)

Mar 25, 2010

Wilma R. “Cookie” Politis, 94, of 2425 Teresa Drive S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 25, 2010, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, with her family by her side. Services: 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 29, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids. Friends may call from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 28, 2010, at the funeral home....

Dallas Lee Bolender

Dallas Lee Bolender

Mar 25, 2010

Dallas L. Bolender, 68, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Thursday, March 25, 2010, in his home. Services: 11 a.m., Monday, March 29, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Rick Gail. Visitation: 2 to 6 p.m., Sunday, March 28, 2010, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Military honors will be provided....

Harold Lee Kelso

Harold Lee Kelso

Mar 23, 2010

Harold Lee Kelso, 92, of Walker, died Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Services: 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 26, 2010, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Walker. The family will greet friends from 4 – 7 p.m., Thursday, March 25, 2010, at the funeral home. Burial: Walker Cemetery, Walker, Iowa. Military honors provided by American...

Junior Harold Polk

Junior Harold Polk

Mar 23, 2010

Junior Harold Polk, 84, of Coggon, passed away Tuesday, March 23, 2010, surrounded by his family, at West Village Care Center in Independence, Iowa. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 27, 2010, at United Parish Church in Coggon by Chaplain Barbara Tieszen. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City. Burial: Troy...

Lanette Elaine Moore (Thennes)

Lanette Elaine Moore (Thennes)

Mar 22, 2010

Lanette Elaine Moore, 78, of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, March 22, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center. Memorial Services: 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids by Rev. Dan Wiersema. The family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at a later date at Center Point Cemetery....

Vern Henry Balster

Vern Henry Balster

Mar 22, 2010

Vern Henry Balster, II, 50, passed away peacefully, after a heroic fight with brain cancer, on March 22, 2010, in the family home in Marion where he was under the loving care of his wife, Janet, and his parents, Don & Llewellyn Bolster. He is survived by his two sons, Evan D. of Ames, Iowa, and Benjamin J. Balster of...

Mary Katherine Hayzlett

Mary Katherine Hayzlett

Mar 22, 2010

Mary Katherine Hayzlett, 90, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Shenandoah, Iowa, died Monday, March 22, 2010, at Keystone Cedars, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Memorial Service: 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 27, 2010 at First Baptist Church, Shenandoah, Iowa, by Rev. Gary Fuller. The family will greet friends from 5 – 8 p.m., Friday, March 26, 2010, at Hackett Livingston Funeral Home, Shenandoah....