Obituaries

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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....

Francis B. "Fritz" Johnson

Francis B. "Fritz" Johnson

Mar 21, 2010

Francis B. “Fritz” Johnson, 90, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, March 21, 2010, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha: Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, March 25, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Bill Harnish. The family will greet friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at...

Natalie June Smith (Hoerner)

Natalie June Smith (Hoerner)

Mar 20, 2010

Natalie June Smith, 76, of Central City, died Saturday, March 20, 2010, at Winslow House Care Center, Marion. Services: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at First United Methodist Church, Central City, by Rev. Nick Needham. The family will greet friends 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Central City. Burial: Boulder Cemetery, Central...

Delphine Mary Huber (Harks)

Delphine Mary Huber (Harks)

Mar 19, 2010

Delphine Mary (Harks) Huber, 71, of Delhi, Iowa, died Friday, March 19, 2010 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, following heart complications. The Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earlville celebrated by her son, Rev. Henry Huber, and concelebrated by Rev. Herbert Tegeler. Family will...

Larry E. Henson

Larry E. Henson

Mar 19, 2010

Larry E. Henson, 55, of Springville, died Friday, March 19, 2010. Services: 1:00 p.m. Thursday, March 25, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Ronald Morrow. Survivors include his daughter, Christina (Mark) Kirchmann of Springville; his mother, Jerry Milner of Cedar Rapids; four grandchildren, Misty Fry, Austin, Haley and Kelly Kirchmann; and his siblings, Kenneth...

Keith Hollis Benzing

Keith Hollis Benzing

Mar 19, 2010

Keith Hollis Benzing, 85, of Cedar Rapids, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 19, 2010, after a short battle with cancer. A Celebration of his life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 22, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, 520 Wilson Avenue, SW, Cedar Rapids, with Pastor Bob Voels of Trinity United Methodist Church officiating....

Gayle Pauline (Rath) McElmeel

Gayle Pauline (Rath) McElmeel

Mar 18, 2010

Gayle Pauline Rath McElmeel, 92, died March 18, 2010 at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, Iowa following a short illness. Memorial Services will be held 11:00 a.m.. Monday, March 22, 2010 at the First Lutheran Church in Manchester by Rev. Dr. Jean Rabary. Family will greet friends from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Sunday, March 21, 2010 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch...

Reta Mae (Butler) McGinty

Reta Mae (Butler) McGinty

Mar 18, 2010

Reta Mae McGinty, 74, of Whittier, IA, went Home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 18, 2010, surrounded by her loving family. Services: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, 2010, at Oakland Church of the Nazarene, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Tom Darland and Rev. Dwight Neuenschwander. Visitation: 4-7 p.m. Friday, March 19, 2010, at Oakland Church of the Nazarene,...

Debra Jean Geater (Geater)

Debra Jean Geater (Geater)

Mar 17, 2010

Debra Jean Geater, 49, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at the University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics, Iowa City. Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 22, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, where the family will greet friends after 1 p.m. until service time. Private burial at a later date. Survivors include her...

Karen Kay Pearson (Kamp)

Karen Kay Pearson (Kamp)

Mar 17, 2010

Karen K. Pearson, 69, of Marion, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at Linn Manor Care Center, Marion. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 27, 2010, at Ascension Lutheran Church, Marion, by Rev. Linda Livingston. Survivors include her sons, Trent (Renee) Pearson and Todd Pearson; grandchildren, Brandon and Amber Pearson, Emily, Joseph, and Cooper Pearson; sister, Jolayne (Darrell) Winkie of Decorah;...