Obituaries
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Patrick Evan Nelson
Sep 3, 2008
Patrick Evan Nelson, 38, of Hastings, Nebraska, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, September 3, 2008, in a motor vehicle accident near Knoxville, Iowa. Memorial Services: 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 6, 2008, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, where the family will greet friends from noon until service time. Survivors include his parents, Dennis and Sandra Nelson...
Eileen Joan Lubben (Wilson)
Sep 1, 2008
Eileen Joan Lubben, 69, of Manchester, died Monday, September 1, 2008 at home following a long illness. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 4, 2008 at the United Methodist Church in Manchester by Rev. Roger Henry. Family will greet friends from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation...
Penny Sue Vanous (Franck)
Aug 31, 2008
Penny Sue (Franck) Vanous, 51, of Rowley, Iowa, died Sunday, August 31, 2008. Services: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 3, 2008, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Gary Dobbins. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, September 2, 2008, at the funeral home. Burial: Czech National Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her husband,...
Earl Jayson Cassidy
Aug 31, 2008
Earl J. Cassidy, 86, of 1470 Parkview Drive, Marion, Iowa, died Sunday, August 31, 2008, in Crestview Acres Nursing Home, Marion, following a long term illness. Graveside Service with military rites: 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 3, 2008, at Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Del Bear. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his...
Jerry Lee Mulholland
Aug 31, 2008
Jerry L. Mulholland, 58, of Center Point, Iowa, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, August 31, 2008, in Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, from cancer. Services: 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 5, 2008, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, by the Pastor John Seitz. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, September...
Ellie Marie Lakose
Aug 29, 2008
Ellie Marie LaKose, was stillborn on August 29, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Private family graveside services will be held at Antioch Cemetery, rural Anamosa, by Rev. Rick Gail. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include her mother, Sheri Ulrich; her father, Dennis LaKose; grandparents, Dean and Vonnie LaKose and Phyllis and...
Ladonna Mae Kilts (Kilts)
Aug 29, 2008
LaDonna Mae Kilts, 80, of 240 11th Street N.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, August 29, 2008, in Northbrook Manor Care Center, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Services: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 4, 2008, at Cedar Hills Community Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Leonard Ranson and Rev. Kent Landhuis. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday,...
David Franklin Grizzell
Aug 29, 2008
David F. Grizzell, 79, passed away Friday, August 29, 2008 at the Winslow House Care Center in Marion. Services are tentatively set for Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at the Gilbert Funeral Home in Christopher, Illinois. David will be laid to rest in Mulkeytown Cemetery, Mulkeytown, Illinois, where he will be reunited with his parents and siblings. Local arrangements are being...
Rolland Harold "Tiny" Burkart
Aug 28, 2008
Rolland “Tiny” H. Burkart, 84, of Walker, Iowa, died Thursday, August 28, 2008, in St. Luke’s Hospital, in Cedar Rapids, following complications of a hip fracture. Memorial Service: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 2, 2008, at Walker United Methodist Church, Walker, by the Rev. Norman Kelley. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Monday, September 1, 2008, at Murdoch Funeral...
Larry J. Hawker
Aug 26, 2008
Larry J. Hawker, 66, of Alburnett, died Tuesday, August 26, 2008, following a farm accident. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 30, 2008, at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Central City. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City. Burial: Mt. Clark Cemetery in Central City. Survivors include his wife, Pat...
Ray Albert Oltrogge
Aug 26, 2008
Ray Albert Oltrogge, 72 of Hiawatha, died Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a brief illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 29, 2008, at Zion Lutheran Church, Hiawatha, by Rev. Daniel Krueger. Visitation for family and friends will be 5 ?" 8 p.m. Thursday, August 28, 2008, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar...
Donald H. "Donnie" Meier
Aug 25, 2008
Donald “Donnie” H. Meier, 81, of 1006 Brockman Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids, died Monday, August 25, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center, following a sudden illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 29, 2008, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Deacon LaVerne Flagel of All Saints Catholic Church. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m....
Kevin Paul Dawson
Aug 25, 2008
Kevin Paul Dawson, 51, of 214 Troy Street SW, Cedar Rapids, died Monday, August 25, 2008, in Cedar Rapids. Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 29, 2008, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Dr. Terry Seufferlein of Central Church of Christ. Inurnment: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids Survivors include his children, Ryne Dawson and Renee Dawson,...
Raymond A. Duball
Aug 23, 2008
Raymond A. Duball, 87, of 1830 Mallory Street SW, Cedar Rapids, went to live with the Lord, Saturday, August 23, 2008. Services: 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, August 25, 2008, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids,...
Anne Viktor
Aug 20, 2008
Anne Viktor, 87, of rural Mt. Vernon, passed on early Wednesday morning, August 20, 2008. She grew up on a farm near Ely, Iowa then Toddville, then Palo. She married Paul Viktor May 14, 1946 at the Little Brown Church outside of Nashua, Iowa. They moved to the farm northwest of Mt. Vernon in February, 1948, where she lived for...
Richard Dean Jorgensen
Aug 19, 2008
Richard D. Jorgensen, 78, of Walford, Iowa, died Tuesday, August 19, 2008, in his home following a long illness. Memorial Service: 1:00 p.m., Saturday, August 23, 2008, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor David Mosher. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until service time on Saturday at the funeral home. Survivors include his wife, Ingrid...
Helen Alice Opfer (Holderness)
Aug 18, 2008
Helen A. Opfer, 78, of Central City, died at Linn Manor Care Center, Monday, August 18, 2008. Services: 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 21, 2008, at First United Methodist Church, Central City, by Rev. Nick Needham. The family will greet friends from 4 - 8 p.m., Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City, Iowa. Burial:...
Constantine L. "Dean" Chipokas
Aug 18, 2008
Constantine (Dean) Chipokas, 72, beloved husband of Carrol, left this life to spend eternity with God on Monday, August 18, 2008, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Dean exemplified his stamina and love of life as he dealt with his cancer. A celebration of Dean’s life will be shared at his funeral services, 10:00 a.m....
Seldon R. Beckett
Aug 18, 2008
Seldon R. Beckett, 79, a resident of Northbrook Manor Care Center, Cedar Rapids, formerly of Marion, died Monday August 18, 2008 at Northbrook Manor following an extended illness. Private family graveside services will be held at the Rock Island National Cemetery on Friday August 29, 2008. Survivors include his daughter Terry Lage and husband Patrick of Marion, seven grandchildren and...
Steven John Buh
Aug 18, 2008
Steven J. Buh, 52, of 1445 17th Ave., Marion, died, Monday, August 18, 2008, near Orange City, Iowa as a result of an automobile accident. Memorial Service: 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 22, 2008, at First United Methodist Church, Marion, by Rev. Mike Morgan. The family will greet friends from 2 - 4, Friday at the church. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral...