Obituaries

All Obituaries

Shirley M. Watkins (Branscomb)

Shirley M. Watkins (Branscomb)

Sep 8, 2008

Shirley M. Watkins, 75, of 1065 S. 15th St., Marion, died Monday, September 8, 2008, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Services: 1:00 p.m. Friday, September 12, 2008, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by Rev. Del Bear. The family will greet friends from 11:00 a.m. ?" 1:00 p.m., Friday at the funeral home....

Edward Laverne "Ed" Henderson

Edward Laverne "Ed" Henderson

Sep 7, 2008

Edward LaVerne “Ed” Henderson, 79, of 152 Cedar Drive in Marion, died Sunday, September 7, 2008, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Services: 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 11, 2008, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Linda Livingston. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial: Hopkinton...

Alma Catherine Baum (Wilhelm)

Alma Catherine Baum (Wilhelm)

Sep 6, 2008

Alma Catherine Baum, 91, of Prairieburg, died peacefully, September 6, 2008, at Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Prairieburg by Father Walter J. Kleinfehn. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City. Burial: St. Joseph’s...

Ronald Edward "Ron" Aves

Ronald Edward "Ron" Aves

Sep 6, 2008

Ronald E. Draves, 73, a resident of Sunnycrest Nursing Center in Dysart, formerly of Marion, died Saturday, September 6, 2008, at the care center, following an extended illness. Celebration of Life: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at Marion Christian Church, Marion, by Rev. Dr. Robert Kunz. The family will greet friends from 10:00 a.m. until service time, Wednesday, September...

Mardean K. Struve (Marquardt)

Mardean K. Struve (Marquardt)

Sep 6, 2008

Mardean K. Struve, 85, of 4418 1st Ave. NW, Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, September 6, 2008, at St. Luke’s Hospital, following a short illness. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include a son, Craig of Vail, Colorado and Windermere, Florida. She was preceded in death...

Albert G. "Al" Myers

Albert G. "Al" Myers

Sep 6, 2008

Albert G. (Al) Myers, 69, of Marion, died September 6, 2008 of cancer at Donna & Dennis Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Hiawatha by Father Neil Manternach. Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. Tuesday at the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church,...

Alva Robert Fortner

Alva Robert Fortner

Sep 5, 2008

Alva R. “Ab” Fortner, 69, of Marion, entered into rest Friday, September 5, 2008, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a long illness. Services: 1:00 p.m. Monday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Bill Holley of Eastview Christian Church. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. ?" 1:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home....

Barbara J. Penn (Price)

Barbara J. Penn (Price)

Sep 5, 2008

Barbara J. Penn, 87, of 2380 12th Ave. in Marion, died, Friday, September 5, 2008, following a short illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Dr. Robert Kunz. The family will greet friends from 4:00 ?" 6:30 p.m. Monday, September 8, 2008 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation...

Patrick Evan Nelson

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)

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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....