Obituaries
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Leonard Richard Meinders
Feb 14, 2009
Leonard Richard Meinders, 82, a resident of Crestview Acres in Marion, died there Saturday, February 14, 2009, following a long illness. Services: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by Sister Carrie Kirsch. Friends may visit one half hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery in Marion....
Charlotte Louise Johnson (Helm)
Feb 13, 2009
Charlotte Louise Johnson, 84, of 233 22nd Street N.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, February 13, 2009, in her home following a long illness. Services: 2:00 p.m., Monday, February 16, 2009, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Nick Longworth. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m., Sunday, February 15, 2009, at the funeral...
Laura Mae Bideaux (Tschiggfrie)
Feb 13, 2009
Laura Mae Bideaux, 78, of 202 16th Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, February 13, 2009, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Services: 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Del Bear. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m., Monday, February 16, 2009,...
David Anthony Schulte
Feb 11, 2009
David Anthony Schulte, Sr., 62, of Ryan, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at his home. There will be no visitation. A private family service will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, Iowa. Survivors include a son, David A. Schulte, Jr., and a sister, Mary Lou Hale-Rodriguez (Gary) of Corte Madera, California....
Dorothy Marie Ziel (O'Neal)
Feb 10, 2009
Dorothy M. Ziel, 90, of Earlville, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at the Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Family will greet friends from 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday, February 13, 2009 at the Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home and Creation Service in Earlville, IA. No immediate funeral services are planned. Dorothy was born June 24, 1918 in Strawberry Point, the...
Hazel Love Schnittjer (Durey)
Feb 9, 2009
Hazel Love Schnittjer, 93, of Delhi. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the Delhi United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery, Delhi. Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Earlville is in charge of the arrangements.
Leander B. "Lee" Fangmann
Feb 9, 2009
Leander “Lee” B. Fangmann, 95, formerly of Dundee, Iowa, died Monday, February 9, 2009, at the Edgewood Convalescent Home, Edgewood, Iowa, following a short illness. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 13, 2009 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester by Rev. John Flaherty. Family will greet friends from 3:00 - 8:00 p.m., Thursday, February 12 at the...
Arlo T. Collingwood
Feb 9, 2009
Arlo T. Collingwood, 81, of Center Point, died Monday, February 9, 2009, at Cottage Grove Place, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Services: 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 13, 2009, at First Christian Church, Center Point, by Rev. John Caughron. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, February 12, 2009, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service,...
Charles Dean ""Chuck"" Cram
Feb 8, 2009
Charles Dean “Chuck” Cram, 70, of Marion, died Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, due to complications of COPD. Services: 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 12, 2009 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Marion by Pastor Gregory Williamson. The family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion...
Marguerite Agnes Porter (Jarvis)
Feb 8, 2009
Marguerite Agnes Porter, 99, of Manchester died Sunday, February 8, 2009 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester following a brief illness. Funeral Services will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester by Rev. Greg Bahl. Family will greet friends from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 10 at Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home...
Willa P Orcutt (Carlson)
Feb 8, 2009
Willa P. Orcutt, 90, formerly of Manchester, Iowa, died Sunday, February 8, 2009, at the Monticello Nursing Home, Monticello, Iowa, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 14, 2009 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester, Iowa by Rev. Richard Parler. Family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday,...
Carey Lynn (Lisenbee) Van Etten
Feb 6, 2009
Carey Lynn Van Etten, 51, of Mount Vernon, died Friday, February 6, 2009, in her home, following a courageous battle with cancer. Services: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Bill Harnish. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, February 9, 2009, at the funeral...
Eldee ""Dee"" Bowers
Feb 4, 2009
Eldee “Dee” Bowers, 90, of Toddville, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at Mercy Hallmar in Cedar Rapids, following a brief illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 9, 2009, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hiawatha by Rev. Dan Krueger. The family will greet friends from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Burial: Dunkard Cemetery, rural...
Philip Anthony "Phil" Zieser
Feb 3, 2009
Philip A. Zieser, 66, of Ryan, Iowa, died at his home surrounded by his family on February 3, 2009, following a courageous battle with cancer. A Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 am on Saturday, February 7, 2009, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Ryan, with Rev. John Flaherty officiating. Friends may call from 2:00 - 8:00 pm, on Friday, with...
Gerald C. "Jerry" Kula
Feb 3, 2009
Gerald C. “Jerry” Kula, 84, of Central City, died Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following an extended illness. Service: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 7, 2009, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City, by Father Wayne Droessler. The family will greet friends from 4 - 8 p.m., Friday, February 6, 2009 at the funeral...
Merle D. "Butch" Wright
Feb 2, 2009
Merle D. “Butch” Wright, 67, formerly of Central City and most recently lived at Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion, died of cancer, Monday, February 2, 2009, at the care center. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 5, 2009, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City by Rev. Nick Needham. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday...
Leroy Paul Weber
Jan 31, 2009
LeRoy Paul Weber, 73, of Manchester, Iowa, died at his home on January 31, 2009, after a lengthy illness. Memorial Mass will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester by Rev. John Flaherty. Friends may call from 3:00 - 8:00 p.m., Monday, February 2, 2009 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation...
Laverna Maxine "Maxine" Miller (Cress)
Jan 30, 2009
LaVerna “Maxine” Miller, 89, formerly of 104 Prairie St., Center Point, died Friday, January 30, 2009, at the Hiawatha Care Center. Services: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by Rev. John Caughron. The family will greet friends from 4 - 8 p.m., Monday, February 2, 2009 at the funeral home. Burial: Oliphant...
Ruth Kate "Omi" Akers (Wallesch)
Jan 30, 2009
Ruth Kate Akers, “Omi”, 82, of 1602 Denali Dr., Marion, died Friday, January 30, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, following a lengthy illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at New Apostolic Church on Wilson Ave., Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Larry Dollmeyer. The family will greet friends from 3 - 7, Monday, February 2, 2009 at...
Shirley Ann Phillips (Phillips)
Jan 30, 2009
Shirley A. Phillips, 69, of 902 7th Street S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, January 30, 2009, in her home following a long illness. Per her request there will be no services. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her mother, Margaret “Bubbe” of Cedar Rapids; five children, Diana (Marlowe) Buller of Wisconsin, Gary Phillips...


