Obituaries

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Diane Marie Gladwin (Svec)

Diane Marie Gladwin (Svec)

Oct 14, 2007

Diane M. (Svec) Gladwin, 62, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died October 14th, 2007, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, Iowa, after an extended illness. Funeral Services: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 17, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 520 Wilson Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, by Chaplain Jeremy Hudson. Friends may call from 4...

Evelyn Rose Merchant (Mills)

Evelyn Rose Merchant (Mills)

Oct 13, 2007

Evelyn Mills Merchant, 94, a resident of the Woodlands, at Meth-Wick Manor, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died there Saturday, October 13, 2007. Memorial Services: 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 16, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Dr. Frank Seydel. Visitation: 1:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Inurnment: Linwood Mausoleum, Cedar Rapids. Evelyn...

Willis Wyatt ""Bill"" Townsend

Willis Wyatt ""Bill"" Townsend

Oct 13, 2007

Willis “Bill” Wyatt Townsend, Sr., 71, of 604 Broadway, Springville, Iowa, died suddenly on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Services: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion, Iowa by Rev. Jack Ray. Friends may call from 4 ?" 8 p.m., Tuesday, October 16, 2007, at the...

Joan Arlene Levine (Fye)

Joan Arlene Levine (Fye)

Oct 12, 2007

Joan Arlene (Fye) Levine, 70, of 485 Drake Street S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, October 12, 2007, in her home following a long illness. Memorial Service: 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 15, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Kathryn Roys. The family will greet friends from 9:30 to 10:30 Monday at the funeral home...

Betty Scheetz Morris (Brant)

Betty Scheetz Morris (Brant)

Oct 9, 2007

Betty Scheetz-Morris, 71, of 2628 TrailRidge Dr. NW, Swisher, Iowa, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, Iowa, following a short illness. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, October 11, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids and also from 10:00 to 11:00...

Julie Mae Martin (Martin)

Julie Mae Martin (Martin)

Oct 8, 2007

Julie M. Martin, 50, of Manchester, died at her mother’s home on Monday, October 08, 2007, following a lengthy illness. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 12, 2007 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home in Manchester by Rev. Jill Mack. Family will greet friends from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, October 11, 2007 and after 10:00 a.m. on Friday at...

James Edward "Jim" Bents

James Edward "Jim" Bents

Oct 7, 2007

James E. “Jim” Bents, 64, of Geneva Towers, 310 5th Avenue S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, October 7, 2007, at Living Center West, in Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Memorial Service: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 11, 2007, at Christ Community United Methodist Church, 3000 Alburnett Road, Marion, by the Rev. Tom Parrot. The...

Willie C. Pearce

Willie C. Pearce

Oct 6, 2007

Willie C. Pearce, 69, of 4024 Wilson Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, October 6, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his children, Byron Pearce of St. Louis, Missouri, Cecil Pearce of Centralia, Illinois, Francine Pearce, Thomas Pearce, both of California, Kashanta Pearce...

Kenneth Leroy Deal

Kenneth Leroy Deal

Oct 6, 2007

Kenneth Leroy Deal, 95, of 3064 30th Street SE, died Saturday, October 6, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Memorial Services: 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 10, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids by John Elliott. Burial: Linwood Cemetery. Survivors include a sister, Merle Edaburn of Cedar Rapids; a daughter, Shirley Craig...

Betty Jean Toomer (Parsons)

Betty Jean Toomer (Parsons)

Oct 6, 2007

Betty Jean Toomer, 82, of 2620 25th Ave. in Marion, formerly of Manchester, died Saturday, October 6, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Private family services will be held officiated by Pastor Dave Soldner. Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Manchester. Arrangements by Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Manchester. Survivors include her children, Sue Ann...

Marilyn I. Vane (Straughn)

Marilyn I. Vane (Straughn)

Oct 6, 2007

Marilyn I. Vane, 87, of Promise House, Hiawatha, died Saturday, October 6, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 10, 2007, at First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Dr. Kay Slocum. The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until service time on Wednesday at the church. Burial:...

Robert M. Holub

Robert M. Holub

Oct 3, 2007

Robert M. Holub, 77, of Prairieburg, died Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 5, 2007, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Prairieburg. Conducted by: Rev. John Flaherty. Burial: St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery with military rites. Visitation will be from 4 ?" 8 p.m., Thursday at Murdoch...

Dorothy Florence Wittenburg (Uthoff)

Dorothy Florence Wittenburg (Uthoff)

Oct 2, 2007

Dorothy Florence Wittenburg, 86, a resident of Linn Manor Care Center, Marion, Iowa, formerly of Coggon, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2007, following a long illness. Services: 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 5, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Visitation will be 4:00 ?" 7:00 p.m., Thursday, October 4, 2007 at the funeral home. Burial: Lenox Cemetery, Norway,...

Margaret Ann Schoenthal (Miller)

Margaret Ann Schoenthal (Miller)

Oct 2, 2007

Margaret A. Schoenthal, 87, of the Arbor Place at Methwick Manor, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died there Tuesday, October 2, 2007, following a brief illness. Graveside Service: 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 4, 2007, at Center Grove Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa, by Pastor Chris English. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include three children, Fred and Jeri Schoenthal...

Orville Carl Wellman

Orville Carl Wellman

Oct 1, 2007

Orville C. Wellman, 83, of Earlville, died Monday, October 1, 2007 at the Big Meadows Nursing Home in Savanna, Illinois following complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 6, 2007 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earlville by Rev. Herbert Tegeler. Family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. on Friday with a Scripture service at...

Theophile "Theo" Doupnik

Theophile "Theo" Doupnik

Oct 1, 2007

Theophile “Theo” Doupnik, 62, of 910 M Avenue N.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Monday, October 1, 2007, in University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, following a short illness. Graveside Service: 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 12, 2007, at Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include two cousins, Leslie...

John Walter "Jack" Rose

John Walter "Jack" Rose

Sep 30, 2007

John W. “Jack” Rose, 73, of Solon, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 30, 2007, in Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, following a short battle with cancer. Memorial Service: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Joe Polzin. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood...

Irene Marie De La Hunt (Fisher)

Irene Marie De La Hunt (Fisher)

Sep 28, 2007

Irene M. DeLaHunt, 78, of Edgewood, Iowa, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, September 28, 2007, in the Regional Medical Center in Manchester, Iowa, following a long illness. Services: 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 1, 2007, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cedar Rapids, by Ray Zook. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m., Sunday, September 30,...

James Donald Harriman

James Donald Harriman

Sep 27, 2007

James D. Harriman, 73, a resident of Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion, died September 27, 2007 at the care center. Private family services will be held. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion Iowa. Survivors include his children, Robert Harriman of Woodbury, Minnesota, Julie Speich & Dave Spurgin of Marion, Iowa, and Jody (Paula) Harriman of Davenport,...

Elijah Jacob "Eli" Main

Elijah Jacob "Eli" Main

Sep 26, 2007

Elijah Jacob “Eli” Main, 17, of Central City, died Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Services: 10:30 A.M., Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at United Church of Christ in Central City, Iowa, by Rev. Jonna Jensen. Visitation will be held from 4 ?" 8, Monday, October 1, 2007 at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center,...