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Dorothy Mae Schnittjer
May 10, 2008
Dorothy Mae Schnittjer, 76, of Manchester, Iowa died Saturday, May 10, 2008 at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, Iowa following a long illness. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at the First Lutheran Church, Manchester, Iowa with Pastors Jean Rabary and Jill Mack officiating. Graveside Services will be in the Fairview Cemetery in Earlville preceding the...
Christine Susan "Sue" Pierce (Keevans)
May 7, 2008
Sue Pierce, 58, died Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy after a courageous battle with cancer. A Memorial service will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday, May 15, 2008, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by Sister Mary Lou Podzimek. Inurnment: Campbell Cemetery, Bertram. The family will greet friends one hour...
Louis Francis "Louie" Heiberger
May 7, 2008
Louis “Louie” Francis Heiberger, 85 was born August 23, 1922 to Arthur and Ona (Voelschow) Heiberger. He grew up in the Delaware county area farming with his parents, sister Irene (Heiberger) Wilson of Cedar Rapids, and Brother Howard Heiberger of Waterloo. Louie graduated, joined the US Army and started serving in Louisiana where he married his high school sweetheart Rosaline...
Verna Ann Wagner (Kuncl)
May 7, 2008
Verna Ann Wagner, 79, of Atkins, died Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a lengthy illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 10, 2008, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Newhall, by Rev. Jack McClure. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 9, 2008, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar...
Archie Rudd
May 7, 2008
Archie Rudd, 91, of 350 River St. South, died Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at Crestview Acres in Marion, following a short illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 10, 2008, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City by R.G. Prucha. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Mechanicsville. Survivors include...
August M. Hochenberger
May 6, 2008
August M. Hochenberger, 84, of 4101 16th Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center of cancer. There will be no services. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his daughter, LaDonna Jacobson of Fairfax.
Norma Jean Mackey (Sedlak)
May 5, 2008
Norma Jean Mackey, 84, of the Hallmar Care Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died there Monday, May 5, 2008, following a long illness. Graveside Service: 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 8, 2008, at St. John’s Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Nils Hernandez of Immaculate Conception Church. Family and friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at Murdoch-Linwood...
Marcella E. Shaffer (Wood)
May 5, 2008
Marcella E. Shaffer, 79, a longtime resident of Fairfax, died Monday, May 5, 2008. Services: 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 8, 2008, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Tom Carver. The family will greet friends from 9:00 a.m. until service time on Thursday at the funeral home. Burial: Fairfax Cemetery, Fairfax. Survivors include three sons,...
Velma Lillian Ohrt
May 4, 2008
Velma L. Ohrt, 91, of Center Point, Iowa, died Sunday, May 4, 2008, in her home following a sudden illness. Services: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 10, 2008, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, by Pastor Dennis Sackett. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday, May 9, 2008, at the funeral home. Burial: Campton Cemetery, Lamont,...
Norbert J. Knepper
May 4, 2008
Norbert J. Knepper, 76, of Toddville, died Sunday, May 4, 2008, at ManorCare Nursing and Rehab, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, by Pastor Dennis Sackett. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at the funeral home....
Hazel M Nieman
May 4, 2008
Hazel Mary Nieman, age 91, of the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, Iowa and formerly of Earlville, died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester after a short illness. Funeral Services will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Earlville with Intern Marvin Havard officiating. Friends may call from 4...
Stanley "Bud" Smith
May 2, 2008
Stanley “Bud” Smith, 90, a resident of Cottage Grove Place in Cedar Rapids, formerly of Marion, died Friday, May 2, 2008, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Celebration of Life: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at Springville Presbyterian Church by Rev. Karen Downey Beals. Stan was cremated and the family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. Monday...
Richard Asaph Ware
Apr 29, 2008
Richard A. Ware, 90, of 2115 1st Ave. S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died, Tuesday, April 29, 2008, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by Rev. Lloyd Brockmeyer. The family will greet friends from 4 - 7 p.m., Friday, May 2, 2008, at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar...
Doris Evelyn Bingham (Lehr)
Apr 29, 2008
Doris E. Bingham, 85, of Tipton, formerly of Marion, died Wednesday, April 29, 2008, at Cedar Manor Nursing Home in Tipton following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 2, 2008, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by Chaplain Jeremy Hudson. The family will greet friends from 4 - 6 p.m., Thursday, May 1, 2008 at the...
Laverne A Nelson
Apr 29, 2008
LaVerne A. Nelson, 88, of Monticello, Iowa formerly of Delaware, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a brief illness LaVerne was born August 4, 1919 the daughter of Frank and Anna (Welch) Beecher, on her parent’s farm north of Farley, Iowa. LaVerne attended school in Farley, the country school in Milo Township and...
Leo Michael Schmall
Apr 27, 2008
Dr. Leo M. Schmall, 80, of 4570 Mission Ave., Marion, Iowa, died, Sunday, April 27, 2008, in his home following a courageous battle with lung cancer. Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 1, 2008, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion. The family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at Murdoch Funeral...
Derrell Dean Butterfield
Apr 27, 2008
Derrell Dean Butterfield, 69, of Troy Mills, died Sunday, April 27, 2008, at St. Luke’s Hospital, following a short illness. Services: 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 2, 2008, at Alice United Methodist Church in rural Center Point by Rev. Leo Andersen. Burial: Troy Mills Cemetery. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include his mother, Marguerite Butterfield...
Clarence Wise
Apr 22, 2008
Clarence Wise, 42, of 1638 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center, of cancer. Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2008, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. George Stevens and the Rev. Robert Oliver. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. today (Thursday) at...
Retha Irene Froehle
Apr 22, 2008
Retha Irene (Brown) Froehle, 82, a resident of Crestview Acres Care Center in Marion, died there Tuesday, April 22, 2008, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 25, 2008, at Lovely Lane United Methodist Church, 2424 42nd St. NE, Cedar Rapids by Rev. Paul Wilcox. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation...
Margaret Marie Tennyson (Larsen)
Apr 20, 2008
Margaret Marie Thomas Tennyson, 91, formerly of Springville, died Sunday, April 20, 2008, at the Nathan Adelson Hospice House, Las Vegas, Nevada. Graveside Service: 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 26, 2008, at Springville Cemetery by Rev. Karen Downey Beals. The family will greet friends from 9:30 ?" 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Survivors include...
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