Obituaries
All Obituaries
Dorothy Virginia Hartbeck (Gull)
Dec 15, 2007
Dorothy Virginia Hartbeck, 94, formerly of Colesburg, died Saturday, December 15, 2007 at the Christian Healthcare South, Lebanon, MO, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 20, 2007 at the Colesburg United Methodist Church in Colesburg by Rev. Gerald Klaus and Rev. Missy Brown. Friends may call from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday at the Clifton-Murdoch Funeral...
Marcel C. Worthen
Dec 14, 2007
Marcel C. Worthen, 87of 3035 12th Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, died Friday, December 14, 2007, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, following a long battle with cancer. Private Services will be held. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Shirley; his daughters, Susan Worthen of...
Grant Edward Gerdes
Dec 14, 2007
Grant Edward Gerdes was born silently on Friday, December 14, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Services were held Monday, December 17, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Perry Fruhling of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Burial: Linwood Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, Justin and Nicole (Billmeyer) Gerdes; two brothers, Gavin and Griffin; his...
Dayton Sippy
Dec 14, 2007
Dayton Sippy, 76, of Marion, died Friday, December 14, 2007, at Summit Pointe Memory Care Unit in Marion, Iowa. He died in his sleep of complications from Myelodysplasia. The family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion, where a Memorial Service with military honors...
Shirley A. Strauel (Putz)
Dec 14, 2007
Shirley A. Strauel, 50, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, December 14, 2007, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, from complications of ALS (Lou Gehrigs). Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by Father Tom McDermott. The family will greet friends from 3 to 8 p.m. on Monday, December...
Dorothy G. Baty (Whisennand)
Dec 13, 2007
Dorothy G. Baty, 105, a resident of Northbrook Manor Care, Cedar Rapids, formerly of Troy Mills, died Thursday, December 13, 2007, at the care center. Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 15, 2007, at the Troy Mills Christian Church by Rev. James Wolfe. There will be no visitation. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include...
Ada Marie Traver (Detlefsen)
Dec 13, 2007
Ada Marie Traver, 88, of Manchester, died Thursday, December 13, 2007 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester following, a brief illness. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 17, 2007 at First Lutheran Church in Manchester by Rev. Harlan Kaden. Family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in...
Connie Kerscher (King)
Dec 13, 2007
Connie Kerscher, 81, of Central City, died Thursday, December 13, 2007, at her home, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 17, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City by Don Cope. Visitation will be from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Private graveside services will be held. Survivors include her husband, Bill;...
Grant Freed Frazier
Dec 12, 2007
Grant Freed Frazier, 78, a resident of Crestview Acres Care Center in Marion, died there Wednesday, December 12, 2007, following a lingering illness. Services with military honors: 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 15, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by the Rev. Randy Bobzien. Burial: Lafayette Cemetery, rural Alburnett. Visitation at the funeral home will be from...
Orville Dale Smith
Dec 12, 2007
Orville D. Smith, 73, of 3802 Water Point Court S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007, in the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa, City, Iowa, following a short illness. Services: 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 15, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday, December 14,...
Gary Lee Vitek
Dec 11, 2007
Gary L. Vitek, 55, of 1792 50th Street, Marion, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 11, 2007, in St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Services: 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 14, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Glenn Hunt. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, December 13, 2007, at the...
Roger Alan Schmidtberger
Dec 10, 2007
Roger Alan Schmidtberger, 51, of Toddville, Iowa, died Monday, December 10, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital, following a short illness. Services: 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 14, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. The family will greet friends from 4 ?" 7, Thursday, December 13, 2007, at the funeral home. Burial: Dunkard Cemetery, Toddville, Iowa. Survivors include his...
Anna Marie Wharton (Wharton)
Dec 10, 2007
Anna Marie Wharton, 35, of Aurora, Colorado, died in Aurora on December 10, 2007 following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 15, 2007 at the Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Chapel in Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends after 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Anna was born...
Mildred Maxine Baughman (Baughman)
Dec 10, 2007
Mildred Baughman, 85, of The Methwick Community, Cedar Raids, Iowa, died Monday, December 10, 2007 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, following a short illness. Services: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 15, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion, Iowa, by Rev. Jack Kendall. The family will greet friends from 3 ?" 7 p.m., Friday, December 14,...
Lavern J. Arensdorf
Dec 10, 2007
LaVern J. Arensdorf, 71, of 1115 23rd St. SE, Cedar Rapids, died Monday, December 10, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 14, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Visitation will be from 9:30-11:00. Burial: 2:00 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Maquoketa. Survivors include a daughter, Sonya...
Ardis Mae Gallagher (Jepson)
Dec 7, 2007
Ardis Mae Gallagher, 84, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, December 7, 2007, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Services: 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Eric Schumacher of Northbrook Baptist Church. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, December 10, 2007,...
Kathleen Marie Gordon (Blume)
Dec 7, 2007
Kathleen Marie Gordon, 71, of Marion, Iowa, passed away Friday, December 7, 2007 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, following a brief illness. A Memorial Service will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Del Bear. The family will greet friends from 11a.m. ?" 1 p.m. on Tuesday,...
Ardyth Sue "Ardy" Cherry (Randa)
Dec 6, 2007
Ardyth Sue “Ardy” Cherry, 74, of Troy Mills, Iowa, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2007 at St. Luke’s Hospital, after a 4-years battle with Aplastic Anemia. Services: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at Troy Mills Christian Church, by Rev. James Wolfe. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m., Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion,...
Clifford Lee Main
Dec 5, 2007
Clifford “Lee” Main, 88, of Walker, Iowa, died, Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, Iowa, following an extended illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 8, 2007, at the Zion Presbyterian Church, Coggon, by the Rev. Kurt Walker. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 7, 2007, at...
Clair Allen Wilson
Dec 4, 2007
Clair Allen Wilson, 77, of 5633 Colorado Dr. SW, Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, following a brief illness. Services: 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 7, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, by the Rev. Del Bear. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7...


