Obituaries
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Bruce "Bud" Phillips, Sr.
Jun 14, 2007
Bruce (Bud) Phillips, Sr., 60, of 1218 B Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, June 14, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Services: 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 19, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. William Harnish. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, June...
Gregory A. Alderson
Jun 13, 2007
Gregory A. Alderson, 48, of 880 Valleyview Drive, died, Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at home, following a long illness. Services: 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 17, 2007, at Ascension Lutheran Church in Marion by Rev. Linda Livingston. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial: Strawberry Point Cemetery, Strawberry Point. Survivors include four daughters,...
Tonya L. Hanson (Long)
Jun 12, 2007
Tonya L. Hanson, 43, of 1400 2nd Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at home, following a lengthy illness. Services: 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 16, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Paul Scheidt. Family will greet friends from one hour prior to service Saturday at the funeral home. Private Burial:...
Chad Alan Sanders
Jun 12, 2007
Chad Alan Sanders, 33, of 226 Park Ct. SE, Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at home, by suicide. Memorial Services: 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. William Harnish. The family will greet friends from 1:00 p.m. to service time on Wednesday, at the funeral home. Inurnment:...
Michael Blaine Modrow
Jun 12, 2007
Michael Blaine Modrow, 41, of 508 3rd Ave. SW, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007, near Waterloo, from injuries sustained in an accident. Memorial Service: 10 a.m. Monday, June18, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. The family will greet friends immediately following the service at the funeral home. Inurnment: Veterans National Cemetery in Keokuk at a later...
Virginia Mae Tschopp (Dill)
Jun 12, 2007
Virginia Mae Tschopp, 79, of 1604 14th Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Services: 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 15, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Jack Kendall. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. today (Thursday) at...
Betty L. Bergstad (Nelms)
Jun 11, 2007
Betty L. Bergstad, 70, 1206 21st Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, died, Monday, June 11, 2007, in St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Services: 1:00 p.m. Friday, June 15, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. The family will greet friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 14, 2007, at the funeral home. Burial:...
Eileen Dorothy Keenan (Mcmahon)
Jun 11, 2007
Eileen D. Keenan, 86, formerly of Manchester, died Monday evening, June 11, 2007 at the Buchanan Co. Health Center, Independence, after a short illness. Eileen Dorothy Keenan, was born May 27, 1921, in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Richard E. & Christine (Nemmers) McMahon. She graduated from Manchester School in 1938. She then worked in the Tom Tracey home. On...
George Louis Mayfield
Jun 11, 2007
George L. Mayfield, 82, of 632 20th Avenue S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Monday, June 11, 2007, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Services: 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 16, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Ed Powers. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday, June...
Ardith Lorraine "Ardie" Biederman (Ebsen)
Jun 9, 2007
Ardith “Ardie” Lorraine Biederman, 83, of 2333 2nd Street S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died peacefully on Saturday, June 9, 2007, in Mercy Medical Center, following a short illness. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at St. Ludmila's Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by Father Thomas McDermott. The family will greet friends from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the church...
Donald L. ""Papa"" Williams
Jun 9, 2007
Donald L. “Papa” Williams, 88, of 2935 Wildwood Court NE, Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion, by the Rev. Del Bear. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 ?" 8...
Velma M. Rosendahl (Morse)
Jun 8, 2007
Velma M. Rosendahl, 80, a resident of Monticello Nursing and Rehab Center, formerly of Prairieburg, died in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, Friday, June 8, 2007, following a lingering illness. Services: 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at the United Methodist Church in Central City, by Rev. Jonna Jensen. Burial: Prairieburg Boulder Cemetery in Prairieburg. The family will greet friends...
Dorothy B. Marshall (Spicka)
Jun 8, 2007
Dorothy B. Marshall, a resident of Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion, died there Friday, June 8, 2007. Graveside services: 4 p.m. Thursday, June 14, 2007, at Riverside Cemetery in Anamosa. A Celebration of Life will be held at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, June 14, 2007, at the Knights of Columbus, 5650 Kacena Avenue, Marion. The Rev. Mike Morgan will officiate....
Joseph Francis "Pep" Ruzicka
Jun 7, 2007
Joseph “Pep” Francis Ruzicka, 73, a resident of Living Center West, Cedar Rapids, died there Thursday morning, June 7, 2007, following a long illness. Graveside Services: 1:00 p.m. Saturday, June 9, 2007 at Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his beloved wife of 40 years, Susan of Cedar Rapids;...
Dixie Lee Martha Gray (Valeu)
Jun 6, 2007
Dixie Lee Martha (Valeu) Gray, 69, of Center Point, Iowa, died Wednesday, June 6, 2007, in Linn Manor Care Center, Marion, Iowa, from Parkinson’s disease. Services: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Rick Gail. The family will greet friends from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, June 8, 2007,...
David Dean Bliss
Jun 5, 2007
David Dean Bliss, 38, of Marion, Iowa, passed away late last week, from complications of an ongoing illness. A private graveside service will be held. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include his daughter, Jordan Bliss of Marion; his parents, Donald and Maxine Bliss of Marion; and brothers and sisters, Dean, Sandra, Daniel, Sue and...
Marguerite "Peg" Crane (Mccarty)
Jun 3, 2007
Marguerite “Peg” Crane, 80, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, June 3, 2007, at Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, following a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by Father Nils Hernandez. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 5,...
Vernon Charles "Chuck" Heaverlo
Jun 2, 2007
Vernon Charles “Chuck” Heaverlo, 74, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, June 2, 2007, at ManorCare Health Services, Cedar Rapids, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral Mass: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at John XXIII Catholic Church, 8100 Roncalli Drive, Cedar Rapids. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 5,...
Keith L. Eisher
Jun 2, 2007
Keith L. Eisher, 79, of 3705 37th Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, died June 2, 2007, at Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, 2007, at Zion Lutheran Church, Hiawatha, by the Rev. Dan Krueger. The family will greet friends from 10:00 a.m. until service time on Tuesday at...
Karen Marcal Lee Nelson (Lee)
Jun 1, 2007
Karen Marcal Lee Nelson, 57, of 313 Stoney Creek Rd. NW, Cedar Rapids, died Friday, June 1, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center, following a long illness. Services: 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 4, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Del Bear. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 3,...