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Willa Anna Edgerly (Edgerly)
Dec 8, 2006
Willa Anna Edgerly, 95, of Central City, died Friday, December 8, 2006, in St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, after a short illness. Per Willa?s request, she chose to be cremated and have no visitation or services. Arrangements are by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include a sister, Daisy Sires of Adel and her children, Douglas Sires...
Betty Lou Wilkinson (Paul)
Dec 7, 2006
Betty L. Wilkinson, 75, of 1390 8th St., died Thursday, December 6, 2006, at home, following a sudden illness. Memorial Service: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Del Bear. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at a later date. Survivors include her husband, Wilfred...
Richard Devere "Dick" Johnson
Dec 7, 2006
Richard "Dick? DeVere Johnson, 72, of lifelong resident of Marion, currently of 319 Pebble Lane, Hiawatha, died Thursday, December 7, 2006 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City of a sudden illness. Services: 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 11, 2006 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion with Rev. John Johnson officiating. Friends may call from 4-8...
Janice Lavonne Bayard (Kolar)
Dec 7, 2006
Janice L. Bayard, 91, a resident of West Ridge Care Center, died there Thursday, December 7, 2006, following a long illness. Per Janice?s wishes there will be no visitation. She will be cremated and interment will be in Muscoda, Wisconsin, at a later date. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Janice is survived by a sister,...
Robert E French
Dec 7, 2006
Robert E. French, 69, of Marion, died Thursday, December 7, 2006, at St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, from complications of a stroke. Services: 11 a.m. Monday, December 11, 2006, at Marion First United Methodist Church in Marion, by the Rev. Mike Morgan. Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion. The family will greet friends at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in...
Angel Ann Luensman
Dec 6, 2006
Angel Ann Luensman, infant daughter of Adam and Ebony Luensman, was stillborn Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at St. Luke?s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. No services will be held. Arrangements are by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include her parents, Adam and Ebony of Marion; a sister, Amira, at home; paternal grandmother, Connie Luensman-Dzaboff of Branson, Missouri;...
Rita C. Reynolds (Melton)
Dec 6, 2006
Rita C. Reynolds, 81, of Dothan, Alabama, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, December 6, 2006, in Wiregrass Medical Center, Geneva, Alabama, following an extended illness. The family will greet friends from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, December 10, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her husband, T. C....
Dorothy E. Swartwood (Millard)
Dec 6, 2006
Dorothy E. Swartwood, age 92, a resident of Alden Meadow Park Nursing Home, Clinton, WI, formerly of Alburnett, died Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at Mercy Hospital in Janesville, WI. Services:1:00 p.m. Sunday, December 10, 2006 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Friends may call from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar...
Joy A. Halstead (Hunter)
Dec 5, 2006
Joy A. (Hunter) Halstead, 59 of 1125 K Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, December 5, 2006, in her home, of a heart attack. Services: 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 8, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Phil Cox of First Church of Nazarene. The family will greet friends from 5 to 9 p.m....
Janet L. Gardner (Cheadle)
Dec 5, 2006
Janet L. Gardner, 76, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 8, 2006, at St. Mark?s United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Gary Hoyt. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, December 7, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home...
Kenneth Dale Swanson
Dec 5, 2006
Kenneth D. Swanson, 73, of Paradise-Magalia, California, formerly of Manchester, died Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at Enloe Medical Center in Chico, California from kidney failure. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 14, 2006 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Manchester. Family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch...
Frank Joseph Chermak
Dec 4, 2006
Frank Joseph Chermak, 73, of 2819 Southland Street SW, Cedar Rapids, died Monday, December 4, 2006, in his home, of lung cancer. Private graveside services were held by Pastor Darran Whiting. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his wife of 54+ years, Shirley; his children, Barbara (Andy)...
Lenard F. Streets
Dec 4, 2006
Lenard F. Streets, 88, of Anamosa, died Monday, December 4, 2006, at West Ridge Care Center in Cedar Rapids, following a lengthy illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 9, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Laurie Riley. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar...
Janet Johnston Hawkins (Johnston)
Dec 4, 2006
Janet Johnston Hawkins, 85, a resident of Winslow House Care Center, died there Monday, December 4, 2006. Burial will take place at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Memorial services will be at a later date. Survivors include a niece, Marcia Poston of New York City, New York; two nephews, David Poston of Naples, Florida and Steve Poston of Houston...
Jean Ann Marshall (Leonard)
Dec 4, 2006
Jean A. (Leonard) Marshall, 76, of 365 Marion Blvd, Marion, Iowa, died Sunday, December 4, 2006, in Mercy Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. John Gossman. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at the...
Edna Lucille Dahms
Dec 3, 2006
Edna Lucille Dahms, 97, of Village Ridge, Marion, died Sunday, December 3, 2006, at St. Luke?s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, after a short illness. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, December 7, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion, by the Rev. Howard Chapman. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Burial: Cedar...
Richard W. ""Dick"" Carroll
Dec 3, 2006
Richard "Dick? Carroll, 71, of Marion, passed away Sunday, December 3, 2006, in Mesa, Arizona, after a sudden illness. The family will greet friends from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, Dec. 13) at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion, where a rosary will be recited beginning at 6:10 p.m. and a parish vigil service will begin at...
Douglas John "Doug" Ruley
Dec 3, 2006
Douglas John (Doug) Ruley, 8, of 1220 27th Street NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, went from the loving embrace of his family to God?s loving embrace at home surrounded by his family on December 3, 2006, after a courageous six year battle against leukemia. Memorial Service: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 7. 2006, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marion, by Father John...
William A. "Bill" Cady
Dec 2, 2006
William "Bill? A. Cady, 82, of 4046 Bobolink Lane, Hiawatha, died Saturday, December 2, 2006, at St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Graveside services: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at Walker Cemetery, Walker, by the Rev. Kay Slocum. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, December 4, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home...
Forrest Eugene Durey
Dec 2, 2006
Forrest E. Durey, Sr., 91, of Manchester, died Saturday morning, December 2, 2006 at the Regional Medical Center, Manchester, following a sudden illness. Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at the Manchester United Methodist Church by Rev. Roger Henry. Family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service...
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