Obituaries
All Obituaries
Bessie B. Bittner (Wagner)
Feb 26, 2007
Bessie B. Bittner, 93, of Marion, died Monday, February 26, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 2, 2007, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion by Father John Gossman. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion where a parish...
Laverne Mae Simmen (Bader)
Feb 26, 2007
LaVerne Mae Simmen, 82, of Central City, died Monday, February 26, 2007, at home, following a courageous battle with cancer. Memorial Service: 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 2, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City by Father Wayne Droessler. The family will greet friends from 3-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Inurnment: Mt. Clark Cemetery, Central...
Dorothy J. Smith (Lohman)
Feb 22, 2007
Dorothy J. Smith, 83, of 155 Robins Rd., died Thursday, January 22, 2007, at St. Luke?s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, following a brief illness. A Celebration of Life will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Dennis Krog. The family will greet friends one hour prior to services....
Evelyn Jean Larsen (Agoo)
Feb 21, 2007
Evelyn Jean Larsen, 86, formerly of Springville, died Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Memorial Service: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, February 24, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Karen Downey Beals. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial: Springville...
John Lowell Clark
Feb 21, 2007
John L. Clark, 66, of 56 19th Avenue S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Wednesday February 21, 2007, in St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, from cancer. Memorial Service: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Bill Harnish, with military honors. The family will greet friends from 9:30 to 10:30 Tuesday...
Pamela Sue Fisher (Klinsky)
Feb 21, 2007
Pamela Sue Fisher, 50, of Tiffin, Iowa, died of complications from a stroke at St. Luke?s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on February 21, 2007. SERVICE TIMES HAVE CHANGED....PLEASE NOTE! Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at...
Richard W. Ford
Feb 20, 2007
Richard W. Ford, 78, of Lisbon, died Tuesday, February 20, 2007, in his home after a battle with cancer. Memorial Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 24, 2007, at Community Bible Church, 940 West Mt. Vernon Road, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, by Pastor Andy Majorins. The family will greet friends from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the church. Arrangements by Murdoch...
Timothy William Hilkey
Feb 18, 2007
Timothy W. Hilkey, 42, of Hopkinton, died suddenly on Sunday, February 18, 2007, at his sister?s home. Private family memorial services will be at a later date. Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Manchester is in charge of arrangements. Timothy was born May 7, 1964 in Portland, Oregon, the son of Oliver W. and Virginia R. (Crockett) Hilkey. He...
Ervin E. Bohrer
Feb 18, 2007
Ervin E. Bohrer, 90, of Toddville, died Sunday, February 18, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center. Services: 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 23, 2007, at Kenwood Park United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids by Rev. Laura Smith. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Burial: Dunkard Cemetery, rural Toddville with military honors by...
C. Reed Hoglund
Feb 17, 2007
C. Reed Hoglund, 84, a resident of Northbrook Manor Care Center, Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, February 17, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, following a lengthy illness. Memorial Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday, February 24, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion, by the Rev. Del Bear, with military honors. Friends may call from 10:30 -...
Richard Paul Trimble
Feb 17, 2007
Richard P. Trimble, 77, of Urbana, Iowa, died Saturday, February 17, 2007, in his home following a short illness. Burial: 2:00 p.m.,Tuesday, February 20, 2007, Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Memorial Service: 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 20, 2007, at Urbana Christian Church, Urbana by the Rev. Tom Felts. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service...
Helen Julia Tollefson (Johnson)
Feb 16, 2007
Helen J. Tollefson, 93, of Atkins, Iowa, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, February 15, 2007, in her daughter?s home following a long illness. Services: 10:30 a.m., Monday, February 19, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Dr. Kay Slocum. The family will greet friends from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the funeral...
Verla M. Boyens (Clingenpeel)
Feb 16, 2007
Verla M. Boyens, 79, a resident of Bickford Cottage, Marion, died there Friday, February 16, 2007, after a short illness. Services: 1:00 p.m. Monday, February 19, 2007, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mt. Vernon, by the Rev. Mark Gefaller. Friends may call at the church from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday. There will be a visitation from 1:00...
Leo James Smith
Feb 16, 2007
Leo J. Smith, 79, of 3011 Woodland Drive S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Friday February 16, 2007, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, from complications of C.O.P.D. Memorial Service: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at Immanuel Baptist Church, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Dan Wiersema. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2007, at...
Linda Lou Veal (Sperry)
Feb 16, 2007
Linda Lou Veal, 49, of 79 Partridge Avenue, died Friday, February 16, 2007, in her home after a courageous battle with Scleroderma. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 19, 2007, at Faith Lutheran Church in Marion, by Rev. John Albertson. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include...
Charlotte L. Erickson (Rettig)
Feb 16, 2007
Charlotte L. Erickson, 73, formerly of Baxter, Minnesota, and Springville, died Friday, February 16, 2007, at Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion from complications of cancer. Memorial services will be held at a later date at Springville Presbyterian Church in Springville, Iowa. Arrangements are by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include her daughter, Cheryl (Kirk) Klamerus...
Thomas J. ""Tom"" Huggins
Feb 15, 2007
Tom J. Huggins, 55, of 5266 4th Street, Melrose, Iowa, formerly of Central City, died Thursday, February 15, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines from a heart attack. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at 11 a.m. at the Quasqueton Union Church, Quasqueton, Iowa, by the Rev. Kevin Jennings. Friends may call from 4...
Mabel Schleusener (Fenlon)
Feb 14, 2007
Mabel Grace Schleusener, 88, of Alburnett, died Tuesday, February 13, 2007, at her home, following a long illness. Services: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, February 17, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Burr Bryant. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her son,...
Ruth Mildred Imhoff (Fant)
Feb 14, 2007
Ruth M. Imhoff, 89, a longtime resident of Center Point, Iowa, died Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at the Winslow House Care Center, Marion, following a long illness. Services: 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 19, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home, Center Point, by the Rev. Dick Ernst. The family will greet friends from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, February 18, 2007, at...
Marcella Moore (Beaman)
Feb 14, 2007
Marcella Moore, 91, a resident of Living Center West Care Center in Cedar Rapids, formerly of Marion, died there Wednesday, February 14, 2007, following a short illness. Per Marcella?s wishes, there will be no visitation. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Inurnment: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion....


