Obituaries
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Ida E Grubbs (Miller)
Feb 13, 2007
Ida E. Grubbs, 99, longtime resident of Center Point, died Tuesday, February 13, 2007, in New Orange Hills, Orange, California, from complications of pneumonia. Funeral services will be held in Iowa at a later date. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Center Point. Ida is survived by one daughter, Jetta McGary of Anheim Hills, CA; one grandson,...
Marie "Bina" Bowers (Hartson)
Feb 11, 2007
Marie "Bina? Bowers, 60, of 1215 20th Avenue S.W. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Sunday, February 11, 2007, of cancer in her niece, Alice?s home, in Atkins, Iowa. Services: 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 16, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by the Rev. Bill Harnish. The family will greet friends from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. at...
Marjorie O. Ketelsen (Towers)
Feb 11, 2007
Marjorie Towers Ketelsen, 87, a resident of Keystone Cedars in Cedar Rapids, formally of Marion, died Sunday, February 11, 2007. Services: 10 a.m. Friday, February 16, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion, by Rev. Julie Anderson Schuett. Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 - 8 p.m. Thursday. Survivors include...
Ella Jeane Elgin (Eldred)
Feb 11, 2007
Ella Jeane Elgin, 78, of Vinton, Iowa, died Sunday, February 11, 2007, in her home following a long illness. Services: 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 17, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point by the Rev. Larry Daubs. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday, February 16, 2007 at the funeral home. Burial: Center...
Donita Ellen Keleher (Stendel)
Feb 11, 2007
Donita Ellen Keleher, 90, a resident of Village Ridge, died there Sunday, February 11, 2007, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 17, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Graveside Committal: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Eastside Cemetery in Elkader. Survivors include her children,...
Larry Keith Woellert
Feb 10, 2007
Larry K. Woellert, 62, of Manchester, Iowa, died Saturday morning, February 10, 2007, at his home in Manchester, from heart failure. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at First Lutheran Church in Manchester by Rev. Dr. Jean Rabary. Family will greet friends from 3-8 p.m. on Monday at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in...
Julie Lynn Jordan
Feb 9, 2007
Julie Lynn Jordan, 46, of Ft. Collins, Colorado, formerly of Robins, died Friday, February 9, 2007, in Ft. Collins, Colorado, following a prolonged illness. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 15, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Larry Myers. Private Inurnment will be at Dunkard Cemetery in Toddville...
Leona A. Shedek
Feb 8, 2007
Leona A. Shedek, 89, a resident of Winslow House Care Center in Marion, formerly of Springville, died Thursday, February 8, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 12, 2007, at St. Isidore Catholic Church in Springville. Visitation will be from 2 - 5 p.m. Sunday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Burial: Springville...
Wendy Lee Schense (Schense)
Feb 8, 2007
Wendy Lee Schense, 39, of Vinton, died Thursday, February 8, 2007, at St. Luke?s Hospital, due to a sudden illness. Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 12, 2007, at St. Stephens Catholic Church in Central City by Father Wayne Droessler. Visitation will be from 2-6 p.m. Sunday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City. Inurnment will be...
Clara Pearl Hempstead (Hollow)
Feb 7, 2007
Clara P. Hempstead, 90, of Delhi, formerly of Manchester, died Wednesday, February 7, 2007, at her son?s home with her family and friends surrounding her. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 12, 2007 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Manchester by Rev. Roger Henry. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Sunday and an hour...
Jean E. Dolph (White)
Feb 7, 2007
Jean E. Dolph, 61, of 3716 Sue Lane NW, Cedar Rapids, died, Wednesday, February 7, 2007, in her home, following complications of COPD. Services: 2:00 p.m. Sunday, February 11, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Tom Felts of Urbana Christian Church. The family will greet friends from 2 to 6 p.m. Friday, February...
Jewel Eugene Smith
Feb 7, 2007
Jewel Eugene Smith, 70, of 2205 Westdale Dr. SW, died February 7, 2007 at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a long-term illness. Service times are pending with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids. Jewel is survived by his children, Sue Doby of Grand Rapids, MI, Mike Smith and Mark Smith of California, Doug Simmons of Hiawatha,...
James K. ""Jim"" Jones
Feb 6, 2007
James K. "Jim? Jones, 54, of 5285 Winnebago Ave., Marion, died Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, of injuries received in an automobile accident. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 10, 2007, at First Presbyterian Church in Marion by the Rev. Howard Chapman. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Friends may call...
Paul D. Bowers
Feb 5, 2007
Paul D. Bowers, 85, of 1215 20th Ave. SW, died Monday, February 5, 2007, at St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Visitation: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. on Friday, February 9, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Burial: Troy Mills Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Marie; three sons, David Bowers of Cedar Rapids, Randy (Janet)...
Roy Junior Baker
Feb 4, 2007
Roy J. Baker, 77, of 5460 Ohio Street S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Sunday, February 4, 2007, in the Belle Plaine Nursing & Rehab Center, Belle Plaine, Iowa, following a long illness. Services: 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his wife, Janice Baker; two sons, Randy Baker of Marengo,...
William J. "Jim" Barr
Feb 1, 2007
William J. "Jim? Barr, 72, was taken to his heavenly reward on February 1, 2007, at Living Center West, Cedar Rapids, following a lengthy illness. Services: 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at Hope Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Dan Clark-Bridges, where friends may call from 11:00 a.m. until service time at the church. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids....
Norma Jean Reardon (Smith)
Feb 1, 2007
Norma Jean Reardon, 71, formerly of Burnsville, Minnesota, died Thursday, February 1, 2007, at Willow Gardens Care Center, Marion, following a short illness. Services: 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at Hope United Methodist Church in Havelock, Iowa, by the Rev. Thorn Wittstruck. Burial: Laurens City Cemetery, Laurens, Iowa. Friends may call two hours prior to the service at the...
Lois Terese Kelly (Hennessey)
Feb 1, 2007
Lois Terese Kelly, 69, of Marion, died Thursday, February 1, 2007, in Mercy Medical Center, following a long illness. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 5, 2007, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marion, by Rev. John Gossman. Burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Friends may call Sunday, February 4, 2007, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Murdoch Funeral Home...
Cathy Lynn Ankney (Ankney)
Feb 1, 2007
Cathy L. Ankney, 50, of Winslow House, Marion, Iowa, died there Thursday, February 1, 2007, following a lengthy illness. Services: 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 5, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Rick Gail. The family will greet friends from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, February 4, 2007, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood...
June Chatheran Thomas (Jacobsen)
Jan 31, 2007
June Chatheran Thomas, 86, of 1421 28th St. SE, went home to be with her Lord and her husband on Wednesday, January 31, 2007. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday, February 2, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. A celebration of her life will be held at Squaw Creek Baptist Church in Marion at 11:00...


