Obituaries
All Obituaries
Margaret Louise Swanson (Klink)
Jan 5, 2007
Margaret L. Swanson, 93, of Manchester, died Friday, January 5, 2007 at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester from complications of pneumonia. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 8, 2007 at First Lutheran Church in Manchester by Rev. Dr. Jean Rabary. Family will greet friends from 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm on Sunday at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral...
Margaret M. Talbott (Gearkee)
Jan 4, 2007
Margaret M. Talbott, 85, of the West Ridge Care Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died there Thursday, January 4, 2007, following a sudden illness. Services: 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at Salem United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids. The family will greet friends from 5 to 8 p.m., Monday, January 8, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids....
Lyle Thomas "Tom" Abarr
Jan 3, 2007
Lyle Thomas Abarr, 68, formerly of 2442 Deborah Dr. SW, Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, January 3, 2007, at Big Meadows Nursing Home in Savanna, Illinois, after a long illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 8, 2007 at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 1-4 p.m. Sunday and one hour before services Monday. Private Inurnment: Linwood...
Guy O. Murdock
Jan 2, 2007
Guy O. Murdock, 51, of 2610 Johnson Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, January 2, 2007, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Memorial Service: 4:00 p.m. Sunday, January 7, 2007, at Believers in Grace Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Bill Randalls. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Friends are invited to...
Winton D. Goodlove
Jan 2, 2007
Winton D. Goodlove, 84, of Central City, died Tuesday, January 2, 2007, at his home, following a short illness. Services: 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 5, 2007, at St. Stephen Catholic Church by Rev. Wayne Droessler. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City. Burial: Jordan?s Grove Cemetery, rural Central City. Survivors...
Patrick Allan "Patty" Carpenter
Jan 1, 2007
Patrick Allan "Patty? Carpenter, 18, of Central City died Monday, January 1, 2007, in Central City from injuries, following an auto accident. Services: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 3, 2007, at United Church of Christ in Central City, by the Rev. Jonna Jensen. Burial: Mt. Clark Cemetery in Central City. Friends may call from 4 to8 p.m. Tuesday, January 2, 2006,...
Margaret Refer Mcharg (Refer)
Dec 29, 2006
Margaret Refer McHarg, 94, entered Eternal Rest with her Lord and Savior, Friday, December 29, 2006. Services: 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 2, 2007, at Concordia Lutheran Church, 4210 Johnson Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Jerry Doellinger. There will be a lunch following at the church fellowship hall. Visitation: 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday, January 1, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood...
Lynn E. Boyles
Dec 29, 2006
Lynn E. Boyles, 76, of Center Point, Iowa, died Friday, December 29, 2006, in St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, after a lingering illness. There will be no visitation. Private family memorial services will be held at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, by Rev. David Hansen. Survivors include his wife, Janice; daughters, Lynette (John) Hernandez of Cedar Rapids,...
Patricia Ann "Patty" Rawson (Lathrop)
Dec 29, 2006
The Lord called Patricia Ann (Lathrop) Rawson, 56, home December 29, 2006 after a courageous battle with cancer. Services: 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 1, 2007 at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids by Pastor Jim Langley. Visitation: 3-6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Patty was born February 9, 1950,...
Rosemary Oldorf (Sage)
Dec 28, 2006
Rosemary Oldorf, 58, of Anamosa, Iowa, died, Thursday morning, December 28, 2006, in University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City from Cushing?s Syndrome. Services: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 30, 2006, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Nils Hernandez. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Friday at the Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, where a...
Lloyd C. Koehler
Dec 28, 2006
Lloyd C. Koehler, 82 of 660 South 12th Street, of died Thursday, December 28, 2006, in his home, from congestive heart failure. Memorial Services: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 2, 2007, at New Covenant Bible Church, 1800 46th Street N.E., Cedar Rapids, by Rev. James Wartian, with military honors. Inurnment will be at a later date at Davenport Memorial Park. Friends...
Myron Lynn Miller
Dec 27, 2006
Myron Lynn Miller, 38, of 1212 Rose Street, S.E., died Wednesday, December 27, 2006, at St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a sudden illness. Graveside Services: 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 31, 2006, at Urbana Cemetery, Urbana, by the Rev. Dorothy Gerr. The family will greet friends from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday and 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday,...
Wilbur Elliott ""Wil"" Kotz
Dec 26, 2006
Wilbur Elliott "Wil? Kotz, 60, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, December 26, 2006, in his home from complications of lung cancer. Services: 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 30, 2006, at St. Mark?s Lutheran Church in Marion. The family will greet friends from 4 - 9 p.m. Friday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion and one hour prior to...
John Wesley Graham
Dec 26, 2006
John W. Graham, 51, of 5611 Vermont Street S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 26, 2006, in his home following a long illness. Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 29, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Andy Majorins. The family will greet friends from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m., at the funeral home the...
Gerald Rudolph Ford
Dec 26, 2006
Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library Gerald R. Ford was the thirty-eighth president of the United States. When he took the oath of office on August 9, 1974, he declared, "I assume the presidency under extraordinary circumstances?this is an hour of our history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.? It was, indeed, an unprecedented time. In late 1973, following...
Laura Marie Anna Tschopp
Dec 25, 2006
Laura M. A. Tschopp, 82, a resident of Village Ridge, Marion, died Monday, December 25, 2006, following a short illness. Services: 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 28, 2006, at St. Paul?s Lutheran Church at 915 27th Street in Marion, Iowa, by Rev. Donald Loesch. Graveside Services: 2:00 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery in rural Williamsburg. Friends may call from 4...
James D. "Jim" Bohr
Dec 24, 2006
James D. Bohr, 65, of 4119 N. Willowbend Rd. died on December 24 in his home surrounded by his family. At times mischievously cantankerous, Jim was nevertheless a joyous curmudgeon. The almost elfin delight he took in bursting the self-inflated balloons of pomposity and pretension allowed even his targets to embrace him. For Jim?s life was one of simple pleasures...
Hazel Bernice Cook (Schultz)
Dec 23, 2006
Hazel Bernice Cook, 95, a resident of Northbrook Manor Care Center, formerly of Central City, died Saturday, December 23, 2006, in the care center following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 27, 2006, at United Church of Christ in Central City, by Rev. Jonna Jensen. Burial: Lafayette Cemetery, rural Alburnett. Friends may call Wednesday from 10 a.m. until...
Owen John Schmoll
Dec 23, 2006
Owen John Schmoll, 81, of 3618 Stoneview Circle S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Saturday, December 23, 2006, in Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids of kidney failure. There will be no services. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his wife, Virginia; his son, Kerry Schmoll and wife, Hazel of Cedar Rapids; granddaughter, Lindsey Kliewer...
Mary A. Jandl
Dec 23, 2006
Mary A. Jandl, 91, of Living Center West, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died there Saturday, December 23, 2006, following a long illness. Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 27, 2006, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the church. Burial: St. John?s Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her brother-in-law, Levern...


