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Stephen T. Karras
Dec 14, 2006
Stephen T. Karras, 94, of 1338 J. Avenue NE, died Thursday, December 14, 2006, at St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, after a short illness. Services: 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 18, 2006, at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Cedar Rapids, by Father Cyprian Sas. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, December 17, 2006, at...
Steven E. Opperman
Dec 14, 2006
Steven E. Opperman, 52, of Center Point, died of a heart attack, Thursday, December 14, 2006, in his grandmother?s home, after a long illness. There will be no public services. Burial: Rowley Cemetery, Rowley. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point. Survivors include his mother, JoAnn Opperman of Tempe, Arizona; a daughter, Stefanie McDowell of Queen Creek,...
Stanley Wroblewski
Dec 14, 2006
Stanley Wroblewski, 79, of 378 27th Ave. SW, died Thursday, December 14, 2006, at West Ridge Care Center, following an extended illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 19, 2006, at Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids by Pastor Brenda Peconge. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Monday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Graveside Service: 2:00...
Vivian Adelma Pogue (Theel)
Dec 14, 2006
Vivian A. Pogue, 84, of Dundee, Iowa, died Thursday evening, December 14, 2006 at the Edgewood Convalescent Home in Edgewood after a 3-year battle with cancer. Funeral Services will be 10:30 am Monday, December 18 2006, at St. John?s Lutheran Church in Dundee, with Rev. Roger McKinstry officiating. Visitation will be from 2-7 p.m. Sunday at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home...
Robert A. Tucker
Dec 12, 2006
Robert A. Tucker, 80, of 1728 34th Street N.E, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, in St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, of pancreatic/liver cancer. Memorial Services Monday, December 18th, 11 a.m., Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home. Father Nils Hernandez will officiate. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Survivors include his wife, Marilyn; son, Daniel L....
Allen Lee Hemphill
Dec 12, 2006
Allen Lee Hemphill, 44, of 1317 Oakland Road N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, in his home following a sudden illness. Memorial Service: 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 15, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, by the Rev. Del Bear. The family will greet friends from 9 to 10 a.m. at the funeral home...
Margaret E. Joslin (Exler)
Dec 12, 2006
Margaret E. Joslin, 86, of 1740 Daleview Drive, Marion, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at Crestview Acres in Marion, following a brief illness. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, December 16, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by the Rev. Christine Wagner-Hecht. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. Friday. Margaret will be inurned...
Terry Lynn Cornwell
Dec 12, 2006
Terry L. Cornwell, 57, of Lamont, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at his home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 16, 2006 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Manchester. Family will greet friends from 2-8 p.m. on Friday and one hour before services Saturday at the funeral home. Burial with...
Vivian Z. Phelps
Dec 10, 2006
Vivian Z. Phelps, 80, of Village Ridge, Marion, died there, Sunday, December 10, 2006, following a short illness. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. There will be no funeral or graveside services. Survivors include her sister, Ila Thorn of Marion; a brother, Mart...
James Dale Jacobson
Dec 10, 2006
James Dale Jacobson, 73, of 2447 9th Avenue S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Sunday, December 10, 2006, in his home from unexpected heart failure. Services: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, December 14, 2006, at First Lutheran Church by Pastor Dan Kolander. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Linwood Cemetery,...
Michael Wayne Kennedy
Dec 9, 2006
Michael W. Kennedy, 50, of 93 22nd Avenue S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Saturday, December 9, 2006, in Mercy Medical Center from complications of cancer. Memorial Services: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Gary Dobbins. The family will greet friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, December 12,...
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....
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