Obituaries

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Marion L. Shontz

Marion L. Shontz

Apr 18, 2006

Marion L. Shontz, 85, of 820 27th Street, died Tuesday, April 18, 2006, in her home. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 22, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion, by the Rev. Mike Morgan. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Surviving are two...

Marjorie Elizabeth Wilson

Marjorie Elizabeth Wilson

Apr 17, 2006

Marjorie Elizabeth "Marge? Wilson, 62, of Central City, died Monday, April 17, 2006, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, after a short illness. Services: 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 21, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Burial: Wilcox Cemetery, Viola, Iowa. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 - 9 p.m. Thursday. Survivors include a...

Dale E. Walton

Dale E. Walton

Apr 17, 2006

Dale E. Walton, 78, of 2525 Lori Dr. SW, died Monday, April 17, 2006, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 21, 2006 at the Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service by Rev. Rick Gail. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, 2006, at the...

Mae M. Mcatee

Mae M. Mcatee

Apr 17, 2006

Mae M. McAtee, 80, of 3205 Coggon Road, Troy Mills, died Monday, April 17, 2006, in St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Graveside Services will be held May 18th at 11:00 a.m. at Troy Mills Cemetery. Per Mae?s request cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include...

Arlene Ruby Hammond

Arlene Ruby Hammond

Apr 17, 2006

Arlene R. Hammond, 87, of 150 Thompson Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids, formerly of Marion, died Monday, April 17, 2006, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Memorial Service: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Howard Chapman. The family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Private Family Inurnment...

Vivian Irene Herman

Vivian Irene Herman

Apr 16, 2006

Vivian Irene Herman, 87, of 1123 8th Street N.W., Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, April 16, 2006, in Mercy Hospital following a short illness. Memorial Service: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her son, Darrel (Bea) Davis of Big Sandy, Texas; her daughter, Paula J....

Wiltrude Pauline Newman

Wiltrude Pauline Newman

Apr 16, 2006

Wiltrude Pauline Newman, 93, of Center Point, Iowa, died Sunday, April 16, 2006, in the Hiawatha Care Center of a sudden illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2006, at First Christian Church, Center Point, by the Rev John Caughron. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center...

Evelyn D. Bush

Evelyn D. Bush

Apr 15, 2006

Evelyn D. Bush, 88, of Manchester, Iowa died Saturday, April 15, 2006, at the Regional Medical Center, Manchester, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home, Manchester, with the Pastor Dale Critchley officiating. Friends may call for one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Burial...

Alice Cecelia Grant

Alice Cecelia Grant

Apr 13, 2006

Alice C. Grant, 94, of Manchester, died Thursday, April 13, 2006 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester following a lingering illness. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 17, 2006 at the First Baptist Church in Manchester by Pastor Jake Each. Friends may call from 1-5 p.m. Sunday at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service...

Bernus P. Kooreman

Bernus P. Kooreman

Apr 13, 2006

Bernus P. Kooreman, 93, a resident of Cottage Grove Place, Cedar Rapids, died there Thursday, April 13, 2006, from complications of an illness. Services: Noon Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion, by the Rev. Lloyd Brockmeyer. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Burial: Czech...

Albert Rompot

Albert Rompot

Apr 13, 2006

Albert "Bob? Rompot, 61, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, April 13, 2006, in the Mountain Home Hospital of cardiac complications. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 22, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until service time. Survivors include his wife, Barbara; his daughter,...

Robert J. Melendy

Robert J. Melendy

Apr 13, 2006

Robert J. Melendy, 72, of 1702 14th Avenue S.W., Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, April 13, 2006, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Services: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Parker Knoll. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. Monday, April 17, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home...

Loraine Helen Weld Washburn

Loraine Helen Weld Washburn

Apr 12, 2006

Loraine Helen Weld Washburn, 87, formerly of Troy Mills, died Wednesday, April 12, 2006, in Westpark Hospital, Cody, Wyoming, following short illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2006, Troy Mills Christian Church, Troy Mills, by Rev. Les Larson. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service,...

Joseph Samuel Craig

Joseph Samuel Craig

Apr 12, 2006

Joseph Samuel Craig, 73, of 2178 Chandler Street SW, Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, April 12, 2006, in his home, following a short illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at St. Ludmila?s Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by Father Thomas McDermott. Family will greet friends from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, April 17, 2006, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation...

Priscilla "Perk" D. Techau

Priscilla "Perk" D. Techau

Apr 12, 2006

Priscilla "Perk? D. Techau, 80, of Center Point, died Wednesday, April 12, 2006, of injuries from an auto accident north of Toddville. Services: 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 17, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, by the Rev. John Caughron. Family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 16, 2006, at the funeral home....

Verda Belle Hunt

Verda Belle Hunt

Apr 11, 2006

Verda Belle Hunt, 84, of Earlville, Iowa died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, after a brief illness. Verda Belle?s husband, Virgil E. Sellers, died Monday evening. Please see his obituary. Funeral services for Verda Belle will be at 10:00 am on Friday, April 14, 2006, at the Earlville United Parish Church with Pastor Ross Wyman...

Karen M. Pollock

Karen M. Pollock

Apr 11, 2006

Karen Pollock, 64, of Center Point, died, Tuesday, April 11, 2006, suddenly, in her home. Memorial Services: 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 14, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, by Rev. John Caughron. Family will greet friends after 4:00 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Survivors include her children, Dwight (Leslie) Pollock of Van Horne, Daniel...

Harold E. Kennedy

Harold E. Kennedy

Apr 11, 2006

Harold E. Kennedy, 85, of 202 35th St. Dr., died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at home, following a short illness. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, April 15, 2006, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Duane Hix. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include...

Evelyn Mae Cornish

Evelyn Mae Cornish

Apr 10, 2006

Evelyn Mae Zalesky Cornish, 88, of Mercy Hallmar, Cedar Rapids, died Monday, April 10, 2006, at the center, following a short illness. Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 13, 2006, at the First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Lorene E. Wunder and Rev. Ted Miller. There will be a private family visitation. Private Burial: Czech National Cemetery, Cedar...

Virgil E. Sellers

Virgil E. Sellers

Apr 10, 2006

Virgil E. Sellers, 88, of Earlville, Iowa and formerly of Marion and Waterloo, Iowa, died Monday, April 10, 2006, at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, Iowa, after a brief illness. Virgil?s wife, Verda Belle Hunt died Tuesday. Please see her obituary. Funeral Services for Virgil will be at 1:30 pm on Friday, April 14, 2006, at the Earlville United Parish with...