Obituaries
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Mitchell Zolla
Jan 7, 2005
Mitchell Zolla, 79, of Des Plaines, Illinois died Friday, January 7, 2005, in Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion, Iowa. Private graveside services will be held at Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, Illinois. Arrangements by Tower Home for Funerals, Lyons, Illinois, and Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, Iowa. Mitchell was born July 12, 1925, the son of William and...
Gale Wisely
Jan 2, 2005
Gale Wisely, 89, of 609 27th Street N.E., died Sunday evening, January 2, 2005, in ManorCare Health Services, Cedar Rapids, due to complications of old age. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 6, 2005, at Cedar Hills Evangelical Free Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Randy Scheil. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, at Murdoch-Linwood...
Jerry L. Burmeister
Jan 1, 2005
Jerry L. Burmeister, 63, of Springville, died Saturday, January 1, 2005, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, following a long illness. Services: 12 noon Tuesday, January 4, 2005, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Rodney Underwood. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial: Springville Cemetery. Survivors include...
John Wesley Reeser
Jan 1, 2005
John Wesley Reeser, 92, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, January 1, 2005, at Westridge Care Center, Cedar Rapids, following complications of a stroke. Services: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 5, 2005, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Linda Hanson-Bibb. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 4, 2005, at the funeral...
Robert K. Andrews
Dec 31, 2004
Robert K. "Bob? Andrews, 78, of 5701 Briarwood St. SW, died Friday, December 31, 2004, at Living Center West, Cedar Rapids, after a short illness. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, with visitation 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Murdoch Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. A Cedar Rapids native, Bob is survived by his...
Janice Ann Hughes
Dec 30, 2004
Janice Ann Hughes, 58, of 3925 37th Avenue SW Unit A, Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, December 30, 2004, at St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a long courageous battle with lung cancer. Services: 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 3, 2005, at Salem United Methodist Church, by the Rev. Linda Bibb. Friends may visit from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, January 2,...
Stanley E. Potter
Dec 28, 2004
Stanley E. Potter, 81, died Tuesday, December 28, 2004, in his home following a lengthy illness. A service and tribute to Stanley?s life will be held at a later time. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his wife Dorothy Potter of Marion, two daughters, Penny Potter of Wasilla, Alaska, Judy Potter of Marion; one...
Jay Michael Schmidt
Dec 25, 2004
Jay Michael Schmidt, 21, of Springville, Iowa, died of a sudden illness on Christmas Day, December 25, 2004. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 29, 2004, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by the Rev. Jerome Egel. Burial: Springville Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 - 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 28, 2004. Jay is survived...
Creda Mae Unertl
Dec 25, 2004
Creda Mae Unertl, 74, a long time resident of Alburnett, died Saturday, December 25, 2004, at her home, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 30, 2004, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Marty Schuhmacher. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Inurnment: Lafayette Cemetery,...
Mary A. Goranson
Dec 23, 2004
Mary A. Goranson, 78, of the Northeast Iowa Christian Retirement Community in Strawberry Point, died Thursday, December 23, 2004 at Regional Medical Center in Manchester following a long illness. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Monday December 27, 2004 at the Greeley United Methodist Church by Pastor Ruth Tibbott. Visitation will be from 2:00 to 6:00 pm on...
Albert Elza Pfranger
Dec 23, 2004
Albert E. Pfranger, 70, formerly of Manchester, died Thursday, December 23, 2004 at his home in Trinidad TX, following an extended illness. Funeral Services will be at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, December 29, 2004, at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home, Manchester, with Rev. Harlan Kaden officiating. Friends from 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm on Tuesday, and for an hour before services...
Abe Hamed
Dec 22, 2004
Abe Hamed, 87, of 2250 1st Avenue, died Wednesday, December 22, 2004, at Winslow House Care Center in Marion, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 27, 2004, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center by Rev. Bob Kunz. Visitation will be from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery in Marion. Survivors include...
Joniene Ann Madden
Dec 20, 2004
Joniene Ann Madden, 44, of 1755 8th Avenue, died Monday, December 20, 2004, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, following a sudden illness. Private family services will be conducted. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include her husband, Anthony "Tony? E. Madden; her son, Jason Madden of Marion; her parents, Burton and Antoinette Whiting;...
Glenn Allen Wood
Dec 20, 2004
Glenn Allen Wood, 84, formerly of Iowa Falls and Cedar Rapids, a resident of United Presbyterian Home, Washington, died Monday, December 20, 2004, at the home of complications of Pick?s Disease. Services: 1:30 p.m., Thursday, December 23, 2004, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Kitch Shatzer. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m., Wednesday, December 22,...
John L. Campbell
Dec 20, 2004
John "Jack? Campbell, 68, of 6312 Greenbriar Ln. SW, Cedar Rapids, died Monday, December 20, 2004, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 23, 2004, at St. Ludmila?s Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Thomas McDermott. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 22, 2004, at Murdoch-Linwood...
Adolph G. Hanson Jr.
Dec 19, 2004
Adolph G. "J.R.? Hanson Jr., 78, of 705 Gateway St. NE, Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, December 19, 2004, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, after a short illness. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday, December 23, 2004, at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Donald Klein, with military honors. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Friends...
Wilbur D. Pillard
Dec 18, 2004
Wilbur D. Pillard, 88, of Coggon, died Saturday, December 18, 2004, in his home after a sudden illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 22, 2004, at Zion Presbyterian Church in Coggon, by the Rev. Diane Bishop. Burial: Coggon Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 - 8 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 21,) at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City. Survivors...
Rodney James Jones
Dec 17, 2004
Rodney J. Jones, 33, died Friday, December 17, 2004 in his home following a long illness. Memorial services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 21 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Manchester by Good Neighbor Home Chaplain Jill Mack. Rodney was born the son of Roger O. Jones, Jr. and Sharon A. Frank on October...
Donald L. Foley
Dec 16, 2004
Donald L. Foley, 75, of 1185 Mitchell Drive, died Thursday, December 16, 2004, at his home, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 22, 2004, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion by Rev. John Gossman with Military honors provided by American Legion Post No. 298 of Marion. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Murdoch Funeral...
Marcia Schulte-Elliott
Dec 15, 2004
Marcia Schulte-Elliott, 60, of 4101 16th Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, passed peacefully, in her sleep Wednesday morning, December 15, 2004, after a brief battle with cancer. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m., Saturday, December 18, 2004, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. There will be no services. She is survived by her husband, William Elliott; two sons,...