Obituaries
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David Mike Schmitt
Sep 4, 2003
David Mike Schmitt, 57, of 1008 38th St SE, died Thursday, September 4, 2003, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, of a sudden illness. A celebration of life will be held on next Saturday, September 13, 2003, 1:30 p.m., at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his son, Chris of Cedar Rapids, his grandchildren, Sean, Katie and...
Arthur D. Cameron
Sep 3, 2003
Arthur D. Cameron, 88, of Central City, died Wednesday, September 3, 2003, in St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a brief illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 6, 2003, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Central City, by the Rev. Mike Morgan of First United Methodist Church in Marion, Iowa. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m....
Olive Eliza Smith
Sep 1, 2003
Olive Eliza (Dettmer) Smith, 92, a resident of Linn Manor Care Center, Marion, died there Monday, September 1, 2003, following a brief illness. Services: 1 p.m. Friday, September 5, 2003, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by Allen Christopherson. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 - 8 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 4) and one hour prior...
Marcia L. Smith
Aug 31, 2003
Marcia L. Smith, 46, of Elgin, Illinois, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, August 31, 2003, in her sleep, in her home. Graveside service: 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 12, 2003, at Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Richard Marsceau. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her children, Melissa (Joshua) Lohrer of Stanwood,...
Heinrich Haidin
Aug 31, 2003
Heinrich Haidin, 52, of 1485 Meadowview Drive, Marion, and a former resident of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, August 31, 2003, in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, following a long illness. Memorial Services: 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 6, 2003, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his wife, Heidi; a daughter, Fatima Haidin of Long...
William Howard King
Aug 31, 2003
A memorial service for William Howard King, 80, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 26, 2003, at the Marion High School Auditorium. The Rev. Emory Gillespie, pastor of the Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church, will preside and the Eastern Iowa Brass Band will participate. Mr. King, a longtime Marion resident, died August 31, 2003. He is survived by a...
Ethel A. Schanbeck
Aug 30, 2003
Ethel A. Schanbeck, 95, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, August 30, 2003, in Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Graveside Services: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at Pineview Cemetery, Delaware, Iowa. Friends may call briefly at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester. Local arrangements are with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar...
Margaret M. Conner
Aug 30, 2003
Margaret M. Conner, 62, of 5630 Cornell Street SW, died Saturday, August 30, 2003, in her home, following a short illness. Services: 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, where friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, September 1, 2003. Burial: Baker Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her husband, John;...
Hazel Elizabeth Mccalley
Aug 30, 2003
Hazel Elizabeth Tabor McCalley, 100, a resident of Linn Manor Care Center in Marion, died Saturday, August 30, 2003, at the care center. Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Ron Lewis. Friends may call from 4-6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial: Oak Shade Cemetery in Marion....
Thomas Franks Sawyers
Aug 29, 2003
Thomas F. Sawyers, 89, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, August 29, 2003, at his home, after a long and wonderful life. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at First Congregational Church in Cedar Rapids by Rev. David Hohmann where the family will greet friends following the service. Graveside Services: 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell, Iowa. Arrangements...
Samantha B. Hobson
Aug 29, 2003
Samantha B. Hobson, 19, of 1620 J. Street SW, died Friday, August 29, 2003, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, of natural causes. Services: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, where friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, September 1, 2003. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include her...
Patricia Anne Duncan
Aug 26, 2003
Patricia Anne Duncan, 64, a resident of Willow Gardens Care Center, Marion, formerly of rural Urbana, died Tuesday, August 26, 2003, following a short illness. Services: 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Center Point, by Rev. Mike Ellson. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m., Monday, September 1, 2003, at the funeral home. Burial:...
Sharon F. Frank
Aug 26, 2003
Sharon F. Franks, 52, 910 M Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, August 26, at St. Luke?s Hospital, following a long illness. Services: 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 1, 2003, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Bill Harnish. Friends may call from 1-5 p.m., Sunday, August 31, 2003, at the funeral home. Private Inurnment: Oakhill Cemetery,...
Erwin Joseph Babich
Aug 25, 2003
Erwin Joseph "Joe? Babich, 68, of Marion, died Monday, August 25, 2003, in St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 28, 2003, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion, by the Rev. John Gossman. Friends may call today from 4 to 8 p.m. at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion, with...
Dorothy Cress Meekins
Aug 24, 2003
Dorothy "Dottie? Cress Meekins, 79, of 5155 Sutton Road, Central City, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, died Sunday, August 24, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center, following complications from a stroke. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at Murdoch Funeral Home, Center Point. Services will be held at Sanders Funeral Home, Reading Pennsylvania on Saturday, August...
Joyce Ann Whiting
Aug 24, 2003
Joyce Ann Whiting, 72, of, Cedar Rapids, passed away peacefully in her home on Sunday, August 24, 2003. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 29, 2003, at United Church of Christ, Central City, by the Rev. Jonna Jensen. Friends may call at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, from 4 - 8 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 28) and one hour prior...
Loren E. Mangold
Aug 23, 2003
Loren E. Mangold, 85, of Coggon, died Saturday, August 23, 2003, in the Anamosa Care Center, Anamosa, Iowa, due to complications of injuries received in a fall prior to going to the Anamosa Care Center. Services: 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 29, 2003, at Zion Presbyterian Church in Coggon, by the Rev. Ron Lewis. Friends may call from 4 - 8...
Vera I. Cole
Aug 23, 2003
Vera I. Cole, 79, of Manchester, died Saturday evening, August 23, 2003, at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, after a short illness. A Funeral Mass will be at 11:30 am on Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church, Manchester. Friends may call from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Monday, where there will be a 5:00 pm Scripture...
James D. Dehaven
Aug 23, 2003
James "Jim? D. DeHaven, 70, of 1044 Emmons Street, Hiawatha died Saturday, August 23, 2003, in St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a sudden illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion, by the Rev. Dave Miller and Rev. Charles Johnson. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at...
Wayne E. Wilkinson
Aug 20, 2003
Wayne E. Wilkinson, 79, of 4200 Rowley Rd., died Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at his home, following a brief illness. Memorial Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 23, 2003, at Squaw Creek Baptist Church in Marion by Rev. Michael Kleeberger. Burial will be at a later date at Jordan?s Grove Cemetery. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion....