Obituaries

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Marcel C. Worthen

Marcel C. Worthen

Dec 14, 2007

Marcel C. Worthen, 87of 3035 12th Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, died Friday, December 14, 2007, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, following a long battle with cancer. Private Services will be held. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Shirley; his daughters, Susan Worthen of...

Dorothy G. Baty (Whisennand)

Dorothy G. Baty (Whisennand)

Dec 13, 2007

Dorothy G. Baty, 105, a resident of Northbrook Manor Care, Cedar Rapids, formerly of Troy Mills, died Thursday, December 13, 2007, at the care center. Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 15, 2007, at the Troy Mills Christian Church by Rev. James Wolfe. There will be no visitation. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include...

Connie Kerscher (King)

Connie Kerscher (King)

Dec 13, 2007

Connie Kerscher, 81, of Central City, died Thursday, December 13, 2007, at her home, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 17, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City by Don Cope. Visitation will be from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Private graveside services will be held. Survivors include her husband, Bill;...

Ada Marie Traver (Detlefsen)

Ada Marie Traver (Detlefsen)

Dec 13, 2007

Ada Marie Traver, 88, of Manchester, died Thursday, December 13, 2007 at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester following, a brief illness. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 17, 2007 at First Lutheran Church in Manchester by Rev. Harlan Kaden. Family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in...

Orville Dale Smith

Orville Dale Smith

Dec 12, 2007

Orville D. Smith, 73, of 3802 Water Point Court S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007, in the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa, City, Iowa, following a short illness. Services: 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 15, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday, December 14,...

Grant Freed Frazier

Grant Freed Frazier

Dec 12, 2007

Grant Freed Frazier, 78, a resident of Crestview Acres Care Center in Marion, died there Wednesday, December 12, 2007, following a lingering illness. Services with military honors: 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 15, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by the Rev. Randy Bobzien. Burial: Lafayette Cemetery, rural Alburnett. Visitation at the funeral home will be from...

Gary Lee Vitek

Gary Lee Vitek

Dec 11, 2007

Gary L. Vitek, 55, of 1792 50th Street, Marion, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 11, 2007, in St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a long illness. Services: 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 14, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Glenn Hunt. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, December 13, 2007, at the...

Mildred Maxine Baughman (Baughman)

Mildred Maxine Baughman (Baughman)

Dec 10, 2007

Mildred Baughman, 85, of The Methwick Community, Cedar Raids, Iowa, died Monday, December 10, 2007 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, following a short illness. Services: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 15, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion, Iowa, by Rev. Jack Kendall. The family will greet friends from 3 ?" 7 p.m., Friday, December 14,...

Lavern J. Arensdorf

Lavern J. Arensdorf

Dec 10, 2007

LaVern J. Arensdorf, 71, of 1115 23rd St. SE, Cedar Rapids, died Monday, December 10, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital, following a long illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 14, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Visitation will be from 9:30-11:00. Burial: 2:00 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Maquoketa. Survivors include a daughter, Sonya...

Anna Marie Wharton (Wharton)

Anna Marie Wharton (Wharton)

Dec 10, 2007

Anna Marie Wharton, 35, of Aurora, Colorado, died in Aurora on December 10, 2007 following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 15, 2007 at the Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Chapel in Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends after 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Anna was born...

Roger Alan Schmidtberger

Roger Alan Schmidtberger

Dec 10, 2007

Roger Alan Schmidtberger, 51, of Toddville, Iowa, died Monday, December 10, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital, following a short illness. Services: 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 14, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. The family will greet friends from 4 ?" 7, Thursday, December 13, 2007, at the funeral home. Burial: Dunkard Cemetery, Toddville, Iowa. Survivors include his...

Kathleen Marie Gordon (Blume)

Kathleen Marie Gordon (Blume)

Dec 7, 2007

Kathleen Marie Gordon, 71, of Marion, Iowa, passed away Friday, December 7, 2007 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, following a brief illness. A Memorial Service will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Del Bear. The family will greet friends from 11a.m. ?" 1 p.m. on Tuesday,...

Ardis Mae Gallagher (Jepson)

Ardis Mae Gallagher (Jepson)

Dec 7, 2007

Ardis Mae Gallagher, 84, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, December 7, 2007, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Services: 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Eric Schumacher of Northbrook Baptist Church. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, December 10, 2007,...

Ardyth Sue "Ardy" Cherry (Randa)

Ardyth Sue "Ardy" Cherry (Randa)

Dec 6, 2007

Ardyth Sue “Ardy” Cherry, 74, of Troy Mills, Iowa, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2007 at St. Luke’s Hospital, after a 4-years battle with Aplastic Anemia. Services: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at Troy Mills Christian Church, by Rev. James Wolfe. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m., Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion,...

Clifford Lee Main

Clifford Lee Main

Dec 5, 2007

Clifford “Lee” Main, 88, of Walker, Iowa, died, Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, Iowa, following an extended illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 8, 2007, at the Zion Presbyterian Church, Coggon, by the Rev. Kurt Walker. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 7, 2007, at...

Clair Allen Wilson

Clair Allen Wilson

Dec 4, 2007

Clair Allen Wilson, 77, of 5633 Colorado Dr. SW, Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, following a brief illness. Services: 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 7, 2007, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, by the Rev. Del Bear. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7...

Gerald Robert "Bob" Mathews

Gerald Robert "Bob" Mathews

Dec 3, 2007

Gerald Robert “Bob” Mathews, 84, of 4420 Bowling St. S.W., Cedar Rapids, died Monday, December 3, 2007 at home, following a long illness. Services: 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 6, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids by Pastor Robert Blake. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, December 5, 2007 and on Thursday following...

Dearld Dennis "Denny" O'Brien

Dearld Dennis "Denny" O'Brien

Dec 2, 2007

Dearld Dennis “Denny” O’Brien, 61, of 1511 5th Ave. S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Sunday, December 2, 2007 at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, following a short illness. Services: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, December 6, 2007, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m., Wednesday, December 5, 2007,...

Arline Lorna Ewing (Feuerhelm)

Arline Lorna Ewing (Feuerhelm)

Dec 2, 2007

Arline Lorna Ewing, 85, of Cedar Rapids, died peacefully on December 2, 2007, while in the care of The Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, following a brief illness. Her family will always be grateful for the comforting care given by the staff of The Hospice House as she made the transition from life on earth to eternal...

Richard Lee "Dick" Fredericksen

Richard Lee "Dick" Fredericksen

Nov 29, 2007

Richard Lee “Dick” Fredericksen, 71, of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, November 29, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital, following a long illness. Memorial service: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at Buffalo United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids by Rev. Marilyn Buchanan. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Survivors include his wife, Mary Lea of Cedar Rapids;...

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