Obituaries
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Marcus Lenard Beets
Nov 5, 2003
Marcus Lenard Beets, 21, of 1021 9th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at University of Iowa Hospitals following a short illness. Services: 1:00 p.m., Saturday, November 8, 2003, at Gospel Tabernacle Church, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Wendell Beets and Bishop Paul Beets. Visitation from 4-8, Friday, November 7, 2003, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service,...
William F. Holub
Nov 5, 2003
William F. Holub, 67, of rural Center Point, died Wednesday, November 5, 2003, in St. Luke?s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following complications of surgery. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 10, 2003, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Walker, by the Rev. Gabriel Anderson. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, November 9, 2003, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service,...
Jean Jeanette Hahesy
Nov 5, 2003
Jean J. Hahesy, 64, of Manchester, Iowa, died on Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at her home in her sleep. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 10, 2003 at the Manchester United Methodist Church with the Pastor Andy Baldwin officiating. Friends may call from 3:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 9, 2003 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home...
Georgia J. Carpenter
Nov 4, 2003
Georgia J. Carpenter, 92, of Madison, Wisconsin, formerly of Central City, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at Karmenta Nursing Home, Madison, following a sudden illness. Services: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 15, 2003, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City, by the Rev. Nick Needham. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, November 14, 2003, at...
Pauline Dake
Nov 3, 2003
Pauline Dake, 94, a resident of The Meth-Wick Community, died Monday, November 03, 2003, at St. Luke?s Hospital, after a long and happy life. Services: 1 p.m. Thursday, November 6, 2003, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Nick Longworth. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial: Spring Grove Cemetery, rural...
Rachael E. Brown
Nov 3, 2003
Rachael E. Brown, 89, a longtime resident of Marion, died Monday, November 3, 2003, at the Anamosa Care Center after a long illness. Private services will be conducted by the Rev. Carla Burge. Arrangements are by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. Survivors include her sons, Dick (Carol) Rowley of Anamosa and Keith (Barb) Rowley of Fayette; her daughter,...
Michael L. Whitcher
Nov 3, 2003
Michael L. Whitcher, 59, of 990 S. 5th St., died Monday, November 3, 2003, at VA Medical Center in Iowa City, following a brief illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 7, 2003, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion by Rev. Mike Morgan. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Private family inurnment will...
Coleen C. Evans
Nov 2, 2003
Coleen C. "Rosa? Carpenter Evans, 72, of 1616 Richmond Rd. NE, died Sunday, November 2, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Services: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Sister Peg Murphy. The family will greet friends from noon until service time on Wednesday. Entombment: Linwood Mausoleum, Cedar...
Richard D. Pike
Nov 1, 2003
Richard D. Pike, 83, of Central City, died Saturday, November 1, 2003, at the Monticello Nursing & Rehab Center, Monticello, after a long illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at United Church of Christ, Central City, by the Rev. Jonna Jensen. Friends may call at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City, from 4 - 8 p.m....
Lorraine Bell Edwards
Oct 31, 2003
Lorraine B. Edwards, 72, a resident of the Penn Center, Delhi, Iowa, died Friday morning, October 31, 2003, at St. Luke?s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, following a short illness. Funeral services: Monday, November 3, 2003 at 10:30 a.m. at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Manchester with Rev. David C. Weber officiating. Friends may call from 3:00...
Todd G. Dempster
Oct 31, 2003
Todd G. Dempster, 37, of 1341 Grandview Ave., Marion, died Friday, October 31, 2003, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, after a sudden illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, by the Pastor Randy Vartabedian. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 - 8 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 4.) Burial:...
Maude Winifred Airhart
Oct 31, 2003
Maude W. Airhart, 101, of Manchester, Iowa died Friday morning, October 31, 2003, at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester, Iowa, following a long illness. Services will be Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Manchester, Iowa, by the Reverend Roger B. Henry of the Manchester United Methodist Church. Friends may...
Raymond Taft Ashlock
Oct 30, 2003
Raymond Taft Ashlock, 94, of The Meth-Wick Community, died there Thursday, October 30, 2003, following a short illness. A memorial service will be held on Friday, November 7, 2003, at 3 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 17th and Washington SE. Raymond was born January 7, 1909, the son of William S. and Emma (Spaulding) Ashlock, on a farm outside Center...
Lorraine C. Mahoney
Oct 30, 2003
Lorraine C. Mahoney, 83, of 1417 3rd Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, October 30, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, after a good life. Services: 10 a.m. Monday, November 3, 2003, at St. Matthew Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Mark Osterhaus. Friends may call from 3 - 7 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 2) at Murdoch Funeral Home...
Charles R. Fraley
Oct 29, 2003
Charles "Chuck? R. Fraley, 57, of 347 Ginny Lane N.E., died Wednesday, October 29, 2003, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a five-year struggle with renal disease and complications following a liver transplant. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 1, 2003, at Urbana Christian Church, Urbana, by the Rev. Tom Felts. Friends may call at the church from 9:30 a.m....
Leland L. Christensen
Oct 24, 2003
Leland L. Christensen, 78, of 252 Mayden Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, died Friday, October 24, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Ed Powers. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, October 27, 2003, at...
Dorothy E. Jones
Oct 23, 2003
Dorothy E. Jones, 86, a resident of the Hiawatha Care Center, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, October 23, 2003, at the care center, following a short illness. Graveside services: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at the Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Survivors include two nieces; a nephew; and great-nieces...
Martha Emma Kouba Simanek
Oct 23, 2003
Martha Emma Kouba Simanek, 95, a resident of Willow Gardens Care Center, Marion, Iowa, died Thursday, October 23, 2003, at the care center, following a short illness. Services: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, October 30, 2003, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Walker, Iowa. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at the funeral home. Burial:...
Douglas Wayne Engle, Sr.
Oct 23, 2003
Douglas Wayne Engle, Sr., 39, of 840 Orchard Rd., went to be with our Lord Thursday, October 23, 2003, in Washington, Iowa. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, October 27, 2003, at Marion Christian Church by Rev. Dr. Robert Kunz. Friends may call from 2-6 p.m. Sunday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion and one hour prior to the...
John Howard Stone
Oct 21, 2003
John Howard Stone, 72, of Central City, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 21, 2003, in his home after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2003, at Zion Presbyterian Church in Coggon, Iowa, by the Rev. Ron Lewis. Friends may call at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City,...