Agnes B. Murray

MURRAY, BUCHTELA, HOUSER, HENDERSON, ZENDER, KANIS, LESS, WELLS, LUNACEK

Posted By: Tara (email)
Date: 2/12/2010 at 12:17:30

Agnes B. Murray, 90, of Iowa City died Thursday, February 11, 2010 at the Solon Care Center.
Visitation will be Saturday, February 13, 2010, at 12:00 noon at St. Mary’s Church in Iowa City. Funeral Mass will be celebrated, following the visitation, at 1:30pm, with Rev. Jeff Belger officiating. Graveside Services will be held at 4:15pm Saturday, at St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Fairfax. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Iowa City Hospice or St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Iowa City. Arrangements are with Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service.
Agnes was born November 6, 1919 in Prairieburg, IA, the daughter of Joseph and Frances Buchtela Houser. On November 6, 1954, Agnes married Ralph F. “Bud” Murray at Immaculate Conception Church in Cedar Rapids.
Agnes and Ralph lived in Cedar Rapids for many years, where they were members of St. Patrick’s Church in Fairfax. They moved to Iowa City in 2003 and were members of St. Mary’s Church.
Agnes is survived by three children and five grandchildren, Mary Ann Murray of Coralville and her sons Patrick and Michael Henderson, Mike (Anne) Murray of Iowa City and their children Michelle, Daniel and Kate, and Melissa Murray (Jim) Zender of Los Gatos, CA; son-in-law Adam Kanis (Margaret Ann) of Oahu, Hawaii; four siblings Josephine Less, Margaret Wells, Helen Lunacek and Bob (Rita) Houser, and sister-in-law, Helen G. Murray. Helen provided companionship to Agnes during their time at Solon together.