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Source:             Honor Roll, Linn County, Iowa. An Illustrated Biography - Page 41
Name:               Capt. Rudolph A. Vorpahl
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Capt. Rudolph Vorpahl 

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 

Born July 12, 1880. Wife, nee Florence Knight. Son of Wm. Vorpahl. Volunteered 
May, 1917. Medical Corps. 

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The Cedar Rapids Gazette 
Thurs., Jan. 15, 1959, page 2, col. 5. 

Dr. Rudolph Vorpahl, 
Former Coroner, Dies 
__Dr. Rudolph A. Vorpahl, 76, physician for more than 50 years and a resident 
for 47 years, died Wednesday. Born July 11, 1882, in Milwaukee, he served in 
the army in World war I. Surviving are his wife, Florence, and a brother of 
Darien, Wis. 
__Dr. Vorpahl was graduated from Marquette university in 1905. He was a member 
of American Medical Assn., St. John's Episcopal church and the Episcopal Men's 
Club of Iowa; Elks; Mt. Hermon lodge, No. 263, AF and AM; Iowa Consistory; El 
Kahir Shrine, and the American Legion. He was a coroner for 14 years prior to 
1934 and received a 50-year citation from the Linn County Medical Society. 
__Services: St. John's Episcopal church at 1:30 Saturday by Rector D. A. 
Loferski. Burial: Union cemetery, Milwakee, Monday morning. Friends may call at 
Beatty-Beurle's after 7 p.m. Thursday until 11 a.m. Saturday. 
__The family requests that friends, if they so desire, contribute to the St. 
John's Church Memorial fund. 

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The Cedar Rapids Gazette 
Fri., Jan. 16, 1959, page 6, col. 3. 

Vorpahl Services. 
__Services for Dr. R. A. Vorpahl will be conducted in St. John's Episcopal 
church at 1:30 Saturday by Rector D. A. Loferski. Burial: Union cemetery in 
Milwaukee at 11 a.m. Monday. 
__Friends may call at Beatty-Beurle's until 11 a.m. Saturday, and at the church 
from 12:30 to 1:15 as the casket will not be opened at the service. 
__The family requests that friends, if they so desire, contribute to St. John's 
church memorial fund. 

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The Cedar Rapids Gazette 
Fri., June 28, 1963, page 3, col. 4. 

Florence Vorpahl 
__Florence Vorpahl, 2330 B avenue NE, widow of Dr. R. A. Vorpahl, died in a 
Cedar Rapids hospital early Friday after a short illness. 
__She was a member of St. John's Episcopal church and St. Elizabeth's Guild. 
__Services: St. John's church at a date to be announced later by Rector D. A. 
Loferski. Burial will be in the Union cemetery, Milwaukee. 
__Friends may call at the Beatty-Beurle funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday. 
Friends may contribute to St. John's Memorial fund. 


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