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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Jeff Nielsen
Jun 21, 2025
Mr. Jeffrey Thomas Nielsen, age 56, of Audubon, passed away on Saturday, June 21, 2025, in Audubon, IA.
Jeffrey Thomas Nielsen was born on December 03, 1968, the son of Thomas Ray Nielsen and Joan Dorothy (Poulsen) Nielsen. Jeff was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, where he was a lifelong member. Jeff attended Audubon Schools, graduating with the...
Rita M Beck
Jun 20, 2025
Rita Mae Beck was born on May 2, 1940, in Ida Grove, Iowa, to Fred and Amelia (DeConnick) Wellendorf. The family moved to Vail, Iowa, to help Mag Wellendorf on the farm. Rita and her brother, Dick, attended country school until high school. She started high school in Manning and then graduated from ArWeVa in 1958. When Rita was in...
Janet "Jan" Kay Sorensen
Jun 17, 2025
Janet “Jan” Kay Sorensen, the daughter of Marvan and Phyllis “Wadell” Nissen, was born at St. Anthony’s Regional Hospital, Carroll, Iowa. She entered into heaven on June 17, 2025, at Unity Point Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa. She grew up milking cows and working hard on her family farm. Jan was a proud cheerleader for the Exira Vikings, graduating with...
Sherill Lynn Karns
Jun 17, 2025
Sherill Lynn (Cooper) Karns, age 92 of Anita, IA, died on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at Exira Care Center in Exira, IA. She was born on January 2, 1933, just north of Anita, Iowa, to Hallie and Harold Cooper. Not long after, the family moved to a farm in Audubon County, where Sherill spent her childhood surrounded by the quiet...
Florence Frances Thelen
Jun 15, 2025
Mrs. Florence Frances Thelen, age 97, of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Sunday, June 15th, 2025, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, IA. Florence Frances Irlmeier was born in Carroll, Iowa, on March 18, 1928, a daughter of Anton “Tony” and Frances (Muhlbauer) Irlmeier. She attended Holy Angel’s Catholic School in Roselle, Iowa, through the eighth grade. She worked as...
Maurice Earl Sutton
Jun 8, 2025
Mr. Maurice Sutton, age 91, of Audubon, IA, passed away on Sunday, June 08, 2025, at Audubon County Memorial Hospital. Maurice Earl Sutton was born November 27, 1933, to Otha and Mabel (Pfister) Sutton of Minden, Iowa. They later lived in Walnut and Harlan, where he graduated high school, playing trumpet in several school bands. He graduated from the University...
Marcia Bourke
Jun 8, 2025
Marcia K. Bourke, age 85, of Audubon, IA, passed away at the Audubon County Hospital on Sunday, June 8, 2025
Marcia was born in Exira on December 27, 1939, to Ralph and Bethene Myers. She attended rural schools, graduating from Audubon High School in 1958. After high school, she moved to Omaha to work at Mutual of Omaha. She married James...
Edward Carnoali II
May 31, 2025
Edward Guy Carnoali II passed away Saturday, May 31, 2025, at his home in Adair, IA. He was 58 years old.
Eddie was born on October 20, 1966, in Kansas City, KS, to Edward Carnoali I and Patricia Magers. He grew up in Atchison and Leavenworth, KS, and Independence, MO. Eddie graduated from Truman High School in Independence in 1985 and...
Ronald Reed
May 30, 2025
Ronald Richard Reed, age 69 of Wiota, IA, died as his home with his family at his side on on Friday, May 30, 2025. He lived his life as a Cowboy, and loved every minute of it. No services are planned at this time. The Schmidt Family Funeral Home of Atlantic is caring for the Reed family and this time...
Richard Kunze
May 30, 2025
Richard Siegel Kunze, age 93 of Atlantic and formerly of Lewis, IA, went home to be with Jesus on May 30th, 2025 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA. He was born on January 6th, 1932 in Atlantic, Iowa to Walter and Bessie (Rossell) Kunze. Richard grew up in Pymosa Township in Cass County, Iowa, along with his...
Dean Weber
May 30, 2025
Mr. William Dean Weber, age 90, of Audubon, IA, passed away at his home in Audubon on Friday, May 30, 2025. William Dean Weber was born in Audubon County on June 26, 1934, a son to Willam and Freda (Jensen) Weber. Dean was baptized at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. He attended rural schools, graduating from Audubon High...
Catherine Elma Koob
May 29, 2025
Catherine Elma (Byrum) Koob, age 91 of Atlantic and a former Anita resident, died on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at Allen Place in Atlantic. She was born on April 29, 1934, at her parents’ home east of Adair, IA the daughter of Elmer and Emma (Wedemeyer) Byrum. Catherine attended country school through 8th grade and graduated from Casey High School...
Roger Wilson
May 28, 2025
Roger James Wilson, of Anita, IA, passed away at CHI Health Immanuel in Omaha, NE on May 28, 2025, at 75 years, 1 month and 16 days old. He was born in Atlantic Iowa to Reid and Margret (Eden) Wilson on April 12, 1950, the oldest of 6. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1968. He enlisted in the...
Betty Poulsen
May 28, 2025
Mrs. Betty Joan Bjorn Poulsen, the daughter of Anders and Thelma (Bartlett) Bjorn, was born July 11, 1930, in Brayton, Iowa, and died at the age of 94 on May 28, 2025, at the Audubon Friendship Home. Betty graduated from Exira High School in 1948. On November 28, 1948, she was united in marriage to Harvey Poulsen at Oak Hill...
David F Boldt
May 19, 2025
Mr. David F. Boldt, age 86, of Anita, IA, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2025, at Cass Health in Atlantic, IA. He was born on February 9, 1939, in Carroll, Iowa, to Henry and Loretta (Rose) Boldt. He graduated from Carroll High School and then attended the University of South Dakota, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree...
Dennis Janson
May 14, 2025
Dennis William Janson, age 82, of Sioux City, Iowa died Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at Cass Health in Atlantic, Iowa. A Celebration of Life Committal Service will be held at Pikes Peak National Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado at date yet to be determined. The family would be deeply touched by donations to the Brain Aneurism Foundation in Dennis’s Name....
Raymond Curtis Schellenberg
May 10, 2025
Raymond Curtis Schellenberg, 92, of Anita, IA, passed away May 10, 2025, at his home in Anita. Ray was born May 1, 1933, in his grandmother’s home in Scribner, Nebraska. He was one of three children born to Fred W. and Agnes A. (Lahmann) Schellenberg. In 1943, Ray moved to a farm northeast of Anita with his parents and his...
Annette Lynn Christensen
May 10, 2025
Annette Lynn Christensen (Crawley) passed away at her home on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 61 years, 10 months, and 11 days of age. She was born on June 29, 1963, in Audubon, IA, to Harley and Edna Crawley (Young). Annette was raised in Exira, IA, and attended school there, where she ran track and earned many awards and ribbons....
G. Michael Kelly
May 4, 2025
G. Michael "Mike" Kelly, age 86 of Anita, IA, died at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, IA on Sunday, May 4, 2025. He was born on April 4, 1939, in Anita, IA, the son of Paul and Birdie A. (Kirkham) Kelly. He attended Anita Community Schools.
Mike was united in marriage to Cora Scarlett who was the daughter of...
Gene Mennenoh
Apr 29, 2025
Mr. Eugene "Gene" Carl Mennenoh, age 79, of Audubon, IA, passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, IA. Eugene Carl Mennenoh was born on July 30, 1945, in Audubon, IA, the son of G. Reinhard and Rose (Heuss) Mennenoh. Gene attended Country School LeRoy #2 in Audubon and continued with Audubon Schools, graduating with...
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