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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Gary Glenn Maas
Jul 29, 2025
Gary Glenn Maas, age 83 of Atlantic, Iowa, died at Heritage House on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. He was born to Glenn and Ruth (Edwards) Maas in Atlantic, Iowa. He and older brother, Max, lived on the family farm where they raised crops and livestock. He went to Massena Country School #6 for K-8 and graduated from Massena High School...
Merle Hansen
Sep 1, 2025
Merle Hansen, age 98 of Brayton, IA, died on Monday, September 1, 2025, at Cass Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA. Funeral services will be held at 11 am, Monday, September 8th, 2025, at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Exira, Iowa with Rev. Loren Christensen officiating. Burial will follow at the Oakfield Cemetery near Brayton, Iowa. Visitation with the family...
Robert Hansen
Sep 1, 2025
Robert William Hansen (Bob), age 71 of Atlantic, died Monday, September 1, 2025 at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. He was born on July 27, 1954, in Audubon, Iowa to Woodrow and Wilma Hansen. Bob attended school in Walnut and graduated in 1972. Following graduation, Bob began working with his father Woodrow on the family farm. On September 19,...
Teresa Kay Marckmann
Aug 31, 2025
Teresa Marckmann joined the heavenly choir on Sunday, August 31 in Des Moines. We are quite sure she has taken it over, actually. Teresa Kay Lutz was born on March 4, 1967 to Robert (Bob) and Winona (Nona Hohensee) Lutz at the San Diego Naval Hospital. She joined older brother Ray and was later joined by twins Tina & Trina....
Ralph E Henry
Aug 30, 2025
Ralph Henry, of North Liberty, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, August 30, 2025, after a short battle with gastric cancer, surrounded by those who loved him. Formerly of Audubon, Iowa, Ralph carried a name that connected him to his grandfather and a tradition that defined his life. He was a third-generation painter, proud of both his craft and the legacy...
Jr Andersen
Aug 28, 2025
Theodore Roosevelt Andersen, Jr., was born on December 25, 1934, on the family farm west of Audubon, Iowa. The farm was purchased by Junior’s Danish immigrant grandparents Jens C. and Karen Marie Andersen and was designated as a century farm in 2007. Junior was the son of T.R. Andersen, Sr. and Cecelia Kristensen Andersen. Junior was baptized and confirmed at...
Carl Eldon Olsen
Aug 25, 2025
Mr. Carl Eldon Olsen, age 87, of Exira, passed away on Monday, August 25, 2025, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, IA. No formal services will be conducted for Carl at this time. Condolences may be submitted via our website. Services are entrusted with the Schmidt Family Funeral Home of Exira.
Dr. Keith R. Swanson
Aug 24, 2025
Dr. Keith Robert Swanson passed away on August 24, 2025 at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Born on February 5, 1932 in Webster County Iowa in a bad snowstorm, his father met the doctor at the south corner of the road and brought him to the house by horse and wagon. Born to Walter and Frances Swanson, Keith was the...
Linda Kay Smith
Aug 24, 2025
Linda Kay Smith (Koob), age 71 of Anita, died on Sunday, August 24, at MercyOne hospital in Des Moines. She was born on November 16, 1953, in Atlantic, Iowa to Virgil and Catherine Koob (Byrum). Linda attended school in Anita for grades Kindergarten through twelfth grade. She graduated in 1972. Following graduation, Linda completed CNA school with intentions to obtain...
Eric John Christensen
Aug 23, 2025
Eric John Christensen, a beloved husband, father, brother, and friend, passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at his home outside of Audubon, Iowa, at the age of 55. Eric was born in Harlan, IA, on Thursday, December 11, 1969, a son of Burdette and Margaret (Lamme) Christensen. Eric lived a life full of love, adventure, and dedication to family...
Kenny Hess
Aug 18, 2025
Kenneth Herman Hess, the son of Herman and Blanche Elsberry Hess, was born June 27, 1936, at his parents’ home in Shelby County, southwest of Jacksonville, Iowa, and died August 18, 2025, at the Audubon Friendship home at the age of 89. He was one of eight children born into this union. Kenny went to school in Jackson Township #9....
George W. Fiebelkorn
Aug 16, 2025
George W. Fiebelkorn, age 89, formerly of Audubon, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at the Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa. Born on July 21, 1936, in his grandmother’s home in Dallas, South Dakota, George Walter Fiebelkorn was the eldest of six children born to Walt and Evelyn (Hansen) Fiebelkorn. From a young age, George cultivated...
Geneva J Oakley
Aug 10, 2025
Geneva Jane Oakley, the daughter of Milton and Ethel (Randolph) Crees was born June 10, 1936, in Audubon County and died August 10, 2025, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa, at the age of 89 years and two months.
Geneva was baptized at the First Christian Church in Audubon, Iowa. She attended schools in Audubon County and graduated with the...
Magda M Esbeck
Aug 8, 2025
Magda M Esbeck, age 90, of Elk Horn, IA, passed away on Friday, August 08, 2025. Magda was born on April 14, 1935, in rural Shelby County, Iowa. A daughter of Albert Albertsen and Martha (Hansen) Albertsen. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton, Iowa. She attended rural schools near Audubon, Iowa. She remembered walking three...
Loretta M Campbell
Aug 5, 2025
Loretta Mae Oakley Campbell, the daughter of Willard and Lula Oakley, was born January 3, 1933, in Audubon, Iowa, and died August 5, 2025, at the Audubon Hospital at the age of 92. Loretta was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Audubon. She attended Audubon Community Schools and graduated with the class of 1951. On September 16,...
Carlene Deist
Aug 2, 2025
Carlene Deist, age 89, formerly of Audubon, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2025, at the Madrid home in Madrid. Carlene Emily, daughter of Clarence and Beata (Schade) David, was born on January 27, 1936 on a farm in Lincoln Township, Audubon County, Iowa. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church on March 15, 1936 and confirmed at St. John’s...
Charlene Martha McLaughlin
Aug 1, 2025
Mrs. Charlene Martha McLaughlin, age 97, of Audubon, IA, passed away on Friday, August 1, 2025, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, IA.
Charlene Martha (Yost) McLaughlin, daughter of Sewell and Nettie Yost, was born in her maternal grandmother's home in Russell, Iowa, on May 6, 1928. Her family moved to Audubon, Iowa, when she was 6 months old. Charlene was...
Norman August Nelson
Jul 31, 2025
Norman August Nelson, 93, of Argyle, Texas passed away peacefully, at his home on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Norm was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on April 6, 1932, the son of Johan (Gus) and Mable (Lundquist) Nelson. Norm’s family moved to Red Oak, Iowa where he attended school and graduated from Red Oak High School. Following high school, he joined...
Jay Clifton Heiny
Jul 31, 2025
Jay Clifton Heiny, 78, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 31, 2025, at Cass Health in Atlantic, Iowa. Jay was born on October 22, 1946, in San Diego, California—he was the eldest of two sons. In 1968, he met and married the love of his life, Donna Harris of Walnut, Iowa, beginning a lifelong partnership marked by...
Rex Wiederholt
Jul 30, 2025
Rex Wiederholt, age 70 of Cumberland, Iowa passed away Wednesday, July 30 2025 at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa.
No services are planned at this time.
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