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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Charles "Charlie" Baker Simpson
Sep 25, 2014
Charles Baker Simpson, the son of John and Lin Simpson and Molly (Baker) and Mike Ster was born on March 12, 1958, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He died September 25, 2014, at the age of 56 years. Charlie was baptized at the First Congregational Church in Fort Dodge. He attended Fort Dodge Community schools graduating from Fort Dodge High School...
Mary Wahlert
Sep 23, 2014
Mary LaRue (Shannon) Wahlert (77) of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away early Tuesday morning September 23, 2014, at Cass County Memorial Hospital. Mary was born February 14, 1937, to Maurice and Mary (Karns) Shannon. She was born and grew up on a farm south of Anita, Iowa, in Lincoln Township, where she attended country school. Mary graduated from Anita High...
Glen Olsen Christensen
Sep 22, 2014
Glen Olsen Christensen, the son of Jens Olsen and Laura (Otzen) Christensen, was born December 21, 1921, at his parents’ home northeast of Hamlin, Iowa and died September 22, 2014, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 9 months, and 1 day. Glen was baptized at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Guthrie County, Iowa...
Doris Myrlee Siemsen
Sep 20, 2014
Doris (Dorlee) Myrlee Siemsen, the daughter of Cecil and Mary(Que) Cox, was born December 18, 1923, at her parents’ home in Indianola, Iowa and died September20, 2014, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 9 months, and 2 days. Dorlee attended grade school in Indianola and then graduated from the Johnston High School in...
Elaine Johnson
Sep 17, 2014
Elaine Leota Johnson, 75, of Villisca, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic. Per Elaine's wishes, cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time.
Leona Petersen
Sep 14, 2014
Leona Sophia Petersen, 94, of Avoca, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2014, at the Avoca Nursing & Rehab Center in Avoca. She was born November 19, 1919, to Thomas and Mary (Christiansen) Harmsen Northwest of Atlantic, Iowa. Leona went to school through the 8th grade at Lincoln Township. On February 21, 1939, she...
Sharlene Sanny
Sep 14, 2014
Sharlene Jo Sanny, 75, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2014, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Sharlene was born January 10, 1939, in Wiota, Iowa, to Floyd and Hazel (Sager) Bannick. She grew up in Wiota attending school there and graduating with the class of 1957. On February 10, 1957, Sharlene married Donald Dean Sanny...
William Armstrong
Sep 14, 2014
William "Bill" Armstrong, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2014, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. William Duane Armstrong was born September 25, 1936, in Wiota, Iowa, to Charles Dean Armstrong and Nola Marie Daughenbaugh. Bill attended and graduated from Wiota High School. He lived in the Wiota and Atlantic area his entire life....
Rick Beauchamp
Sep 13, 2014
Rick Beauchamp, 50, of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014, at his home in Griswold. Ricky Ray Beauchamp was born January 7, 1964, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Gaylord and Joyce (Reinier) Beauchamp. Rick graduated from the Atlantic High School in 1983. Rick had worked as a mechanic for Henningsen's and Pelgrow in Atlantic. Some of Rick's...
Ronnie Eugene Riesgaard
Sep 12, 2014
Ronnie Eugene Riesgaard, the son of Harley and Madonna (Vandevanter) Riesgaard, was born May 31, 1953, in Audubon, Iowa and died September 12, 2014, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 61 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Ronnie was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira, Iowa. He attended Exira Community Schools...
Phyllis Jones
Sep 12, 2014
Phyllis Irene Jones, 85, of Atlantic, passed away on Friday, September 12, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Phyllis was born May 26, 1929, in Boone, Iowa, to Leslie and Mabel Swanson Buzzell. She graduated from Ogden High School in 1947 and moved to Des Moines to work at Bankers Life, where she met John (Jack) Jones....
Harold Sand
Sep 11, 2014
Harold Sand, 89, of Audubon, Iowa, died on September 11, 2014, at his home in rural Audubon, Iowa. He was born June 28, 1925, to Danish immigrants Anders and Petrea (Pedersen) Sand in Audubon, Iowa. Harold was baptized at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin, Iowa. He attended country school at Mt. Zion School, rural Poplar, Iowa, through the eighth...
Annette Perkins
Sep 10, 2014
Annette Perkins, the daughter of Harry George and Madeline C. (VanRossum) Quick, was born June 17, 1919, in Baltimore, Maryland and died September 10, 2014, at her home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 95 years, 2 months, and 23 days. Annette was baptized and confirmed at a Lutheran Church in Baltimore. She attended school in Baltimore then graduated...
Louise Mae Chehak
Sep 9, 2014
Louise Mae (Sornson) Chehak was born March 28, 1935, in Colorado Springs, Colorado and died September 9, 2014, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 79 years, 5 months, and 11 days. Louise was adopted by Raymond and Mayme (Peterson) Sornson shortly after birth and became part of their family living west of Exira, IA. In...
Lorena Beatrice Riesgaard
Sep 8, 2014
Lorena (Renie) Beatrice Riesgaard, the daughter of Emmert and Betty (Walker) Johnston was born August 17, 1960, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died September 8, 2014, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 54 years and 21 days. Lorena was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira, Iowa....
M. Plummer
Sep 1, 2014
Marjorie Lucille Plummer, 95, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 1, 2014, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab Center in Anita, Iowa. Lucille was born January 10, 1919, in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Mabel (Kohl) Simon. She attended the Anita schools. On June 8, 1940, she was united in marriage to Robert Plummer in...
Opal Bishop
Aug 28, 2014
Opal Lenore Smith was born April 16, 1918, in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Emma (Stone) Smith and passed away Thursday, August 28, 2014, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She spent her early years on a farm near Anita. She graduated from the Anita High School and attended Normal Training. Opal...
Ivyn Lund
Aug 26, 2014
Ivyn Lee Lund, 71, of Anita, Iowa passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born on the family farm north of Anita April 8, 1943, to George and Bertha (Bauer) Lund. Ivyn grew up and spent his entire life in Anita. He attended country school near Anita, graduating...
Wendell Lee Lensch
Aug 24, 2014
Wendell Lee Lensch, the son of Herbert and Gladys (Marquesen) Lensch, was born May 13, 1928, at his parents’ home near Elk Horn, Iowa and died August 24, 2014, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Wendell was baptized as an infant at his parents’ home and confirmed...
Barbara Vanderburg
Aug 18, 2014
Barbara Lee (Scherdin) was born May 20, 1942, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Raymond Ellsworth and Marjorie Anna (Quick) Scherdin and passed away Monday, August 18, 2014, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center in Atlantic, IA. She grew up in Atlantic and attended the Atlantic High School. Barb married Dallas Allen Petersen in Maryville, MO. Barb worked...
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