Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Dec 27, 2013

Margaret (Peggy) Hadley was born December 30, 1936, the daughter of Josiah Arthur and Minnie Harriet (Robbins) Hadley in Canning Town, London, England, and passed away Friday, December 27, 2013, at her home in Anita, Iowa. Margaret lived in London during World War II and fondly remembered her first taste of chocolate after the war and celebrating VE (Victory...

Dec 26, 2013

Leonard Hartvig Andersen, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. He was born on September 11, 1922, to Alfred and Agnes (Hansen) Andersen in Audubon County, Iowa. Leonard was raised in the Exira and Kimballton area. He graduated from the Exira High School in 1940. During WWII, Leonard served as...

Dec 25, 2013

Rhoda Lorraine Beck was born October 26, 1931, near Brayton in Audubon County, IA, the daughter of Christian and Anna (Mumgaard) Beck and passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. Rhoda grew up in Hamlin and Exira, graduating from the Exira High School in 1950. She then attended AIB and obtained an Associate's Degree...

Dec 22, 2013

Robert H. Williams, 89, of Atlantic, died Sunday morning, December 22, 2013, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. He had been living in the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center for the past four years. Bob was born on July 24, 1924 in Sioux City, the son of Harry and Irene (Murray) Williams. He was raised in Atlantic and graduated...

Dec 19, 2013

Maddox Matthew Starmer, the son of Matthew Lee and Melissa Leigh Starmer, was born October 15, 2013, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Maddox was born with a congenital heart defect and after battling this condition for two months and four days died December 19, 2013, at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa...

Dec 19, 2013

Nancy Joe Dasher was born February 14, 1944, the daughter of Otis and Grace (Shaw) Dasher in Cass County, Iowa, and passed away Thursday, December 19, 2013, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. She attended school in Elliot, Iowa, and graduated from Atlantic High School. Nancy obtained a diploma in Practical Nursing from Iowa Western Community College...

Dec 13, 2013

Larry Joe Schettler, the son of Joseph and Annabelle (Ocken) Schettler, was born May 5, 1946, in Carroll, Iowa and died December 13, 2013 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa following a courageous battle against cancer at the age of 67 years, 7 months, and 8 days. Larry was baptized and confirmed at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church...

Dec 11, 2013

Ernest Albert Kulla, the son of Franz and Mina Minert Kulla, was born July 12, 1926, at his parents’ home in Manning, Iowa and died December 11, 2013, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 4 months, and 29 days. Ernie was baptized and the Trinity Lutheran Church northwest of Audubon and later confirmed...

Dec 9, 2013

Rita Dorothy Briggs, the eighth child of ten children of John H. and Rose (Wilwerding) Erlbacher, was born February 25, 1925, at her parents’ home in Grove Township, Shelby County near Earling, Iowa and died December 9, 2013, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 9 months, and 14 days. Rita was baptized and...

Dec 9, 2013

Dec 8, 2013

Dellabelle Herbert, 94, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, December 8, 2013, at Caring Acres in Anita, Iowa. She was born October 20, 1919, the daughter of Delmar and Carrie (Osborne) Herbert, in Massena, Iowa. Dellabelle is survived by nieces, nephews and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents Delmar and Carrie Herbert. Memorials, in lieu of...

Dec 7, 2013

Elaine Ruby Wedemeyer, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Adair, Iowa, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2013, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. She was born February 27, 1918, in Cumberland, Iowa, the daughter of James and Cora (Hampel) Smith. Elaine was raised and lived her whole life in the Atlantic, Cumberland and Adair communities. She attended and...

Dec 3, 2013

Jeanette Mary Obermeier was born December 4, 1928, to Frank Xavier and Catherine Marie (Bahlman) Obermeier and passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at the Exira Care Center in Exira Iowa. She attended kindergarten at a country school in Carroll County and then attended Catholic School in Templeton. The family moved to a farm 5 miles east of Audubon...

Nov 29, 2013

Dennis Dean Brown was born May 6, 1940, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of George and Burnidette Irene (Doty) Brown and passed away on Friday, November 29, 2013, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He grew up on the family farm outside Cumberland. After his mother passed away he was raised by his grandmother and...

Nov 25, 2013

Deborah Lynn Johnson was born March 4, 1961, in Bottineau, North Dakota, the daughter of Robert Oliver and Gloria May (Fallen) Johnson. She passed away Monday, November 25, 2013, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Deb grew up in Sutton, North Dakota, where she graduated from the Glenfield - Sutton High School in 1979. On May...

Nov 24, 2013

Cemetery: Inurnment will be held in the Exira Cemetery in Exira. Visitation: The family will meet with friends on Saturday morning from 10:30 A.M. until the time of the service at the Kessler Funeral Home in Exira, Iowa. Service: Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held Saturday, December 21, 2013, at 11:30 A.M. at the Kessler Funeral Home in...

Nov 23, 2013

Ruby Nadine Andersen, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2013, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was born northeast of Griswold on July 3, 1933, the daughter of Edgar and Nellie (Morton) High. At 8 years old her family moved to Cumberland, Iowa, for two years. Her father then died so her family...

Nov 19, 2013

Leslie Joseph Marousek was born to the late Leslie Joseph Marousek, Sr. and Cecelia Katherine (Oibelka) Marousek in Plant City, Florida, on May 5th, 1926. He passed away at the age of 87 on November 19, 2013, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa. Les and his wife, Mary Beth, met while in high school in Omaha, Nebraska. They were...

Nov 17, 2013

Earnest LaVerne Madsen, the son of Hans and Sofie Kathrine Pedersen Madsen, was born August 5, 1926, at his parents’ home east of Hamlin, Iowa and died November 17, 2013, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 3 months, and 12 days. Earnest was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church...

Nov 17, 2013

David Gregory Hawkins, 53, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, November 17, 2013, at his home in Atlantic. He was born July 6, 1960, in Waverly, Missouri, the son of David Hawkins and Nina Turner. Greg grew up in Missouri and attended school in Paris, Missouri. He graduated from Maryville High School with the class of 1978. On May 31,...