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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Vernon King
Aug 14, 2014
Vernon Robert King was born September 7, 1935, south of Charter Oak, IA, the son of Eugene Byron and Harriet Mabel (Weed) King and passed away Thursday, August 14, 2014, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA. He graduated from Odebolt High School in 1954. On June 23, 1957, Vernon married La Donna Marie Klaus at St....
Georgia Jessen
Aug 13, 2014
Georgia Mae Jessen, 74, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab Center in Anita, Iowa. She was born August 28, 1939, in Exira, Iowa, the first child of nine, to George and Helen Mae (Green) Dill. She spent her younger years in the Exira and...
Harold Powell Ii
Aug 9, 2014
Harold Eugene Powell II, 46, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2014, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He was born September 6, 1967, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the son of Harold Eugene and Patty Rae (Moore) Powell. Pudge lived in Fort Dodge until he was 11 years old. At that time the family moved to...
Matthew Arnold Ericksen
Aug 5, 2014
Matthew Arnold Ericksen, the son of Martin Arnold and Lisa Ann (Hansen) Ericksen, was born March 2, 1985, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa and died August 5, 2014, at St Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 29 years, 5 months, and 3 days. Matthew was baptized at the Brayton Lutheran Church in...
Sherri Denney
Jul 31, 2014
Sherri Sue Winther was born November 3, 1958, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Clifford Julius and Viola (Hansen) Winther and passed away Thursday, July 31, 2014, at her home in Anita, Iowa. She was a lifelong resident of Anita, graduating from the Anita High School in 1977. On April 26, 1981, Sherri married Cecil Denney at Holy Cross...
Delores Meyers
Jul 31, 2014
Delores J. Meyers, 83, of Anita, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2014, at the Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center in Anita. Per her wishes, cremation will take place and no other services are planned at this time.
Francis Marnin
Jul 30, 2014
Francis Owen Marnin was born January 28, 1941, to Michael Matthew and Lelia Maude (Plowman) Marnin on a farm south of Anita and passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at his home in Anita. He was raised in Anita and attended the Anita Community Schools. Francis started working construction on Interstate 80 at the age of 16. He served...
George Leland Parris
Jul 29, 2014
George Leland Parris, the son of George Peter and Gladys (Snyder) Parris, was born May 23, 1939, in Topeka, Kansas and died July 29, 2014, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 75 years, 2 months, and 6 days. George was baptized with his son at their home by Reverend Harvey Quandt. He attended Audubon Community...
Ardyth Faye Barber
Jul 28, 2014
Ardyth Faye Barber, the daughter of Floyd and Annis Marie (Krogh) Zinke, was born May 11, 1944, in Carroll, Iowa and died July 28, 2014, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 70 years, 2 months, and 17days. Ardyth was baptized May 3, 1945 and confirmed April 6, 1958 at the Exira Lutheran Church...
Kathy Rae Bohlmann
Jul 24, 2014
Kathy Rae Bohlmann, the daughter of George and Mary Fredericks (Bohlmann) Bruhn, was born July 29, 1956, in Denison, Iowa and died July 24, 2014, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 57 years, 11 months, and 25 days. Kathy was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church south of Gray, Iowa. She...
James A. Friedrichsen
Jul 17, 2014
James Anthony Friedrichsen, the son of Herman and Agnes (Lutwitzi) Friedrichsen, was born November 30, 1925, in Stratton, CO and died July 17, 2014, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa, at the age of 88 years, 7 ½ months. Jim was baptized in Stratton, Colorado in December of 1925. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Audubon, Iowa. Jim was...
Thomas J. Mcmichael
Jul 16, 2014
Thomas Jordan McMichael, the son of Homer and Lucille (Jordan) McMichael, was born October 19, 1934, in Audubon County near Exira, Iowa and died July 16, 2014, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 79 years, 8 months, and 27 days. Thomas was baptized and confirmed at the Ross Calvary United Methodist Church in...
Donald Cohron
Jul 15, 2014
Donald Paul Cohron, 90, died July 15, 2014 at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. The son of Arch Montgomery (A.M.) Cohron and Bernice Geil Cohron, he was born September 17, 1923 in Des Moines, Iowa. At the age of 10 he started working for his father as water boy, then truck driver, learning the ropes of bridge building. He...
Timothy Stein
Jul 14, 2014
Timothy Robert Stein was born August 9, 1971, the son of Robert Carl and Theresa Cecilia (Goeser) Stein in Atlantic, Iowa, and passed away Monday, July 14, 2014, at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE. He attended the Atlantic Schools and the Walnut High School. After high school, Tim worked at the pork plant in Harlan, IA, and...
Sheila Lynn (Speas) Whitson
Jul 13, 2014
Sheila Lynn Whitson, the daughter of Roland and JoAnn A. (Hodges) Speas, was born March 2, 1958, in Sacramento, California and died July 13, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa at the age of 56 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Sheila was baptized and confirmed at the Ross Calvary United Methodist Church in Ross, Iowa. She attended...

Charles Smith
Jul 10, 2014
Charles Evan Smith was born April 4, 1951, in Shenandoah, Iowa, the son of Charles Edward and Bertha Juanita (Rhodes) Smith and passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He grew up in Blanchard, IA, and attended the Pusey Elementary School in Council Bluffs, IA. Chuck then lived at the...
Sherry Wiges
Jul 9, 2014
Sherry Glee Wiges, 79, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at her home in Atlantic. She was born March 23, 1935, to Doyle and Anna (Stewart) Cooper in Mason Township, Taylor County, Iowa. Sherry was raised in New Market, Iowa, and attended and graduated from the New Market High School. She lived in Clarinda, Iowa, and...
Paul Alan Petersen
Jun 29, 2014
Paul Alan Petersen, the son of James and Ruth Herrick Petersen, was born February 13, 1958 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died June 29, 2014 at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 56 years, 4 months, and 16 days. Paul was baptized and confirmed at the Federated Church in Exira, Iowa....
Dorothy Schroder
Jun 29, 2014
Dorothy Pearl Schroder, 83, of Griswold, Iowa and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, June 29, 2014, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold. She was born February 23, 1931 in Oconto, Nebraska, the daughter of Joseph and Pearl (McCrickard) Newhouse. Her family later moved to Missouri Valley, Iowa where she was raised and attended school through high...
Robert Euken
Jun 28, 2014
Robert L. Euken was born March 18, 1928, in Cass County, Iowa, the son of Carl and Lizzie (Thomsen) Euken and passed away Saturday, June 28, 2014, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Robert grew up on the family Century Farm in Cass County. He served in the Iowa National Guard from 1948 to 1953. On September...
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