Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas

Bruce Yarger

Bruce Yarger

Mar 23, 2014

Bruce O. Yarger was born October 3, 1926, in Storden, Minnesota, to Luther and Marie (Wagner) Yarger. His family moved to Clarion, Iowa, in 1937. He attended Clarion schools and graduated from high school in 1944.

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in January 1945; basic training occurred at Great Lakes, Illinois, and school at...

Mary Byers

Mary Byers

Mar 22, 2014

Mary Salena Byers was born October 30, 1931, the daughter of John Reed and Amy (Anstey) Byers and passed away Saturday March 22, 2014, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa.

She graduated from the Cumberland High School, receiving her Bachelor’s Degree from the Ottumwa Heights College in Ottumwa, Iowa, and her Master’s Degree from...

Rodney Schuler

Rodney Schuler

Mar 22, 2014

Rodney Dorland Schuler was born January 17, 1958, the son of Dorland Harold and Verna Elaine (Bishop) Schuler in Red Oak, Iowa, and passed away Saturday, March 22, 2014, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa.

He grew up in rural Griswold, Iowa, and graduated from Atlantic High School in 1976. On September 6, 1986, Rod...

Ralph Lee Jorgensen

Ralph Lee Jorgensen

Mar 20, 2014

Ralph Lee Jorgensen, the son of Chris and Mabel Clemsen Jorgensen, was born April 18, 1934, at his parents’ home in Audubon County, Iowa and died March 20, 2014, at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 79 years, 11 months, and 2 days. Ralph was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton,...

Anna Stanley

Anna Stanley

Mar 20, 2014

Anna Margaret Madsen was born June 17, 1919, in Audubon County, Iowa, the daughter of Hans Christian Andersen Madsen and Elizabeth Cecelia (Conrad) Madsen and passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa.

She lived in rural Audubon County and attended country school. Anna worked at the M&M...

Anita Bergen

Anita Bergen

Mar 20, 2014

Anita Irene (Kinney) Von Bergen, 95, of Oceanside, California, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014, in San Diego, California. Survivors include her sons, Mickey (Judy) Von Bergen of Madison, Wisconsin and William (Cheryl) Von Bergen of Palo Alto, California. Graveside services will be held Saturday, April 5, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. in Oakwood Cemetery in Casey, Iowa.

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Harold Leroy Littlefield

Harold Leroy Littlefield

Mar 19, 2014

Harold Leroy Littlefield, the son of A. F. and Sara Wahlert Littlefield, was born September 23, 1927, at his parents’ home in Exira, Iowa and died, March 19, 2014, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 5 months, and 26 days. Harold was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira. He attended...

Veda Christena Larsen

Veda Christena Larsen

Mar 19, 2014

Veda Christena Larsen, the daughter of Ejler and Hansine Kristine “Christena” Nielsen Anderson was born April 25, 1927, at her parents’ home west of Exira, Iowa and died March 19, 2014 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 10 months, and 24 days. Veda was baptized on July 3, 1927, at the Danish Lutheran...

Gordon Wittrup

Gordon Wittrup

Mar 19, 2014

Gordon Lyle Wittrup, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa.

Lyle was born June 14, 1924, on the family farm in rural Elk Horn, Iowa, to Walter and Meta (Laursen) Wittrup. He attended the Elk Horn Community Schools and graduated high school with...

Donald Spoo

Donald Spoo

Mar 18, 2014

Donald D. Spoo, age 81, passed away unexpectedly on March 18, 2014, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa.

He was born February 17, 1933, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Ronald and Velma (Schwab) Spoo. He spent his childhood in Exira, Iowa, where he graduated from Exira High school in 1951. He was a pitcher...

Charles Parmley

Charles Parmley

Mar 15, 2014

Charles Parmley, longtime resident of Brayton, Iowa, passed away Saturday evening, March 15, 2014, at the age of 91, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa.

Charles Lester Parmley, son of Lester Dea and Eula Addie (Garside) Parmley was born January 30, 1923, in Atlantic, Iowa. He attended country schools in Cass County...

Kenneth Dale Petersen

Kenneth Dale Petersen

Mar 14, 2014

Kenneth Dale Petersen, the son of Alfred and Mabel Christensen Petersen, was born July 9, 1937, at his parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died March 14, 2014, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 76 years, 8 months, and 5 days. He attended rural school in Audubon County, Iowa. After school he helped on the family...

Robert Lee Landon

Robert Lee Landon

Mar 11, 2014

Robert Lee Landon, the son of John Dallas and Margaret Ann Zallaha Landon was born October 6, 1939 in Lakefield, Minnesota and died March 11, 2014 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 74 years, 5 months, and 5 days. Bob was baptized in the Lutheran Church in Lakefield, Minnesota and was confirmed at...

Harold Hocamp, Jr.

Harold Hocamp, Jr.

Mar 11, 2014

Harold William “Bill” Hocamp Jr., 79, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.

Bill was born October 3, 1934, at home in Adair, Iowa, to Harold William Sr. and Beryl Irene (Kempster) Hocamp. He was raised in Adair and attended Adair Community Schools. Bill...

Abel Kinzie

Abel Kinzie

Mar 7, 2014

Abel Jonathan Kinzie was born Friday, March 7, 2014, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Nathan Kinze and Jodi Brookshire and joined family and friends in heaven the same day. He joins in heaven his papaw, Dana Brookshire; his cousin, Alivia Reed; his great-grandparents, Cecil and Joyce Kinzie, Barb Edwards, mamaw and papaw...

Gail Marsha Bald

Gail Marsha Bald

Mar 6, 2014

Gail Marsha Bald, the daughter of Hazen Lloyd and Helen Katherine (Huncosky) Raettig, was born March 15, 1939, in Iron River, Michigan and died March 6, 2014, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 74 years, 11 months, and 21 days. Gail was baptized as a teenager at the Methodist Church in Boone, Iowa. She...

Nadene Mae Peppers

Nadene Mae Peppers

Mar 5, 2014

Nadene Mae Peppers, the daughter of Walter and Arlene (Blohm) Hansen was born May 16, 1942, at her parents’ home in Greeley Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died March 5, 2014, at the Hospice Family Care in Prescott, Arizona at the age of 71 years, 9 months, and 19 days. Nadene was baptized and confirmed at the First United Methodist...

Kate Marie Griffith

Kate Marie Griffith

Mar 4, 2014

Kate Marie Griffith, the daughter of Andrew Donald and Heather Jo Bylund Griffith, was born March 4, 2014, at the Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska and died March 4, 2014, at the Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Kate was preceded in death by her great grandparents: Don and Lorinda Tasler; Milo Bylund; Levi and Lovila Hansen; and Merlin...

Kenneth Hinson

Kenneth Hinson

Mar 1, 2014

Kenneth Cramer Hinson, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, entered into rest Saturday, March 1, 2014, at the Josie Harper Hospice House in Omaha, Nebraska. Kenneth was born October 27, 1925, in Covington, Kentucky, to Ira and Anna Belle (Cramer) Hinson. He grew up and attended schools in the Covington area. After he was given special permission by his mother to...

Scott Stephenson

Scott Stephenson

Feb 24, 2014

Scott Ronald Stephenson was born January 17, 1990, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Alan Stephenson and Debra Nokes and passed away February 24, 2014, at his home in Adair, Iowa. Scott was a long time employee at Wal-mart in Atlantic, Iowa. Scott is survived by his daughter, Gabriella Embry of Illinois; his mother, Debra Nokes of Lytton, Iowa; brothers, Chad...