Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Annabel Schroder

Annabel Schroder

Aug 29, 2013

Lenard (86) and Annabel (83) Schroder of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2013, in Atlantic the result of a one car accident. Lenard Faye Schroder was born November 15, 1926, the son of Edward and Lydia (Sanders) Schroder on a farm near Oakland, Iowa. He attended country school near Hancock and Avoca. He also attended high school...

Winifred May Gust

Winifred May Gust

Aug 28, 2013

Winifred May Gust, the daughter of William and Edith Petersen Moore, was born March 16, 1917, at her parents’ home northeast of Ross, Iowa and died August 28, 2013, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 96 years, 5 months, and 12 days. Winifred attended the church in Ross, Iowa. She attended rural school northeast of...

Betty Jean Akers

Betty Jean Akers

Aug 26, 2013

Service: The family will have a private memorial service at a later date.

Dr. Harold Thomas Barnes, D.C.

Dr. Harold Thomas Barnes, D.C.

Aug 23, 2013

Dr. Harold Thomas Barnes, D.C., the son of Emery Glendon and Clara Margaret (Flack) Barnes, was born April 28, 1929, on his parents’ homestead north of Jefferson, Iowa and died August 23, 2013, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 3 months, and 25 days. Tom was baptized at the First...

Kenneth Ray Jensen

Kenneth Ray Jensen

Aug 21, 2013

Cemetery: Interment will be in the Arlington Heights Cemetery in Audubon, Iowa. Service: The family will have private graveside services at the Arlington Heights Cemetery in Audubon, Iowa.

Nadine Joint

Nadine Joint

Aug 20, 2013

Nadine Rachel Knowlton Joint was born to Roy A. & Ethel (Smail) Knowlton, December 7, 1925, on a farm near Dale City, Guthrie County, Iowa. She passed away at the New Homestead in Guthrie Center on Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at the age of 87 years, 8 months and 13 days. Nadine attended country school, and graduated from Guthrie...

Thomas Billheimer

Thomas Billheimer

Aug 19, 2013

Thomas Charles Billheimer, 63, was born December 15, 1949, in Stockton, California, the son of James and Darlene (Maschmeier) Billheimer and passed away Monday, August 19, 2013, at his home in Casey, Iowa. He graduated from Stockton High School in 1967. Tom was drafted into the United States Army at the age of 19 and served during the Vietnam...

Billie Morgan

Billie Morgan

Aug 17, 2013

Billie Morgan, 84, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 17, 2013, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Billie Ervin Morgan was born May 27, 1929, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Charles W. and Vera L. (Cousins) Morgan. He lived in Cass County his entire life except when he served in the Air Force from 1950 to 1954....

Darlene Petersen

Darlene Petersen

Aug 12, 2013

Darlene Mae Sothman was born December 31, 1921, the youngest child of Ernest Frederick and Sarah Esther (Cooper) Sothman on the family farm in Cass County, Iowa, and passed away Monday, August 12, 2013, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. She attended the country school at Pringey Noble #1 and rode the Calvin Lindeman school bus from Lyman...

Eugene (Gene) G. Johansen

Eugene (Gene) G. Johansen

Aug 8, 2013

Service: The family will gather with family and friends on Sunday, August 11, 2013, from 1:00 P.M. at Gene and Mary Lou's home at 127 Pacific Avenue in Audubon, Iowa. To honor his wishes the body was cremated and a private final disposition will be held at a later date.

Mardell Hansen

Mardell Hansen

Aug 8, 2013

Anna Mardell (Hoegh) Hansen passed away peacefully in her sleep on Thursday August 8, 2013, at her home in Elk Horn, Iowa, at the age of 85. She was born January 6, 1928, at her parents' home in Audubon County to Christena (Jorgensen) Hoegh and Edward Hoegh. Mardell (as everyone called her) went to country school at Smokey Hill...

Pamela Crane

Pamela Crane

Aug 8, 2013

Pamela Kay Johnson was born December 7, 1953, the daughter of Dennis Allen and Mary Joan (Biggs) Johnson in Washington D.C. and passed away Thursday, August 8, 2013, at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Pam's family lived in many states throughout her father's Air Force career. After his retirement, the family returned to Anita to make...

Dolores Snyder

Dolores Snyder

Aug 4, 2013

DoLores M. Snyder, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, August 4, 2013, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, Atlantic, Iowa. DoLores (Lori) Marie Snyder was born March 18, 1933, the second daughter of Roy Samuel and Mary Lucille (Marcum) McNutt in McCook, Nebraska. She attended Red Willow County rural schools and McCook Jr. and Sr. High Schools, graduating...

Margery M. Miller

Margery M. Miller

Aug 2, 2013

Margery M. Miller, the daughter of Louis and Lepha (Aldrit) Miller, was born October 3, 1925, at her parent’s home in Aberdeen, South Dakota and died August 2, 2013, in Overland Park, Kansas at the age of 87 years, 9 months, and 29 days. As a small child the family moved to Audubon, Iowa. Margery was baptized and confirmed at...

Dale Henriksen

Dale Henriksen

Aug 1, 2013

Clarence Dale Henriksen was born October 7, 1928, to Clarence Adelbert and Martha Katherine (Jensen) Henriksen in Audubon County, Iowa, and passed away Thursday, August 1, 2013, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa. Dale was baptized and confirmed at what is now Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended rural schools and graduated from the Audubon High...

Anna Marie Hansen

Anna Marie Hansen

Jul 30, 2013

Anna Marie Hansen, the daughter of Morton and Thora Hansen Ipson, was born January 9, 1929, at her parents’ home north of Kimballton, Iowa and died July 30, 2013, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 6 months, and 21 days. Anna was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in...

Lavern Obermeier

Lavern Obermeier

Jul 30, 2013

LaVern Joseph Obermeier was born August 15, 1934, to Frank Xavier and Catherine Marie (Bahlman) Obermeier and passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at the Villisca Good Samaritan Center in Villisca, Iowa. LaVern was raised in and spent his lifetime in the Audubon and Cass County areas. He was united in marriage to Rosalie June Cavanaugh. LaVern's first love...

Donna Jean Paske

Donna Jean Paske

Jul 29, 2013

Donna Jean Paske, the daughter of Jesse and Laura Johnson Griffin was born March 20, 1930, at the Rockford Memorial Hospital in Rockford, Illinois and died July 29, 2013 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 4 months, and 9 days. Donna was baptized in the Methodist Church in Rockford, Illinois. She attended...

Faye Nadine Erickson

Faye Nadine Erickson

Jul 23, 2013

Faye Nadine Erickson, the daughter of Henry and Delphine Hamlin Carter, was born December 22, 1922, on her parents’ farm north of Exira, Iowa and died July 23, 2013, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 7 months, and 1 day. She attended rural school near Exira and graduated from the Exira High...

Doris Brainard

Doris Brainard

Jul 23, 2013

Obituary of Doris Frances Brainard Doris Frances Brainard, the sixth and last child of Charles William and Henrietta (known as Rena) Martin Brainard was born on the 1869 family farm, Grant Township, Guthrie County, Iowa, on the 11th of September, 1915. She often said that she was grateful to have in her home a feeling of family loyalty, a...