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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Dave Worthington
Mar 2, 2013
Dave J Worthington, 74, of Atlantic Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013 at his home. He was born May 11, 1938, to Lester Homer and Ella J (Jones) Worthington in Cumberland, Iowa. Dave attended Cumberland Community Schools until the eighth grade. His family then moved to Atlantic, Iowa, and he attended Atlantic High School through the twelfth grade....
Foster Rutledge
Mar 2, 2013
Foster F. Rutledge, of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away March 2, 2013, in Atlantic, Iowa. Left to cherish his memory are; Rose Susut Rutledge, his wife of 66 years; son, Perry Rutledge, Las Vegas, NV; and daughter, Candice Rutledge, also of Las Vegas, NV. His eldest son, Ned, (Betty) Rutledge pre-deceased him on February 22, 2013. His five grandchildren,...
Dewey Ohms
Mar 1, 2013
Dewey Nicholas Ohms, 87, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 1, 2013, at the Caring Acres Nursing Home in Anita, Iowa. He was born September 22, 1925, to Hans and Teressa (Sorensen) Ohms at the Prairie Rose State Park in Shelby County, Iowa. He was raised in the Harlan, Defiance and Elk Horn areas and attended rural schools....
Viola Doud
Feb 25, 2013
Viola passed away peacefully on February 25, 2013, at the age of 84, in Stockton California. She was born on November 1, 1928, to Henry William (Jip) Boggs and Gertrude E. Freielinger in Des Moines, Iowa. She was raised in Atlantic, Iowa, and spent a number of childhood years on the family farm on Chestnut Street graduating from Atlantic...
Edward Rutledge
Feb 22, 2013
Edward B. "Ned" Rutledge, age 65, of Warsaw, Missouri, passed away peacefully Friday, February 22, 2013, at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was born on December 20, 1947, in Alberta, Canada, to Foster and Rose (Susut) Rutledge. He moved to Atlantic, Iowa, in 1953 and graduated high school there in 1966. In 1970 he began work...
Norman Henriksen
Feb 21, 2013
Norman LeRoy Henriksen, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. He was born August 16, 1926, to Clarence and Martha (Jensen) Henriksen near Audubon, Iowa. He attended rural schools and graduated from Audubon High School. Norman went to Iowa State College for two years receiving a farm operations degree...
Guy Richard Barton
Feb 18, 2013
Guy Richard Barton, the son of William Dewey and Laura Beulah (Ault) Barton, was born February 27, 1932, in Elkhart, Iowa and died February 18, 2013 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 11 months, and 21 days. Guy was baptized at the Christian Church in Elkhart, Iowa. He attended Elkhart Community Schools...
Guy Richard Barton
Feb 18, 2013
Guy Richard Barton, the son of William Dewey and Laura Beulah (Ault) Barton, was born February 27, 1932, in Elkhart, Iowa and died February 18, 2013 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 11 months, and 21 days. Guy was baptized at the Christian Church in Elkhart, Iowa. He attended Elkhart Community Schools...
Bernard Edwin Neary
Feb 15, 2013
Bernard Edwin Neary, the son of Raphael Michael and Louise Emily (Johnson) Neary, was born January 2, 1928, in Treynor, Iowa and died February 15, 2013, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 1 month, and 13 days. Bernard was baptized as a Christian. He attended Treynor Community Schools graduating with the High School...
Michael Dennis
Feb 14, 2013
Michael Paul Dennis was born November 1, 1947, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of David Francis and Eileen Rose (Johnson) Dennis and passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic. Mike graduated from the Atlantic High School and Iowa...
Merritt Spry
Feb 14, 2013
Floyd Merritt Spry was born December 2, 1938, in Anita, Iowa, the son of Floyd Marion and Nellie Marie (Denney) Spry. Merritt passed away February 14, 2013, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. He was in the graduating class of 1957 from the Anita High School. After graduation he helped harvest hay and worked construction building box culverts which...
Lenord (Skynyrd) Joseph Meaike
Feb 11, 2013
Lenord Joseph Meaike, the son of Willard LaVerne and Eleanor Wanninger Meaike, was born July 13, 1956, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died February 11, 2013, at his home in rural Audubon at the age of 56 years, 6 months, and 28 days. Lenord was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church northwest of Audubon, Iowa and...
Joyce Mcconnelee
Feb 11, 2013
Joyce McConnelee, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, February 11, 2013, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Joyce Irene Watson was born December 16, 1926, in Douglas Township, Montgomery County, Iowa, to George M. and Nellie (Pierce) Watson. Joyce graduated from Atlantic High School and the American Institute of Business in Des Moines, Iowa. She was a member...
John Hansen
Feb 10, 2013
John Leroy Hansen, 53, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 10, 2013, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born January 27, 1960, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Wilbur and Nancy (Cowherd) Hansen. Wilbur married Sharon Toepfer July 9, 1969, when John was only 9 years old. Wilbur and Sharon then raised John and...
George Harold Wade
Feb 6, 2013
George Harold Wade, the son of Harley and Elizabeth (Cannon) Wade, was born May 25, 1930, in Tama County and died February 6, 2013, at the Caring Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Anita, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 8 months, and 11 days. George lived most of his early years with his mother and brother on his...
Esther Larsen
Feb 5, 2013
Esther Dorothy Bicking was born in Bear Grove Township, Cass County, Iowa, August 13, 1917, the daughter of Peter and Bertha (Drager) Bicking and passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa. She attended Bear Grove, Pleasant Dale and White Union country schools all in Cass County. Esther lived in Audubon and Cass...
Gregery Edwards
Feb 1, 2013
Gregery Lee Edwards was born March 30, 1954, the son of Dale Mason and Ruth Geraldine (Campbell) Edwards and passed away on Friday, February 1, 2013, at his home in Adair, Iowa. He grew up in Audubon and was baptized and confirmed at the First United Methodist Church. Greg graduated from the Audubon High School in 1972. During high...
Marvin Jorgen Sorensen
Jan 25, 2013
Marvin Jorgen Sorensen, the son of Soren E. and Violet Petersen Sorensen, was born June 23, 1923, at his parents’ home in Exira, Iowa and died January 25, 2013, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 7 months, and 2 days. Marvin was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira....
Mary Wengert
Jan 16, 2013
Mary Jane Dorsey was born December 20, 1921, the daughter of Lesile L. and Ola Gransbury (Heath) Dorsey in Anita, Iowa, and passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at the Carlisle Care Center in Carlisle, Iowa. She attended Cosmetology school and worked as a cosmetologist at Luther Park and Valley View Village until she retired in 1982. After her...
Mary Paasch
Jan 16, 2013
Mary Lynne Paasch, 69, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, January 16, 2013. She was born March 2, 1943, to Orin and Marjorie (Foll) Emerson in Eagle Grove, Iowa, where she spent her childhood. Growing up, she enjoyed spending time with family on fishing trips, teaching her younger brother, Raymond, how to dance and...
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