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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Dorothy Becker
Jun 20, 2013
Dorothy Ann Becker, 71, of Ames and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2013, in Ames, Iowa, after a two year battle with cancer. Dorothy Ann Kragelund was born in Atlantic, Iowa, on August 15, 1941, to Oliver Earnest Kragelund and Verna (Porter) Kragelund. She grew up on a farm north of Atlantic. Dorothy attended country...
Jessie Leeper
Jun 19, 2013
Jessie Scott Leeper was born June 3, 1993, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Roy and Kelly (Daugard) Leeper and passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He graduated from the Adair-Casey High School with the class of 2011 and was attending college at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. Jessie...
Eva Pelzer
Jun 14, 2013
Eva Lucille (Williamson) Pelzer, 96, passed peacefully from this earth surrounded by her family and her "Granddog Duncan" into the hands of God on June 14, 2013. She was born at home near Anita, Iowa, on June 16, 1916, the second daughter of Aura and Eva (Murray) Williamson. In 1918 the family moved to Leon, Iowa, where she graduated...
Dennis Charles Krogh
Jun 10, 2013
Dennis Charles Krogh, the son of Charles Edwin and Charlotte Ruth Jensen Krogh, was born December 23, 1953, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died June 10, 2013, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota at the age of 59 years, 5 months, and 17 days. Denny was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church...
Clair Marnin
Jun 10, 2013
Clair Eugene Marnin, 69, passed away Monday, June 10, 2013, at his home in Anita, Iowa. Clair was born November 11, 1943, at the Adair Hospital in Adair, Iowa, the son of Michael and Lelia (Plowman) Marnin. He was raised in Anita and attended the Anita Community schools. On March 10, 1979, he was united in marriage to Dawn...
Michael Johnson
Jun 8, 2013
Michael David Johnson was born July 10, 1954, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Howard C. and Marian LaVonne (Knudsen) Johnson and was called home to be with his Lord Saturday, June 8, 2013, at Alegent Creighton Health in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from Anita High School with the class of 1972. On September 27, 1974, Mike was married...
Carolyn Ann Sams
Jun 7, 2013
Carolyn Ann Sams, the daughter of Walter and Roma (Hockenberry) Hardwick, was born September 18, 1948, at her parent’s home in Brayton, Iowa and died June 7, 2013, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 64 years, 8months, and 9 days. Carolyn was baptized and confirmed at the Brayton Lutheran Church in Brayton, Iowa....
Martha Rae 'Skeeter' Claussen
Jun 7, 2013
Martha Rae “Skeeter” Claussen, the daughter of Oral Ray and Vaneta LaVeee (Gault) Roberts, was born October 21, 1950, in Flint, Michigan and died June 7, 2013, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 62 years, 7 months, and 16 days. Martha “Skeeter” was baptized in the Baptist Church. She attended school at...
Margaret Marie Campbell
Jun 1, 2013
Margaret Marie Campbell, the daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Christensen) Norby, was born October 27, 1918, at her parents’ home in Whitewood, South Dakota, and died June 1, 2013 at the Senior Suites of Urbandale in Urbandale, Iowa the age of 94 years, 7 months, and 4 days. Margaret was baptized May 5, 1920, and confirmed June 7, 1953 at...
Michael Mehlmann
May 30, 2013
Michael William Mehlmann was born March 24, 1948, in Adair County, Iowa, the son of Donald William and Shirley T. (Rasmussen) Mehlmann and passed away May 30, 2013, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mike was a graduate of the Anita High School with the class of 1966. He was a Vietnam veteran, serving in the United...
Henry Neyenhuis
May 28, 2013
Henry Neyenhuis, the son of Adolf and Gerritje Huisman Neyenhuis was born September 8, 1915, at his parent’s home in Valier, Montana and died May 28, 2013, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 97 years, 8 months, and 20 days. Henry was baptized on December 24, 1939, at the Fullerton Four Square Church in...
Everett Faust
May 28, 2013
Everett George Faust, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Everett Faust, or Red as friends know him, was born April 8, 1926, in Wessington Springs, South Dakota; the fourth son of William and Alvina (Begalske) Faust. At the age of ten he moved with his family to a...
Jeanne Jackson
May 27, 2013
Jeanne Marie Ehlert was born November 30, 1946, in Woodbine, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur Hudson Beebe and Mamie Wilhelmina (Voss) Ehlert and passed away May 27, 2013, at her home in Anita, Iowa. She graduated from Woodbine High School in 1964 and received a Bachelors Degree in Education from Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska, in 1968. Jeanne was...
Mabel L. (Budd) Henley
May 24, 2013
Mabel LaRose Henley, the daughter of Harrison and Ida (Voster) Walker, was born August 18, 1933, at her parent’s home near Mallard, Iowa and died May 24, 2013, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 79 years, 9 months, and 6 days. Mabel was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church in Emmetsburg, Iowa....
Alene Nancarrow
May 23, 2013
Naomi Alene Nancarrow, the daughter of Ralph H. and Nellie M. Meyer Tibben was born November 23, 1916 at her parents’ home east of Exira, Iowa and died May 23, 2013, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 96 years and 6 months. Alene was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira. She attended...
Robert Bailey
May 23, 2013
Robert Lewis Bailey was born February 20, 1931, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Ross Campbell and Louisa M. (Munsen) Bailey and passed away Thursday, May 23, 2013, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He attended the Atlantic School System and worked as a veterinary assistant at his father's veterinary practice. Robert was a member of...
Joyce Wright
May 18, 2013
Joyce Elsine Wright, 86, of Casey, Iowa, passed away May 18, 2013, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Joyce was born June 26, 1926, in Elk Point, South Dakota, the daughter of Roy C. and Esther (Jensen) Titus. At the age of 6 weeks, her family moved to Guthrie Center, Iowa. She attended Guthrie Center schools and...
Journey Garside
May 15, 2013
Journey Louise Garside was born on Monday, May 13, 2013, the daughter of James Lee and Lori Sue (Christensen) Garside and passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Children's Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. She joins in heaven her great-grandparents. Journey is survived by her parents, Jim and Lori Garside and her sister, Jovi Garside of Omaha, Nebraska; her...
Troy Wheelock
May 11, 2013
Troy Murvin Wheelock, 51, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Caring Acres in Anita. He was born February 22, 1962, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Arthur and LaRue (Taylor) Wheelock. Troy was raised in Anita and attended the Anita Community Schools. He graduated from Anita High School in 1980. After high school he worked for a...
Joan Knutter
May 9, 2013
Joan Marie Hackwell was born February 23, 1944, at the hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Edward Leo and Marie Dorothea (Wahlert) and passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She graduated from Anita High School in 1962. On September 3, 1973, she married Karl William Knutter in Omaha, Nebraska. Initially living in...
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