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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
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...
Jolene Lavoy Rustvold
Jan 13, 2013
Jolene Lavoy Rustvold, the daughter of Francis and Kathryn Lorene (Sorensen) Gress, was born August 14, 1945, at her parents’ home in Brighton Township, Cass County, near Marne, Iowa and died January 13, 2013, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 67 years, 4 months, and 29 days. Jolene was baptized and confirmed at Holy Cross...
Lorraine Larsen
Jan 10, 2013
Lorraine Larsen, the daughter of Chris H. and Anna (Hansen) Jensen, was born November 5, 1918, at her parents’ home in Leroy Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died January 10, 2013, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 2 months, and 5 days. Lorraine was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in...
Arthur Davidson
Jan 10, 2013
Arthur Verne Davidson, 78, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Verne was born March 15, 1934, east of Bedford, Iowa, to Court Boyd and Bethel Mary (Bradley) Davidson, on the family farm. He attended country school and graduated from Bedford High School with the class of 1953. In...
Hazel Fox
Jan 10, 2013
Hazel Irene Fox, 96, of Guthrie Center, Iowa, and formerly of Adair and Casey, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2012, at New Homestead in Guthrie Center, Iowa. She was born January 8, 1917, in Adair, Iowa, to Frank and Myrtle (Lovell) Duff. Hazel grew up on the family farm south of Adair. She attended country school and graduated...
Betty Prall
Jan 7, 2013
Betty Montgomery George was born May 16, 1917, the daughter of Wylie D. and Harriet (Davenport) George in Dixon, Illinois, and passed away Monday, January 7, 2013, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Betty graduated from Dixon High School then worked in the retail business. She married Clyde Royal "Tub" Prall in Dixon on January 17, 1946. During...
Doris Burcham
Jan 5, 2013
Doris Julia (Powell) Burcham, 98, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2013, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Doris was born to Marilda Ann Holley Powell and Oliver Preston Powell on July 2, 1914, on a farm near Orson in Harrison County, Iowa. She grew up in Mondamin, Iowa, and graduated from Mondamin High School in l931....
Lavonne Klinkefus
Dec 31, 2012
Lavonne Klinkefus, the daughter of Herbert and Mabel (Miller) Bylund, was born December 12, 1919, at her parents’ home near Viola Township, Audubon County, Iowa. At the time of her birth there was a raging blizzard and Herbert had to meet the Doctor on a sled. She died December 31, 2012 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at...
Evelyn Joann Huffman
Dec 28, 2012
Evelyn Joann Huffman, the daughter of Theodore and Nellie Petersen Madsen, was born April 22, 1927, at her Aunt’s home near Exira, Iowa and died December 28, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 8 months, and 6 days. Evelyn was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa. She...
Helen Gray
Dec 23, 2012
Helen L. Gray, 72, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Helen was born November 12, 1940, in Dayton, Iowa, to Ernest and Amanda Bass. She grew up in and around Fort Dodge and later lived in Des Moines before settling in Atlantic. Helen attended grade school through the second...
James (Jim) Delbert Jensen
Dec 20, 2012
James (Jim) Delbert Jensen of Kimberling City, Missouri formerly of Audubon, Iowa, the son of Jens B. and Hilda (Petersen) Jensen, was born January 18, 1940, in Audubon, Iowa and died December 20, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri surrounded by his family at the age of 72 years, 11 months, and 2 days. Jim was baptized and confirmed...
Tamira Amos
Dec 20, 2012
Tamira Kay (Darnold) Amos passed away December 20, 2012 at Cass County Memorial Hospital at the age of 54. Tami was born on October 18, 1958 in Corning, Iowa to Duane B. and Carolyn J. (McKinley) Darnold. She grew up in Atlantic and attended Atlantic High School and was part of the Class of 1977. Tami was married to...
Judith Altfillisch-Kehm
Dec 19, 2012
Judith Altfillisch Kehm of Scottsdale, Arizona, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012, in Scottsdale. Judith Gayle Fann was born July 11, 1941, in Clarinda, Iowa, to Lyle and Edris (Mason) Fann. She went to school in Clarinda, Iowa, graduating from Clarinda High School in 1959. She then attended Northwest Missouri State University, being a...
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