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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Linda Fudge
Dec 16, 2012
Linda Lou Sanders was born July 15, 1951, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Gerald and Joan Sanders and passed away Sunday, December 16, 2012, at Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center. Linda had lived in both Omaha and Atlantic. Her hobbies included knitting, crocheting, and Indian collectibles. She loved to shop for her granddaughters. Preceding Linda in death were...
Lillian 'Granny' Mae Mahrt
Dec 14, 2012
Lillian “Granny” Mae Mahrt, the daughter of Frank and Mary (Harmachek) Chocholousek, was born November 15, 1923, at her parents’ home near Dixon, South Dakota and died December 14, 2012, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 89 years and 29 days. Lillian was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church in Dixon,...
Mary Ellen Andersen
Dec 14, 2012
Mary Ellen Andersen, the daughter of Ilo Lee and Edna Margarete (Sorensen) Jayne, was born January 6, 1942, at her grandparents’ home in Exira, Iowa and died December 14, 2012, at her home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 70 years, 11 months, and 8 days. Mary was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa....
Cora Blunk
Dec 9, 2012
C. Maxine Blunk, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Maxine was born to Charles Dean and Nola Marie (Daughenbaugh) Armstrong on November 18, 1925 and lived her early years on a farm located between Wiota and Anita. She attended school in Wiota, and as a high school student, gained...
Austin Lane Vais
Nov 29, 2012
Austin Lane Vais, the son of Joseph Michael and Julie Lynn (Finnell) Vais, was born March 30, 2000, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa and died November 29, 2012 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 29 days. Austin was dedicated at the Exira Christian Church...
Harley Niels Riesgaard
Nov 28, 2012
Harley Niels Riesgaard, the son of Chris Niels and Margaret (Kness) Riesgaard, was born January 17, 1926, at his parent’s home in Audubon County, east of Exira, Iowa and died November 28, 2012, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 10 months, and 11 days. Harley was baptized at the Exira Christian...
Ella Carolyn Lauritsen
Nov 26, 2012
Ella Carolyn Lauritsen, the daughter of Edward and Helen Moeckl Puck, was born December 30, 1941 at her parents’ home in Audubon County, Iowa and died November 26, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 70 years, 10 months, and 26 days. Ella was baptized and confirmed at the Gray Methodist Church. She attended...
Michael Bethel
Nov 21, 2012
Michael Dean Bethel, 65, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2012, at the Veteran's Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Mike is survived by his common law wife, Janice Peterson of Atlantic. Memorial services and burial of cremated remains in the Iowa Veteran's Cemetery in Van Meter, Iowa, will be held at a later date.
Doris Lemke
Nov 19, 2012
Doris Neva Griffith Lemke was the daughter of Ernest and Faye (Nelson) Griffith. She was born April 21, 1920, in Guthrie Center, Iowa, and passed away November 19, 2012, at Panora Nursing and Rehab in Panora, Iowa. Her mother, Faye, passed away three weeks after Doris was born. Carrie (Griffith) and Frank Armstrong raised Doris as their foster daughter....
Anna Paulsen
Nov 18, 2012
Anna Margaret Janssen was born August 29, 1925, Onaka, South Dakota, the daughter of Albert R. and Freda (Dufloth) Janssen and passed away Sunday, November 18, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Anna attended school in Owasa, Hardin County, Iowa, graduating in 1943. She lived in Atlantic for several years and then moved to Council Bluffs, eventually...
Louise Geraldine Dreher
Nov 13, 2012
Louise Geraldine Dreher, the daughter of Charles Arthur and Amy Rachel (Harris) Hetrick, was born August 5, 1922, in rural Pottawattamie County near Oakland, Iowa and died November 13, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 3months, and 8 days. Louise was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She attended rural school...
Richard Richter
Nov 13, 2012
Richard Grant Richter was born June 6, 1925, the son of Ralph William and Ruth Rae (Turner) Richter near Anita, Iowa, and passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. He was a life time Cass County resident, graduating from the Anita High School in 1942. Richard was the valedictorian of his class...
Sherri Alder
Nov 13, 2012
Sherri Lynn Alder, 50, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at her home in Atlantic. Sherri is survived by her daughter, Jessica Pritchett of Atlantic; her mother, Shirley Alder of St. Joseph, Missouri, her sister, Lisa (James) Hemphill of Atlantic and her nieces and nephews, Emily, Logan, Olivia and Carter Hemphill all of Atlantic. A...
Rhonda Marie Rose Anthofer
Nov 12, 2012
Rhonda Marie Rose Anthofer, the daughter of Delmus Edmund and Rose Lorraine Sporrer Hacker was born January 28, 1961, in Carroll, Iowa and died November 12, 2012, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 51 years, 9 months, and 14 days. Rhonda was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Audubon, Iowa. She...
Dr. "Doc"
Nov 11, 2012
Dr. Richard Felix Coatney passed away November 11, 2012, at the age of 78, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Doc was born to Martin and Goldie (Faulkner) Coatney on July 23, 1934 at Tulsa, Oklahoma. He attended St. Francis Xavier Grade School and Okmulgee High School, graduating in 1952. The following fall, he entered Oklahoma...
Glen Gustafson
Nov 9, 2012
Glen Howard Gustafson was born August 30, 1922, on a farm near Marne, Iowa, the son of Leonard Joseph and Agnes Othelia (Nord) Gustafson and passed away Friday, November 9, 2012, at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Adair High School with the class of 1940. Glen attended airplane mechanics tech school in Des Moines, and...
Goldie Uhlmann
Nov 7, 2012
Goldie Rose Uhlmann, 97, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2012, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab in Anita. She was born September 20, 1915, to Louie and Rose (Zimmerline) Peterson on the family farm in Adair County, Iowa. Goldie attended country schools until the eighth grade. As a teenager, she worked as a housekeeper for new...
Lorraine Marie Anderson
Nov 4, 2012
Lorraine Marie Anderson, the daughter of Edward and Laura (Deist) Jensen, was born September 25, 1922, at her parents’ home in Leroy Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died November 4, 2012, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 1 month, and 9 days. Lorraine was baptized and confirmed at the Ross Evangelical United...
Vaughn Todd Bowman
Nov 3, 2012
Vaughn Todd Bowman, the son of Warren and Wilma (Ditto) Bowman, was born June 29, 1959, in Guthrie Center, Iowa and died November 3, 2012, at the Thomas Rest Haven in Coon Rapids, Iowa at the age of 53 years, 4 months, and 4 days. Vaughn was baptized at the Lone Star Church east of Audubon, Iowa and confirmed at...
Duane Nielsen
Nov 2, 2012
Duane Dale Nielsen was born June 17, 1943, the son of Carl Clifford and Ordena (Kruckberg) Nielsen in Albert Lea, Minnesota, and passed away Friday, November 2, 2012, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. He grew up in California, graduating from the Long Beach High School. He entered the Army in 1968, serving in Viet Nam from...
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