Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Frances Mae Hansen

Frances Mae Hansen

Jan 15, 2012

Frances Mae Hansen, the daughter of Nels and Clara Whitted Johnson, was born May 6, 1917 at her parents’ home in Exira, Iowa and died January 15, 2012 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 8 months, and 9 days. Frances was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Christian Church in Exira,...

Merle Snyder

Merle Snyder

Jan 13, 2012

Merle Alfred Snyder, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 13, 2012, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He was born October 8, 1923, to Arthur R. and Adrian Imo (Ryan) Snyder in Palmayra, Missouri. Merle graduated from high school in Liberty, Illinois, in 1941. He married Anabeth King in 1941 and to this union...

Dorothy Rueb

Dorothy Rueb

Jan 12, 2012

Dorothy Jean (Gordon) Rueb, long-time resident of Algona, Iowa, and Bella Vista, Arkansas, entered into rest on January, 12, 2012, at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa, at the age of 86. She was born August 10, 1925, in Sheldon, Iowa, to Frank Gordon & Cora (Michael) Gordon. Dorothy graduated from Sheldon High School in 1941. After graduation she moved...

Edward Burdette Kautzky

Edward Burdette Kautzky

Jan 11, 2012

Edward Burdette Kautzky, the son of Edward Francis and Bernice Louise Crellin, was born April 29, 1926, at his parents’ home near Minburn, Iowa and died January 11, 2012 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 8 months, and 12 days. Ed was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in...

Gladys Evelyn Hansen

Gladys Evelyn Hansen

Jan 8, 2012

Gladys Evelyn Hansen, the daughter of Nels and Claudine Greve Olsen, was born February 9, 1922, at her parents’ home northwest of Exira, Iowa and died January 8, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 10 months, and 29 days. Gladys was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. She attended rural...

Robert Swanson

Robert Swanson

Jan 8, 2012

Robert (Bob) Swanson, 78, a long time resident of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on May 18, 1933. He was adopted by Howard and Hazel (Sudduth) Swanson of Neola, Iowa. He moved to Walnut, Iowa, and graduated from Atlantic High School...

James Mathisen

James Mathisen

Jan 6, 2012

James Milo Mathisen was born in Atlantic, Iowa, March 16, 1948, to Genevieve (Rotherham) and James (Mike) Mathisen and passed away January 6, 2012, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa, at the age of 63. The eldest of five children, he grew up with his brothers and sisters in Atlantic. After graduating high school in 1966, Jim...

William Matthew 'Matt' Schrier

William Matthew 'Matt' Schrier

Jan 5, 2012

William Matthew “Matt” Schrier, the son of William Thomas and Rose Ann Sweeney Porter, was born April 25, 1969, in Corning, Iowa, and died January 5, 2012, at his home in Exira, Iowa, at the age of 42 years, 8 months, and 10 days. When Matt was young, Rose married Stanley Schrier who adopted the children and raised them. Matt...

Darrell Spencer

Darrell Spencer

Jan 3, 2012

Darrell Spencer, 68, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehab in Atlantic, Iowa. At Darrell's request, cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time. Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic, Iowa is assisting Darrell's family.

N. Lucille Mulford

N. Lucille Mulford

Jan 2, 2012

Nadine Lucille Mulford, the daughter of Morton and Edith Wright Guy, was born April 28, 1915, at her parents’ home in Beadle County near Huron, South Dakota and died January 2, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 96 years, 8 months, and 4 days. The family moved from South Dakota to Guthrie County, Iowa...

Betty Irene Christensen

Betty Irene Christensen

Jan 2, 2012

Betty Irene Christensen, the daughter of Jens K. and Lena Hansen Jensen, was born August 4, 1920, at her parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died January 2, 2012, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 91 years, 4 months, and 28 days. Betty was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in...

Wanda Berg

Wanda Berg

Jan 2, 2012

Wanda Lee Rathman was born on September 11, 1933, the daughter of Victor John and Adella (Palmer) Rathman in Massena, Iowa, and passed away Monday, January 2, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. As a child, Wanda lived on a farm north of Anita. Her family later moved to Atlantic where she attended the...

Max Mackrill

Max Mackrill

Jan 2, 2012

Max Charley Mackrill was born December 13, 1935, in Griswold, Iowa, the son of Robert Jackson and Mamie (Sanders) Mackrill and passed away at the Cass County Memorial Hospital on Monday, January 2, 2012. He attended country school in the Wiota, Anita and Adair areas. On August 4, 1954, he married Grace Wahlert. The couple lived in Omaha, Atlantic,...

Pauline Edwards

Pauline Edwards

Dec 30, 2011

Pauline Nellie Edwards, 89, passed away Friday, December 30, 2011, at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Anita. Pauline was born September 11, 1922, near Lyman, Iowa, to Ross Edward Havens and Nellie (Johnson) Havens. She graduated with the class of 1941 from the Atlantic High School. She worked in Atlantic during the war years, including assistant manager of Scotts...

Dorothy Ilien Anderson

Dorothy Ilien Anderson

Dec 28, 2011

Dorothy Ilien Carlson Anderson, the youngest of nine children of Albin and Rose Etta Lofgren Carlson, was born December 8, 1923, at her parents’ home near Griswold, Iowa and went home to Heaven on December 28, 2011, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 88 years and 20 days. Dorothy was raised in...

Josephine Helen Gibson

Josephine Helen Gibson

Dec 27, 2011

Josephine Helen (Damon) Gibson of Audubon, Iowa went home to be with her Lord and Savior on December 27, 2011 after a brief battle with cancer. Josephine was born April 18, 1936, at the home of her parents, George and Mabel (Carlson) Damon in Humboldt, Nebraska. She was baptized into the Evangelical United Brethren Church at Dawson, Nebraska as an...

James Rush

James Rush

Dec 27, 2011

Jim Rush was born July 3, 1946, in New Harmony, Indiana, to Elvis and Evelyn (Reeves) Rush and passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2011, at his residence in Atlantic, Iowa, at the age of 65. During his younger years his family moved from Indiana and lived in several places before settling in Atlantic, Iowa, as Jim entered his teenage...

Donald Franklin Toft

Donald Franklin Toft

Dec 26, 2011

Donald Franklin Toft, the son of Thomas and Esther Petersen Toft, was born October 4, 1930 at his parents’ home in Oakfield Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died December 26, 2011 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 2 months, and 22 days. Don was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church...

Muryl Vokt

Muryl Vokt

Dec 26, 2011

Muryl Jean Rathman was born April 15, 1931, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas A. and Marie Katherine (Tibken) Rathman and passed away Monday, December 26, 2011, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She was baptized in the Franklin Lutheran Church in Wiota, Iowa, and then confirmed in the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Anita...

Bruce Brown

Bruce Brown

Dec 24, 2011

Bruce Brown, 86, of Redfield, Iowa, died December 24, 2011, at the Perry Lutheran Home in Perry, Iowa. Bruce was born November 28, 1925, in Casey, Iowa, the fourth son of Zort P. and Cora Brown. Bruce was an army veteran who first worked at the Centerville Airport where he was a mechanic and attained his pilot's license. Later...