Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Norma J. Worster

Norma J. Worster

Apr 24, 2012

Norma Jeanette Worster, the daughter of Jens C. and Carrie Jensen Bruun, was born April 20, 1926, at her parents’ home in Audubon County, Iowa and died April 24, 2012, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years and 4 days. Norma was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon....

Nadine Wheeler

Nadine Wheeler

Apr 21, 2012

Nadine Wheeler, the daughter of John Meyer, Sr. and Ella Gude Meyer, was born September 16, 1925, at her parents’ home east of Exira, Iowa and died April 21, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 7 months, and 5 days. Nadine was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira, Iowa....

Dennis Reha

Dennis Reha

Apr 19, 2012

Dennis (Denny) Dean Reha was born August 25, 1941, and called to heaven April 19, 2012. Dennis was born to Vernon and Ruthe (McCarthy) Reha. Dennis was the elder to 6 siblings, Terry (Omaha, NE.), Con and wife Diane (Lincoln, NE.), Jim and Delores (Costa Mesa, CA), Mark and Trisha (Adair), Mary and Dan Waldrop (Plymouth, MN) and the...

David Nelson

David Nelson

Apr 19, 2012

David Lee Nelson was born March 3, 1937, in Atlantic, IA, to Mervin and Juanita (Schooley) Nelson. He grew up on a farm north of Atlantic, attended Pymosa elementary school and graduated from Atlantic High School with the Class of 1955. Following high school he enlisted in the United States Air Force, and was on active duty from 1955...

Freda Rosalie Hemmingsen

Freda Rosalie Hemmingsen

Apr 16, 2012

Freda Rosalie Hemmingsen, the daughter of Oluf and Lucie Berg Winther, was born November 23, 1921, at her parents’ home in Guthrie County near Coon Rapids, Iowa and died April 16, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 4 months, and 23 days. Freda was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church...

Harry Gill

Harry Gill

Apr 14, 2012

Harry Clair Gill, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Anita, Iowa, died April 14, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. He was born April 22, 1919, in Marne, Iowa, to Harry Amos and Linda Elizabeth (Kern) Gill. Clair graduated from the Anita High School. On September 18, 1946, he married Jean Wood. Clair was employed at...

Elizabeth Slayton

Elizabeth Slayton

Apr 14, 2012

Elizabeth "Betty" Slayton, 83, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield, Iowa. Elizabeth Ann Caltrider was born April 27, 1928, to Charles and Irene (Knauer) Caltrider in Guthrie County, Iowa. Betty lived in Casey and attended schools in Guthrie County. After high school she attended Teacher Training College and...

Beverly Nelson

Beverly Nelson

Apr 13, 2012

Beverly Ann McMurphy was born November 15, 1935, in Canby, Iowa, first child of Bernard and Marjorie (Christensen) McMurphy. She passed away Friday, April 13, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Bev was baptized at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Atlantic with her cousins Bob Bebensee and Mardell Richter in July of 1936. She...

Bessie Johnk

Bessie Johnk

Apr 13, 2012

Bessie Elizabeth Johnk was born to John and Rosena (Ficken) Jipp at the home of her parents in Grant Township, Guthrie County, Iowa, near Adair, on June 13, 1924. She passed away April 13, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Adair. She attended...

Denise Ann (Weber) Kysor

Denise Ann (Weber) Kysor

Apr 12, 2012

Denise Ann Kysor, the daughter of Dean and Charlotte Jensen Weber was born March 4, 1955 in Audubon, Iowa and died April 12, 2012 at her home in Gravette, Arkansas at the age of 57 years, 1 month, and 8 days. Denise was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. She attended grade school in Gray, Iowa...

June Clemens

June Clemens

Apr 12, 2012

June Maxine (Kennedy) Clemens, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, and Trenton, Missouri, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2012, at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd, Minnesota, at the age of 90. She is survived by sons, Mark E. (Karen) Clemens, of Port Townsend, Washington, and children, Malorie, Tyler and Miles, and their mother, Karen (Lang) Clemens, of Olympia, Washington; Jon...

Raymond Norre Nielsen

Raymond Norre Nielsen

Apr 8, 2012

Raymond Norre Nielsen, the son of Niels Peter and Henriette Fredricka Hansen Nielsen, was born March 11, 1914 at his parents’ home in Pottawatomie County near Underwood, Iowa and died April 8, 2012 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 98 years, and 27 days. Raymond was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran...

Hazel Watts

Hazel Watts

Apr 8, 2012

Hazel Louise Thorn was born February 20, 1938, the daughter of William Henry and Gladys Pauline (Kinman) Thorn in Coin, Iowa, and passed away Sunday, April 8, 2012, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. She grew up in Shenandoah, Iowa, graduating from Shenandoah High School. On June 22, 1957, Hazel married Frank D. "Butch" Watts at...

James John Johnson

James John Johnson

Apr 4, 2012

James John Johnson, the son of Lawrence Emery and Edna Katrina Hansen Johnson, was born June 20, 1933 at his parents’ home in Oakfield Township, Audubon County, Iowa near Brayton and died April 4, 2012 at his home in Brayton, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 9 months, and 14 day. James was baptized and confirmed at the Oak...

Wilma Rubel

Wilma Rubel

Apr 3, 2012

Wilma Elaine Behler was born July 18, 1917, the daughter of Henry and Lillian (Kopska) Behler in Audubon County, Iowa, and passed away April 3, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa. After her father passed away on December 10, 1918, her mother married Forrest McFadden on February 1, 1922. Wilma grew up on the farm in Audubon...

Richard Myers Jr.

Richard Myers Jr.

Mar 31, 2012

Richard Wayne Myers Jr., 54, of Manning, Iowa, was born the son of Richard Wayne and Margaret Rose (Carver) Myers Sr. on January 14, 1958, in Des Moines, Iowa, and passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Ric moved to Anaheim, California when he was 6 years old. He attended Katella High...

Rosell Petersen

Rosell Petersen

Mar 29, 2012

Rosell Edna Petersen, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Rosell was born April 7, 1919, the daughter of John and Clara (Alt) Olson in Audubon, Iowa. She grew up and remained in the Audubon, Atlantic and Elk Horn areas. Rosell attended Audubon country schools until the 8th grade....

Perry Junior Roberts

Perry Junior Roberts

Mar 28, 2012

Perry Junior Roberts, the son of Samuel Perry and Ellen Marie Bladt Roberts, was born April 30, 1921, at his parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died March 28, 2012, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 10 months, and 28 days. Perry was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church...

Dorothy Marie Lebeck

Dorothy Marie Lebeck

Mar 24, 2012

Dorothy Marie Lebeck, the daughter of Nels Christian and Anna Marie Lund Christensen, was born July 28, 1940 at her parents’ home northeast of Exira, Iowa and died March 24, 2012 at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 71 years, 7 months, and 24 days. Dorothy was baptized August 25, 1940 and confirmed April...

Helen Dressler

Helen Dressler

Mar 23, 2012

Helen Margaret Dressler, 100, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 23, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Helen, the daughter of William J. Clark and Iva Mae (Postier) Clark, was born in Owatonna, Minnesota, September 16, 1911. In 1918 she moved with her parents to Plainview, Texas, for a year, then to Hale Center, Texas. She graduated...