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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Barbara Peterson
Feb 23, 2012
Barbara Lea Peterson, 78, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic. She was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 8, 1933 to Harry and Opal (Middleton) Yost. Barb graduated from Anita High School. She was united in marriage to Don Peterson in Anita, Iowa. To this union four children...
Kelly Burmeister
Feb 21, 2012
Kelly Dean Burmeister was born December 22, 1962, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Cleo Wayne and Sharlene Marie (Baier) Burmeister and passed away February 21, 2012, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. He grew up in Anita, Iowa, and attended the Anita High School. Following high school, Kelly moved to Aurora, Colorado, where he worked as a carpenter...
Clarence Summers
Feb 21, 2012
Clarence Lloyd Summers, age 81, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away February 21, 2012, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Born April 7, 1930, in Oakland, Iowa, he was the son of Clarence H. Summers and Ida Mae Morrisson. He grew up in the Elk Horn/Exira area. He was baptized in his parent's home by Pastor Anders Hansen of Elk...
E. Ehle
Feb 19, 2012
Elda Lorraine Ehle, 86, of Lyman, Iowa died Sunday morning, February 19, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa, where she had resided since May 2008. Lorraine was born March 13, 1925, to Cecil D. and Georgia (Thomas) Taylor in Lincoln Township, Cass County, Iowa. On January 14, 1942, Lorraine married Delbert C. Ehle in Anita, Iowa....
Mary Johnson
Feb 19, 2012
Mary Joan Biggs was born February 14, 1934, the daughter of George Edward and Julia (Exline) Biggs in Anita, Iowa, and passed peacefully away Sunday, February, 19, 2012, at the New Mark Care Center in Kansas City, Missouri. She grew up in Anita, graduating from the Anita High School in 1951. In 1952, Joan was married to Dennis Allen...
Wilma Faye Frederiksen
Feb 18, 2012
Wilma Faye Frederiksen, the daughter of Jacob C. and Emma D. Boseck Miller was born September 22, 1918 in Pocassett, Oklahoma and died February 18, 2012 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 4 months, and 26 days. Faye was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. She attended rural...
Jane Wessling
Feb 17, 2012
Jane M. Broich was born February 22, 1936, the daughter of Matthew Frank and Loretta (Steffes) Broich in Carroll, Iowa, and passed away Friday, February 17, 2012, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. She grew up in Willey, Iowa, attending school in Carroll at St. Lawrence Catholic School, then graduating from the St. Angela Academy in...
Corwin Keith Kitelinger
Feb 13, 2012
Corwin Keith Kitelinger, the son of Keith and Ethel Knudsen, Kitelinger, was born December 30, 1935, at his grandparents Knudsen home in rural Audubon County near Brayton, Iowa and died February 13, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 76 years, 1 month, and 13 days. Corwin was baptized at the Oakhill Danish Lutheran...
Elinor 'Babe' Pauline Krogh
Feb 11, 2012
Elinor Pauline Krogh, the youngest of seven children of Hans Marius and Ingeborg Birgytha Edvardsen Jensen, was born June 23, 1919, at her parent’s home in Ware, Texas and died February 11, 2012, at the Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 7 months, and 18 days. Being the youngest child, Elinor, was nicknamed...
Annamae Lawrence
Feb 11, 2012
AnnaMae Sarah Lawrence, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, died February 11, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. AnnaMae was born June 2, 1919, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Lester and Lora (Coffelt) Pond. She attended school through the 8th grade. AnnaMae was united in marriage to Walter F. Proehl in January of 1938. After that marriage ended,...
John Hatfield
Feb 10, 2012
A celebration of John's life will be held Saturday, February 25, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in the American Legion Hall in Anita, Iowa. Interment of cremains will be held after the service at 10:45 a.m., in Evergreen Cemetery, Anita, Iowa. John was born February 5, 1962, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Charles William and Marie Jean Hatfield. He had...
Larry Ward
Feb 7, 2012
Larry Lee Ward Jr. was born on January 16, 1962, in Fort Benning, Georgia, the son of Larry Lee Ward Sr. and Kathryn Mardell (Hair) Ward and passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his mother, Kathryn Ward. Larry is survived by his father Larry Ward Sr. of...
Virginia Mae Mathisen
Feb 2, 2012
Virginia Mae Mathisen, the daughter of Mads and Katie Jepsen Lange, was born June 13, 1926, at her parent’s home near Marne, Iowa and died February 2, 2012, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 6 months, and 19 days. Virginia was baptized at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn,...
Jennifer Ruhl
Feb 1, 2012
Jennifer Marie Jerkovich Ruhl was born February 15, 1958 to Charles and Pat Jerkovich in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at her home in Anita, Iowa, at the age of 53. She grew up in Council Bluffs and graduated high school in 1976. She chose a career in the health care profession, and became...
Frances Olive Carter
Jan 31, 2012
Frances Olive Carter, the daughter of John Michael and Alice Olive Gardner Renftle was born February 28, 1924, at her parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died January 31, 2012 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 11 months, and 7 days. Frances was baptized at the First United Methodist Church in Audubon. Frances...
Roger Rubel
Jan 31, 2012
Roger Lee Rubel was born December 12, 1939, in Carroll, Iowa, the son of Russell William and Wilma Elaine (Behler) Rubel and passed away January 31, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa, after a long, hard fought battle with Diabetes. He grew up in Greely Township, Audubon County, Iowa, where he attended grade school at Greeley...
L. Marcelyn Frederiksen
Jan 28, 2012
Lois Marcelyn Frederiksen, the daughter of Edgar and Lois Hardy Miller, was born August 4, 1933, at her parents’ home near Audubon, Iowa and died January 28, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 5 months, and 24 days. Marcelyn attended rural school near Audubon and then graduated from the...
Russell Eugene Petersen
Jan 27, 2012
Russell Eugene Petersen, the son of Alvin and Sarah (Peterson) Petersen, was born December 24, 1925, at his parents’ home in Douglas Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died January 27, 2012, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 1 month, and 3 days. Russell attended rural school in Audubon County and then...
Micheal Holly Jewell
Jan 27, 2012
Micheal Holly Jewell, the son of Holly Bonwell and Mildred Hansen Jewell was born August 16, 1945, at the Jewell Clinic in Perry, Iowa and died January 27, 2012 at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 66 years, 5 months, and 11 days. Mike was baptized at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon and later baptized and...
Vicki Parker
Jan 27, 2012
Vicki Jo Parker, 57, of Avoca, Iowa, passed away January 27, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, after a brief illness. Vicki was born June 4, 1954, to Wayne and Mary Jo (Grinstead) Pedersen in Atlantic, Iowa. She grew up on her grandparent's farm and attended school in Exira, Iowa. Vicki was baptized and confirmed in the...
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