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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Leroy Rochholz
Jan 27, 2012
LeRoy was born August 29, l930, in Guthrie County, Iowa, the son of Roy E. Rochholz and Bessie Fisher Rochholz. Bessie passed away when LeRoy was 10 months old. At this time his grandmother, Daisy Rochholz, helped with the family. He always said he was lucky to have had his older sister Norene, whom in many ways was like...
Mildred Jacobson
Jan 26, 2012
Mildred Jacobson, 93, of Atlantic, IA, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2012 at the Cass County Hospice Center. In accordance with Mildred's wishes, cremation has taken place and no other services are planned. Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic, Iowa is in charge of arrangements.
Jerold Gaines
Jan 25, 2012
Jerold Wayne Gaines Sr. (Jerry) was born July 14, 1935, the son of Wayne LaVerne and Bernice Elizabeth (Irish) Gaines and passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He was a long time resident of Atlantic. Jerry worked for Payless Cashways for 19 years and UBC for 10 years. He...
Mary Ann Peterson
Jan 24, 2012
Mary Ann Peterson, the oldest of eleven children of Harry and Gladys Jensen Bald, was born December 9, 1930, at the home of her grandparents, George and Ida Bald, in Lincoln Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died January 24, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 1 month, and 15 days. Mary Ann...
August Francis Conrad, Jr.
Jan 23, 2012
August Francis Conrad, Jr., the son of August, Sr. and Marie Jensen Conrad, was born July 1, 1918 at his parent’s home in Hamlin Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died January 23, 2012 at the Scenic Manor Nursing Home in Iowa Falls, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 6 months, and 22 days. August was baptized and confirmed at...
Merlin 'Butch' James Vonesh
Jan 21, 2012
Merlin “Butch” James Vonesh, the son of Frank and Clara Beitz Vonesh, was born November 21, 1933, at his parent’s home near Massena, Iowa, and died January 21, 2012, at the Mercy Hospice in Johnston, Iowa, at the age of 78 years and 2 months. Butch was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Massena, Iowa. He attended...
Gary Maverick Davis
Jan 19, 2012
Gary Maverick Davis, the son of John Anthony and Tamara Ann Larsen Davis, was born January 7, 1991, in Harlan, Iowa and died January 19, 2012, in an automobile accident in Irwin, Iowa at the age of 21 years and 12 days. Gary was baptized at the Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic, Iowa. He attended the Exira Community Schools graduating...
Lavina Marie Johnston
Jan 17, 2012
Lavina Marie Johnston, the daughter of Gustav and Mary Catherine Deidricksen Ratashack, was born December 28, 1924, at her parent’s home in Brighton Township near Marne, Iowa and died January 17, 2012, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital at the age of 87 years and 19 days. Lavina was baptized later as an adult at the First Christian Church in...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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