Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Edna Sullivan

Edna Sullivan

Sep 8, 2011

Edna Sullivan, 83, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2011, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa where she had been a resident for four years. She was born December 22, 1927, to Bertha (Nielsen) and Charles Glade in Adair County, Iowa. Edna attended country school until attending and graduating from Bridgewater High School in 1945. She continued...

Corey Menefee

Corey Menefee

Sep 6, 2011

Corey William Menefee was born April 5, 1976, at the Greater Community Hospital in Creston, Iowa, the son of William Merle and Sherri Jean (Jacobson) Menefee and passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2011, at his home in Atlantic. He was baptized in April of 1977 at the Highland United Methodist Church in rural Fontanelle and was confirmed on...

Alice Lorraine Kyndesen

Alice Lorraine Kyndesen

Sep 4, 2011

Alice Lorraine Kyndesen, the daughter of Chris and Maren (Miah) Petersen Back, was born September 12, 1926, at her parent’s home in Exira Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died September 4, 2011, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 11 months, and 22 days. Alice was baptized October 17, 1926, by Pastor...

Eric Larsen

Eric Larsen

Sep 4, 2011

Eric Allan Larsen, "Uncle Herky", treasured son, brother, husband, father, uncle, cousin, and friend passed away at his home on Sunday, September 4, 2011, with his loving family and friends in his presence due to complications of peritoneum cancer. He was 48 years old. Eric was born April 26, 1963 to Darald Larsen and Betty (Saunders) Larsen in Ames,...

Charles Kinen

Charles Kinen

Sep 3, 2011

Charles (Chuck) William Kinen was born in Atlantic, Iowa, February 20,1941, to William F. and Gladys C. (Miller) Kinen. He entered into rest at his home September 3, 2011, at the age of 70.Chuck was raised on a farm north of Wiota and graduated from the Wiota High School in 1959. He attended Northwest Missouri State College...

Edna C. May

Edna C. May

Sep 2, 2011

Edna Clair May, the daughter of Benjamin F. and Maude ( ) Kreamer, was born February 28, 1919, in Griswold, Iowa and died September 2, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of 92 years, 6 months, and 4 days. Edna attended rural schools near Griswold and then graduated from the Exira High...

Victor John Chris Bauer

Victor John Chris Bauer

Sep 2, 2011

Victor John Chris Bauer, the youngest of five children of John William and Anna Koenig Bauer, was born October 13, 1918, at his parents’ home in northwest Audubon County and died September 2, 2011, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 10 months, and 19 days. Victor was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical...

Donna Woodward

Donna Woodward

Aug 31, 2011

Donna Woodward, 85, of Lewis, Iowa, died Wednesday, August 31, 2011, at her home in Lewis. The daughter of Leo Boyd and Minnie Breede Prall, Donna was born November 8, 1925, in Atlantic, Iowa. She graduated from Atlantic High School in 1944 and married Roscoe (Rock) Woodward on March 25, 1944. They farmed south of Lewis until 1998 when...

Patricia Ann Hansen

Patricia Ann Hansen

Aug 30, 2011

Patricia Ann Hansen, the daughter of Fred and Elloween Mardesen Crees, was born March 13, 1935 at her grandparents home in rural Audubon County near Exira, Iowa and died August 30, 2011 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 76 years, 5 months, and 17 days. Pat was baptized at the Exira Christian Church...

Clair Mattheis

Clair Mattheis

Aug 30, 2011

H. Clair Mattheis, 85, passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, Atlantic, Iowa. Clair was born October 31, 1925, the son of John Weber and Lulu Belle (Howell) Mattheis northeast of Cumberland, in Cass County, Iowa. He was a life long Cass County resident. He graduated from Cumberland High School in 1943 and started...

Gilbert Mueller

Gilbert Mueller

Aug 25, 2011

Gilbert was born to Fred and Lillie Mueller on October 19th, 1916 outside of Griswold, Iowa, during a snowstorm. His father passed away three months later, but he was raised by a loving Christian mother and his doting sisters. Gilbert graduated from Griswold High School in 1934 and went on to work at the creamery in Griswold and for...

David Emanuel Lansman

David Emanuel Lansman

Aug 24, 2011

David Emanuel Lansman, the son of Charles Spurgeon and Johanna M. Rasmussen Lansman, was born December 24, 1929, at his parents’ home in Ross, Iowa and died August 24, 2011, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 81 years and 8 months. Dave was baptized and confirmed at the Ross Calvary United Methodist Church...

"Bill" Libby

"Bill" Libby

Aug 22, 2011

Clarence William "Bill" Libby was born August 21, 1943, in Atlantic, Iowa, the eldest son of Clarence Eugene and Lillian Marie (Baier) Libby. He entered into rest at the age of 68 years, one day, on August 22, 2011 at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, NE. Bill was raised in Exira and Council Bluffs, Iowa, graduating from Thomas Jefferson...

Ilah Mueller

Ilah Mueller

Aug 22, 2011

Ilah Pauline Jobst was born November 9, 1919, the daughter of Adolph Wilhelm and Ida Norine Elizabeth (Scar) Jobst in Madison County, Iowa, and passed away at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa, on Monday, August 22, 2011. She grew up in rural Madison County and graduated from Earlham High School in May of 1937. Upon graduation,...

Bryan Jensen

Bryan Jensen

Aug 20, 2011

Bryan Donald Jensen, 50, of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, died Saturday afternoon, August 20, 2011, in Kansas City, MO, when his aerobatic biplane crashed at the Kansas City Aviation Expo Air Show. Bryan was born on June 11, 1961, in Atlantic, IA to Don and Marcella (Kay) Jensen. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1979, where he wrestled...

Joann Hulsebus

Joann Hulsebus

Aug 20, 2011

JoAnn Mae (Harter) Hulsebus was born December 23, 1941, in Brayton, Iowa, the daughter of Dale Valentine and Velma Viola (Sorenson) Harter and passed away from cancer, detected only weeks ago, on Saturday, August 20, 2011, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She attended schools in Brayton, Laura, Oakfield and Exira. On November 6, 1966, she married...

Arild Magne Christensen

Arild Magne Christensen

Aug 16, 2011

Arild Magne Christensen, the son of Anton and Margaret Rasmussen Christensen, was born November 3, 1929, at his parents’ home in Kimballton, Iowa and entered into peaceful rest August 16, 2011, at the Crestview Care and Rehabilitation Center in West Branch, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 9 months, and 13 days. Arild was baptized and confirmed at the...

Evelyn Spargur

Evelyn Spargur

Aug 15, 2011

Evelyn Delores Valduga was born on December 10, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Rudolph and Myrtle (Hought) Valduga and passed away on Monday, August 15, 2011, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Delores graduated from high school in Richmond Heights, Ohio, where she met and was married to Dale Spargur on March 6, 1945. The couple lived in...

Mary Jeanette Possehn

Mary Jeanette Possehn

Aug 12, 2011

Mary Jeanette Possehn, the daughter of Hans and Alice Ross Petersen, was born February 5, 1922, at her parent’s home in Audubon, Iowa and died August 12, 2011, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 6 months, and 7 days. Mary was baptized at the Audubon Christian Church. She attended Audubon Community Schools graduating...

Sarah Jespersen

Sarah Jespersen

Aug 12, 2011

Sarah Jane (Johnson) Jespersen was born January 26, 1957, in Atlantic, Iowa, and lost her battle with cancer on Friday, August 12, 2011. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Sarah was the third of five children born to Marion and Margery Johnson of Lewis, Iowa, spending her early years at the Johnson Dairy Farm, south...