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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Robert John Schmitz
Dec 23, 2011
Robert John Schmitz, the son of William and Margaret Brincks Schmitz, was born January 27, 1929, in Carroll, Iowa and died December 23, 2011, at the Nebraska Veterans Home in Grand Island, Nebraska at the age of 82 years, 10 months, and 26 days. Bob was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Dedham, Iowa. He attended the...
Marty Kinzie
Dec 23, 2011
Marty Dean Kinzie was born July 26, 1955, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Cecil Dean and Joyce Lorene (Dorsey) Kinzie and passed away Friday, December 23, 2011, at his home in Anita, Iowa. He lived with his family on a farm north of Anita until he was 10 years old. He then moved to his home on Michigan...
Louis 'Louie' Philip Lauritsen
Dec 19, 2011
Louis Philip Lauritsen, the son of Anders (Andrew) and Maren Pehlsen Lauritsen, was born March 3, 1923 at his parents’ home near Hamlin, Iowa and died December 19, 2011 at his home in Farmington, New Mexico at the age of 88 years, 9 months, and 16 days. Louis (Louie) was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin,...
Lucille Edith Kjergaard
Dec 14, 2011
Lucille Edith Kjergaard, the daughter of Clarence and Elsie Larsen Nelson, was born October 4, 1925 at her parents’ home near Harlan, Iowa and died December 14, 2011 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 2 months, and 10 days. Lucille was baptized at the Bethel Baptist Church in Harlan, Iowa and later confirmed...
Nadene Hansen
Dec 14, 2011
Nadene K. Hansen, 77, of Kimballton, IA, passed away December 14, 2011, at Cass County Memorial Hospital. Per Nadene's wishes, cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton, IA at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 19, 2011. Hockenberry Family Care is assisting the family.
John 'Butch' Smith Dennis
Dec 10, 2011
John “Butch” Smith Dennis, the son of Fred Benjamin and Ethel Elsie Dueling Dennis was born February 8, 1928, at his parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died December 10, 2011, at the Cass County Homecare/Hospice in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 10 months and 2 days. John was baptized and confirmed at the First United Methodist...
Mary Nadine Stewart
Dec 8, 2011
Mary Nadine Stewart, the daughter of Jerry and Mabel Zimmerman Hopkins was born June 18, 1929, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and died December 8, 2011, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 5 months and 20 days. Mary was baptized and confirmed at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. She attended Mount Mercy...
Rodney Carlson
Dec 5, 2011
Rodney Gene Carlson was born July 28, 1956, the son of Emery Wilmar and Maxine Lenora (Petersen) Carlson in Harlan, Iowa, and passed away Monday, December 5, 2011, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Rodney grew up in Elk Horn, Iowa, and attended the Elk Horn-Kimballton schools. He was married to Marcia Petersen on November 20,...
George Siepker
Nov 29, 2011
George Anthony Siepker, 83, the son of John and Rosa (Langenfeld) Siepker, was born December 28, 1927, near Templeton, Iowa, and died November 29, 2011, at his home north of Audubon, Iowa. George was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Templeton. He attended Sacred Heart Catholic School through sixth grade. During his younger years, George traveled...
Betty Jane Madsen
Nov 28, 2011
Betty Jane Madsen, the daughter of George and Edna Marie Christensen Hansen, was born September 27, 1927 at her parents’ home west of Audubon, Iowa and died November 28, 2011 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 2 months and 1 day. Betty was baptized November 20, 1927 at the Danish Lutheran Church in...
Walter Alan Kilworth
Nov 26, 2011
Walter Alan Kilworth, the son of Alonzo Hollis and Sadie Mae Tando Kilworth was born February 9, 1936, at his aunt and uncle’s, Jeff and Lizzy Roberts’ home in Brayton, Iowa and died November 26, 2011, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 75 years, 9 months and 17 days. Walter was baptized May...
B. Flay Walters
Nov 23, 2011
Belva Flay Walters, the daughter of William Harry and Edith Estelle Ary Searls, was born March 15, 1915 at her parents’ home in Hamlin Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died November 23, 2011 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 96 years, 8 months, and 8 days. Flay was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian...
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