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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Hazel Newton
Sep 28, 2011
Hazel L. (Shields) Newton was born November 26, 1931, to Nelson and Pearl (Briner) Shields in Decatur County, Iowa. She passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2011, at Cass County Memorial Hospital Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Hazel is survived by her loving husband of 61 years Hugh B. Newton of Lewis, IA; two sons, Dan (Cheryl) Newton of Atlantic,...
Kenneth S. Christensen
Sep 24, 2011
Kenneth Schmidt Christensen, the son of Alfred H. and Dagney Schmidt Christensen, was born May 2, 1921, at his parents’ home in Pottawattamie County near Weston, Iowa and died September 24, 2011, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 4 months, and 22 days. Kenneth was baptized at a church near...
Billy Taylor
Sep 22, 2011
Billy Wesley Taylor was born April 20, 1930, the son of Murvin Newton and Madeline Taylor in Cass County, Iowa, and passed away Thursday, September 22, 2011, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He was raised in the Cass County area and attended country school. He resided in California for a few years, before returning...
Rex Miller
Sep 21, 2011
Rex Harry Miller, long time Anita, IA resident, died peacefully September 21, 2011, at the Allen House in Atlantic, IA. Rex was born to Carl Herman Miller and Nellie Pearl Harry Miller on July 16, 1918, in Adair, Iowa. He grew up in Anita and graduated from Anita High School and the American Institute of Business. He and Jane...
Sandra Kay Ericksen
Sep 20, 2011
Sandra Kay Ericksen, the daughter of Orville R. and Sylvia Paulsen Winther, was born October 18, 1940 at her grandmother Paulsen’s home in Hamlin, Iowa and died September 20, 2011 at the Exira Care Center at the age of 70 years, 11 months and 2 days. Sandra was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church. She attended rural school...
Duane Bierbaum
Sep 19, 2011
Duane E. Bierbaum of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 19, 2011, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs at the age of 86 years and 2 days. Duane was born September 17, 1925, in Pleasant Township, Cass County, Iowa, to Harry and Gladys (Ashbaugh) Bierbaum. He joined the Navy on November 17, 1943, and served as a Navy Seaman...
Doloris Carr
Sep 18, 2011
Doloris Alice (Wohlleber) Carr was born on May 28, 1923, in Cass County, Iowa the daughter of Fred and Mabel (Alexander) Wohlleber and passed away on September 18, 2011, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. The family lived north of Anita on a farm. Doloris attended country school and then school in Anita. On August 5,...
Betty Louise Lund
Sep 16, 2011
Betty Louise Lund, the daughter of Henry and Alice Bettis Reininger, was born September 27, 1921, in Shenandoah, Iowa and died September 16, 2011, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 11 months, and 14 days. Betty was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Brookings, South Dakota. She attended Brookings Community...
Cindy Lu Nuzum
Sep 14, 2011
Cindy Lu Nuzum, the daughter of R.C. and Ada Roxie Keith Bennefield was born August 5, 1963 in Laredo, Texas and died September 14, 2011 at her home near Audubon, Iowa at the age of 48 years, 1 month, and 9 days. Cindy is preceded in death by her parents; her brothers: Marvin Bennefield and Royce Bennefield; her sister Cherry...
Margaret Jensen
Sep 12, 2011
Margaret Stella Jensen, 87, was born July 30, 1924, in Atlantic, Iowa, and passed away Monday, September 12, 2011, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. On March 11, 1945, she married Alvin "Glen" Jensen in Omaha, Nebraska. Margaret worked as a housekeeper at the Atlantic Nursing Home. She was a member of the United Church...
Calvin Earl Campbell
Sep 10, 2011
Calvin Earl Campbell, the son of Earl and Myrtle Thompson Campbell, was born May 19, 1921, at his parents’ home in Viola Township, Audubon County, Iowa, and died September 10, 2011, at the Richfield Health Care Center in Richfield, Minnesota, at the age of 90 years, 3 months, and 21 days. Calvin was baptized and confirmed at Mount Zion Evangelical...
Betty Newman
Sep 10, 2011
Betty Lou Newman, 68, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2011, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Betty was born December 9, 1942, south of Wiota, Iowa, to Frederick and Dorothea (Chapman) Eden. She attended country school south of Anita and graduated from Anita High School with the class of 1961. She met Galen...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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