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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Minna Schmeling
Aug 12, 2011
Minna (Minnie) Schmeling was born August 26, 1926, in Rothges, Germany, the daughter of Karl and Minna Albert Nathes, and passed away Friday, August 12, 2011, at her residence in Atlantic, Iowa. Minnie was baptized September 12, 1926, and confirmed March 25, 1940, in Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Marienftifstirche, Zu Lich, Germany. She attended school in Lich, Germany. At...
David Sears
Aug 5, 2011
David Sears, 76, died Friday, August 5, 2011 after a lengthy illness of COPD at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic. David had dreams in his youth of being a doctor. As that didn't materialize, his final act was to donate his body to Des Moines University. Services will be held at the end of the study,...
Dorothy Ann Hansen
Aug 1, 2011
Dorothy Ann Hansen, the daughter of Earl and Esta Bengaard Frederick, was born March 11, 1934, at her parents’ home in Exira Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died August 1, 2011, at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 77 years, 4 months, and 20 days. Dorothy was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Christian Church in...
Burdell Hansen
Jul 31, 2011
Burdell Hansen, the son of Emmert A. and Audrey Humphries Hansen, was born January 22, 1949, in Carroll, Iowa and died July 31, 2011, in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 62 years, 6 months, and 9 days. Burdell was baptized at the Baptist Church east of Audubon. He attended grade school at Viola Center then graduated from Audubon High...
Marilyn Jean Tibken
Jul 28, 2011
Marilyn Jean Tibken, the daughter of Jesse LeRoy and Harriet Mary Naylor Taylor was born August 28, 1930, at her parents’ home in the Brea area near Anita, Iowa and died July 28, 2011, surrounded by her family at her home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 80 years and 11 months. Marilyn was baptized at the Anita Methodist...
Donald Leroy Paulsen
Jul 23, 2011
Donald Leroy Paulsen, the son of Hans Peter and Alma Jensen Paulsen, was born December 9, 1934, at his parents’ home near Brayton, Iowa and died July 23, 2011, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 76 years, 7 months, and 14 days. Don was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira....
Charles Taylor Manatt
Jul 22, 2011
Charles T. "Chuck" Manatt was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 9, 1936. His multifaceted 50-year career spanned law, diplomacy, farming, banking, politics, business, and philanthropy. He died on July 22, 2011 at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia. He was raised on an Audubon farm that was acquired by his grandfather in 1879. When not occupied by school or farm...
Jack Gearhart
Jul 20, 2011
Jack Ruxton Gearhart, 74, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at the Exira Care Center, Exira, Iowa. Jack was born September 30, 1936, to Glenn and Lois (Ruxton) Gearhart in Cascade, IA. His family moved to Nevada, IA when he was in elementary School. Jack and his family remained in Nevada through the rest of his...
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