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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Ruth Downing
May 3, 2011
Ruth Ellen Downing, 80, of Stuart, IA, and formerly of Adair, IA, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at the Stuart Community Care Center. Ruth was born February 18, 1931 to Roy and Rose (Hofmeister) McMurphy in Adair County, IA. She attended Adair country schools from kindergarten through eighth grade, and then attended Adair High. After high school, she...
William Petty
May 3, 2011
William "Bill" Walter Petty, 77, of Atlantic, died at his home Tuesday, May 3, 2011, of lung cancer. The son of Ralph Paul and Anna Grace Petty, he was born Oct. 17, 1933. Bill and Edith Mann of Griswold were married Aug. 24, 1952, at the Wiota Lutheran Church south of Wiota and had three daughters. He lived in...
Elsie Miller
Apr 30, 2011
Elsie Mae Saltmarsh was born July 28, 1919, in Superior, Wisconsin, to Arthur Earl and Alma Lorraine (DeBord) Saltmarsh and passed away Saturday, April 30, 2011, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. As a young child, her family moved to Cass County where she resided for the rest of her life. Elsie first attended country school,...
Earl Olsen
Apr 29, 2011
Earl Olsen, the son of Jens and Laura Otzen Olsen, was born October 14, 1919, at his parents home near Elk Horn, Iowa and died April 29, 2011, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 6 months, and 15 days. Earl was baptized at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn, Iowa and...
Judith Lett
Apr 28, 2011
Judith Ann Lett was born October 3, 1949, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur H. and Eloise Grace (Wheatley) Lett Jr. and passed away Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. She lived on the family farm in Adair County, Iowa, until the family moved to Seattle, Washington when Judith was 4 years...
Mabel Marian Petersen
Apr 27, 2011
Mabel Marian Petersen, the daughter of Chris and Marie Hansen Larsen, was born June 4, 1922, at her parents home near Hamlin, Iowa and died April 27, 2011 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 10 months and 23 days. Mabel was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin. She attended...
Frances Marie Miller
Apr 22, 2011
Frances Marie Miller, the daughter of Jack and Nellie Gilliland Shenk, was born May 21, 1942, at her parents home in Ottawa, Kansas and died April 22, 2011, at her home in Brayton, Iowa at the age of 68 years, 11 months, and 1 day. Frances was baptized in the Baptist Church in Ottawa. She attended rural schools near Ottawa...
Kenneth Leslie Mcpherson
Apr 16, 2011
Kenneth Leslie McPherson, the son of Carl and Ione Mack McPherson was born March 2, 1947, in Carroll, IA and died April 16, 2011, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa following a brief battle with cancer at the age of 64 years, 1 month and 14 days. Ken was baptized in the Methodist Church and later confirmed...
Robert Turnbull
Apr 14, 2011
Robert H. Turnbull, 88, of Anita, Iowa and formerly of Atlantic and Cumberland, Iowa, passed away April 14, 2011 at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. In accordance to Robert's wishes, cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time. A private interment of his cremains will take place at a later date in York, Nebraska. Hockenberry...
Billie Parker
Apr 12, 2011
Billie Bryan Parker was born January 1, 1927, in Anita, Iowa, the son of Bryan and Carrie (Davenport) Parker and passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. After graduating from Anita High School in 1944, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the Philippines during WWII, and later served during the Korean Conflict. Bill...
James Mcdermott, Jr.
Apr 11, 2011
James "Mac" Bell McDermott Jr. was born on August 20, 1926, the son of James Bell and Mildred Matilda (Laartz) McDermott Sr. on the family farm east of Wiota, Iowa, and passed away on Monday, April 11, 2011, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Surviving Mac is his wife, Mary Jane McDermott of Atlantic, Iowa;...
Lindsey Ann Drake
Apr 8, 2011
Lindsey Ann Drake, the daughter of Arthur David and Jean Marilyn Christensen Doran, was born March 24, 1957, in Harlan, Iowa and died April 8, 2011, at her home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 54 years and 14 days. Lindsey was baptized and confirmed at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Harlan, Iowa. She attended Harlan Community...
Willus Mundorf
Apr 8, 2011
Willus George Mundorf, was born February 12, 1922, to George and Syrilda (Short) Mundorf, in Blair, Nebraska. He passed away Friday, April 8, 2011, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa, at the age of 89. Willus attended country school in Blair, NE, graduating in 1940. He married Bernice Goldbeck on May 24, 1942. He enlisted in the...
Wythial Drake
Apr 7, 2011
Wythial Edward Drake was born August 20, 1919, the son of Charles and Eunice (Ossler) Drake in Carson, Iowa, and passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2011, in Exira, Iowa. Wythial grew up in Carson, Iowa, attending school there. He then served in the United States Army in WW II. After his honorable discharge, he married Marie Gaffey in...
Mary Jane Frederiksen
Apr 6, 2011
Mary Jane Frederiksen, the daughter of Peter and Anna Larsen Frederiksen, was born May 23, 1922 at her parents home in Audubon, Iowa and died April 6, 2011 at St. Anthonys Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 10 months, and 13 days. Mary was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon. She...
Viola Zanders
Apr 5, 2011
Viola Evelyn Zanders, 98, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at Salem Lutheran Homes in Elk Horn, Iowa. Viola was born August 21, 1912, in Greenfield, Iowa, to Arthur and Pearl (Turner) Stone. She attended schools in the Greenfield and Fontanelle area and graduated from Greenfield High School. Viola was united in marriage to Dana Zanders...
Christine Coon
Apr 4, 2011
Christine S. Coon, 63, of Elk Horn, Iowa, formerly of Newark, Delaware, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2011, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Cremation has taken place and no local services are planned at this time. Christine is survived by her friend, Steve Hoyt of Elk Horn, Iowa; her sons, Robert Gouge and Edward...
Sylvia Marie Rattenborg
Apr 3, 2011
Sylvia Marie Rattenborg, the daughter of Chris P. and Anna Marie Leander Nelsen, was born July 2, 1920 at her parents home near Brayton, Iowa and died April 3, 2011 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 9 months and 1 day. Sylvia was baptized at the Oak Hill Lutheran Church west of Brayton,...
Cheryl Ann Nickel
Apr 1, 2011
Cheryl Ann Nickel, the daughter of Orville and Thelma Joens Howland, was born October 9, 1948, in Jefferson, Iowa and died April 1, 2011, at the Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota at the age of 62 years, 5 months, and 22 days. Cheryl was baptized at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. She attended school in Guthrie...
Lola Eileen Kluever
Mar 28, 2011
Cemetery: Inurnment will be in the Atlantic Cemetery in Atlantic, Iowa. Service: The Celebration Of Life graveside services will be conducted by Pastor Nancy Jensen on Thursday, April 7, 2011, at 10:00 A.M. at the Atlantic Cemetery in Atlantic, Iowa followed by aMemorial Service at 10:30 A.M.at the Hertitage House main lounge in Atlantic, Iowa.
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