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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Lucille Simser
Jan 27, 2011
Ann Lucille Kitelinger Simser was born August 24, 1920, to George Sebastian and Anna T. (Thielen) Wieland in Brayton, Iowa, and passed away Thursday, January 27, 2011, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab in Atlantic, Iowa. Lucille lived on the family farm near Brayton until 1967 when she moved to Atlantic. She graduated from Exira High School in 1936. She...
Thelma Edwards
Jan 23, 2011
Thelma Marguerite Bickett was born on Aprl 10, 1913, the daughter of James Scott and Anna Rosemond (Vail) Bickett in Lewis, Iowa, and passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2011, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. She is survived by her niece, Dorothy Bokan of Lewis; and her great-nephew, Doug Ray and his wife, Mary of Atlantic; many...
Elaine Naomi Jensen
Jan 20, 2011
Elaine Naomi Jensen, the daughter of Lars J. and Amalie Jeppesen Christiansen was born September 13, 1929 at her parents home north of Kimballton, Iowa and died January 20, 2011 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital at the age of 81 years, 4 months and 7 days. Elaine was baptized and confirmed at the Bethany Lutheran Church northeast of Kimballton....
Donald Knudsen
Jan 19, 2011
Donald L. Knudsen, 72, of Atlantic, Iowa passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. Don was born March 23, 1938, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Christy and Mable Amanda (Clemsen) Knudsen. As a child, Don was baptized and confirmed into Saint Paul's Lutheran Church. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1956. Following...
Marvin Russell Thygesen
Jan 18, 2011
Marvin Russell Thygesen, the son of Ejner S. and Anna Jacobsen Thygesen, was born January 19, 1932 at his parents home in Viola Township Audubon County, Iowa and died January 18, 2011 at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 11 months, and 29 days. Marvin was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours...
Helen Elaine Hansen
Jan 17, 2011
Helen Elaine Hansen, the daughter of Chris and Christine Sonksen Albertsen, was born December 24, 1934, at her parents home in Douglas Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died January 17, 2011, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 76 years and 24 days. Helen was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lincoln Township northwest...
Donald Ault
Jan 17, 2011
Donald Edward Ault was born on November 27, 1958, in Clearwater, Florida, the son of William Clarence and Delpha Marie (Prye) Ault and passed away Monday, January 17, 2011, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He is preceded in death by his parents, William and Delpha Ault. Don is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Ault...
Courtney Ray
Jan 15, 2011
Courtney Craig Ray, 35, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Anita, Iowa passed away Saturday, January 15, 2011, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa. Courtney was born January 21, 1975. He loved all his brothers and his sister. Courtney adored his nieces and nephews. He was like a brother to his three uncles. He graduated from Anita High School...
Erma Elvira Nelson
Jan 13, 2011
Erma Elvira Nelson, the daughter of Andrew and Mary Johnson Hansen, was born May 28, 1919, at her parents home east of Audubon, Iowa in Melville Township, Audubon County an died January 13, 2011 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 7 months, and 15 days. Erma was baptized at Our Saviours Lutheran Church...
William (Bill) Tessman Burr
Jan 11, 2011
William (Bill) Tessman Burr, the son of Emmert A. and Ellowene Tessman Burr, was born July 1, 1951, in Carroll, Iowa and died January 11, 2011, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 59 years, 6 months, and 10 days. Bill was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Audubon. He attended...
Melvin Eugene Layland
Jan 10, 2011
Melvin Eugene Layland, the son of George and Hansena Hansen Layland, was born January 3, 1931, at his Aunts home in rural Exira, Iowa and died January 10, 2011, at his home in Glenwood, Iowa at the age of 80 years and 7 days. Melvin attended school in Hamlin, Iowa and later received his GED in 1973. Melvins parents were...
Wayne Lynn Madsen
Jan 10, 2011
Wayne Lynn Madsen, the son of Robert Edward and Barbara Jane Trachsel Madsen, was born May 27, 1952, in Carroll, Iowa and died January 10, 2011, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 58 years, 7 months, and 13 days. Wayne was baptized and confirmed at the First United Methodist Church in Audubon, Iowa....
Maxine Orstad
Jan 10, 2011
Maxine J. Orstad, 89, of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Monday, January 10, 2011, at the Cass County Hospice Center. Maxine June Orstad was born June 15, 1921, on a farm near Grant, Iowa, the daughter of Ralph and Louise (Lindner) Vetter. She attended school in Grant and graduated in 1939 from Grant High School. She was united in marriage...
Viola Juhler
Jan 9, 2011
Viola Ruth Juhler, 89, of Winterset, Iowa, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2011, at the Winterset Care Center South in Winterset, Iowa. Viola was born May 8, 1921, in Wiota, Iowa, the daughter of Bernhard and Clara (Nagel) Eilts. She graduated from Atlantic High School with the class of 1939. Following her graduation, Viola taught...
Alan Eugene Henriksen
Jan 8, 2011
Alan Eugene Henriksen, the son of Virgil and Betty Hindman Henriksen, was born August 8, 1959, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died January 8, 2011, at the Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 51 years and 5 months. Alan was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended Gray...
Michael Larsen
Jan 6, 2011
Michael Phillip Larsen was born January 27, 1955, the son of Darrel James and Agnes Monica (Muell) Larsen in Harlan, Iowa, and passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 6, 2011, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa. He graduated from the Harlan High School in 1974. Mike attended Iowa State University for two years where he was a member of...
Norma Larsen
Jan 6, 2011
Norma Jean Larsen, 76, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2011, at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Jeanie was born to Nellie and Floyd Chambers on a farm in rural Adair County on March 25, 1934. She graduated from the Casey Community School in 1951 and moved to Omaha Nebraska, to attend secretarial school....
Robert Einhaus
Jan 5, 2011
Robert "Bob" G. Einhaus, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bob was born July 1, 1922, in Hampton, Iowa, the son of John and Bertha (Heitman) Einhaus. He graduated from Hampton High with the class of 1940. Bob also served in the Untied States Army were he...
Annis Marie Zinke
Jan 4, 2011
Annis Marie Zinke, the daughter of Chris and Sena Christensen Krogh, was born April 13, 1918, at her parents home in Greeley Township, Audubon County, Iowa, and died January 4, 2011, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 8 months and 21 days. Annis was baptized and confirmed at the Danish Lutheran Church...
Barbara Taylor
Jan 4, 2011
Barbara Louise Nottleson Taylor, 78, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, died peacefully on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at the Cass County Hospice Center. She was born in Iola, Wisconsin, to Roy and Edith Nottleson of Scandinavia and was united in marriage to Curtis Lee Taylor of Iola on June 16, 1951. She graduated second in her class...
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