Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas

Ellen Patrea Rasmussen

Ellen Patrea Rasmussen

Dec 31, 2010

Ellen Patrea Rasmussen, the daughter of Peter Thomas and Hansina Petersen Hansen, was born September 6, 1919, at her parents home in Viola Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died December 31, 2010, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 3 months, and 25 days Ellen was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church...

Mildred Christensen

Mildred Christensen

Dec 31, 2010

Mildred Rose Cameron was born at her parents' home in Menlo, Iowa, February 8, 1918, the daughter of Chester and Grace (Mills) Cameron and passed away Friday, December 31, 2010, at her home in Adair, Iowa. She lived most of her life in Guthrie County. On June 27, 1938, Mildred was married to George Edward Christensen in Greenfield, Iowa....

Ollivene M. Larsen

Ollivene M. Larsen

Dec 29, 2010

Ollivene M. Larsen, the daughter of Dewight L. and Bessie Miller Wickham, was born February 18, 1919, at her familys home in Audubon, Iowa and died December 29, 2010, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon at the age of 91 years, 10 months, and 11 days. Ollivene was baptized and confirmed at the First Methodist Church in Audubon....

Verda Paulsen

Verda Paulsen

Dec 29, 2010

Verda "Bert" Mae Haszard was born July 13, 1932, in Persia, Iowa, the daughter of Merlyn Leroy and Esther Mae (Rosenbeck) Haszard and passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2010, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Bert was a member of the Congregational United Church of Christ in Anita. She graduated from the Anita High School. On November 5, 1949,...

Larry Lee Nielsen

Larry Lee Nielsen

Dec 28, 2010

Larry Lee Nielsen, the son of Wilmer and Elvina Kuntzweiler Nielsen, was born August 12, 1937, at his Grandmother Kuntzweilers home in Audubon, Iowa and died December 28, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 73 years, 4 months, and 16 days. Larry was baptized as an adult at the First Presbyterian Church in...

Delores Anna Christiansen

Delores Anna Christiansen

Dec 28, 2010

Delores Anna Christiansen, the daughter of George and Edna Christensen Hansen, was born March 12, 1924, at her parents home west of Audubon, Iowa and died December 28, 2010, at The Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 86 years, 9 months and 16 days. Delores was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church west of Audubon. She attended...

L. Frances Baier

L. Frances Baier

Dec 26, 2010

Lizzie Frances Baier, the daughter of James and Lily Tollison Bates, was born January 30, 1925, at her parents home in Tipper, Mississippi, and died December 26, 2010, at the Friend ship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 10 months, and 26 days. Frances was baptized and confirmed and attended school near Tipper, MS. She attended...

Kenneth Zimmerline

Kenneth Zimmerline

Dec 24, 2010

Kenneth Laverne Zimmerline was born on April 19, 1940, the son of Charles Laverne and Irene Callista (Pettinger) Zimmerline in Adair, Iowa and passed away on December 24, 2010, at the Iowa Veteran's Home in Marshalltown, Iowa, where he had lived since 2003. Kenneth was born and grew up on the farm south of Adair. He started school at...

Mardell Miller

Mardell Miller

Dec 21, 2010

Mardell Rozell Miller, 74, was born January 1, 1936, in Wiota, Iowa, the daughter of Fred Henry and Lucille Josephine (Christensen) Fries and passed away on December 21, 2010, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She lived in rural Wiota before moving to Anita, Iowa. Mardell graduated from the Anita High School in 1954. While in...

Ione Leeper

Ione Leeper

Dec 17, 2010

Ione L. Ludlum was born May 29, 1935, the daughter of Everett Glen and Aleda Christina (Hjelm) Ludlum in Rhame, North Dakota, and passed away Friday, December 17, 2010, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Ione grew up in Rhame, graduating from Rhame High School in 1953. While still residing in Rhame, Ione married Lavern...

Betty Jean (Griffith) Porter

Betty Jean (Griffith) Porter

Dec 14, 2010

Betty Jean (Griffith) Porter, the first of eleven children of James R. and Lois M. Murphy Waddell, was born November 7, 1939, in Stuart, Iowa, and died December 14, 2010, surrounded by her family, at the age of 71 years, 1 month and 7 days. For the past two years, she fought a brave battle with lung cancer with the...

Roberta Johnson

Roberta Johnson

Dec 14, 2010

Roberta May Kauk was born on the family farm in Harlan County, near Alma, Nebraska, on June 7, 1920, the daughter of William Frederick and Elsie Mae (Baker) Kauk and passed away at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa, on December 14, 2010. Roberta was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Johnson; her parents, William and...

Corinne Mae Smith

Corinne Mae Smith

Dec 13, 2010

Corinne Mae Smith, the daughter of Harvey M. and Bernice A. Pedersen Nissen, was born June 14, 1925, at her parents home in rural Elk Horn, Iowa and died December 13, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 5 months, and 29 days. Corinne was baptized and confirmed at the Elk Horn...

Eldon Walter Borkowski

Eldon Walter Borkowski

Dec 11, 2010

Eldon Walter Borkowski, the son of Walter L. and Hilda (Borkowski) Borkowski, was born March 20, 1941, at his parents home in northwest Audubon County, Iowa and died December 11, 2010, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 69 years, 8 months, and 21 days. Eldon was baptized April 13, 1941, at the Trinity Lutheran Church...

Ardell Lavonne Hansen

Ardell Lavonne Hansen

Dec 11, 2010

Ardell LaVonne Hansen, the daughter of Ole J. and Mary Mathisen Hansen, was born April 22, 1930, at her parents home in Jackson Township, Shelby County, Iowa and died December 11, 2010 at the Cass County Home Care/Hospice in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 7 months, and 19 days. Ardell was baptized May 25, 1930, at the...

"Fred" Scarlett Jr.

"Fred" Scarlett Jr.

Dec 10, 2010

John Frederick Scarlett Jr., 95, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Friday, December 10, 2010, at his home in Adair, Iowa. Fred was born February 21, 1915, in Bosworth, Missouri, to John Frederick Scarlett Sr. and Ella M. Scholl. He attended elementary schools in Bosworth until the family moved to Anita, Iowa, in 1923. He then attended Anita Community Schools...

Burnice Raymond Jones

Burnice Raymond Jones

Dec 9, 2010

Burnice Raymond Jones, the son of Roy Walter and Ruth Shuck Jones, was born October 14, 1920, on his parents farm east of Brayton, Iowa and died December 9, 2010, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 1month, and 25 days. Burnice was baptized as an adult when he enlisted in...

Marilyn Cooley

Marilyn Cooley

Dec 7, 2010

Marilyn M. Cooley, 74, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Marilyn was born June 27, 1936, to Virgil and Marie (Smith) Schrader in Cumberland, Iowa. She attended community schools in the Cumberland area and graduated high school from Newton High (Iowa) in 1954. On December 2, 1955,...

Doris Conn

Doris Conn

Dec 7, 2010

Doris M. Conn, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Doris Marie Polson was born September 27, 1921, in Creston, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas Jay and Bessie (Tucker) Polson. She graduated from Creston High School and then attended Creston Junior College. Doris went on to teach school...

Emmert Alfred Juhl

Emmert Alfred Juhl

Dec 5, 2010

Emmert Alfred Juhl, the son of Alfred Zink and Mary Sadie Nielsen Juhl, was born May 23, 1930, at his parents home in Sharon Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died December 5, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 6 months, and 12 days. Emmert was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours...