Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Ethel Mardesen

Ethel Mardesen

Dec 3, 2010

Ethel P.M. Mardesen, the daughter of Peter and Maggie Smith Jessen, was born June 16, 1912, at her parents home in rural Audubon County near Exira, Iowa and died December 3, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 98 years, 5 months, and 17 days. Ethel was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran...

Marjorie Schneider

Marjorie Schneider

Dec 1, 2010

Marjorie Ann Odle was born February 4, 1933, in Avoca, Iowa, the daughter of George William and Imo Genevieve (Reese) Odle and passed away December 1, 2010, at Twilight Acres in Wall Lake, Iowa. Marjorie graduated from the Marne High School and went to Iowa Western Community College for nursing. She was employed as a Registered Nurse at the...

Jerene Christensen Andersen

Jerene Christensen Andersen

Nov 21, 2010

Jerene Christensen Andersen of Conroe, Texas passed away after battling a plethora of health maladies on November 21, 2010. Jerene was born to Nels Christensen and Jo Ellen Bengard-Christensen on December 21, 1946 in Atlantic, Iowa. She attended Exira High School, after which she went to school to study cosmetology, before discovering her true ambition was merely being a wonderful...

Albert Karns

Albert Karns

Nov 16, 2010

Albert Junior Karns was born March 12, 1927, the son of Albert Jerry and Eva Alvina (Wahe) Karns in Anita, Iowa, and passed away November 16, 2010, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Junior was a life long resident of Anita, graduating from the Anita High School. He attended one year of college in Utah. Junior...

Wanda Holly Flathers

Wanda Holly Flathers

Nov 13, 2010

Wanda Holly Flathers, the daughter of Louis and Annette Juhl Bengard, was born November 8, 1922, at her parents home in rural Audubon County near Exira, Iowa, and died November 13, 2010, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 88 years and 5 days. Wanda attended the Exira Community Schools graduating with the High...

Beverly Uhlman

Beverly Uhlman

Nov 10, 2010

Beverly J. Uhlman, 74, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at the New Homestead in Guthrie Center. Beverly Joanne Uhlman was born February 27, 1936, in Guthrie County, Iowa, to Otis E. and Ruth I. (Moreland) Leib. She attended school at the Guthrie Center Community Schools graduating in 1953. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran...

Allen Leroy Oakley, Jr.

Allen Leroy Oakley, Jr.

Nov 8, 2010

Allen LeRoy Oakley, Jr., the son of Allen LeRoy Oakley, Sr. and Janice Crees Oakley, was born July 2, 1958, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and died November 8, 2010, at The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 52 years, 4 months, and 6 days. Allen was baptized at the First Christian Church in Audubon, Iowa. He...

Donna Beauchamp

Donna Beauchamp

Nov 6, 2010

Donna Mae Beauchamp was born May 11, 1932, the daughter of Rolland R. and Sophie Olivia (Miller) Richter in Blair, Nebraska, and passed away on Saturday, November 6, 2010, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. She graduated from high school in Blair, Nebraska. After graduation, she moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where she worked as a secretary for...

Richard Hamlin Carter

Richard Hamlin Carter

Nov 5, 2010

Richard Hamlin Carter, the son of Henry Montgomery Carter and Delphine Ida Mae Hamlin Carter, was born May 21, 1919 in Greeley Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa November 5, 2010 at the age of 91 years, 5 months, and 14 days. Richard was raised on his parents farm in Hamlin Township north...

Darryl Lee Alff

Darryl Lee Alff

Nov 5, 2010

Darryl Lee Alff, the son of Reinhold Edward and Florence Edna Ping Alff, was born March 8, 1941, at his parents home in Silver City, Iowa and died November 5, 2010, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 69 years, 7 months, and 27 days. Darryl was confirmed April 30 1955 at the Zion Lutheran Church in...

Jayne Henrich

Jayne Henrich

Nov 4, 2010

Jayne Henrich, the daughter of Urban and Helen Jayne Henrich, was born August 5, 1955, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and died November 4, 2010, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 55 years, 2 months, and 29 days. Jayne was baptized at the Sioux Falls Christian Church. She attended Sioux Falls Community Schools...

Gladys Leona Schwenneker

Gladys Leona Schwenneker

Nov 3, 2010

Gladys Leona Schwenneker, the daughter of John Henry and Anna Marie Dorthea Anderson Hocamp, was born July 23, 1914, at her parents home in Audubon Township, Audubon County southeast of Exira, Iowa and died November 3, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 96 years, 3 months, and 10 days. Gladys was baptized and...

John (Jack) Edward Curry

John (Jack) Edward Curry

Nov 1, 2010

John Edward Curry, the son of Ralph Joseph and Audrey Mae Trailer Curry, was born August 12, 1925, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, and died November 1, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 2 months, and 19 days. Jack was baptized at the Atlantic Christian Church. He became a member...

Joyanna S. Dryden

Joyanna S. Dryden

Nov 1, 2010

Joyanna S. Dryden, the daughter of Albert F. and Ivy Rains Soukup, was born July 25, 1917, at her parents home east of Exira, Iowa and died November 1, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 3 months, and 6 days. Joyanna was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira, Iowa....

Carol Jackson

Carol Jackson

Oct 29, 2010

Carol T. Jackson, of Lewis, Iowa, died Friday, October 29, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Carol's family will hold a Celebration of Life gathering at the Lewis Community Building on Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 2:00 pm. The family requests that memorials be sent to Joan's home: 106 Court Street, Lewis, Iowa 51544. Hockenberry Family Care in...

Bobbie Green

Bobbie Green

Oct 26, 2010

Bobbie Paul Green, 77, passed away Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Bob was born March 18th, 1933 on the family farm in Calhoun County, Iowa. He attended various schools in the area, graduating from Callendar High School in 1951. Bob was a member of the National Guard for 2 years. After that, he...

Clyde Brown

Clyde Brown

Oct 26, 2010

Clyde Orville Brown, 74, of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, October 26, at the Cass County Hospice Center, Atlantic, Iowa. Clyde was born August 30, 1936, the son of Clyde and Gladys (Nary) Brown in Omaha, Nebraska. He was united in marriage to Donna Anderson. Clyde worked in law enforcement most of his working career. He served as Sergeant...

Franklin Rourick

Franklin Rourick

Oct 25, 2010

Franklin Joseph Rourick, 83, passed away Monday, October 25, 2010, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. A mass of Christian burial service is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 28, 2010, at Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic. Visitation with family will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. with a Rosary at 6:30 p.m....

Marylin Luke

Marylin Luke

Oct 22, 2010

Marylin Boggs was born October 17, 1938, to Merritt Issac and Estella May (Flathers) Boggs in Iowa City, Iowa, and passed away October 22, 2010, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She grew up in Atlantic, and attended school in Marne, Iowa. On November 6, 1957, she married Morris Luke in Avoca, Iowa. They lived in...

Darrall Charles Christensen

Darrall Charles Christensen

Oct 21, 2010

Darrall Charles Christensen, the son of Henry and Evelyn Deist Christensen, was born November 20, 1939, at his parents home in Keokuk County, Iowa and died October 21, 2010, at his home west of Brayton, Iowa at the age of 70 years, 11 months and 1 day. Darrall was baptized and confirmed at the Brayton Lutheran Church. He attended school...