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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Margaret Steffen
Oct 18, 2010
Margaret D. Steffen, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Walnut, IA, passed away Monday, October 18, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Margaret was born May 16, 1925, in Monroe Township, to Herman Fredrick and Emma (Namanny) Steffen of Walnut, Iowa. She attended Monroe Township grade school and graduated from the Walnut High School. Following...
Claude Andersen
Oct 16, 2010
Claude Lewis Andersen, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 16, at the Omaha VA Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Claude was born May 28, 1933, the son of Harry and Edith (Bell) Andersen in Elk Horn, Iowa. He attended Elk Horn community schools and graduated high school in 1951. Claude was united in marriage to Norma Jean...
Virgil Leroy Petersen
Oct 14, 2010
Virgil Leroy Petersen, the son of Alfred and Mabel Christensen Petersen, was born March 12, 1933, at his parents home west of Audubon, Iowa and died October 14, 2010 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 77 years, 7 months, and 2 days. Virgil was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Audubon....
Alvin Wahlert
Oct 10, 2010
Alvin Edward Wahlert, 84, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2010, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Alvin was born to Henry Wahlert and Emma (Nieman) Wahlert in rural Adair County, Iowa. He lived with his parents and sisters, Velda and Doris, on farms in Adair, Cass and Audubon Counties. Al attended country school...
Doris Fredrickson
Oct 9, 2010
Doris F. Moree Fredrickson, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away October 9, 2010. She was a resident at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Doris was born February 2, 1920, to Denver and Daisy Moree in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. As a child her family moved to the Hawthorne and Emerson areas and then settled in the Wales/Lincoln area to farm. She...
Neva Theede
Oct 5, 2010
Neva Marie Theede, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Neva was born October 5, 1921, in Exira, Iowa, to Sophus and Anna (Denison) Jensen. She grew up in Exira and attended Exira community schools graduating from Exira High School in 1939. After graduation she moved to Atlantic, Iowa and...
Gladys Holden
Oct 4, 2010
Gladys Bernice Holden, 90, of Rapid City, South Dakota, most recently of Anita, Iowa, passed away on Monday, October 4, 2010, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Burial of cremated remains will be in the Pine Lawn Memorial Park in Rapid City, South Dakota at a later date.
Mary Ashby
Oct 2, 2010
Mary R. Ashby, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2010, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Mary Ruth Ashby was born June 18, 1913, in Benton, Iowa, to Ike and Lois (Callen) Tharp. She grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, and attended North High School graduating with the class of 1930. She married Ben T. Ashby...
Dale Waddell
Oct 2, 2010
Dale Waddell, 63, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2010, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Dale Eugene Waddell was born November 29, 1946, in Stuart, Iowa, to Cecil H. and Iola M. (Jones) Waddell. He lived in Stuart and attended school there until the 5th grade when the family moved to Anita. He...
Harry Lytle
Oct 1, 2010
Harry Eugene Lytle was born September 26, 1922, at Persia, Iowa, the son of Jesse and Bettie Lytle. Raised on a farm in rural Harlan, he graduated from Harlan High School in 1940, and attended business college in Council Bluffs. During WWII, Harry served in the U. S. Army where he was trained in hematology and radiology at Fitzsimmons...
Frank Rueb, Iii
Sep 28, 2010
Frank Anthony Rueb, III, long-time resident of Algona, Iowa, and Bella Vista, Arkansas, entered into rest on September, 28, 2010, at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa, at the age of 87. He was born February 28, 1923, in Watertown, South Dakota, to Frank Rueb II & Matilda (Rabinord) Rueb. Frank graduated from Watertown High School in 1941. He attended...
Thomas James Johnson
Sep 27, 2010
Thomas James Johnson, the son of Brian Swede LaVern and Terri Lynne Stockwell Johnson, was born May 14, 1992, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa and died September 27, 2010, surrounded by his family at his mothers home in Lake City, Iowa at the age of 18 years, 4 months, and 14 days. Tom was baptized at...
Robin Rice
Sep 26, 2010
Robin Joe Rice, 57, of Red Oak, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away at his residence in Red Oak on Sunday, September 26, 2010. Services will be held at a later date. Hockenberry Familiy Care in Atlantic is assisting the family with arragements.
Russell W. Nielsen
Sep 25, 2010
Russell Wayne Nielsen, the son of Jens Kogaard and Caroline Christine Anderson Nielsen, was born October 17, 1922, at his parents rural home in Shelby County, Iowa and died September 25, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 11 months, and 8 days. Russell was baptized and confirmed at the First Methodist...
Allen Christensen
Sep 23, 2010
Allen P. Christensen, 79, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, September 23, 2010, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Allen was born, the oldest of four children, on September 26, 1930, the son of Lars and Belle (Barber) Christensen in Anita, Iowa. He lived in Anita all his life and left Anita only long enough to serve in the...
Joann Hofmeister
Sep 21, 2010
JoAnn Marie Mosier was born May 2, 1963, at the Rosary Hospital in Corning, Iowa, the daughter of Richard and Janet Kay (Hunter) Mosier and passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. JoAnn lived in Corning until 1969, when the family moved to Lewis, Iowa. JoAnn graduated from Griswold High School...
James Richter
Sep 20, 2010
James Ambrose Richter was born December 12, 1923, at the Richter farm southeast of Adair, Iowa. He was the son of William and Teresa (Hollinrake) Richter. He passed away Monday, September 20, 2010, at the Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa, where he resided about three weeks. James grew up on the family farms, attended country school and later attended...
Geneva Mae Masterson
Sep 18, 2010
Geneva Mae Masterson, the daughter of Elmer and Effie Cue Jessen was born January 3, 1934, in Exira, Iowa and died September 18, 2010, at the Select Specialty Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 76 years, 8 months, and 15 days. Geneva was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church. She attended Exira Community Schools graduating with...
Brian Paul Moller
Sep 17, 2010
Brian Paul Moller, the son of Albert C. and Irene A. Lauridsen Moller, was born February 26, 1969, in Audubon, Iowa and died September 17, 2010, at the Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City, Iowa at the age of 41 years, 6 months, and 21 days. Brian was baptized as an infant at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon...
Evelyn Ruth Petersen
Sep 16, 2010
Evelyn Ruth Petersen, the daughter of Gerald and Lillie Hansen Nelson, was born April 9, 1921, at her parents home west of Exira, Iowa and died September 16, 2010, at the Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 5 months, and 7 days. Evelyn was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church west of...
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