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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Clarence Gustafson
Apr 16, 2010
Clarence Leonard "Short" Gustafson was born February 10, 1921 on a farm near Griswold, Iowa, and was called home to heaven by his Lord Jesus on April 16, 2010. He was the second son of Leonard and Agnes (Nord) Gustafson. Clarence was baptized into the Christian faith on December 10, 1921 in Red Oak and was later confirmed in...
Irlyn Johnson
Apr 14, 2010
Irlyn Elaine Johnson, 92, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Irlyn was born December 18, 1917, in Benton Township, Iowa, the daughter of Theodore and Ella (Husmann) Walker. She was raised in rural Wiota and graduated from Anita High School with the class of 1935. She worked in...
Elsie Mabel Johnson
Apr 9, 2010
Elsie Mabel Johnson, the daughter of Earl and Elizabeth (Libby) Hoover Griffin, was born April 22, 1910, east of Exira, Iowa and died April 9, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira at the age of 99 years, 11 months and 17 days. Elsie was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira, Iowa by Pastor Robert Hennick. She...
Maxine Nelsen
Apr 8, 2010
N. Maxine Nelsen, 90, of Anita, Iowa, died Thursday, April 8, 2010, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. at Hockenberry Family Care in Anita, Iowa. Visitation will be held on Monday, April 12, 2010, from 1:00 - 8:00 p.m. with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m....
Marilyn Marie Smith
Apr 7, 2010
Marilyn Marie Smith, the daughter of Peter and Marie Rasmussen Brown, was born March 29, 1925, at her parents home in Oakfield Township, west of Brayton, Iowa and died April 7, 2010 at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 85 years and 8 days. Marilyn was baptized and confirmed at the Oakhill Lutheran Church west...
Rev. Flugstad
Apr 7, 2010
Rev. Luther M. Flugstad, 83, of Adair, Iowa, (and formerly of Palmyra, NE) died Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at his home in Adair. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 12, 2010, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Adair, with the Rev. Ray Holmquist officiating. Visitation with family present will be Sunday, April 11, 2010, from 2:00 - 4:00...
Stanley Craig Worster
Apr 6, 2010
Stanley Craig Worster, the son of Paul C. and Norma J. Bruun Worster, was born November 7, 1951, at the St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa and died April 6, 2010, at his home in Denver, Colorado at the age of 58 years, 4 months, and 29 days. Stan was baptized April 13, 1951, and confirmed April 11, 1965,...
Delma Harris
Apr 5, 2010
Delma Mary Ferguson was born on a farm near Mitchell, South Dakota on March 8, 1923 to John William and Lessie Ruth (Clapsaddle) Ferguson. She passed away on April 5, 2010, at her home north of Atlantic where she farmed with her husband, Lyle, and where they raised their three sons. Delma moved to Iowa with her family in...
Carlton (Moss) Leander Jensen
Apr 3, 2010
Carlton (Moss) Leander Jensen, the son of Carl and Elizabeth Leander Jensen, was born October 13, 1925, in Brayton, Iowa, and died April 3, 2010, at the Exira Care Center at the age of 84 years, 5 months and 21 days. Carlton attended rural schools in Oakfield. Moss didnt have a lot of schooling but learned a lot from life...
Sidney Vernal Christiansen
Mar 30, 2010
Sidney Vernal Christiansen, the son of Lars J. and Amalie Jeppesen Christiansen, was born December 11, 1922, near Kimballton, Iowa and died March 30, 2010, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 3 months and 19 days. Sid was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton. He attended parochial school in Kimballton, rural...
Marie Schafer
Mar 30, 2010
Marie (Eberl) Schafer passed away March 30, 2010, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa, at the age of 92 years. She was born in Omaha on June 8, 1917, the daughter of Charles and Anne (Formanek) Eberl. Her mother died of pneumonia when Marie was four years old, after which she and her sister Anne moved to Lindsay,...
Billy Ray Bolin
Mar 29, 2010
Billy Ray Bolin, the son of John Curtis and America Odessa Ballew Bolin, was born July 31, 1955, in Jonesboro, Arkansas and died March 29, 2010, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 55 years, 7 months, and 28 days. Billy was baptized at the Pentecostal Church in Lake City, Arkansas. He attended Bay...
Gary William Santee, Sr.
Mar 29, 2010
Gary William Santee Sr., the son of John and Loretta Leeper Santee, was born April 26, 1944, in Omaha, Nebraska and died March 29, 2010, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 65 years, 11 months, and 3 days. Gary attended Omaha Public Schools and Tech High School in Omaha. He was employed as...
Louis Lemke
Mar 22, 2010
Louis E. Lemke, 89, of Des Moines, Iowa and formerly of Casey, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 22, 2010, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa of natural causes after a short illness. Louis E. Lemke was born April 23, 1920, in Casey, Iowa to August and Maria (Krause) Lemke. He was raised in Casey and attended Casey...
John Donald Tibben
Mar 21, 2010
John Donald Tibben, the son of Frank and Lillian Crees Tibben, was born November 9, 1912, at his Grandmother Tibbens home east of Exira, Iowa in Audubon Township, Audubon County and died March 21, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira at the age of 97 years, 4 months, and 12 days. Don was baptized at his Grandmothers home...
Edward Ruggles
Mar 18, 2010
Edward Elihu Ruggles, 96, of Marshalltown, Iowa, passed away Thursday March 18, 2010, at the Iowa Veterans home in Marshalltown Iowa. Edward was born August 27, 1913, in Roscoe, South Dakota, the son of William Garfield and Lillian (Stephenson) Ruggles. He graduated from Anita High School in 1930. Ed worked for the CCC during the depression and joined the...
Lyle Scholl
Mar 16, 2010
Lyle Joseph Scholl, 93, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Lyle was born to Fred and Alta (Gissibl) Scholl on a farm south of Anita. Lyle, his brother Leo, and their father were classic German yeoman farmers their entire working careers. Lyle loved his popping John Deere tractors, loved watching hungry cattle lined...
Eleonora Petersen
Mar 15, 2010
Eleonora Katharine Marie Fett was born March 1, 1916 on a farm northwest of Adair, Iowa. She was the first-born child of Fred W. Fett and Mary J. (Vokt) Fett. Eleonora was baptized on March 26, 1916 at the home of her parents by Pastor A. H. Duletzki of St. John's Lutheran Church northwest of Adair. Her baptismal sponsors...
D. Kuester
Mar 10, 2010
D. Evangeline (Carlton) Kuester was born on May 13, 1919, to Edward F. and Madeline (Sheley) Carlton. D. Evangeline Kuester passed away peacefully at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Evange grew up in Anita graduating from the Anita High School in 1936. She had various jobs and enjoyed helping her dad farm. On March...
Ronald Butler
Mar 10, 2010
Ronald Lee Butler, 69, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away from a heart attack on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Ronald was born August 11, 1940, in Lewis, Iowa, to Robert and Maxine (Marxen) Butler. He was raised in Lewis until his family moved to Atlantic when he was in the 6th grade. He...
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