Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Kermit Kloppenburg

Kermit Kloppenburg

Nov 16, 2009

Kermit Kloppenburg, 92, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, November 16, 2009 at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Kermit Heinrich Kloppenburg was born January 19, 1917, to Theodore (Ted) and Eugene (Genie) Tibken Kloppenburg on a farm south of Wiota, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church close to the farm. Kermit attended...

Vernon Brawdy

Vernon Brawdy

Nov 15, 2009

Vernon Perry "Butch" Brawdy, was born on June 7, 1946, in Creston, Iowa, the son of Harley Perry and Verna Lois (Wheeler) Brawdy and passed away Sunday, November 15, 2009, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up in the Bridgewater-Fontanelle area, attending school in Atlantic. On July 2, 1970, he was united in...

Violet Mcduff

Violet Mcduff

Nov 14, 2009

Violet M. McDuff, 84, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2009, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Private family services will be held. Hockenberry Family Care is in charge of the arrangements.

Dean Dickerson

Dean Dickerson

Nov 14, 2009

Dean R. Dickerson, eldest son of Carl G. and Lois I. (Gruber) Dickerson, formerly of Shenandoah, was born June 21, 1940, in Shenandoah, Iowa. He entered into peace on November 14, 2009, at his home in Anita, Iowa, following a lingering bout with cancer, at the age of 69 years, 4 months and 14 days. Dean joined the Iowa...

Bruce Heuton

Bruce Heuton

Nov 7, 2009

Bruce "Bub" Heuton, 51, of Lewis, Iowa, passed away at his home Saturday, November 7, 2009. Bruce Randall Heuton was born August 15, 1958, in Carroll, Iowa, the son of Jasper Eldred and Bonnie Glenys (Minnich) Heuton. He lived in Britt, Iowa, for a short time, then moved to Kimballton, Iowa, where he graduated from Elk Horn - Kimballton...

Enid Roscoe

Enid Roscoe

Nov 4, 2009

Enid J. Roscoe, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Enid Joy Roth was born to Victor M. and Martha (Meintzer) Roth in Dubuque, Iowa, on August 15, 1929. Victor was born in Hebron, North Dakota to Henry and Caroline Roth. Victor attained far more education...

Donald Paul Irlmeier

Donald Paul Irlmeier

Nov 2, 2009

Donald Paul Irlmeier, the son of Joseph and Anna Feilmeier Irlmeier was born September 5, 1931, at his parents home near Templeton, Iowa and died November 2, 2009, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 5 months and 27 days. Don was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Templeton,...

Gerald Pelzer

Gerald Pelzer

Oct 31, 2009

Gerald Pelzer, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Gerald Will Pelzer was born October 19, 1912, the son of Frank and Mary (Borth) Pelzer on the family home, north of Marne, Iowa. While growing up on the farm, he attended school at Brighton Township #2. He built...

Maxine Lorraine Anderson

Maxine Lorraine Anderson

Oct 26, 2009

Maxine Lorraine Anderson, the daughter of Ralph and Emma Schwab McCuen, was born May 17, 1920, at her parents home in Cameron Township, near Ross, Iowa and died October 26, 2009, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 5 months, and 9 days. Maxine was baptized as an adult at the First Christian Church...

Father Clarke

Father Clarke

Oct 23, 2009

Rev. John W. Clarke, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Imogene, Iowa, passed away Friday, October 23, 2009, at Wesley Heritage House in Atlantic. Father John William Clarke was born February 25, 1921, in Davenport, Iowa, the son of Thomas M. and Mary Charolotte (Coen) Clarke. Father Clarke graduated from Dowling High School, Dowling College, both in Des Moines,...

Elijah Karas

Elijah Karas

Oct 17, 2009

Elijah Joseph Karas, infant son of Clinton and Natalie Karas of Oakland, Iowa, was born and went to live with the angels on Saturday, October 17, 2009. Elijah Joseph Karas is survived by his parents, Clinton and Natalie Karas, and his brother, Evan Karas, all of Oakland, Iowa; his grandparents, Larry and Louise Erdahl of Champlin, Minnesota; and Doyle...

Lois Ollivene Linn

Lois Ollivene Linn

Oct 16, 2009

Lois Ollivene Linn, the daughter of Lester Warren and Neola Wealthy Reynolds Potter, was born December 31, 1920, at her parents home in rural Audubon County, Iowa and died October 16, 2009, at the St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 9 months and 15 days. Lois was baptized May 15, 1977, at the...

Denise King

Denise King

Oct 16, 2009

Denise King, 97, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Friday, October 16, 2009, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Denise Maxine Dorsey was born August 27, 1912, to Frank and Nellie (Hoffman) Dorsey in Atlantic, Iowa. She grew up in Anita and attended school there. On August 27, 1930, she married Kenneth King and they moved to the King family farm...

Laverne Donald Krauel

Laverne Donald Krauel

Oct 15, 2009

LaVerne Donald Krauel, the son of Chris W. and Hattie Ehlert Krauel, was born October 20, 1924 at his parents home in Cameron Township, Audubon County, near Ross, IA and died October 15, 2009 at the Hospice of the Valley Friendship Village in Mesa, AZ at the age of 84 years, 11 months and 25 days. LaVerne was baptized as...

Wayne Everett White

Wayne Everett White

Oct 14, 2009

Wayne Everett White, the son of James and Carrie Garnett White, was born July 24, 1914, at his parents home east of Hamlin, Iowa and died October 14, 2009, at the Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the age of 95 years, 2 months and 20 days. Wayne was baptized at a church near Hamlin and became a...

Myron Menefee

Myron Menefee

Oct 8, 2009

Myron N. Menefee, 75, of Concord, California, passed away, Thursday, October 8, 2009, at the John Muir Medical Center in Concord. Myron Newell Menefee was born in Dexter, Iowa, on September 23, 1934, the son of Maynard Turner and Dorothy Mabel (Newell) Menefee. He attended grade school in Dallas Center and high school in Maynard, Iowa, graduating from Maynard...

Burdell Imogene Jones

Burdell Imogene Jones

Oct 5, 2009

Burdell Imogene Baier Jones, the daughter of Otis and Olga Larsen Baier, was born July 3, 1920, at her parents home east of Exira, Iowa and died October 5, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 3 months, and 2 days. Burdell was baptized andbecame a member ofthe First Presbyterian Church in Audubon...

Max Templeman

Max Templeman

Oct 5, 2009

Max A. Templeman, 94, of Anita, Iowa, formerly of Atlantic, passed away Monday, October 5, 2009, at Cass County Memorial Hospital. Max Albert Templeman was born on November 21, 1914, in Cass County, Iowa, the son of Frank A. and Ida L.(McConnell) Templeman. He attended country school in Cass County. On December 14, 1933, he was married to Florence...

Virginia Clark

Virginia Clark

Oct 1, 2009

Virginia E. Clark, 95, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and former long time resident of Lewis and Atlantic, Iowa, passed away October 1, 2009, in Lincoln. Virginia Elizabeth Clark was born a few miles east of Lewis, Iowa, on December 11, 1913, the daughter of John Franklin and Ethel (Stevenson) Berry. The next spring the family moved to Lewis. Virginia grew...

Lois Gregory

Lois Gregory

Sep 30, 2009

Lois M. Gregory, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Omaha, Nebraska, passed away at the home of her son, Gerald and Prudy Gregory on Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Lois is survived by her daughters, Muriel Vap of Atlantic, Iowa and Janice (Lon) Patchin, of Schleswig, Iowa, sons, Paul (Evonne) Gregory, of Sioux City, Iowa, and Gerald (Prudy) Gregory, of...