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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Louis Robison
Apr 18, 2009
Louis B. Robison, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. The son of Byron W. and Florence Muriel (Bailey) Robison, he was born November 25, 1911, in Anita, Iowa. At 3 years of age his family moved to Alberta, Canada, living there from 1914 to 1918, then moved to...
Leona Marie Elvina Vargas
Apr 16, 2009
Leona Marie Elvina Vargas, the daughter of Nis Peter and Thomine Laurine Johnson Jessen, was born September 17, 1911, west of Exira, Iowa and died April 16, 2009, at the Exira Care Center at the age of 97 years, 6 months, and 29 days. Leona was baptized February 18, 1912 and confirmed April 11, 1926, at the Exira Lutheran Church...
Kristy O'Brien
Apr 16, 2009
Kristy Jo O'Brien, 42, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Kristy Jo Mardesen was born in Atlantic, Iowa, on March 18, 1967, the daughter of Mike and Barbara (Eades) Mardesen. She grew up in Anita, Iowa, and graduated from Anita High School in 1985. On September 4, 1993, she was...
Jamie Ray Lewis
Apr 15, 2009
Jamie Ray Lewis was born on August 15, 1952 to Elvira (Zinke) Lewis and James Russell Lewis. Jamies father died when Jamie was only six, so he grew up in Brayton and spent many hours with his mother in the grocery store. He graduated from Exira High school in 1971 and from Iowa State University in 1973 with an Associate...
Lawrence Kuhr
Apr 15, 2009
Lawrence H. Kuhr, 93, of Avoca, passed away early Wednesday morning at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, where he had been a patient for the past ten days. The only child of Henry and Lizzie Kuhr, he was born April 12, 1916, in a rural home 9 miles south of Walnut. The next spring, his family...
Loyd Wayne Lewis
Apr 14, 2009
Loyd Wayne Lewis, the son of Ralph and Alma Fooken Lewis, was born July 31, 1925, in Cumberland, Iowa and died April 14, 2009, at Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 8 months, and 14 days. Loyd was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Faith. He attended Cumberland Schools, graduating with the Cumberland...
Harvey Leroy Jensen
Apr 13, 2009
Harvey Leroy Jensen, the son of Chris H. and Nina Lund Jensen, was born December 31, 1922, west of Audubon, Iowa and died April 13, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 3 months, and 13 days. Harvey was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa He attended...
Allan Trotter
Apr 13, 2009
Allan Lee Trotter was born September 3, 1938, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Glen and Edythe Jane (Bell) Trotter, and passed away Monday, April 13, 2009, at his home in Anita, Iowa. He grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, where he attended Florence Elementary School and Tech High School. Later he lived in Elk Horn and Valley, Nebraska, California,...
Richard F. Petersen
Apr 10, 2009
Richard Franklin Petersen, the son of Franklin and Cynthia Nelson Petersen, was born April 7, 1947, in Atlantic, Iowa and died April 10, 2009, at St. Anthonys Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 62 years and 3 days.\r\n Richard was baptized at St. Johns Lutheran Church west of Exira, Iowa and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church....
Howard Knop
Apr 10, 2009
Howard Dean Knop, 74, born in Atlantic, Iowa, November 26, 1934, passed away Friday, April 10, 2009, at Veteran's Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. Howard graduated from Atlantic High School in 1953 and served his country for two years in the army. He and his family resided on a farm west of Atlantic and in 1966 left farming to...
D. Maas
Apr 9, 2009
Dora Jane (Janie) Cady Maas was born on November 12, 1932, to Dale Cady and Grace McKenney Cady Thiele in Burke, South Dakota. She went to be with Jesus on April 9, 2009, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. She was married to Max Maas on July 18, 1952. They farmed north of Massena, Iowa, where they...
Rose Anna Abildtrup
Apr 7, 2009
Rose Anna Abildtrup, the daughter of Henry Baker and Anna (Carroll) Oliver, was born in rural Leroy Township east of Audubon, Iowa on June 13, 1916, and died April 7, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 92 years, 9 months, and 24 days. Rose joined older brothers and sisters, John, Claribel, George, and Catherine. She...
Loren Keith Stewart
Apr 7, 2009
Loren Keith Stewart, the son of Lester and Alice Schaull Stewart, was born December 16, 1920, at his parents home near Blairstown, Iowa and died April 7, 2009, at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 3 months, and 21 days. Loren was baptized at the Methodist Church in Blairstown. He attended rural...
Denny Annan
Apr 4, 2009
Dennis Gene Annan, the son of Quentin Lee and Bonnie Marie (Gauvreau) Annan was born September 20, 1949, in Clarinda, Iowa. He peacefully passed away Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, in the company of family and friends. Denny was raised in Iowa, living in Ames, Sidney, and Atlantic, where he graduated from...
Everett Rechtenbach
Mar 30, 2009
Everett Earl Rechtenbach died Monday, March 30, 2009, at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa, at the age of 85 years, 2 months and 11 days. Everett was born January, 19, 1924, at his home in Bridgewater, Iowa, to Herman J. and Anna K. Frank Rechtenbach. He attended school in rural Jackson Township. After his formal education he worked for...
Patty South
Mar 29, 2009
Patricia Louise Wessling was born September 12, 1957, the daughter of Paul Louis and Jane Marie (Broich) Wessling in Carroll, Iowa, and passed away Sunday, March 29, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Patty attended Saint Joseph's Catholic School in Carroll her kindergarten and first grade years. The family then moved to Anita, Iowa, where...
Mary Karwal
Mar 29, 2009
Mary Elizabeth Karwal, an eight-year resident at Colonial Manor of Anita,Iowa, succumbed peacefully to pneumonia at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, the evening of March 29, 2009. She was delivered by her Grandfather, Dr. W.R. Koob, to Kathleen Koob Miller and Harry Miller at their home in Brayton on August 31, 1916. A graduate of Exira High,...
Clark Trailer
Mar 29, 2009
We are here to celebrate Merrill's new life. God Bless you. Clark Merrill Trailer was born June 10, 1923, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Clark Milton and Mary Josephine (Merrill) Trailer and died March 29, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Merrill Trailer was a World War II Veteran, having seen active duty with...
Mary Elizabeth Christensen
Mar 24, 2009
Mary Elizabeth Christensen, the daughter of David H. and Ethel C. Mullenger Christensen, was born August 17, 1918, at her parents home in Hamlin Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died March 24, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 7 months, and 7 days. Mary was baptized November 11, 1918, and confirmed April...
Amber Jayne Esbeck
Mar 24, 2009
Amber Jayne Esbeck, the daughter of Frank and Eva Leona Burns Peterson, was born October 10, 1912, on her parents farm in Cass County, Iowa and died March 24, 2009 at Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 96 years, 5 months, and 14 days. When Amber was one year old her mother Eva died. Amber was...
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