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Pastor Robert Wayne Hennick
Mar 22, 2009
Robert Wayne Hennick, the son of James, Jr. and Helen (Allen) Hennick, was born September 3, 1948, in Carroll, Iowa and died peacefully at his home on March 22, 2009, in rural Exira, Iowa at the age of 60 years, 6 months, and 19 days. Bob was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira. He attended rural...
Cleo Kopp
Mar 21, 2009
Cleo J. Kopp, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Bergan Mercy Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at the Atlantic Cemetery, Atlantic, Iowa. Cleo is survived by her daughter, Jane Kopp, of Omaha, Nebraska. Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic, Iowa, is helping...
Virginia Deardorff
Mar 21, 2009
Virginia (Ginger) Mae Deardorff passed away Saturday, March 21, 2009, at an Omaha hospital following a brief illness. Born in Benedict, Nebraska, on July 30, 1923, Ginger was an outgoing, fun-loving person who was a friend to young and old and known for her insight, common sense and great humor. She avidly followed her Cornhusker football teams, was a...
Carolyn Fairfield
Mar 20, 2009
Carolyn Fairfield, 73, of Anita, Iowa, formerly of Adair, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 20, 2009, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Carolyn Ruth Murphy was born September 13, 1935, the daughter of Thomas E. and Frances L. (Voss) Murphy in Yale, Iowa. She lived in Adair County most of her life, graduating from Adair High School in 1954. On...
Orville Kenneth Hansen
Mar 19, 2009
Orville Kenneth Hansen, the son of Nels George and Ida Hemmingsen Hansen, was born May 12, 1926, at his parents home near Scranton, Iowa and died March 19, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 10 months, and 7 days. Orville was baptized and confirmed at Ebenezer Lutheran Church west of Audubon. He...
Bert Ritzel Gustafson
Mar 16, 2009
Bert Ritzel Gustafson, the son of August and Augusta Johnson Gustafson was born January 1, 1924, at his parents home near Aurelia, Iowa and died March 16, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 2 months and 15 days. Bert was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Alta, Iowa. When Bert...
Leroy Enfield
Mar 15, 2009
Leroy Enfield, the son of Pearl (Byers) Enfield and Roy Enfield, was born February 10, 1926, in Polk County, Iowa and died March 15, 2009, of pneumonia at The University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 83 years, 1 month, and 5 days. Leroys family moved to Earlham, Iowa in 1936 and later to the...
Anna Barta
Mar 15, 2009
Anna Vais Barta, 91, of Anita, Iowa, and formerly of Adair, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2009, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Anna Mary was born September 13, 1917, the daughter of Anton and Mary (Barta) Ruzek,on the family farm north of Prague, Nebraska. She was baptized, received her first Holy Communion, and was confirmed at St. John...
Florence Marie Wahlert
Mar 11, 2009
Florence M. Wahlert, the daughter of John and Ida Foss Wahlert, was born December 17, 1915, at her parents home in Greeley Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died March 11, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 2 months, and 24 days. Florence was baptized as an adult at the Exira Christian...
Darlene Bowers
Mar 11, 2009
Darlene Bowers, 72, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at her home in Atlantic. Darlene Anne Dix was born June 2, 1936, in Magnolia, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Dorothy Pearl (Unmack) Dix. She graduated from Missouri Valley High School in 1954. On May 29, 1954, Darlene was united in marriage to Newell Baptiste Bowers...
Orra Glenn Fancher
Mar 9, 2009
Orra Glenn Fancher, the son of Orra William and Minnie Buckner Fancher, was born July 1, 1918, at his parents home in Cameron Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died March 9, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 8 months, and 8 days. Glenn was baptized and confirmed at Eden Valley Church...
Lloyd Young
Mar 8, 2009
Lloyd Young, the son of Roy E. and Ellen Jones Young, was born February 26, 1938, at his parents home near Brayton, Iowa and died March 8, 2009, at the Exira Care Center at the age of 71 years and 12 days. Lloyd attended rural school in Oakfield then attended High School in Exira. He worked with his father at...
James (Ed) Edward Schwenneker
Mar 5, 2009
James (Ed) Edward Schwenneker, the son of Dale E. and Luella Gustin Schwenneker, was born May 7, 1953 in Audubon, Iowa and lost his battle with cancer at his home in Exira, Iowa on March 5, 2009, at the age of 55 years, 9 months, and 28 days. Ed was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church east of...
William Slepsky
Mar 5, 2009
William R. Slepsky, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2009, at his home in Atlantic. William Raymond Slepsky was born July 26, 1926, in Campbell, Ohio, the son of John and Carolyn (Tekach) Slepsky. Bill attended two years of seminary school before graduating from high school. He entered the U. S. Navy in 1945, and attended...
Barbara Kenny
Mar 2, 2009
Barbara Kenny, 67, of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 2, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Barbara Delores Peterson was born November 25, 1941, the daughter of Frederick Madsen and Mildred Lucille (Clark) Peterson in Plainview, Nebraska. Barbara was baptized and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church, also in Plainview. She graduated from Plainview High...
Arthur Hoegh Hansen
Mar 1, 2009
Arthur Hoegh Hansen, the son of Walter and Katherine M. Hoegh Hansen, was born September 12, 1918, at his home in rural Exira, Iowa and died March 1, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 5 months, and 19 days. Art was baptized and confirmed at the Oak Hill Lutheran Church west...
Louise Morgan
Mar 1, 2009
Ellen Louise Morgan, 75, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2009, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab in Atlantic, Iowa. Ellen Louise Carr was born March 22, 1933, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Bert Sr. and Lulu (Andersen) Carr. On October 30, 1960, she married Raymond Dean Morgan at Fletchers Chapel Methodist Church. Dean passed away on January 21,...
Evelyn Schwartz
Mar 1, 2009
Evelyn Schwartz, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Rapid City, South Dakota, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2009, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Evelyn Isabelle Lutz was born January 8, 1922, the daughter of William Albert and Ethel Bird (Cook) Lutz in Tripp, South Dakota. On June 19, 1942, she married Kenneth Lloyd Schwartz...
Earl Brindley
Feb 28, 2009
Earl M. Brindley, 84, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2009, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Earl Milton Brindley was born August 6, 1924, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Thomas and Ethel (Paulsen) Brindley. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1942. Following high school he joined the United States Air Force serving his...
Sandra Kay Nelsen
Feb 27, 2009
Sandra Kay Nelsen, the daughter of George P. and Lois N. Wahlert Nelsen, was born February 1, 1947, in Carroll, Iowa and died February 27, 2009, at the Hospice House in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 62 years and 26 days. Sandra was baptized March 23, 1947 and confirmed May 26, 1961 at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira,...
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