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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Lucile Ticknor
Jan 7, 2009
Lucile M. Ticknor, 94, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at her home in Anita. Lucile Marie Whetstone was born on January 18, 1914, in Guthrie County, Iowa, the daughter of Walter Raymond and Margaret Mae (Sloss) Whetstone. She grew up in Guthrie County and attended Casey High School until transferring to Guthrie Center to complete...
Arlene Dinkla
Jan 7, 2009
Arlene Ruth Dinkla, 90, passed away at Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, January 7, 2009. Arlene Ruth (Wollenhaupt) Dinkla was born on June 22, 1918, to Erwin and Effie (Vetterick) Wollenhaupt of Bridgewater, Iowa. After graduating from Massena High School and obtaining her teaching certificate, Arlene taught country school. On March 8, 1942, Arlene was united...
Don And Ramona Adair
Jan 6, 2009
Ramona I. Adair, the daughter of Edward J. and Ida S.Jacobsen Wahlert, was born October 11, 1913, at her parents farm east of Exira, Iowa, and died January 6, 2009, in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 95 years. She attended Exira schools, graduating from high school in 1930 and from Drake University in 1935. From 1935 to 1942 she...
Glenn Slayton
Jan 6, 2009
Glenn A. Slayton, 87, of Mount Ayr, Iowa, and formerly of Guthrie County, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2008, at Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr. Glenn Arnold Slayton was born November 24, 1921, in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Lona and Emma Beatrice (Crees) Slayton. He attended country school near Hamlin, Iowa, and after the 8th...
Dick Sisler
Jan 4, 2009
Dick Sisler, 75, of Atlantic, formerly of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2009, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Dick Lee Sisler was born November 7, 1933, in Anita, Iowa, the son of Floyd Wayne and Belle (Woodall) Sisler. He was baptized at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wiota, Iowa, and attended school in Anita....
Margaret Marie Plagman
Jan 1, 2009
Margaret Marie Plagman, the daughter of Harry I. and Emma Loy Scott, was born April 4, 1917, at her parents home near Avoca, Iowa, and died January 1, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 8 months and 27 days. Margaret was baptized at the First Congregational Church in Avoca and confirmed at...
Helen Karas
Jan 1, 2009
Helen Karas, 87, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2009, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Helen Verdelle Stone was born November 19, 1921, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Earl and Anne (Andersen) Stone. She grew up and attended school in Anita, graduating from Anita High School in 1939. On April 12, 1939, she married Elwin C....
Margaret Howard
Jan 1, 2009
Margaret L. Howard, 82, of Creston died Thursday, January 1, 2009 at Crest Haven Care Centre in Creston. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic. Pastor Gary DeGeest will officiate. Burial will be at the Atlantic Cemetery in Atlantic. Visitation with family receiving friends will be from 10 to...
Charles Baumann
Jan 1, 2009
Charles Joseph "Joe" Baumann, was born April 18, 1947, in Beatrice, Nebraska, the son of John James and Beulah May (Crosier) Baumann, and passed away at his home in Cumberland, Iowa, on Thursday, January 1, 2009. Joe lived in Beatrice, Nebraska, most of his life and graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School. Joe was employed by Nebraska Public Power...
David Curtis
Dec 27, 2008
David Curt Curtis, the son of Laurence and Anne Dorothy Harvey Curtis, was born January 2, 1945, in Boston, Massachusetts, and died December 27, 2008, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 63 years, 11 months, and 25 days. David was baptized and confirmed at the Catholic Church in Roslindale, Massachusetts. He attended Parochial School in Roslindale....
John Edgar Frederiksen
Dec 26, 2008
John Edgar Frederiksen, the son of John Leon and Marcelyn Miller Frederiksen, was born October 26, 1952, in Audubon, Iowa and died December 26, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 56 years and 2 months. John was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church. He attended rural schools near Audubon and...
Iola Waddell
Dec 26, 2008
Iola M. Waddell, 82, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Friday, December 26, 2008, at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center in Avoca, Iowa. Iola Mae, daughter of Archibald Bryan and Clara Alice (Slight) Jones, was born May 12, 1926, in Union County, Iowa. The second youngest of ten children, Iola spent her childhood in and around Stuart, Iowa. On...
Mardell Sargent
Dec 23, 2008
Mardell D. Sargent (Red), 83, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona. Mardell was born on February 26, 1925 in Osceola, Nebraska, the son of Wilbur and Norma Sargent. He attended school in Bartlett, Nebraska, and joined the United States Army in 1944. He served in Japan and Okinawa....
Michaela Walters
Dec 20, 2008
Michaela Jo Walters, 21, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Michaela Jo Walters was born to Galen and Debbie (Schade) Walters on June 17, 1987, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Michaela lived on the family farm south of Anita until 1995 then...
Opal Faaborg
Dec 17, 2008
Opal Lorraine (Jorgensen) Faaborg, 86, of Anita, Iowa, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, was born May 14, 1922, the daughter of Thorvald and Stella (Justesen) Jorgensen in Sharon Township, Audubon County, Iowa, and passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Opal grew up and attended school in the Elk Horn- Kimballton area. On April 7,...
Dagny Knudsen
Dec 15, 2008
Dagny E. Knudsen, 91, of Atlantic, IA, passed away Monday, December 15, 2008, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab in Atlantic. Dagny Emma Sorensen was born on June 13, 1917, in Audubon, Iowa, the daughter of Viggo J. and Emma (Christiansen) Sorensen. She was raised one-quarter mile east of Hamlin. Dagny was baptized at the Audubon Lutheran Church and confirmed...
Melba Maurine Dudgeon
Dec 12, 2008
Melba Maurine Dudgeon, the daughter of Ira and Katharyn Finnerty Miller, was born July 22, 1920 at her parents home near Gray, Iowa and died December 12, 2008 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 7 months, and 20 days. Melba was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Gray. She...
Jessie June Ankeny
Dec 10, 2008
Jessie June Ankeny, the daughter of Thomas and Ethel (Rice) Spillman, was born November 30, 1925, at her parents home in Mc Fall, Missouri and died December 10, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital at the age of 83 years and 10 days. Jessie was baptized in a Methodist Church. She attended Mc Fall Community Schools graduating with the...
Selmer Newell
Dec 10, 2008
Selmer "Tuffy" Newell, 89, of Anita, Iowa, died at the Kavanagh House in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, December 10, 2008. Selmer Dayton "Tuffy" Newell was born on March 15, 1919, in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Thomas and Mary Jane (Rattledge) Newell. Selmer was eighth in a family of 11 children. They lived on a farm in...
Florence Irene Tessman
Dec 6, 2008
Florence Irene Tessman, the daughter of Hans and Katie (Hansen) Schmidt, was born May 5, 1920, in Douglas Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died December 6, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 7 months, and 1 day. Florence was baptized and confirmed at Ebenezer Lutheran Church west of Audubon. She attended country...
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