Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Harold Jay Godwin

Harold Jay Godwin

Jul 15, 2009

Harold Jay Godwin, the son of Joseph Jay and Anna Knudsen Godwin, was born September 12, 1937, on his parents farm in Greeley Township, Audubon County, north of Exira, Iowa and died July 15, 2009 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 71 years, 10 months and 3 days. Harold was baptized at the Exira...

Winnifred Catherine Andersen

Winnifred Catherine Andersen

Jul 14, 2009

Winnifred Catherine Andersen, the daughter of L. Calvin and Effie Freeman Langston, was born September 20, 1919, at her parents farm in Fremont County, near Sidney, Iowa and died July 14, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 9 months, and 24 days. Winnifred was baptized in the Methodist Church in Thurman,...

Harold Lewis Schroeter

Harold Lewis Schroeter

Jul 12, 2009

Harold Lewis Schroeter, The son of Fred August and Pearl Ellen Rice Schroeter, was born May 30, 1916, at his parents home in Audubon County, Iowa and died July 12, 2009, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 1 month and 12 days. Harold was baptized April 8, 1917, and confirmed...

David Ford

David Ford

Jul 11, 2009

David Terence Ford was born October 24, 1939, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Clarence Harold and Edith Lillian (Anderson) Ford, and passed away Saturday, July 11, 2009, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa. While living in Creston as a small child, David was baptized at the Lutheran Church there. He also lived in Missouri Valley before moving...

Norma Helene Ruhs

Norma Helene Ruhs

Jul 10, 2009

Norma Helene Ruhs, the daughter of David H. and Ethel C. Mullenger Christensen, was born April 7, 1926, at her family home in Hamlin Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died July 10, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 3 months, and 3 days. Norma was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran...

Roma L. Hardwick

Roma L. Hardwick

Jul 8, 2009

Roma Lucille Hardwick, the daughter of Harry and Eva Davis Hockenberry, was born December 10, 1912, at her parents home near Exira, Iowa and died July 8, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira at the age of 96 years, 6 months, and 28 days. Roma was baptized at the Exira Christian Church. She attended Exira Community Schools, graduating...

Marie Davis

Marie Davis

Jul 7, 2009

Marie E. Davis, 93, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Anita, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at the Allen House in Atlantic. Marie Evelyn was born May 22, 1916, in Corrine, Saskatchewan, Canada, the daughter of Roscoe John and Ethel Lee (Gochanour) Blue. On December 21, 1938, she married Dallas Wayne Davis in Carroll, Iowa. Following their marriage, they...

Lloyd Berg

Lloyd Berg

Jul 7, 2009

Lloyd Henry Berg was born January 23, 1923, in Brayton, Iowa, the son of Nels and Hertha (Hansen) Berg and passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at Colonial Manor in Anita at the age of 86 years. Lloyd started school near Brayton attending country schools in Audubon and Cass County. He finished school at Norway Center and Victor schools....

Helen M. Gregersen

Helen M. Gregersen

Jul 6, 2009

Helen M. Gregersen, the daughter of Jacob and Dorthea Jacobsen, was born September 15, 1915 at her parents' home near Exira, Iowa and died July 6, 2009, at the Central Baptist Village in Norridge, Illinois at the age of 93 years, 9 months, and 21 days. Helen was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira. She attended...

Marie Christine Winther

Marie Christine Winther

Jul 5, 2009

Marie Christine Winther, the daughter of Christian and Anna Johanna Jensen Berg, was born June 25, 1915, in Audubon, Iowa and died July 5, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 94 years and 10 days. Marie was baptized and confirmed at the Danish Lutheran Church in Audubon. She attended Audubon Community Schools, graduating with the...

Robert D. Christoffersen

Robert D. Christoffersen

Jul 4, 2009

Robert Donald Christoffersen, the son of C. Albert and Esther Mortensen Christoffersen, was born February 3, 1923, at his parents home in Shelby County near Poplar, Iowa and died July 4, 2009, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 5 months, and 1 day. Robert was baptized as an infant at the Poplar Church in...

Steven Orndorff Iii

Steven Orndorff Iii

Jul 2, 2009

Steven Lynn Orndorff III, infant son of Steven Lynn Orndorff Jr. and Kareena Jade Smith, was born Monday, June 29, 2009, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, and passed away Thursday, July 2, 2009, at Children's Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. A private family memorial service will be held. Stevie is survived by his mom and dad, Jade Smith and...

Dora Jensen

Dora Jensen

Jun 30, 2009

Dora Louise Liddick was born January 29, 1920, in Greenfield, Iowa, to Clarence and Annas Liddick and passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at the Community Care Center in Stuart at the age of 89. At the age of five Dora Louise moved to Red Oak, Iowa, to make her home with her paternal grandparents. In 1932, she moved...

Kristine Fries

Kristine Fries

Jun 29, 2009

Kristine Marie Nielsen Fries, 100, of Anita, Iowa passed away June 29, 2009 at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Kristine Marie Nielsen was born on April 7, 1909, near Brovst, Denmark, to Thorger Christian and Marie (Andersen) Nielsen. She came to the United States in December of 1911 and lived in Ida County, in northwest Iowa. In 1922 the...

Ginger Ann Wardrip

Ginger Ann Wardrip

Jun 26, 2009

Ginger Ann Wardrip, the daughter of Allen and Ginny Huffer Wardrip, was born August 12, 1969, in Kansas City, Missouri and died June 26, 2009, at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 39 years, 10 months, and 14 days. Ginger was baptized and confirmed at St. Theresas Catholic Church in Kansas City. She attended...

Reta Iona Hansen

Reta Iona Hansen

Jun 21, 2009

Reta Iona Hansen, the daughter of Martin N. and Minnie Thygesen Clemsen, was born September 8, 1925, at her parents home in Sharon Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died June 21, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 9 months, and 13 days. Reta was baptized and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church, northeast...

Fay Jensen

Fay Jensen

Jun 21, 2009

Fay was born September 14th, 1940, to Mildred and Maynard Leib. She was born in farm house just south of the dam located in what we now call Lake Anita State Park. Just before starting school her parents relocated to a farm near Guthrie Center. She attended rural Country School Union # 8 and # 9, and was a...

Allen Leroy Oakley, Sr.

Allen Leroy Oakley, Sr.

Jun 20, 2009

Allen LeRoy Oakley Sr., the son of George Dewey and Nellie Lucinda Howey Oakley, was born March 16, 1937, at his parents home in Audubon, IA and died June 20, 2009, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 72 years, 3 months and 4 days after a long three-year courageous battle with cancer. Allen attended...

Elmer William Bauer

Elmer William Bauer

Jun 20, 2009

Elmer William Bauer, the son of William and Anna Koenig Bauer, was born June 20, 1915, at his parents home in Ross, Iowa and died June 20, 2009, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 94 years. Elmer was baptized at the Calvary Church in Ross, Iowa. He attended rural school Cameron No. 9...

Hazel Elizabeth Conrad

Hazel Elizabeth Conrad

Jun 19, 2009

Hazel Elizabeth Conrad, the daughter of Charles Sherman and Clare Anna Wiley Newell, was born April 5, 1916, at her parents home in Lincoln Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died June 19, 2009, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 2 months and 14 days. Hazel was baptized in the Christian Church...