Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Loren Keith Stewart

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Pastor Robert Wayne Hennick

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...