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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Martha Walker
May 13, 2009
Martha W. Walker, 101, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Martha Wilhelmina Heckman was born August 23, 1907, in Audubon County, Iowa, the daughter of Louis and Louisa (Petri) Heckman. At an early age the family moved to Guthrie County, where she attended rural school. Martha graduated from Adair High School, where...
Elaine M. Vanaernam
May 10, 2009
Elaine Mae VanAernam, the daughter of Walter and Carrie Lauridsen Jensen, was born May 15, 1924, at her parents home in Audubon County, in the Elk Horn-Exira area and died May 10, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira , Iowa at the age of 84 years, 11 months, and 25 days. Elaine was baptized July 13, 1924, and...
Raymond Aupperle
May 9, 2009
Raymond Dean Aupperle was born in Anita, Iowa, February 24, 1938, to Oscar E. and Ellen R. (Maas) Aupperle. He entered into rest on May 9, 2009, at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Anita. Ray grew up in the Massena area on his folk's farm. He graduated from Massena High School in 1956. After graduation, he worked for Nebola...
Joseph Thielen Jr.
May 6, 2009
Joseph George Thielen Jr. was born November 20, 1918, in Panama, Iowa, the son of Joseph George and Magdalena (Kenkel) Thielen. He lived in Panama and attended country school across the section from the family farm. He moved to Atlantic, Iowa in 1956, were he was a member of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. He has resided in...
Barbara Jean Madsen
May 3, 2009
Barbara Jean Madsen, the daughter of Louie and Geraldine (Jerry) Campbell Jones, was born September 20, 1932, in Audubon, Iowa and died May 3, 2009 at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 76 years, 7 months, and 13 days. Barbara was baptized at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Coon Rapids, Iowa and also...
James Hinson
May 3, 2009
James Lee Hinson, 69, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2009, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at the First Assembly of God Church, Atlantic Iowa. Jim is survived by his children, James Hinson and Debbie Hinson; his brother, Ken Hinson of...
George W. Owen, Sr.
May 1, 2009
George Wilde Owen Sr., the son of Alfred (Fred) and Lillian Johnsen Owen, was born January 21, 1929 at his parents home south of Viola Center, Ia and died May 1, 2009 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Ia. at the age of 80 years, 3 months and 10 days. George was baptized at Our Saviors Lutheran Church...
Lawrence Hogue
Apr 26, 2009
Lawrence "Larry" Hogue, 84, of Harlan, Iowa, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2009, at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Lawrence Lewis Hogue was born October 1, 1924, in the Loess Hills near Little Sioux, Iowa, the son of Lewis and Lillian Belle (Taylor) Hogue. Larry attended elementary school in Blencoe, Iowa, and graduated from Blencoe High School in 1942....
Lucille Marie Wiges
Apr 23, 2009
Lucille Marie Wiges, the daughter of Sophus and Lillian Johnson Christensen, was born February 7, 1921, at her parents home in Audubon County near Kimballton, Iowa and died April 23, 2009, at the Hospice House in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 88 years, 2 months, and 16 days. When Lucille was four years old, her father, Sophus, died. In...
Linda Mccurdy
Apr 22, 2009
Linda Lou Auerbach, the daughter of Lloyd Carl Frederick and Eleanor Ruth (Moller) Auerbach, was born July 3, 1947, in Atlantic, Iowa, and passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at her home in Atlantic. She grew up north of Lewis, Iowa, and graduated from Griswold Community High School in 1965. On September 8, 1972, she was united in marriage...
Leo Dwyer
Apr 21, 2009
Leo Dwyer, 85, of Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Salinas, California, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Leo was born June 24, 1923 in Adair County, Iowa, the 2nd child of Grace and Lloyd Dwyer. He graduated from Richland Consolidated High School in Iowa where he was well-known as an athlete and prankster....
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,...
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