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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
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,...
Luverne Gilberg
Feb 21, 2009
LuVerne Gilberg, 93, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of California, passed away Saturday, February 21, 2009, at her home in Atlantic. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., this evening, Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic. Funeral services will be held at Ullrey Memorial Chapel in Yuba City, California, at a later date....
Kathryn Ann Hansen
Feb 16, 2009
Kathryn Ann (Andersen) Hansen, the daughter of Hans Christian and Emma Christina (Petersen) Andersen, was born December 14, 1936, on the family farm northwest of Brayton in Oakfield Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died February 16, 2009, at the Salem Lutheran Homes in Elk Horn, Iowa at the age 72 years, 2 months, and 2 days. Kathryn was baptized at...
Carolyn Schellenberg
Feb 9, 2009
Carolyn May Hall Schellenberg, 76, of Anta, Iowa, passed away Monday, February 9, 2009, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Carolyn May Otteman was born on September 23, 1932, near Scribner, Nebraska, one of six children born to Henry Herman and Margaret Viola (Givins) Otteman. She attended Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, where she earned her...
William Fagan
Feb 9, 2009
Bill Fagan, 83, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Monday, February 9, 2009, at Guthrie County Memorial Hospital in Guthrie Center, Iowa. William Reed Fagan was born on June 25, 1925, in rural Adair County, Iowa, the son of William Henry and Ethyl Mae (Reed) Fagan. He attended high school in Menlo, Iowa. Bill served his country in the United...
Gladys Jorgensen
Feb 4, 2009
Gladys Jorgensen, 94, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Gladys Margaret Walters was born August 25, 1914 in Audubon County, Iowa, the daughter of Mads and Anna Marie (Beck) Walters. She grew up and attended country school in Audubon County, Iowa. In 1931, she was united in marriage to Edvald...
Ross Porter
Feb 3, 2009
Ross Joseph Porter, 84, passed away on February 3, 2009, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Ross is a descendant of Mayflower Pilgrim Richard Warren, through his Powell / Tilden / Little / Warren ancestry. In September of 1855, Ross' great grandparents, Edward Porter and Clarissa Richardson Powell, migrated by covered wagon from Stark County, Illinois, and...
Lloyd Grimes
Jan 29, 2009
Lloyd E. Grimes, 90, of Audubon, formerly of Adair, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 29, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa. Lloyd Edward Grimes was born on December 6, 1918, on the family farm in Guthrie County, Iowa, the son of Floyd R. and Emily Margaret (Elgin) Grimes. He attended school in Guthrie County and graduated from...
Leona 'Nonie' Ross
Jan 27, 2009
Leona Nonie Ross, of Audubon, passed away January 27, 2009, at the Pathways Hospice Care Center in Loveland, Colorado, after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer at the age of 82 years, 5 months, and 5 days. Nonie was born August 22, 1926, to George and Minona (Barentson) McLeran at her family farm just west of Audubon. She attended...
Dalbert Akers
Jan 26, 2009
Dalbert G. Akers, 81, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, January 26, 2009, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Dalbert George Akers was born on March 5, 1927, in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Otto G. and Mary (Ludwig) Akers, the 3rd of six children. He attended country school in Audubon County. Dalbert farmed the family...
Linda Tolton
Jan 21, 2009
Linda K. Tolton, 46, of Atlantic, Iowa, began her journey with God in Heaven Wednesday, January 21, 2009, after a 6 month battle with pancreatic cancer. She fought with Faith, Hope, Strength, and Courage. Linda Kay Christensen was born on November 1, 1962, in Swenden, England. She was the second of three daughters born to Merrill Dean and Donna...
Evelyn May Nissen
Jan 18, 2009
Evelyn May Nissen, the daughter of Emil and Emily Bartlett Wiges, was born August 3, 1916, at her parents home east of Exira, Iowa and passed away with her family surrounding her January 18, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 10 months, and 10 days. Evelyn was baptized at a Ladies Aid...
Clara Inman
Jan 18, 2009
Clara Ruthanna Inman, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, was born August 1, 1917, the daughter of Henry and Mary (Stoltz) Thraen in Osmond, Nebraska, and passed away Sunday, January 18, 2009, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. At the age of three months her family moved to rural Portsmouth, Iowa, and then moved to Harlan, Iowa, when she was...
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