Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Dorothy Wedemeyer

Dorothy Wedemeyer

Jan 17, 2009

Dorothy M. Wedemeyer, 81, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2009, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Dorothy Marie Kirchhoff was born on June 18, 1927, on a farm east of Lewis, Iowa in Bear Grove Township, the daughter of George and Lena (Beisser) Kirchhoff. Dorothy attended country school, graduated from Lewis High School, and then attended...

Barb Walters

Barb Walters

Jan 17, 2009

Barb J. Walters, 49, of Kirksville, Missouri, and formerly of the Atlantic and Brayton, Iowa, area, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2009, at her home in Kirksville, after a courageous battle with cervical cancer. Barbara June Hansen was born June 1, 1959, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Allan and Rosie (Lilienthal) Hansen. She attended school in Exira and...

Mary Linn Wulf

Mary Linn Wulf

Jan 15, 2009

Mary Linn Wulf, the daughter of Charles and Marilyn Ullerich Eddy, was born December 2, 1957, in Audubon, Iowa and died January 15, 2009, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 51 years, 1 month, and 13 days. Mary was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Audubon. She attended Audubon...

Merlyn Fooken

Merlyn Fooken

Jan 13, 2009

Merlyn Fooken, 74, of Bridgewater, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield, Iowa. Merlyn Gene Fooken was born March 28, 1934, on a farm near Cumberland, Iowa, the son of John A. and Jospehine M. (Bannick) Fooken. He attended school in Massena and Wiota and graduated from Wiota High School in...

Elaine Thora Bald

Elaine Thora Bald

Jan 12, 2009

Elaine Thora Bald, the daughter of Gladys Elnora (Jensen) and Harry George Bald, was born April 28, 1934, at her parents home in Brayton, Iowa and died January 12, 2009, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 74 years, 8 months, and 14 days. The Good Shepherd, Jesus, embraced Elaine as His lamb by...

Marvin Sorensen Byriel

Marvin Sorensen Byriel

Jan 11, 2009

Marvin Sorensen Byriel, the son of Peter and Anna Sorensen Byriel was born June 17, 1927, at his parents home in Exira, Iowa and died January 11, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 6 months, and 24 days. Marvin was baptized and confirmed at the Danish Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended...

Charles Morgan

Charles Morgan

Jan 10, 2009

Charles Hubert Morgan, 75, was born April 9, 1933, in Yuma, Arizona, the son of Hubert and Lois (Williams) Morgan, and passed away Saturday, January 10, 2009, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa. Charlie was baptized at the United Methodist Church in Elliott and graduated from Elliott High School in 1952. He served his country in the United States...

Karen Brown

Karen Brown

Jan 7, 2009

Karen Maxine (Bruner) Brown, 67, was born April 13, 1941, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Leland and Maxine (Parrott) Bruner and passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Karen spent her younger years growing up in Atlantic and attending Grant Elementary and Atlantic High School, graduating in 1959. On April...

Lucile Ticknor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...