Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Patricia Ann Nielsen

Patricia Ann Nielsen

Aug 28, 2008

Patricia Ann Teter Nielsen, daughter of Berthal and Opal Inez (Trucks) Teter, was born July 22, 1930, at her parents rural home in Guthrie County, Iowa and died August 28, 2008 at the Carroll Health Center in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 1 month and 6 days. Patricia was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church...

John Samuel Garber

John Samuel Garber

Aug 26, 2008

     John Samuel Garber, the son of James F. and Emily (Emma) Smith Garber, was born June 21, 1918, on a ranch north of Audubon, Iowa and died August 26, 2008, at his daughter Carol’s home in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 90 years, 2 months and 5 days.

     John was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in...

Alpha (Billie) Delilah Bald

Alpha (Billie) Delilah Bald

Aug 25, 2008

Alpha Delilah (Billie) Bald, the daughter of Jim and Elizabeth Kusel Jensen, was born October 18, 1919, in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died August 25, 2008, at her home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 10 months, and 7 days. Billie attended school in Des Moines, Iowa and Ross, Iowa. On November 24, 1934, she was united in...

Allen Joseph Klocke

Allen Joseph Klocke

Aug 24, 2008

Allen Joseph Klocke, the son of Leonard and Leona Bierl Klocke, was born June 21, 1962, in Carroll, Iowa and died August 24, 2008, at his home near Audubon, Iowa at the age of 46 years, 2 months, and 3 days. Al was baptized and confirmed at St. Marys Catholic Church in Willey, Iowa. He attended parochial grade school at...

Roy Ellerhoff

Roy Ellerhoff

Aug 24, 2008

Roy Ervin Ellerhoff, 81, of Tipton, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2008. Roy was born February 7, 1927, to Ervin and Charlene (Pfeifer) Ellerhoff in Burlington, Iowa. He graduated from Burlington High School in 1944, where he had been president of the Radio Club and a member of the National Honor Society. He married Eldora Sophia Jipp...

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

Aug 23, 2008

Herbert Hoover, 79, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 23, 2008, at Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center in Avoca, Iowa. Herbert Raymond Hoover was born June 28, 1929, in Walnut, Iowa, the son of Raymond Eldon and Pauline Gertrude (Pross) Hoover. His early childhood was spent in Marne, Iowa, where he attended school; then the family moved to...

Richard Jerome Jorgensen

Richard Jerome Jorgensen

Aug 20, 2008

Richard Jerome Jorgensen, the son of Harvey and Lydia Ulven Jorgensen, was born August 26, 1942 in Carroll, Iowa and died August 20, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 65 years, 11 months and 24 days. Richard was baptized October 11, 1942 and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended rural...

Gary Hulsebus

Gary Hulsebus

Aug 19, 2008

Gary Hulsebus, 63, of Lewis, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2008, at his home. Gary Lee Hulsebus was born December 28, 1944, at home on the farm southeast of Lewis, Iowa, the son of Merlin Fay and Theone Maxine (McCullough) Hulsebus. He grew up on the farm and went to school in Griswold where he played basketball and...

Marvin Jensen Johnson

Marvin Jensen Johnson

Aug 14, 2008

Marvin Jensen Johnson, the son of Harry and Daisy Jensen Johnson, was born December 4, 1921 at his parents home in Cass County near Anita, Iowa and died at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 8 months, and 10 days.       Marvin was baptized June 24, 1926 at the Exira Lutheran Church. He attended rural...

Alfred Minter Potter

Alfred Minter Potter

Aug 14, 2008

Alfred Minter Potter, the son of Alfred Henry and Nellie Eliza Stogdill Potter, was born August 16, 1933, in Council Bluffs, Iowa and passed on August 14, 2008, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 74 years, 11 months, and 28 days. After Alfreds mother passed away, Alfred, his brother and sister moved to the USA Christian...

Clara Mcclure

Clara Mcclure

Aug 13, 2008

Clara Louise Rolston McClure, 77, of Anita, Iowa, died quietly at home on Wednesday, August 13, 2008. Clara Louise Rolston McClure was born April 19, 1931, in Kansas City, Missouri, the only daughter of Ida Frances (Robinson) Rolston and Harold Leland Rolston and step-daughter of Edwin W. Griste. She was baptized in the Christian Church in Unionville, Missouri. Louise...

Kenneth Lebeck

Kenneth Lebeck

Aug 11, 2008

Kenneth E. Lebeck, 62, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, August 11, 2008, at the Exira Care Center, Exira, Iowa. Kenneth Eugene Lebeck was born July 18, 1946, in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Edward and Mary Jane (Potter) Lebeck. He spent his entire childhood in Audubon, attended school there and graduated from Audubon High in 1964. Kenny...

Vyrle Devoss

Vyrle Devoss

Aug 2, 2008

Vyrle L. DeVoss, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on August 2, 2008, at the Allen House in Atlantic. Vyrle was born the son of Ralph and Ruth (Westerlund) DeVoss on December 5, 1915, on their farm near Morton Mills, Iowa. He grew up with this two brothers George and Dean and a sister, Vernita, on the family farm....

Robert Artlip

Robert Artlip

Aug 1, 2008

Robert "Bob" Artlip, 72, of Elliott, Iowa, passed away Friday, August 1, 2008, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, after a brief illness. Robert Glen Artlip was born on July 20, 1936, in Elliott, Iowa, the son of Delbert and Doris Artlip. On December 17, 1956, he married the love of his life, Sharen Cable, at the...

Fred Nmi Cole

Fred Nmi Cole

Jul 31, 2008

Fred Cole, the son of Fred Harris and Cecille Lucille Beal Cole, was born June 2, 1926, in Kansas City, Missouri and died July 31, 2008, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 1 month, and 29 days. Fred was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. He attended school in Lewis, Iowa and then...

Donald Karns

Donald Karns

Jul 31, 2008

Donald Cloyd Karns, 75, a longtime Anita resident, businessman, community and civic leader, died Thursday, July 31, 2008. Don was born October 30, 1932, in Adair, Iowa. Don was the younger of two children of Cloyd and Irene (Gipple) Karns. The family moved to Missouri in 1935; Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1937; and returned to Adair County in August 1943,...

Linda Marie Paulsen

Linda Marie Paulsen

Jul 29, 2008

Linda Marie Paulsen, the daughter of Harry Walter and Eleanor Mary Hoch McAllister, was born September 1, 1949, in Chariton, Iowa and died July 29, 2008, at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa at the age of 58 years, 10 months, and 28 days. Linda was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Church in Melcher,...

Johnnie Dale Swensen

Johnnie Dale Swensen

Jul 29, 2008

John Dale Swensen, the son of LaVern Henry and Jeanette Lois Jensen Swensen, was born December 10, 1953, in Audubon, Iowa and died July 29, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 54 years, 7 months, and 19 days. John was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended...

Richard Sherman

Richard Sherman

Jul 27, 2008

Richard L. Sherman, 59, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Richard Lloyd Sherman was born January 28, 1949, in Creston, Iowa, the son of Lloyd George and Lorna Ima (Weber) Sherman. He grew up on his parents' farm outside of Casey and continued to live in the Casey area his...

Roy Samuel Lawson

Roy Samuel Lawson

Jul 24, 2008

Roy Samuel Lawson, the son of Samuel and Hazel Anderson Lawson, was born May 13, 1929, at his parents home in Cameron Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died July 24, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 79 years, 2 months, and 11 days. Sam was baptized and confirmed at the Gray Methodist...