Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Mardell Sargent

Mardell Sargent

Dec 23, 2008

Mardell D. Sargent (Red), 83, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona. Mardell was born on February 26, 1925 in Osceola, Nebraska, the son of Wilbur and Norma Sargent. He attended school in Bartlett, Nebraska, and joined the United States Army in 1944. He served in Japan and Okinawa....

Michaela Walters

Michaela Walters

Dec 20, 2008

Michaela Jo Walters, 21, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Michaela Jo Walters was born to Galen and Debbie (Schade) Walters on June 17, 1987, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Michaela lived on the family farm south of Anita until 1995 then...

Opal Faaborg

Opal Faaborg

Dec 17, 2008

Opal Lorraine (Jorgensen) Faaborg, 86, of Anita, Iowa, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, was born May 14, 1922, the daughter of Thorvald and Stella (Justesen) Jorgensen in Sharon Township, Audubon County, Iowa, and passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Opal grew up and attended school in the Elk Horn- Kimballton area. On April 7,...

Dagny Knudsen

Dagny Knudsen

Dec 15, 2008

Dagny E. Knudsen, 91, of Atlantic, IA, passed away Monday, December 15, 2008, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab in Atlantic. Dagny Emma Sorensen was born on June 13, 1917, in Audubon, Iowa, the daughter of Viggo J. and Emma (Christiansen) Sorensen. She was raised one-quarter mile east of Hamlin. Dagny was baptized at the Audubon Lutheran Church and confirmed...

Melba Maurine Dudgeon

Melba Maurine Dudgeon

Dec 12, 2008

Melba Maurine Dudgeon, the daughter of Ira and Katharyn Finnerty Miller, was born July 22, 1920 at her parents home near Gray, Iowa and died December 12, 2008 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 7 months, and 20 days. Melba was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Gray. She...

Jessie June Ankeny

Jessie June Ankeny

Dec 10, 2008

Jessie June Ankeny, the daughter of Thomas and Ethel (Rice) Spillman, was born November 30, 1925, at her parents home in Mc Fall, Missouri and died December 10, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital at the age of 83 years and 10 days. Jessie was baptized in a Methodist Church. She attended Mc Fall Community Schools graduating with the...

Selmer Newell

Selmer Newell

Dec 10, 2008

Selmer "Tuffy" Newell, 89, of Anita, Iowa, died at the Kavanagh House in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, December 10, 2008. Selmer Dayton "Tuffy" Newell was born on March 15, 1919, in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Thomas and Mary Jane (Rattledge) Newell. Selmer was eighth in a family of 11 children. They lived on a farm in...

Florence Irene Tessman

Florence Irene Tessman

Dec 6, 2008

Florence Irene Tessman, the daughter of Hans and Katie (Hansen) Schmidt, was born May 5, 1920, in Douglas Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died December 6, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 7 months, and 1 day. Florence was baptized and confirmed at Ebenezer Lutheran Church west of Audubon. She attended country...

Rex Rathman

Rex Rathman

Dec 6, 2008

Rex H. Rathman, 72, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, December 6, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Rex Howard Rathman was born on March 4, 1936, in Anita, Iowa, the son of Thomas A. and Marie K. (Tibken) Rathman. Rex attended school in Anita and graduated from Anita High School in 1954. Following graduation, he worked for Fletcher's...

Dylan Nelsen

Dylan Nelsen

Nov 29, 2008

Dylan J. Nelsen, 20, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Saturday, November 29, 2008, as the result of an automobile accident. Dylan James Nelsen was born December 14, 1987, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Rick E. Conrad and Jane Ellen Nelsen-Imhoff. He lived all of his life in Adair, Iowa, and graduated from Adair-Casey High School in 2006. Following...

Gertrude Virginia Bintner

Gertrude Virginia Bintner

Nov 25, 2008

Gertrude Virginia Bintner, the daughter of Wayne and Gertrude (Whitmore) Fowler, was born October 5, 1928, at Brayton, Iowa and passed away November 25, 2008, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 1 month, and 20 days. Gertrude attended Bintner Country School and then graduated from Exira High School with the Class of...

Viola Renfro

Viola Renfro

Nov 22, 2008

Viola M. Renfro, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2008, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Viola Marie Wolfkill was born February 1, 1913, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Albert Leroy and Mary Amanda (Pross) Wolfkill. She grew up in Des Moines and attended school there. Viola was baptized on June 22, 1913, at...

Brandee Alexander

Brandee Alexander

Nov 19, 2008

Brandee M. Alexander, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away early Wednesday morning, November 19, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, after a courageous battle with cancer, at the age of 34 years, 9 months and 7 days. Brandee Marie (Feldhacker) Alexander was born on February 12, 1974, in Spencer, Iowa, the third born daughter of Edward...

James Fleming

James Fleming

Nov 19, 2008

James Fleming, 81, of Atlantic, Iowa passed away at his home, Wednesday, November 19, 2008. James is survived by his son, Dennis Fleming of Atlantic, Iowa; sister Faye Harold of Council Bluffs, Iowa; sister-in-law, Donna Miller of Niceville, Florida and his brother-in-law Don Gray of Tulsa, Oklahoma as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceeded...

Elenora Lucille Frederiksen

Elenora Lucille Frederiksen

Nov 18, 2008

Elenora L. Frederiksen, the daughter of Peter and Anna Larsen Frederiksen, was born October 22, 1916, at her parents home in Audubon, Iowa and died November 18, 2008, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 92 years and 26 days. Elenora was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon. She attended Audubon Community...

Wilma Strickland

Wilma Strickland

Nov 18, 2008

Wilma Arlene Strickland, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Wilma Arlene DeBord, daughter of Arlie Elwood and Dorthea (Davis) DeBord was born November 22, 1919, in Marne, Iowa. As a child, she lived in several places including Burns, Kansas, and Rogers, Arkansas. They also lived in Marne, Anita, and...

Gordon Clay

Gordon Clay

Nov 12, 2008

Gordon Dee Clay was born March 16, 1947, in Hastings, Nebraska, the son of Homer Arthur and Mabel Katherine (Ochner) Clay and passed away Thursday, November 12, 2008, at Methodist Hospital, in Omaha, Nebraska. He lived in Grand Island, Nebraska, and attended school there until 1961. His family then moved to Atlantic, Iowa, where Gordy graduated from Atlantic High...

Helen Kopaska

Helen Kopaska

Nov 7, 2008

Helen Kopaska, 84, of Stuart, Iowa, (formerly of Adair) passed away Friday, November 7, 2008, at the Stuart Community Care Center. Helen Caroline Larsen was born on December 4, 1923, near Kimballton, Iowa, the daughter of Andrew and Matilda (Otzen) Larsen. She attended country school near Poplar, Iowa, and then the family moved to Guthrie Center where she continued...

Keenan Bruns

Keenan Bruns

Nov 6, 2008

Keenan Robert Bruns, newborn son of Christine Walton and Jon Bruns of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2008, at Children's Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Keenan is survived by his mom and dad, Christine Walton and Jon Bruns of Cumberland, Iowa; his sisters, Kendra Walton-Ruddick and Callie Walton; maternal grandparents, Jan Walton of Massena, Iowa, and Cal Walton...

Wayne Eugene Huffman

Wayne Eugene Huffman

Nov 4, 2008

Wayne Eugene Huffman, the son of Charles and Nina Fairchild Huffman, was born August 30, 1925 at his parents home in Shelby County, Iowa near Irwin, Iowa and died November 4, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 2 months, and 4 days. Wayne was baptized and confirmed December 31, 1944, at the...