Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

John Vernon Kendle

John Vernon Kendle

May 21, 2008

John Vernon Kendle, the son of Leroy and Mary (McPeek) Kendle, was born December 20, 1916 in Dunlap, KS and died May 21, 2008 at the Manning Regional Healthcare Center in Manning, IA at the age of 91 years, 5 months, and 1 day. John was baptized at the Dunlap Methodist Church in Dunlap, KS. He attended school at Dunlap...

Dustin Flinn

Dustin Flinn

May 20, 2008

Dustin J. Flinn, 27, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in Adair County, Iowa, from injuries suffered in a construction accident. Dustin James Flinn was born August 25, 1980, in Jefferson, Iowa, the son of Linda Pfeiffer and Robert Flinn. He grew up in the Panora, Iowa, area and graduated from Panorama High School in 1998....

Elise Marie Johansen

Elise Marie Johansen

May 18, 2008

Elise Marie Johansen, the daughter of Peter L. and Ida Khynn Petersen, was born December 17, 1916 at her parents home near Exira, Iowa and died May 18, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 5 months and 1 day. Elise was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church west of Exira,...

Alice Johnson

Alice Johnson

May 17, 2008

Alice Marie Johnson was born January 16, 1924, at Adair, Iowa, to Jacob and Wilhelmina (Wedemeyer) Ernst. She grew up in Adair County where she attended rural schools and graduated from Adair High School in 1943. On August 5, 1944, she married Floyd Johnson in Adair, Iowa. The couple moved to Broadview, Illinois, where they lived and worked. Alice...

Timothy Imhoff

Timothy Imhoff

May 13, 2008

Timothy Imhoff, 38, of Loveland, Colorado, (formerly of Atlantic, Iowa) passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Timothy Lee Imhoff was born March 31, 1970, the son of Robert and Carolyn (Foubert) Imhoff in Meringo, Iowa. He was born again at the Fellowship...

Doyal Nosekabel

Doyal Nosekabel

May 13, 2008

Doyal L. Nosekabel, 62, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Doyal Lynn Nosekabel, Jr. was born on September 28, 1945, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Doyal and Mabel (Rexrote) Nosekabel. Doyal lived in California until his teenage years, and then moved back to Council Bluffs, graduating from...

Blair Nichole Otten

Blair Nichole Otten

May 12, 2008

Blair Nichole Otten, the daughter of Jacob David Otten and Alyssa Jo Wahlert, was born and died May 12, 2008, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Blair was baptized by the Holy Spirit. She was a prepatory member of the First United Methodist Church in Audubon, Iowa. Preceding her in death were her brother: David Skyler Otten; her great-grandparents: Dayle...

Emma Clark

Emma Clark

May 9, 2008

Emma Grace Clark, daughter of Sarah Sorum and Arthur Clark of Atlantic, passed away Friday, May 9, 2008, Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m., Thursday, May 15, 2008, in the chapel at Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic. Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery. Emma is survived by her father and mother, Sarah...

Milo Mcconnell

Milo Mcconnell

May 6, 2008

Milo G. "Mike" McConnell, 73, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at Creighton Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, after a lengthy illness. Milo was born on February 25, 1935, in Decatur County, Iowa, the son of Alva and Olive (Hall) McConnell, one of eleven children. He was raised in the southeastern Iowa area and graduated from...

James Rich

James Rich

May 6, 2008

James Andrew Rich, 70, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 06, 2008, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. A visitation, with the family present, will be held Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Andy has been cremated and no other services are planned. Andy is survived by his...

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

May 5, 2008

Robert Clarence Brown was born on February 28, 1926, to Clarence and B. Muriel (Thompson) Brown in Atlantic, Iowa. He passed away on May 5, 2008, at the age of 82. Bob was born in Atlantic and moved to the family farm north of Wiota when he was 8 years old with his family and his dog, Shep. One...

Marie Knop

Marie Knop

May 4, 2008

Marie N. Knop, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, May 4, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Marie Nettie Knop was born July 7, 1919, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Otto C. and Lillian (Parmley) Rogge. She went to school in Atlantic and graduated with the class of 1938. During high school, she met Donald Knop...

Luene Guthrie

Luene Guthrie

May 3, 2008

Luene M. Guthrie, 95, of Greenfield, Iowa, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Greenfield Manor in Greenfield, where she had resided for the past seven years. Luene Mildred Barnhouse was born in Beaver Township, Guthrie County, Iowa, on Feburary 28, 1913, the third of four children, to Emma Etta Mains and Charles Eldridge Barnhouse. She attended country school...

Lois Mcdermott

Lois Mcdermott

May 2, 2008

Lois D. McDermott, 81, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, May 2, 2008, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Lois Darlene McDermott was born April 10, 1927, in her parents' home in Cumberland, Iowa, to Bernard J. (B.J.) and Pauline D. (Bannick) Steffens. Lois was raised in the Anita area and attended the Wiota School, graduating in 1944. During...

Alta Vivian Petersen

Alta Vivian Petersen

May 1, 2008

Alta Vivian Petersen, the daughter of Julius and Anna Rasmussen Fischer, was born November 11, 1920, at her parents home near Walnut, Iowa and died May 1, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 5 months, and 20 days. Alta was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Walnut. She...

Daleth O'Neall Wulf

Daleth O'Neall Wulf

Apr 29, 2008

Daleth ONeall Wulf, the daughter of Lemuel Arthur and Vena Irene ONeall Arnold, was born August 11, 1916, in Lamoni, Iowa and died April 29, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 8 months, and 18 days. Daleth was baptized in the Methodist Church then later confirmed at Holy Trinity Catholic Church...

Janice Ellen Swesey

Janice Ellen Swesey

Apr 28, 2008

Janice Ellen Swesey, the daughter of Alfred and Marie Berg Winther, was born February 12, 1939 at her parents home west of Audubon, Iowa and died April 28, 2008 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 69 years, 2 months and 16 days.   Janice was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon.  She...

Scott Hockenberry

Scott Hockenberry

Apr 27, 2008

Scott A. Hockenberry, 58, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2008, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Scott Allan Hockenberry was born April 8, 1950, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Donald Scott and Cora Maxine (Herrick) Hockenberry. He attended grade school in the last country school in the Atlantic area and went to Atlantic High School, graduating...

Donna Lou Toft

Donna Lou Toft

Apr 26, 2008

Donna Lou Toft, the daughter of Carl J. and Lola I. Tibben Voss was born January 22, 1933 at her parents home east of Exira, IA and died April 26, 2008 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, IA at the age of 75 years, 3 months and 4 days. Donna Lou was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns...

Lester Joe Arthur Staub

Lester Joe Arthur Staub

Apr 24, 2008

Lester Arthur Staub, the son of Arthur R. and Louisa M. Schirmer Staub was born December 19, 1916 at his parents home in Augusta, Iowa and died April 24, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 4 months, and 5 days.      Joe was baptized and confirmed at St Marys Catholic Church in Augusta....