Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

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....

Erma May Rucker

Erma May Rucker

Apr 19, 2008

Erma May Rucker, the daughter of Hans and Amelia Blom Jorgensen, was born July 28, 1918 at her parents home in rural Cass County near Atlantic, Iowa and died April 19, 2008 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 8 months and 21 days. Erma was baptized February 1, 1919 at the Oak...

Irma Matilda Sander

Irma Matilda Sander

Apr 19, 2008

Irma Matilda Sander, the daughter of Henry and Emma Brinker Snyder, was born December 20, 1907 at her parents home in Breda, Iowa and died April 19, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 100 years, 3 months, and 29 days.      Irma was baptized and confirmed at St. Bernards Catholic Church in Breda. She attended...

Dorothy Smith

Dorothy Smith

Apr 19, 2008

Dorothy I. Smith, 98, of Exira, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira. Dorothy Irene Hammontree was born on May 15, 1909, in Sheridan, Wyoming, the daughter of Andrew Ray and Beulah (Townsend) Hammontree. On March 6, 1926, she was united in marriage to Theodore Smith in Sheridan, Wyoming. In 1928, they...

Walter Gettler

Walter Gettler

Apr 19, 2008

Walter Gettler, 84, of Greenfield, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Greenfield Manor in Greenfield, Iowa. Walter Nelson Gettler was born on October 31, 1923, in Valley Falls, Kansas, the son of William and Mary (Mosman) Gettler. He attended country school and the Catholic Parochial School in Coon Rapids, Iowa. Walter then returned home to help on...