Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Wilma Templeman

Wilma Templeman

Apr 18, 2008

Wilma Templeman, 98, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 18, 2008, at the Allen House in Atlantic. Wilma Eleanor Smith was born June 11, 1909, in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of William and Eleanor (Sawyer) Smith. She attended Technical High School in Omaha. In 1925 she was united in marriage to C. Van Harlan. They farmed in the...

Betty Anderson

Betty Anderson

Apr 18, 2008

Betty S. Anderson, 70, of Brayton, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 18, 2008, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. Betty Sue Harrell was born on February 18, 1938, in Atoka, Oklahoma, the daughter of Troy and Theresa (Salmon) Harrell. The family later moved to Texarkana, Texas, where she lived for 35 years until moving to Iowa. On...

Harold Benjamin Hoegh

Harold Benjamin Hoegh

Apr 14, 2008

Harold Benjamin Hoegh, the son of Benjamin C. and Emma Clausen Hoegh, was born May 13, 1921, at his parents home in Oakfield Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died April 14, 2008, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 11 months, and 1 day.      Harold was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in...

Delores Fleming

Delores Fleming

Apr 14, 2008

Delores Fleming went to her Heavenly Home at the age of 77, on Monday, April 14, 2008, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. She was the 10th of 12 children, born December 18, 1930, to Albert and Luella Mae Gray in Thurman, Iowa. She attended Thurman schools until her graduation. On August 27, 1949, she was married...

Leroy John Obermeier

Leroy John Obermeier

Apr 13, 2008

LeRoy John Obermeier, the son of Frank and Catherine Bohlman Obermeier, was born August 21, 1931, at his parents home near Templeton, Iowa and died April 13, 2008, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 76 years, 7 months, and 22 days. LeRoy was baptized at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Templeton and later confirmed...

Keith Staples

Keith Staples

Apr 13, 2008

Keith Staples the son of Charles and Francis (Bussie) Staples, was born September 9, 1931 in Cavalier, ND and died April 13, 2008, at his home in Omaha, NE at the age of 76 years, 7 months, and 4 days. Keith attended school in Cavalier and served his country in the Army during the Korean Conflict from 1952 until he...

Boyd Kading

Boyd Kading

Apr 12, 2008

C. Boyd Kading, 91, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 12, 2008, at The New Homestead in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Carl Boyd Kading was born November 6, 1916, at the family farm in Walnut Township, Adair County, Iowa, the son of Otto F. and Anna M. (Hain) Kading. Boyd grew up on the family farm and farmed his...

Leroy Peter Larsen

Leroy Peter Larsen

Apr 10, 2008

LeRoy Peter Larsen, the son of Lawrence and Margaret Hansen Larsen was born April 22, 1919 at his parents home near Elk Horn, Iowa and died April 10, 2008 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 11 months and 18 days. LeRoy was baptized and confirmed at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church...

Bernice Raper

Bernice Raper

Apr 9, 2008

Bernice E. Raper, 88, of Urbandale, Iowa, (formerly of Casey and Stuart, Iowa) passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at Urbandale Health and Rehabilitation Center. Bernice Ester Chase was born on August 22, 1919, in Fillmore, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Ester Chase. When Bernice was three her mother passed away and at the age of six was...

Donald Abel

Donald Abel

Apr 8, 2008

Donald L. Abel, 71, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2008, in his garden doing what he loved. Donald Lee Abel, was born March 28, 1937, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Burl H. and Lydia B. (Smith) Abel. At his birth, the family lived in Malvern, Iowa, and upon his parent's deaths,...

Leo Wright

Leo Wright

Apr 7, 2008

Leo Wright, 86, of Casey, Iowa, passed away, Monday, April 7, 2008, at Select Specialty Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Leo L Wright was born on January 13, 1922, in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Uri Land and Eva Helen (Goochey) Wright. He lived in Audubon County for a short time before his family moved to Guthrie County where...

Raymond Stein

Raymond Stein

Apr 5, 2008

Raymond H. Stein, 73, of Lewis, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Raymond Henry Stein, the son of Michael Ambrose and Isabelle Mary (Foxhoven) Stein, was born July 2, 1934, northwest of Portsmouth, Iowa, on the family farm. He attended country school through the eighth grade, later earning...

Mabel Ruth

Mabel Ruth

Apr 4, 2008

Mabel M. Ruth, 92, of Tabor, Iowa, (formerly of the Adair-Casey area) passed away, Friday, April 4, 2008, at the Tabor Manor Care Center. Mabel Marie Kading was born on September 22, 1915, the daughter of Charles and Anna (Stolk) Kading in Adair County, Iowa. She was baptized on November 14, 1915, and confirmed on April 13, 1930, at...

Wanda Brown

Wanda Brown

Apr 4, 2008

Wanda M. Brown, 86, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 4, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic, after a short illness. Wanda Mae Brown was born February 10, 1922, at home in Audubon County, the first born child of Roy G. and Alta (Hutchins) Aupperle. She attended rural school in Adair County and graduated from...

Evelyn Augusta Tessman

Evelyn Augusta Tessman

Apr 3, 2008

Evelyn Augusta Tessman, the daughter of Fred J. and Sophia J. Grulke Wendt, was born in Pottawattamie County, near Walnut, Iowa on June 10, 1912. She entered into rest April 3, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 95 years, 9 months, and 23 days. She was baptized at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Atlantic, IA...

Owen William Turk

Owen William Turk

Apr 3, 2008

Owen William Turk, the son of William and Edna Cartwright Turk, was born April 3, 1927, at his parents home near Atlantic, Iowa and died April 3, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 81 years.      Owen attended Atlantic Community Schools.  He enlisted in the U.S. Army Cavalry in 1945.  During his tour...

Donald Schaaf

Donald Schaaf

Apr 3, 2008

Donald Schaaf, 86, of Wiota, Iowa, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Donald Schaaf was born September 24, 1921, in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, the son of Louie and Dora Schaaf. He grew up in Pottawattamie County, and attended school in the Walnut school system. He was united in marriage to Marcella Eilts on...

Helen Holtz

Helen Holtz

Apr 3, 2008

Helen M. Holtz, 86, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2008, at the Clarehouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Helen Marie Stinn was born on April 2, 1922, in Panama, Iowa, the daughter of Casper and Regina (Bauer) Stinn. She was raised in the Panama, Iowa, area and later moved to Walnut, Iowa....

Arlene Shafer

Arlene Shafer

Apr 2, 2008

Arlene V. Shafer, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Arlene Virginia Shafer was born April 14, 1916, in Cumberland, Iowa, the daughter of John M. and Gertrude (Stackhouse) Lattimer. She was a lifelong Cass County, Iowa, resident. Prior to her graduation from the Cumberland High School, Arlene played...

Thelma Lorraine Fritsch

Thelma Lorraine Fritsch

Apr 1, 2008

Thelma Lorraine Fritsch, the daughter of Issac Charles and Anna Marie Elizabeth Buthweg Merk, was born February 11, 1917, at her grandmothers home in rural Audubon County, Iowa and died April 1, 2008 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 1 month, and 20 days. Thelma was baptized by Pastor Schultz at...