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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Juanita Hargens
Dec 2, 2007
Juanita C. Hargens, 84, of Brayton, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2007, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa. Juanita Catherine Kroeger was born on December 31, 1922, in Arcadia, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Margaret (Erdman) Kroeger. She was a graduate of Westside High School in Westside, Iowa. On December 1, 1942, she was...
Melvin Wedemeyer
Nov 29, 2007
Melvin C. Wedemeyer, 90, of Adair, passed away November 29, 2007, at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center. Melvin Chris Wedemeyer was born on December 18, 1916, on the family farm in Guthrie County, Iowa, the son of George and Alma (Christensen) Wedemeyer. He graduated from Adair High School in 1936. Following graduation he joined the United States...
Helen Freund
Nov 28, 2007
Helen Dorothy Freund, 87, of Lewis, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Helen Dorothy Freund was born January 26, 1920, on a farm near Earling, Iowa, the daughter of John Peter and Ida E. (Schimerowski) Zimmer. She was raised and lived near Earling until she moved to Cass County...
Eleanor Sornson
Nov 22, 2007
Eleanor Sornson, 102, a lifelong Elk Horn, Iowa, area resident passed away Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2007, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. Eleanor was born November 10, 1905, on the family farm in Shelby County, Iowa, the daughter of M.J. and Inger Maria Peitersen Madsen. She was a 1925 graduate of the Elk Horn High School...
Kerry Dunn
Nov 21, 2007
Kerry Sue Dunn, 57, of Oak Ridge, Missouri, passed away peacefully at her home on November 21, 2007, after a long and courageous battle with Huntington's Disease. Kerry "Sue" was born January 7, 1950, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Glen and Darlene (Tibben) Gustafson. She grew up in Adair, Iowa, graduating from high school in 1968. Kerry married...
Clara Mitchell
Nov 6, 2007
Clara E. Mitchell, 87, of Omaha, Nebraska, originally from Anita, Iowa, and formerly of Tacoma, Washington, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at Select Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Clara Elizabeth Wiese was born on December 13, 1919, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Hugo and Hattie (Swartz) Wiese. She graduated from Anita High School. Following graduation she moved to...
Irene Maxwell
Nov 6, 2007
Irene L. Maxwell, 93, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Irene Laura Maxwell was born January 20, 1914, in Audubon Township, Audubon County, Iowa, to John H. and Frieda (Damman) Petri. She was baptized on March 15, 1914, and confirmed April 1, 1928, at St. John's Lutheran Church northwest...
Patricia Krause
Nov 4, 2007
Patricia E. Krause, 91, of Greenfield, Iowa, (formerly of Adair) passed away Sunday, November 4, 2007, at Greenfield Manor. Patricia Ebba Lovell was born on March 2, 1916, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Ebba (Olson) Lovell. She graduated from Adair High School in 1933. On September 3, 1934, she was united in marriage to Walter...
Bertha Waters
Nov 3, 2007
Bertha C. Waters, 88, lifelong resident of the Atlantic and Massena areas, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2007, at Risen Son Christian Village in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bertha Catherine Waters was born April 14, 1919, on the family farm in Victoria Township, south of Massena, Iowa. She was the daughter of Frank Patrick and Rachel Agnes (Cruise) Clinton. Bertha...
Marliss Hawkinson
Oct 27, 2007
Marly Hawkinson, 77, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2007, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa. Marliss John Hawkinson was born on July 2, 1930, in Nora Township, Minnesota, the son of Carl H. and Agnes (Kopitzke) Hawkinson. He was baptized into the Lutheran Church in September of 1930, at Morris, Minnesota. Marly graduated from...
Lavone Cappel
Oct 22, 2007
Lavone Cappel, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, October 22, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Lavone Cappel was born July 17, 1918, in Edgewood, Iowa, the daughter of Don Glazier and Beulah Randolph. She attended school in Independence, Iowa, was homecoming queen in the fall of 1935 and graduated in the spring of 1936....
Mary Ruggles
Oct 22, 2007
Mary M. Denney Ruggles, 83, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, October 22, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Mary Marie Denney Ruggles was born on March 24, 1924, in Exira, Iowa, the daughter of Wesley and Laura Nielsen Chase. She attended school in Exira and graduated from Exira High School in 1942. On July 23, 1942, Mary married...
Keith Ticknor
Oct 21, 2007
Keith Ticknor, 66, of Camdenton, Missouri, and formerly of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2007, at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, from complications of Multiple Myeloma. Keith Allen Ticknor was born on December 15, 1940, in Casey, Iowa, the son of Allen and Lucile (Whetstone) Ticknor. He lived on a farm north of Anita, Iowa, in...
Doris Allen
Oct 19, 2007
Doris A. Allen, 71, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, October 19, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Doris Ann Allen was born April 18, 1936, in Cumberland, Iowa, where she was raised by maternal grandparents Frederic and Malinda Schrader. She was baptized in the Methodist Church in Cumberland and graduated from Cumberland High School in...
Duane Suplee
Oct 14, 2007
Duane T. Suplee, 61, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2007 at his home in Anita. Duane Terry Suplee was born on August 17, 1946, at the Adair Hospital in Adair, Iowa, the son of Lester H. and Beatrice L. (Mortensen) Suplee. He graduated from Anita High School in 1965. Duane worked several jobs, including delivering the...
Gladys Carlson
Oct 13, 2007
Gladys L. Carlson, 79, a lifelong Anita, Iowa, resident, passed way Saturday, October 13, 2007, at the Colonial Manor in Anita. Gladys Louisa Carlson, was born August 19, 1928, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Lawrence H. and Leona M. (Witte) Carlson. She attended school in Anita and graduated from Anita High School in 1947. After graduation Gladys worked...
Raymond Flathers
Oct 8, 2007
Raymond "Dude" Flathers, 61, of Lewis, Iowa, (formerly of Atlantic) passed away Monday, October 8, 2007, at his home in Lewis. Raymond Leonard Flathers was born on May 8, 1946, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Harley and Rosemary (Stormer) Flathers. Ray was born and raised in Atlantic and moved to Massena, Iowa, when he was 16. He graduated...
Marvin Howell
Oct 7, 2007
Marvin J. Howell, 69, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 6, 2007, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Marvin John Howell was born on August 10, 1938, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Marvin Hewitt and Dorothy Elizabeth (Wade) Howell. He was baptized at the First Baptist Church in Colfax, Iowa. After his departure...
Leona Herren
Oct 4, 2007
Leona Heeren, 94, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, October 4, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Leona Elizabeth Tibken Heeren was born May 29, 1913, the daughter of Fritz & Elise "Lizzie" (Euken) Tibken. She was baptized in the home of her parents on June 22, 1923, by Pastor F.W. Heinke of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church. She...
Louise Krogman
Oct 1, 2007
Louise A. Krogman, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, October 1, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Louise Matilda Anna Krogman was born January 17, 1910, south of Wiota in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Theodor and Eleonore (Schmieding) Krogman. She attended Cumberland schools and graduated from Cumberland High School in 1927. She extended her education...
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