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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. Â Â Â Â Joe was baptized and confirmed at St Marys Catholic Church in Augusta....
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
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. Â Â Â Â Irma was baptized and confirmed at St. Bernards Catholic Church in Breda. She attended...
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
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...
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
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
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. Â Â Â Â Harold was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in...
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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