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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
M. Fredericksen
Apr 1, 2008
LaVern Fredericksen, 86, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. Martin LaVern Fredericksen was born on December 8, 1921, in Kimballton, Iowa, the son of Martin Fred and Carrie (Petersen) Fredericksen. He was baptized and confirmed at the Bethany Lutheran Church, northeast of Kimballton. He served his...
Charles Rudolph Jones
Mar 31, 2008
Charles R. Jones was born Oct. 25, 1926, in Lundell, Arkansas to Charles (Fate) Jones & Pearl V. (Snyder) Jones. He was one of nine children and the only one who lived over 20 miles from his folks. He died March 31, 2008 at the Memorial Community Hospital and Health System in Blair, Nebraska at the age of 81 years,...
Donald Nelson
Mar 31, 2008
Donald L.Nelson, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 31, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Donald Leroy Nelson was born April 13, 1930, in rural Audubon County, the son of Lars and Eunice (Cooley) Nelson. Early in his life, Donald lived in Audubon County and attended school in Exira. Later his family moved to...
Inez Smith
Mar 27, 2008
Inez L. Smith, 68, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab in Atlantic. Inez Louise Murphy was born on February 2, 1940, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Glen Ernst and Helen Lorine (Lawton) Murphy. Inez is survived by her sons, Gary Jameson and his wife, Paula of Lewis, Iowa, Larry...
Ed Phippen
Mar 24, 2008
Edward Oral Phippen, 52, passed away Monday, March 24, 2008. Edward was born on March 16, 1956, in New Hampton, Iowa, the son of Oral Jeremiah and Winifred Nina (Katcher) Phippen. He attended school at St. William's Catholic School in Alta Vista, Iowa, through 8th grade and then went on to New Hampton High School. Edward attended Luther College...
Beverly Darlene Paulsen
Mar 23, 2008
OBITUARY OF BEVERLY D. PAULSEN Â Â Â Â Beverly Darlene Paulsen, the daughter of Harry and Euphemia Wulf Osterman, was born November 29, 1928, in Arlington, Nebraska and died March 23, 2008, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 79 years, 3 months, and 24 days. Â Â Â Â Beverly was baptized June 17, 1929, and confirmed at the Arlington Community Church...
Ellen Holstein Johnson
Mar 22, 2008
Ellen H. Johnson, the daughter of Julius Georg Vilhelm Magnussen and Anna Vilhelmine Jespersen was born Dec. 2, 1912 in Dickson Alberta, Canada and died Mar. 22, 2008 at Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington, IA at the age of 95 years, 3months, and 20 days. Â Â Â Her fathers ministry took the family from Dickson to Flaxton, ND, Elba, NE,...
Lily Kristine Martin
Mar 17, 2008
OBITUARY OF LILY K. MARTIN Â Â Â Â Â Lily Kristine Martin, the daughter of Marius Nielsen and Louise Nielsen, was born March 20, 1917, at her parents home in Exira, Iowa and died March 17, 2008, at the Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 11 months, and 27 days. Â Â Â Â Lily was baptized at the First Baptist Church...
Ruth Smith
Mar 13, 2008
Ruth Fay Smith, 60, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Ruth Fay Reel was born on March 11, 1948, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Frank and Rava (Hrugs) Reel. She had lived in California for some time until moving to Atlantic in 1993. She enjoyed spending time...
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