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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Marie Andersen
Mar 12, 2008
Marie C. Andersen, 101, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Marie Christine Jorgensen was born on May 27, 1906, the daughter of Jacob and Lizzie(Jensen) Jorgensen in Elk Horn, Iowa. On March 3, 1927, she was united in marriage to Peter Andersen at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn,...
Lyle Faaborg
Mar 6, 2008
Lyle E. Faaborg, 83, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2008, at the Cass County Hospital in Atlantic. Lyle Eugene Faaborg was born November 11, 1924, in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Semon S. and Sarah (Petersen) Faaborg. He was baptized in the Kimballton Lutheran Church in Kimballton, Iowa. Lyle attended rural schools in the Kimballton-Elk...
Nancy Jeanne Smith
Mar 5, 2008
OBITUARY OF NANCY J. SMITH Â Nancy Jeanne Smith, the daughter of Robert and Elisabeth Potts Ledwith,, was born June 20, 1951, in Madison, Wisconsin and died March 5, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 56 years, 8 months, and 15 days. Nancy was baptized and confirmed in the Methodist Church. She attended...
Edwin Herman Jensen
Mar 5, 2008
OBITUARY OF EDWIN H. JENSEN Â Â Â Â Â Edwin Herman Jensen, the son of Walter and Martine Sorensen Jensen, was born March 6, 1924, at his parents home near Brayton, Iowa and died March 5, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 11 months, and 29 days. Â Â Â Â Edwin was baptized in the Lutheran Church. He...
Dorothea Kuhnle
Mar 5, 2008
Dorothea I. Kuhnle, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Waterloo, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Dorothea Irene Rehbein was born on June 9, 1918, in Briesinitz, Germany, the daughter of Johannes and Ida (Affeld) Rehbein. In 1952, Dorothea and her daughter, Sybilla came to the United States and...
Elmore Ludwig
Mar 4, 2008
Elmore C. "Skinny" Ludwig, 95, of Greenfield, Iowa, and formerly of Casey, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at the Greenfield Manor in Greenfield. Elmore Carl Ludwig was born on January 6, 1913, on the family farm in Guthrie County, Iowa, the son of Orie and Gracie (Heinicker) Ludwig. Elmore lived in Guthrie and Adair County almost his...
Jayna Settell
Mar 3, 2008
Jayna Kay Settell, 66, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 3, 2008, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Jayna Kay Riner, the daughter of Russel Eugene and Erma Mae (Anderson) Riner was born September 4, 1941, in rural Sloan, Iowa. Throughout her life she lived in Sloan, Whiting, and Waterloo, Iowa, before moving to Atlantic, Iowa, about...
Myrtle Rich
Feb 29, 2008
Myrtle June Rich, age 83, of Atlantic, Iowa, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, February 29, 2008, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. She was born June 9, 1924, at her parents' home north of Atlantic, Iowa, to Arthur and Emma Nelson, one of ten children. After graduating from Atlantic High School in 1942, she became a...
Rowley Pollock, Jr.
Feb 24, 2008
Rowley (John) R. Pollock, Jr. 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2008, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Rowley Raymond Pollock, Jr. was born August 21, 1925, in Anita, Iowa, the son of Rowley Raymond, Sr. and Ida Alice (Dorale) Pollock. Rowley was raised in Anita and attended Anita High School. Rowley entered the...
Genevieve Fusselman
Feb 24, 2008
Genevieve K. Fusselman, 94, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Genevieve Kathryn Fusselman was born June 24, 1913, at the family farm home near Fontanelle, Iowa, the daughter of Erwin Arthur and Anna Marie (Welsch) Westphal. Genny was raised in the Bridgewater-Fontanelle area where she attended school. During...
Laverne Mcelfish
Feb 24, 2008
Laverne E. McElfish, 82, of Massena, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Laverne Eugene McElfish was born February 5, 1926, in Massena, Iowa, the son of Virgil E. and Edith H. (Peterson) McElfish. He attended several colleges and had received his Bachelors degree. Laverne served his country during WWII in...
Gene Ficken
Feb 20, 2008
Gene Ficken, 67, of Dillon, Montana, (formerly of Adair, Iowa) went home to be with Jesus, February 20, 2008, in Dillon. Nylan Gene Ficken was born on April 11, 1940, in Redfield, Iowa, the son of Joseph and Gladys (Ward) Ficken. Gene was a gifted mechanic and Christian friend. He is survived by his brother, John and his wife,...
Fern Behrends
Feb 19, 2008
Fern Martha Boseck Behrends passed away Tuesday evening, February 19, 2008 at her home at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Fern was born near Griswold in Bear Grove Township, the third of ten children, to Christian Rudolph and Martha Hampel Boseck, on her mother's 25th birthday, March 31, 1914. She graduated from Atlantic High School at the age of...
Karen Fullerton
Feb 18, 2008
Karen L. Fullerton, 66, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, February 18, 2008, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Karen Louise Scott was born on June 26, 1941, in Carroll County, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence and Violet (Richardson) Scott. Karen grew up in Coon Rapids, Iowa, and graduated from Coon Rapids High School in 1960. Following graduation...
Edward Hytla
Feb 15, 2008
Edward J. Hytla, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, February 15, 2008, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Ed Hytla retired in 1980 from working as an assembly worker for General Motors in St. Louis, MO. Ed lived in St. Louis his enitre life until moving to Atlantic in May of 2005. He is survived by his nephew,...
Albert Rhoades
Feb 14, 2008
Albert L. Rhoades, 68, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2008, at his home in Atlantic. Albert Lee Rhoades was born December 28, 1939, in Corning, Missouri, the son of Albert Andrew and Susie Dee (Bettinger) Rhoades. He was raised in Corning, Missouri, graduating from Corning High School. He completed Electronics training in Kansas City, Missouri. Before...
Edward Rhoades
Feb 14, 2008
Edward L. Rhoades, 65, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2008, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Edward Lee Rhoades was born on March 4, 1942, in Corning, Missouri, the son of Albert Andrew and Susie Dee (Bettinger) Rhoades. He worked on the railroad in Burlington, Missouri, for one year, was a CNA at St. Jospeh's...
Boyd Daniels
Feb 11, 2008
Funeral services for Boyd Daniels will be held Feb. 15, 2008, at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Stillwater, Minnesota. Burial will take place 1:00 p.m., Saturday, February 16, 2008, at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery near Casey, Iowa, with Hockenberry Funeral Home in Casey handling the local arrangements.
Ione Pierce
Feb 10, 2008
Ione R. Pierce, 94, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 10, 2008, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Ione Rosalie Uhlig was born on January 13, 1914, in Guthrie County, Iowa, the daughter of Ivor and Florence (Cowden) Uhlig. Ione was the Sweepstakes Baby at the Iowa State Fair in 1915. During her youth,...
Joanne Chesnut
Feb 6, 2008
Joanne Chesnut, 71, of Anita, Iowa, Passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita. D. Joanne Marquis Chesnut was born on July 4, 1936, in Coon Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Emanuel Reed "Bud" and Arlene (Thompson) Marquis. She grew up on the family farm southwest of Adair and attended Adair High School, graduating in 1953....
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