Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Ardelle Andersen

Ardelle Andersen

Nov 30, 2006

Ardelle J. Andersen, 81, of Glenwood, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, passed away Thursday morning, November 30, 2006 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Ardelle Junette Andersen was born August 2, 1925, on the family farm in Monroe Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Elvina G. (Christensen) Hansen. She attended country school in...

Stanley Waterbury

Stanley Waterbury

Nov 27, 2006

STANLEY "MAX" WATERBURY "God Saw Him Tired" God saw him getting tired and A cure was not to be, So He put His arms around him and whispered "Come with me." With tearful eyes we watched him suffer And saw him fade away, Although we couldn't bear to lose him, We could not ask him to stay. A golden...

Rick Klever

Rick Klever

Nov 19, 2006

RICK L. KLEVER Rick L. Klever, 41, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Rick Lee Klever was born November 22, 1964, at the Audubon County Hospital in Audubon, Iowa, the son of Robert L. Klever and Madeline M. (Miller) Pedersen. He lived on the family farm in Guthrie...

Ruth Runkle

Ruth Runkle

Nov 18, 2006

Ruth M. Runkle, 86, of Casey, Iowa, passed away, Saturday, November 18, 2006, at The New Homestead Nursing Home in Guthrie Center, IA. Ruth Mae Hicok was born on September 24, 1920 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Ray W. and Dolly Linda (Roberts) Hicok. She went to school and attended West High School in Waterloo, Iowa. On September...

Tommie Gray

Tommie Gray

Nov 15, 2006

Tommie D. Gray, 68, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2006, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Tommie Dale Gray was born on October 15, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Earl and Georgia (Breeden) Gray. Tommie served his country by serving in the United States Marine Corps from 1956 to 1959...

Ina Smith

Ina Smith

Nov 10, 2006

Ina Smith, 93, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away on her birthday, Friday, November 10, 2006, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. Ina Marjorie Bales Smith was born on November 10, 1913, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Dan and Minnie Bales. She lived in Iowa until the death of her father in 1922 at which time...

Betty Dill

Betty Dill

Nov 10, 2006

Betty Dill, 77, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Friday evening, November 10, 2006, at her home. Betty Jean Dill was born July 14, 1929, on the family farm south of Stuart, Iowa, the daughter of Wilbur A. and Agnes (Lahey) Johnson. She attended country school until the family moved into Stuart, where she graduated from Stuart High School in...

Gertrude Klever

Gertrude Klever

Nov 7, 2006

Gertrude Elizabeth Bamsey Klever, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2006, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Gertrude was born on January 29, 1915, in Audubon County, Iowa, the daughter of Ray and Viola (Kopp) Bamsey. She was baptized in the Evangelical Church in Audubon, Iowa. Gertrude attended elementary and high school in Audubon, Iowa, and...

Walter Wedemeyer

Walter Wedemeyer

Nov 5, 2006

Walter C. Wedemeyer, 95, of Adair, passed away Sunday, November 5, 2006, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Walter Carl Wedemeyer was born December 31, 1910, in rural Guthrie County, Iowa, the son of Heinrich F. and Kathrina (Ernst) Wedemeyer. Walter attended elementary school in Adair through the eighth grade, until he had to return to the farm, near...

Dorothy Bode

Dorothy Bode

Nov 2, 2006

Dorothy J. Bode, 78, a lifelong Cass County, Iowa resident, passed away Thursday, November 2, 2006, at the Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Dorothy Joy Bode was born December 11, 1927, in Griswold, Iowa, the daughter of Martin Dean and Hyla Amanda (Vedane) Wooley. She was raised in Griswold and was a 1945 graduate of the Griswold High...

Mary Rochholz

Mary Rochholz

Oct 30, 2006

Mary E. Rochholz, 99, of Fontanelle, Iowa, and formerly of Adair, Iowa, passed away Monday evening, October 30, 2006, at the Good Samaritan Center in Fontanelle. Mary McMurphy Rochholz was born on August 8, 1907, in Adair County, Iowa, the daughter of Alexander and Ella (Oaks) McMurphy. Mary graduated from Adair High School in 1925. In 1964 she graduated...

Virgil Adams

Virgil Adams

Oct 26, 2006

Virgil Adams, 86, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2006, at Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa. Virgil Dean Adams was born on November 27, 1919, in Mahaska County, Iowa, the son of Amos Leroy and Ruby (Sarvas) Adams. Virgil had lived in Oskaloosa, Iowa, but has lived in Casey for almost 30 years. He worked various...

William Harris

William Harris

Oct 25, 2006

William D. Harris, 78, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. William Dallas Harris was born August 3, 1928 in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Earl J. and Elma C. (Holaday) Harris. Bill graduated from the Harlan High School, Harlan, Iowa, in 1946. He enlisted in the...

George Brosam

George Brosam

Oct 25, 2006

George Brosam, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. George Brosam was born on August 28, 1920, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of George Thomas and Cecil May (Dye) Brosam. He graduated from Atlantic High School, and in 1940 entered the National Guard. George was called to...

Mary Anstey

Mary Anstey

Oct 22, 2006

Mary Anne Anstey, 66, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Massena, Iowa, passed away Sunday, October 22, 2006, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Mary Anne Anstey was born December 22, 1939, in Atlantic, Iowa, to John (Jack) M. and Rachel A. (Devine) McLaren. She attended grade school and graduated from Massena High School. In June of 1959...

Francis Mailander

Francis Mailander

Oct 17, 2006

Francis Mailander, 97, a lifelong Cass County, Iowa resident, passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2006, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Francis Pete Mailander, was born March 21, 1909, on the family farm north of Wiota, Iowa, the son of Frank and Christina (Herchenbach) Mailander. He graduated from the Wiota High School and on August 31, 1927, Francis married...

Patricia Byars

Patricia Byars

Oct 13, 2006

Patricia Ann Byars, 73, of Adair, Iowa, passed away October 13, 2006, at Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Patricia Ann Evans was born on August 26, 1933, in Casey, Iowa, the daughter of Ralph and Bertha (Patterson) Evans. She graduated from Casey High School in 1951. On July 5, 1956 she married Lee Mark Byars in Des...

Cecil Scholl

Cecil Scholl

Oct 11, 2006

Cecil I. Scholl, 103, of Iowa City, Iowa, and formerly of Anita, Iowa, died Wednesday, October 11, 2006, at Lantern Park Nursing and Rehab in Coralville, Iowa. Cecil Irvin Scholl, the eighth child, was born on February 5, 1903, on the family farm near Anita, Iowa, the son of William and Rosa (Brockmann) Scholl. He was married to Nancy...

Gene Huss

Gene Huss

Oct 11, 2006

Gene L. Huss, 74, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, October 11, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Gene LeRoy Huss was born November 21, 1931, in Adair, Iowa, the son of Lawrence W. and Elsie A. (Charles) Huss. He was a lifelong Adair, Iowa resident. Gene served his country in the U.S. Army, 5th...

Delaine Richardson-Bailey

Delaine Richardson-Bailey

Oct 10, 2006

DeLaine I. Richardson-Bailey, 70, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2006, at her home. DeLaine Irene Richardson was born on September 8, 1936, in Keystone, South Dakota, the daughter of Chris and Roberta (Richardson) Vranich. She was married to James Bailey on September 17, 1988 in Coeurd'Alene, Idaho. DeLaine will be remembered for how she loved her...