Obituaries
Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Elaine Louise Witt
Sep 23, 2022
Elaine Louise Witt, 86, was born January 12, 1936 in Audubon County, Iowa, and grew up attending Audubon County rural school, Gray, Iowa elementary school, and later graduating from the Audubon Community High School in 1953 with honors, and lettering in band. Elaine studied photography at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska for two years. Her fellow graduate, William “Bud” J....
Robert Soults
Sep 20, 2022
Robert “Bud” Soults, son of Marion and Alice Whetstone Soults, was born in Bedford, Iowa on September 9, 1935. In March of 1936 he moved with his family to the farm northwest of Adair, Iowa. He attended school at Grant Township # 5 and graduated from Adair High School in 1954. He then attended Iowa State University, majoring...
Diane Elaine Bladt
Sep 19, 2022
Diane Elaine Bladt, the daughter of Daniel and Hazel (Joens) Christensen, was born May 20, 1950 in Audubon, Iowa and died September 19, 2022, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 72 years, 3 months, and 28 days.
Diane was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. She attended the Audubon Community Schools...
Lyle Junior Joens
Sep 16, 2022
Lyle Junior Joens, the son of William and Elna (Groteluschen) Joens, was born June 15, 1926, on the family farm south of Manning, Iowa in Audubon County and died September 16, 2022, at the Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 96 years, 3 months, and 1 day.
Lyle was baptized July 18, 1926 at the Trinity Lutheran...
Jerry Allan Jensen
Sep 15, 2022
Jerry Allan Jensen the son of Harold E. and Thelma (Rasmussen) Jensen was born February 20, 1937 at his grandparent Rasmussen’s home in Audubon, Iowa and died September 15, 2022 at the Kavanagh Hospice House in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 7 months, and 15 days.
Jerry was baptized and confirmed at Exira Lutheran Church. He received...
Roger Eugene Johnson
Sep 15, 2022
Roger Eugene Johnson, 94, of Iowa City, formerly of Sioux City, IA, passed away at Lantern Park Specialty
Care in Coralville on September 15, 2022.
A funeral service will be held Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 6:00 PM at Lensing’s Oak Hill, 210 Holiday
Road, Coralville. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Burial will be...
Kathryn Leander
Sep 14, 2022
Kathryn Marie Leander, age 62, of Lewis, IA, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at her home in Lewis, IA. According to Kathryn’s wishes, cremation has been accorded. No services are scheduled at this moment. The staff of Schmidt Family Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Cheri Schwenke
Sep 14, 2022
Cheri LaVonne (Beebe) Schwenke, 75, passed away Wednesday morning, September 14, 2022, at Cass County Memorial Hospital. She was born to William and Helen (Campbell) Beebe in Atlantic and was the second child of five. Cheri graduated from Atlantic High School and married Ivan on the 20th of June 1965, after a four-year courtship that began 4 years earlier...
Carol Marie Kropf
Sep 13, 2022
Carol Marie Kropf, the daughter of Clarence Ingvald and Eda Caroline (Osher) Skattebo, was born February 20, 1930, at her parent’s home in Wallingford, Iowa and died September 13, 2022, at her home in rural Kimballton, Iowa under hospice care at the age of 92 years, 6 months, and 23 days.
Carol was baptized and confirmed at the Wallingford Lutheran Church....
Sandra Joan Kristensen
Sep 10, 2022
Sandra Joan Kristensen, the daughter of Arnold John Henry and Mayme Marie (Christensen) Jacobs, was born January 3, 1944, in Carroll, Iowa and died September 10, 2022, at the Dunklau Gardens Short Term Rehabilitation in Fremont, Nebraska at the age of 78 years, 8 months, and 7 days.
Sandy was baptized and confirmed at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk...
Steven Wessling
Sep 9, 2022
Steven Paul Wessling, age 63, of Anita, IA, passed away on Friday, September 9, 2022, at Caring Acres Nursing Home in Anita, IA. Steven was born on February 22, 1959, in Carroll, IA to Paul and Jane (Broich) Wessling. Steven grew up in Carroll until January 1964 when his family moved to Anita. Steve started school in Anita that...
Donald Laverne Nelsen
Sep 4, 2022
Donald LaVerne Nelsen was born at his parents’ home on May 17, 1943 to Emmert and Margaret (Herron) Nelsen of rural Audubon, Iowa. Don succumbed to an illness and passed away on the evening of September 4, 2022, reaching the age of 79 years.
Don grew up east of Audubon on the Nelsen family farm. He was baptized and confirmed at...
Mrs. Kathleen Eyberg
Sep 3, 2022
Kathleen Ruth (Erickson) Eyberg was born on September 15, 1930, to Wilmar Bertrand “Pete” Erickson and Lillie Ingeborg (Anderson) Erickson in Phelps County Nebraska. Kathleen left us on September 3, 2022. She attended school in Funk, NE, Murray and Kent, IA and graduated from Creston, IA in 1947. Kathleen was spotted by Gene as she was on her way to...
Mrs. Darleen Hockenberry
Sep 2, 2022
Darleen Rose (Grote) Hockenberry, 94, of Anita, Iowa, passed away peacefully Friday, September 2, 2022 at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Darleen Rose Grote was born on August 17, 1928 in South Dakota to John and Anna Grote. She was the youngest of 8 children. The family moved to a farm south of Wiota when Darleen was 5 months...
Eddie Ray Mack
Sep 1, 2022
Eddie Ray Mack, the son of Arthur Wilber and Mildred Elizabeth (Clark) Mack, was born April 4, 1955, in Clarinda, Iowa and died September 1, 2022, at his home in Hamlin, Iowa under Hospice care at the age of 67 years, 4 months, and 27 days.
Eddie was baptized as an adult at the Hamlin Lutheran Church. He attended school at...
Shirley Ann Hansen
Aug 28, 2022
Shirley Ann Hansen, the daughter of Henry Blohm and Mary (Mathisen) Blohm, was born June 15, 1936, in Carroll, Iowa and passed away August 28, 2022, at The Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 86 years, 2 months, and 13 days.
Shirley was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church. She was the youngest of seven children. They grew...
Ramon Leroy Wheeler
Aug 28, 2022
Ramon Leroy Wheeler, the son of Erwin V. and Marie (Bengard) Wheeler, was born December 6, 1933, at his parents’ home near Exira, Iowa and died August 28, 2022, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 8 months, and 22 days. Ramon was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church near Adair,...
Mr. Charles Misner
Aug 26, 2022
Charles “Charlie” Jacob Misner, 52, a loving husband, father, and brother entered into eternal rest on Friday, August 26, 2022, surrounded by loved ones after a long battle with cancer. Charlie entered the world on August 4, 1970, son of Charles “Laverne” and Betty (Schmitt) Misner of Marne, Iowa. Charlie was the youngest of six children. While in high school,...
Cleone Sue Tessman
Aug 25, 2022
Cleone Sue Tessman, the daughter of Lee and Edna (Sorensen) Jayne. Was born December 24, 1942. At her parents’ home in Exira, Iowa and died August 25, 2022, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 79 Years, 8 months, and 1 day. Cleone was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira,...
Joann Margaret Wittrock
Aug 24, 2022
JoAnn Margaret Wittrock, the daughter of Joseph Felix and Anna Grace (Billmeier) Meier, was born June 30, 1933, on the family farm south of Carroll, Iowa and died August 25, 2022, at St. Anthony’s Regional Hospital in Carroll at the age of 89 years, 1 month, and 24 days. JoAnn was baptized on the same day she was born by...
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