Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Bonnie Sherman

Dec 22, 2020

Bonnie Lou Sherman, age 71, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at the Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.

Bonnie was born July 26, 1949, in Clarksville, IA, daughter to Burdean and Hattie (Bertram) Brockway. Bonnie grew up in Clarksville, IA, graduating from Clarksville High School in 1968. After high school...

Marilyn Kay Newell

Dec 21, 2020

Marilyn Kay Newell, the daughter of Harry and Maxine (Robinson) Newell, was born July 9, 1945 at her parents’ home in Gray, Iowa and died December 21, 2020 at her home in Gray at the age of 75 years, 5 months, and 12 days. Marilyn was baptized in June of 2020 at her home in Gray. She attended Gray Consolidated...

John Jessen

Dec 20, 2020

John Alan Jessen, son of Leonard and Dixie (Shuemaker) Jessen, was born June 14, 1954, in Atlantic, IA, and passed away Sunday, December 20, 2020, at Caring Acres Nursing Home in Anita, IA.

He was a lifetime resident of Anita, graduating from Anita High School in 1972.

John operated Jessen Trucking his entire...

Roger Maas

Dec 19, 2020

Roger D. Maas, age 71, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020, on hospice care, at his residence in Atlantic after a month-long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Roger was born November 21, 1949, in Atlantic, IA, to Gilbert and Florence (Stier) Maas. He graduated from Anita High School in 1968. On January 18,...

Ramona Govig

Dec 17, 2020

Ramona Grace Small Govig, daughter of Avery and Grace Stinton Small, was born Dec 24, 1928 in Akron, Iowa. She went home to be with the Lord Dec 17, 2020, at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa.

Ramona was affectionately called Monie by her family. She was ninth in a family of 13 surviving siblings. She...

Betty Nova Johnson

Dec 15, 2020

Betty Nova Johnson, the daughter of William Albert and Delores (Graham) Courcier, was born February 27, 1951, in Council Bluffs, Iowa and died December 15, 2020, at her son, Jay’s, home in Ankeny, Iowa at the age of 69 years, 9 months, and 18 days. Betty was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. She attended Griswold Community Schools in...

Danny Lee Jensen

Dec 14, 2020

Danny Lee Jensen passed away Monday December 14, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, due to complications from COVID-19; he was 83 years old. Dan was born November 28, 1937. He grew up on a rural farm near Fiscus, Iowa, the middle child of second generation Danish immigrants Elmer and Vera Jensen. As a boy he milked cows...

Walter Peterson

Dec 13, 2020

Walter Loy (Bud) Peterson, son of Harry and Mildred Pearl (McGee) Peterson was born September 11, 1940, in Iowa City, Iowa, and passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020, at his residence in Adair, Iowa, at the age of 80 years. He grew up on a farm near Charter Oak, IA, where Bud attended county school and then...

Marilyn Kay Grabill

Dec 11, 2020

Marilyn Kay Grabill, the daughter of Walter Marinus and Arlene Marie (Blohm) Hansen, was born on April 16, 1935 on her Grandmother Tena Hansen’s farm in Greeley Township in Audubon County, Iowa, and died at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa on December 11, 2020 at the age of 85 years, 7 months, and 25 days. Marilyn was...

Norman Krogh Jr.

Dec 8, 2020

Norman Krogh Jr., 64, of Exira, Iowa, passed away from a five-year battle with cancer on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, in Atlantic, Iowa, with his family by his side.

Norman was born November 9, 1956, in Audubon, Iowa, to Norman and Mary (Jensen) Krogh. He attended grade school and high school in Exira graduating from...

Arlene Waterbury

Dec 6, 2020

Arlene Faye Waterbury, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elkhorn, Iowa.

Arlene was born June 25, 1925, in Glenvil, Nebraska. She was the daughter of Anton and Helena Classen.

On January 20, 1946, Arlene married Stanley Max Waterbury of Blue Hill, Nebraska, in the...

Allan Hansen

Dec 1, 2020

Allan T. Hansen, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.

Allan was born February 9, 1940, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Theodore and Mildred (Krough) Hansen. He grew up in rural Anita and attended the Anita schools.

He was married to Rosie Lilienthal...

Margaret Ann Andersen

Nov 30, 2020

Margaret Ann Andersen, the daughter of Vernon and Cora (Roe) Swolley, was born November 5, 1939, at the Atlantic Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa and died November 30, 2020, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 81 years and 25 days. Margaret was baptized into the Baptist church. She attended Atlantic Community Schools in Atlantic. In...

Becky Ferris

Nov 30, 2020

Becky Ferris, age 62, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, November 30, 2020, at her residence in Atlantic, Iowa.

Cremation has been taken place, services are not scheduled at this time. Arrangements are being handled by Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic, Iowa.

Dolores "Dee" Elaine Aagaard

Nov 29, 2020

Dolores Elaine Aagaard, the daughter of Ira and Anna Clemensen Potter, was born March 10, 1927 in Audubon, Iowa and went peacefully to be with the Lord on November 29, 2020 as a result of Covid-19, at Lantern Park Specialty Care in Coralville, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 8 months and 19 days. Dee was baptized and confirmed...

Dennis Preister

Nov 29, 2020

A celebration for Dennis will be held at the Derailed Grill in Marne, Iowa, at 2:00 p.m, Saturday, May 22, 2021. Come early if you want.

Dennis was born April 21, 1951, in West Point, NE, to Mark and Deloris (Block) Preister. He was raised in Omaha, NE, the oldest of five siblings....

Cleo Berger

Nov 29, 2020

Cleo M. Berger, age 89, of Brayton, Iowa, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020, at the Exira Care Center, Exira, Iowa.

Cleo was born August 19, 1931, in Scranton, IA, son of Mathias and Rose (Hoffman) Berger. He attended school in Carroll County. He enlisted in the United States Army on December 1, 1952, and...

Lois Thelma Lacy

Nov 26, 2020

Lois Thelma Lacy, the daughter of Frederick Isaac and Ella Ida (Friedricksen) Stewart, was born July 19, 1918, at her parents’ home in Cameron Township Audubon County, Iowa and died November 26, 2020, at the Bickford of Urbandale Assisted Living and Memory Care in Urbandale, Iowa at the age of 102 years, 4 months, and 7 days. Lois was baptized...

Dorothy A. Grogan

Nov 26, 2020

Dorothy Ann Grogan, the daughter of Thomas R. and Caroline (Hauck) Edelman, was born April 14, 1948, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, South Dakota, and died November 26, 2020, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 72 years, 7 months, and 12 days. Dorothy was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran...

Claude Winchell Jr.

Nov 25, 2020

Claude “Sid” Winchell Jr., 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at the Heritage House in Atlantic.

Sid was born May 20, 1933, on a farm a mile southwest of Rippey, Iowa, to Claude and Nellie (Cody) Winchell.

He lived in Jefferson, IA for a short time then moved to...