Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Violet May Andersen

Jan 6, 2019

Violet May Andersen, the daughter of Hans and Magdalena (Mayer) Hansen was born January 2, 1930, at her parents’ home in Cameron Township Audubon County, Iowa and died January 6, 2019, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 89 years and 4 days. Violet was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. When...

Arnold Krauel

Jan 6, 2019

Arnold “Arnie” LeRoy Krauel, 77, of Audubon, Iowa, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2019, at Select Specialty Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.

He was born August 23, 1941, in Carroll, Iowa, the son of LeRoy and Mable (Hudspeth) Krauel. He was raised in Audubon, Iowa, and graduated from Audubon High School with the class of 1959....

Kathleen Ann Johnston

Jan 5, 2019

Kathleen Ann Johnston, the daughter of Leonard J. and Margaret (Vonesh) Stoberl, was born February 23, 1958, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died January 5, 2019, at St. Anthony’s Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 60 years, 10 months, and 12 days. Kathy was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church...

Jane Deter

Jan 5, 2019

Jane Lee Deter, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2019, at her home in Atlantic.

Jane was born February 25, 1931, in Fort Scott, Kansas, to Reese Edward and Elizabeth Lorene (McCormack) Laughlin. She lived in Pleasanton, Kansas, until the family moved to California in 1941 where they lived in Auburn, Isleton,...

Richard Lee Wulf

Jan 4, 2019

Richard Lee Wulf, the son of Mary Ann (Nissen) Wulf and Arnold (Pat) William Wulf, was born October 19, 1940, and died January 4, 2019, in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 78 years. Rick grew up in Iowa and served in the National Guard before locating to San Antonio, Texas, where he was employed as a salesman before...

Loretta Mae Petersen

Dec 31, 2018

Loretta Mae Petersen, the daughter of Clarence and Katherine (Knight) Heiken, was born June 11, 1938, at her parents’ home in Melville Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died December 31, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 6 months, and 20 days. Loretta was baptized and confirmed at the First...

Terry Lee Lauridsen

Dec 29, 2018

Terry Lee Lauridsen, the son of Emmert and Florence (Schwab) Lauridsen, was born March 24, 1945, in Exira, Iowa and died December 29, 2018, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 73 years, 9 months, and 5 days. Terry was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church. He attended the Exira Community Schools, graduating...

Michael "Mick" H. Thompson

Dec 26, 2018

Michael Herman “Mick” Thompson, of Exira, Iowa passed away on December 26, 2018, comforted by his family, after a courageous fight with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Mick was born April 25, 1945 in Maryville, Missouri to Herman Edward and Dorothy (Cordell) Thompson. Mick grew up on the family farm in Quitman, MO, and attended school there until his sophomore year in...

Irene Nelson

Dec 24, 2018

Irene Nelson, of Las Vegas, NV, passed away on Christmas Eve morning December 24, 2018, and went Home to be with her Lord.

On September 11, 1930, Irene Ethel Newman was born to John and Bertha (Guttenfelder) Newman in Grant Township, Guthrie County, Iowa. She was baptized into the Christian faith on October 19, 1930,...

Shirley Long

Dec 24, 2018

Shirley Ann Long, 69, of Marne, Iowa, passed away Monday, December 24, 2018, at her home in Marne.

A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, December 29, 2018, at Broadway Park Kingdom Hall, 2601 S. 10th Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Sandra Roberts

Dec 23, 2018

Sandra Jean Roberts, 61, of Marshall, Missouri, and formerly of Lewis, Iowa, went to be with her daughter, Nichole, December 23, 2018, in Columbia, Missouri, after a short battle with cancer.

Sandi, the daughter of Joe and Estella (Flathers) Kendall, was born December 22, 1957, in Atlantic, Iowa. In 1965, she traveled and lived in...

Dallas Strand

Dec 22, 2018

Dallas Strand, 76, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.

Dallas was born at home in Atlantic, Iowa, on January 14. 1942, to George August V. and Leona A. (Rechtenbach) Strand. He grew up in Atlantic and graduated from Atlantic High School in 1961.

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Janice Lucille Black

Dec 20, 2018

Janice Lucille Black, the daughter of Raymond “Jay” Charles and Hazel Mildred (Wright) Johnson, was born June 20, 1935, in Exira, Iowa and died December 20, 2018, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 83 years, and 6 months. Jan was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa. She attended Exira...

Edna Witzman

Dec 19, 2018

Edna Witzman, 68, of Eldon, Missouri, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at her home surrounded by her family.

Edna was born June 12, 1950, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Bernard A. and Elsie L. Oler Reinier. She grew up in Anita, Iowa, and graduated from the Anita High School.

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Heather Messing

Dec 17, 2018

Heather Marie Messing, 30, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018, in Hollywood, Florida.

Heather was born March 1, 1988, in Gold Beach, Oregon, to Kevin Lee Culley and Stephanie Ann Housherr. She grew up in Oregon, and in 2000, she moved to Iowa, where she had lived in Storm Lake, Ida Grove,...

Clarabell Logemann

Dec 16, 2018

Clarabell Logemann, 87, of Massena, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018, at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.

Clarabell was born December 30, 1930, in Glenwood, Iowa, to Emsley M. and Florence L. (Lawson) Hickman. She grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1948....

Lorraine Howell

Dec 15, 2018

Lorraine Kay Howell, 72, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2018, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa.

Lorraine was born October 27, 1946, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Lawrence and Marie (Harmsen) Christensen. Her family moved north of Walnut, Iowa, where she helped with the family farm. Lorraine attended Walnut Community...

Alice Marie Kauffman

Dec 13, 2018

Alice Marie Kauffman, the daughter of Peter and Anna Jensine (Sorensen) Byriel, was born December 7, 1928, at her parents’ home in Atlantic, Iowa and died December 13, 2018, at her home under hospice care in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years and 7 days. Alice was baptized at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Atlantic, Iowa and confirmed...

John "Jack" Weighton

Dec 13, 2018

John “Jack” Weighton, the son of George “Scotchie” and Addie (Wright) Weighton, was born May 14, 1924, at his parents’ home in Leroy Township, northeast of Audubon, Iowa and died December 13, 2018, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 6 months, and 29 days. Jack was baptized and confirmed at the First...

Jacquelyn Sievers

Dec 13, 2018

Jackie Lee Sievers, 66, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, December 13, 2018. Jackie and Chuck, her husband of 47 years, had just finished enjoying Chuck’s retirement party at Deter Motors.

Jackie was born September 13, 1952, at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, to parents, Lorene and Karl Aldag. Since Karl was in the...