Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

May 8, 2018

Doris Newell, 91, long time resident of Anita, Iowa, died at the Senior Suites Residential Care Facility in Urbandale, Iowa, on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.

Doris was born to Ruth Carlson Anderson and Vernon Anderson in her parents’ farmhouse in Boone County on Monday, April 25, 1927. She was the second child in the family...

May 7, 2018

Carroll Channon Sampson, the son of Ernest Carroll and Thelma Glyde (Jensen) Sampson, was born January 3, 1944, at the Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa, and died May 7, 2018, at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa at the ag of 74 years, 4 months, and 4 days. Carroll attended Exira Community Schools graduating with the High...

May 5, 2018

Deloris Leola Knudsen, the daughter of Leo and Beulah (Johnson) Borkowski, was born January 8, 1930, at her parents’ home in Audubon County south of Viola, Iowa and died May 5, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 3 months, and 27 days. Deloris was baptized at the Evangelical Lutheran...

May 5, 2018

Neil Scott Fryer, 52, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Omaha, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, May 5, 2018, at his home in Atlantic.

He was born December 25, 1965, to Richard and Evelyn (Steffen) Fryer in Omaha, Nebraska. Neil was raised in Omaha and attended community schools there. After his high school graduation he attended...

May 3, 2018

Robert Dean Hardy, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. Robert is survived by his wife, Marian Hardy, of Atlantic, Iowa, four children, nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday, May...

Apr 28, 2018

Cheryl Annette (Lay) Watson, 69, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2018, with her husband by her side. She was born February 12, 1949, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Douglas C and Marguerite Lay. She grew up South of Anita and attended country school before attending Anita Elementary. She graduated from Anita High School in...

Apr 26, 2018

Sara Ann Burney, 39, of Kansas City, Missouri, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2018, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas.

Sara was born December 19, 1978, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Darrell and LuAnn (Andersen) Begley. She attended the Atlantic Schools and graduated from the Atlantic High School in...

Apr 24, 2018

Connie M. Beymer, 58, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at Atlantic Specialty in Atlantic.

Connie Marie Beymer was born July 21, 1959, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Kenneth and Marie (Boch) Beymer. She spent her entire life in Atlantic graduating from the Atlantic High School. She was a member of SS Peter...

Apr 18, 2018

Orville Dale Gard, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa.

He was born April 9, 1921, to Wesley and Ella (Osborn) Gard in Sargent, Nebraska, in a sod house. The family moved and he attended school in Cass and Audubon Counties. During the war time,...

Apr 17, 2018

Robert “Bob” Just, 79, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa.

Bob was born December 16, 1938, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Frank and Thelma (Butler) Just. He grew up on a farm near Wiota and attended school in Anita, graduating from the Anita High School in...

Apr 13, 2018

Edgar Ray Hemphill, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 13, 2018, at Heritage House in Atlantic.

He was born January 31, 1923, to Elmer and Fannie (DeLozier) Hemphill near Osceola, Missouri. His family moved to Griswold, Iowa, in 1935. He was married to Meta Green on February 10, 1945, in Omaha, NE. They...

Apr 12, 2018

Calvin Lee Hoegh, 85, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa.

Calvin was born June 30, 1932, in Audubon County, Iowa, to Edward and Christina (Jorgensen) Hoegh. He grew up in the Brayton area and attended Elk Horn Community High School.

On...

Apr 10, 2018

Emery James Reinier, born October 4, 1948, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Bernard Alfred Reinier and Elsie Lee Oler Reinier, passed away April 10, 2018, at Creighton University Medical Center – Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 69 years, 6 months and 6 days.

Emery lived in Anita, Iowa, and attended Anita...

Apr 7, 2018

Ron Lynn Petersen, the son of Kenneth and Nancy (Markley) Petersen was born May 26, 1959, and died April 7, 2018, at his home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 58 years, 10 months, and 11 days. Ron attended the Audubon Community Schools graduating with the High School Class of 1977. From the age of 16, Ron worked with...

Apr 7, 2018

Jeremy Michael Ecklin, 42, of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2018, at his home.

He was born June 18, 1975, the son of Dale and Lois (Henke) Ecklin, in Atlantic, Iowa, and spent his life there growing up with his family and close friends.

Jeremy graduated from Atlantic High School with...

Apr 4, 2018

Teresa Ann Boysen, the daughter of Marvin Russell and Donna Jean (Ludwig) Thygesen, was born July 20, 1957, in Audubon, Iowa and died April 4, 2018, at her home in rural Custer, South Dakota at the age of 60 years, 8 months, and 14 days. Teresa was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin, Iowa. She attended...

Apr 4, 2018

Eldon Wayne Turner, 88, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at the home he was born in and lived in his entire life. He was born April 29, 1929, to Merle Eldon and Lillian Rosella (Scholl) Turner on the century family farm owned since 1894. Eldon helped his dad on the farm when he...

Mar 28, 2018

Gwendolyn Anna Frederiksen, the daughter of Chris and Mable (Christensen) Thygesen, was born June 9, 1928, at her parents’ home in rural Audubon County, Iowa and died March 28, 2018, at the Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 9 months, and 19 days. Gwendolyn was baptized August 5, 1928, and later confirmed at Our...

Mar 27, 2018

Hazel Lenore (Brownsberger) Bengard, the daughter of Edward and Gertrude (Michael) Brownsberger, was born February 12, 1934, in Mount Rose, Missouri. She died March 27, 2018, at her home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 1 month, and 15 days, after a long and private battle with breast cancer. Hazel was baptized in Mount Rose, Missouri and...

Mar 27, 2018

Clara Jean Gill, (96), of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Anita, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa.

She was born September 28, 1921, in Wiota, Iowa, to Sam and Pearl Wood. Jean was raised in Wiota and graduated from the Wiota High School. On September 18, 1946, she...