Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Sep 17, 2016

Royce Lee Sarsfield, 72, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Saturday, September 17, 2016, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. He was born October 6, 1943, in Atlantic, the son of Harold and Juanita (Krogh) Sarsfield. Royce was raised in Atlantic and attended school there, graduating from Atlantic High School. Royce and Cindy Nolte were united in marriage on...

Sep 16, 2016

Wilfred “Andy” Dexter Andersen, the son of John C. and Florence (Petersen) Andersen, was born October 11, 1935, at his parents’ home in Cass County near Atlantic, Iowa and died September 16, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Home in Red Oak, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 11 months, and 5 days. When Andy was three years old he...

Sep 15, 2016

Duane Clarence Johnson, the son of Clarence and Leona L. (Christensen) Johnson was born December 3, 1938, at his parents’ home in rural Exira, Iowa and died September 15, 2016, in Jacksonville, Florida due to heart and kidney failure at the age of 77years, 9 months, and 12 days. Duane was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in...

Sep 15, 2016

Marion “Spike” Junior Walker, the son of Marion L. and Olive (Baumgardner) Walker, was born July 9, 1921, at his parents’ home in rural Cass County, Iowa and died September 15, 2016, following a brief illness, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 95 years, 2 months, and 6 days. Spike was baptized at the...

Sep 12, 2016

Laura Lou Fancher, the daughter of Willard and Eleanor (Wanninger) Meaike, was born April 26, 1950, in Audubon, Iowa and died September 12, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 66 years, 4 months and 16 days. Laura was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church near Gray, Iowa and was confirmed at St....

Sep 12, 2016

Gene C. Kluever, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away September 12, 2016, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Gene Charles Kluever was born October 30, 1926, to Fred and Bertha Kluever in Anita, Iowa. His father passed away when Gene was two and a half years old. He grew up in Fontanelle, living with his Uncle Otto...

Sep 11, 2016

Russell "Spanky" Christensen, Jr., 53, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2016, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was born October 3, 1962, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Russell and Sharon (Flathers) Christensen. Russell attended Atlantic Community Schools. He was united in marriage to Candice Kees on November 2, 1986. Russell's pride and...

Sep 8, 2016

Mildred Lavaun Fancher, the daughter of Roy Henry and Clara Bertha (Cerka) Somers, was born August 21, 1923, at her parents’ home in Viola Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died September 8, 2016, at the Stanton Care Center in Stanton, Iowa at the age of 93 years and 17 days. When Lavaun was a child she attended the Evangelical Church...

Sep 4, 2016

Carolyn Lee Steele was born April 25, 1932, in Hebron, Iowa, the daughter of Carl Simon and Eloise Opal (Binns) Busch, and passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2016, at Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center in Anita, Iowa. The family moved to Casey, Iowa, where Carolyn attended country school and then graduated from Casey High School with the...

Sep 3, 2016

Sally Jo Coulthard, the daughter of Fred and Clara (Petersen) Frederiksen, was born February 5, 1943, at her parents’ home near Hamlin, Iowa and died September 3, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 73 years, 6 months, and 28 days. Sally’s father died when she was very young and she was raised in the loving care of her...

Sep 3, 2016

Wilma Jean Christensen Juel, the daughter of Cyrus G. and Blanche (Campbell) Peterson, was born December 31, 1922, at her parents’ home in rural Audubon County, Iowa and died September 3, 2016, at The Comfort House in Pella, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 8 months, and 2 days. Wilma was baptized at the Methodist Church in Audubon, Iowa...

Sep 3, 2016

Ruby Leona Byriel, the daughter of Samuel Winfred and Mabel Oranna (Oakley) Stewart was born May 22, 1925, in Audubon Iowa at her Grandparent’s home and died September 3, 2016 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Ruby was initially raised in Audubon and later after the family moved...

Aug 31, 2016

Ronald Edwin Burk, 81, of Urbandale, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at the Urbandale Health Center in Urbandale, Iowa. Ronald Edwin Burk was born in Hopkins, Missouri, on August 5, 1935, to Ivan and Edra (Garten) Burk. He attended schools in Missouri, Walnut, Iowa, and Lewis, Iowa. After school he worked at farming...

Aug 29, 2016

Donald Wayne Bornholdt, 79, passed away on Monday, August 29, 2016, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa. He was born February 19, 1937, in Cass County, Iowa, the son of Orville and Margaret (Brink) Bornholdt. Donald grew up in and spent his entire life mostly in Cass County. He attended Walnut community schools until the 11th grade. Donald then...

Aug 29, 2016

Ray D. Dreher, 75, of Hamlin, Iowa, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2016, at St. Anthony's Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. Services are currently pending. Hockenberry Family Care in AUDUBON, Iowa, is in charge of the arrangements.

Aug 28, 2016

Mary Ann Plagman, 86, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2016, at the Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa. She was born at home in Thompson Township, Iowa, on November 13, 1929, the daughter of Aylor and Leota (Overmeyer) Nelson. Mary Ann graduated from Casey High School. She lived her whole life in rural Guthrie County, Iowa,...

Aug 27, 2016

Phyllis Marie Larsen, one of eleven children of John Jr. and Ida (Winters) Roth, was born May 22, 1929, in Audubon, Iowa and died August 27, 2016, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 3 months and 5 days. Phyllis was baptized and received her First Holy Communion at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church...

Aug 24, 2016

Aug 22, 2016

Ron was born to Andrew Petersen and Florence Nissen Petersen at their home in rural Exira on May 24, 1929. He loved to tell the story that his mother named him Roland, but there was a misprint on his birth certificate. Rather than make a fuss and asking for a corrected document, his parents just decided to call him the...

Aug 20, 2016

Robert “Bob” Lafayette Simpson the son of Ted Estelle and Violet (Dalzell) Simpson, was born February 10, 1935, in Exira, Iowa and died of natural causes on August 20, 2016, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 6 months, and 10 days. Robert was raised on the family farm in Brayton which was...