Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas

Helen Wendt

Helen Wendt

Mar 20, 2016

Helen Ann Wendt, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa. Helen was born February 12, 1936, in Walnut, Iowa, to George Peter and Ella Julianne (Spies) Hansen. She grew up near Walnut and graduated from Walnut High School in 1953. On October 27, 1956, she was married to Robert...

William Joseph Shima

William Joseph Shima

Mar 19, 2016

William “Bill” Joseph Shima, the son of Joseph Leo and Marie (Graves) Shima, was born March 3, 1937, in Iowa City, Iowa and died March 19, 2016, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 79 years and 16 days. Bill was baptized and confirmed at the Catholic Church in Iowa City. He attended Iowa...

Erick John Jorgensen

Erick John Jorgensen

Mar 15, 2016

Erick John Jorgensen, the son of Hans P. and Carrie (Christensen) Jorgensen, was born November 23, 1937, on his parents’ farm near Kimballton, Iowa and died March 15, 2016 at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 3 months, and 22 days. Erick John was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa....

Rev. Smith, Jr.

Rev. Smith, Jr.

Mar 14, 2016

Reverend Charles Everett Smith, Jr., 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed on peacefully in the afternoon, Monday, March 14, 2016, at his home in Atlantic. Chuck was born July 7, 1929, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Charles and Viola Mae (Sheppard) Smith. He was raised in Council Bluffs and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School with the class of 1947....

Royce Delmer Nichols

Royce Delmer Nichols

Mar 13, 2016

Royce Delmer Nichols, the son of Ralph D. and Susie (Wheatley) Nichols, was born June 22, 1943, in Atlantic, Iowa and died March 13, 2016, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 72 years, 8 months, and 13 days. Royce was baptized and confirmed on March 28, 1956 at the Methodist Church in Anita, Iowa. He...

Duane Allen Nielsen

Duane Allen Nielsen

Mar 12, 2016

Duane Allen Nielsen, the son of Arnold and Vera (Baier) Nielsen, was born February 5, 1948, at his parents’ home in Audubon County near Exira, Iowa and died March 12, 2016, at his home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 68 years, 1 month, and 7 days. Duane was baptized May 27, 1948, and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran...

Vivian Lane

Vivian Lane

Mar 8, 2016

Vivian P. Lane, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. Vivian Patricia Petersen was born October 14, 1927, in Guthrie County, Iowa, to Christian N. and Lydia (Andersen) Petersen. Except for being born in Guthrie County and attending country school there, she was a life-long resident of Atlantic. On May...

Meta Hemphill

Meta Hemphill

Mar 8, 2016

Meta Hemphill, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Meta Green Hemphill was born June 19, 1924, to Joseph and Edna (Chancellor) Green in Osceola, Missouri. She became a Christian at an early age. She was married to Edgar Hemphill of Griswold, IA, on February 10, 1945, in...

Luella Adams

Luella Adams

Mar 7, 2016

Luella A. Adams, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 7, 2016, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Luella Arlene Carr was born December 28, 1930, to Bert and Lulu (Anderson) Carr Sr. in Atlantic, Iowa. She spent most of her life in Atlantic. On February 16, 1963, she married Donald D. Adams in Lincoln, Nebraska. They owned and operated...

Saranne Nelson

Saranne Nelson

Mar 5, 2016

Saranne Nelson, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016, at her home. Saranne "Sally" Keasey Nelson, the daughter of Cecil Floyd and Martha Ruth (Allen) Keasey was born March 19, 1930, on a farm north of Wiota, Iowa. The family moved to the Anita area in 1935. She attended the Anita School graduating with the class...

Lillian Wilson

Lillian Wilson

Mar 4, 2016

Lillian Frances Wilson, 77, of Adair, Iowa, died Friday, March 4, 2016, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Lillian was born November 12, 1938, in Swan, Iowa, to Russell Glenn and Daisy Carol (Reeves) Phillips. She lived in the Swan and Pleasantville area until age 10 when she moved with her parents to the Anita...

Lois Virlee "Tee" Mullenger

Lois Virlee "Tee" Mullenger

Feb 28, 2016

Lois Virlee “Tee” Mullenger, the daughter of Walter G. and Esther Mae (Walter) Waddell, was born January 21, 1934, at her parents’ home in Adams County near Stringtown, Iowa and died February 28, 2016, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 1 month, and 7 days. Virlee was baptized and confirmed at the...

Gary Ehle

Gary Ehle

Feb 28, 2016

Gary Leroy Ehle, 73, of Lyman, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016, at his home. He was born on November 5, 1942, to Delbert and Lorraine (Taylor) Ehle in Anita, Iowa. Gary was raised in the Lyman area and attended the Griswold community schools. Other than a few years living in Atlantic, he spent his whole life in...

Wilbur Berger

Wilbur Berger

Feb 27, 2016

Wilbur Elliott Berger, 82, of Atlantic, died at home February 27, 2016. He was born July 16, 1933, in Oakland, Missouri, to Wayne Elliott and Nellie Virginia (Hough) Berger. During his childhood they lived in various places in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa. As a young adult, he worked for several farmers in the Atlantic area before being inducted into...

Larry Barber

Larry Barber

Feb 27, 2016

Larry Barber, 73, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016, at his home. Larry was born on the family farm near Anita, Iowa, on April 24, 1942, to Paul and Lois (Dorsey) Barber. He was the second of five children, with Rex being the first, Lola the third, Norma the fourth and Ruth the fifth. He was...

Hilda Falconer

Hilda Falconer

Feb 25, 2016

Hilda Marie Falconer, 90, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016, at her home. Hilda was born December 18, 1925, in Anita, Iowa, to Roy and Hazel (Gissible) Scholl. She attended Anita Schools and graduated from Anita High School with the class of 1943. After receiving Normal Training, she taught in a one room school house in...

Lisa Marsh

Lisa Marsh

Feb 22, 2016

Lisa Irene Marsh, 68, of Atlantic, Iowa passed away Monday, February 22, 2016, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. She was born February 7, 1948, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Chester Marion and Betty Bee (Ward) Marsh. Lisa lived at home until becoming a resident of the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in April 1996. A special thanks...

Mary Marousek

Mary Marousek

Feb 22, 2016

Mary Beth Marousek was born to the late Robert and Elizabeth (Pendergraft) Prunty in Mapleton, Iowa, on January 25, 1926. She passed away at the age of 90 on Monday, February 22, 2016, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. She was the fifth out of ten children born in her family. Mary Beth was always very close to her...

Virgil Koob

Virgil Koob

Feb 18, 2016

Virgil J. Koob, the son of Glen and Gertrude (Tibben) Koob, was born April 28, 1930, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, and passed away Thursday, February 18, 2016, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Virgil was baptized while in the service at MacDill Airforce Base and was confirmed in 1955 as an adult...

Alfred Koll

Alfred Koll

Feb 17, 2016

Alfred Henry Koll, 94, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa, where he had lived for the past 3 years plus. He was born February 1, 1922, on a farm near Walnut, Iowa. Alfred was the son of Henry Carl and Carrie (Schmidt) Koll, one of three children. Alfred was...