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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Letha Mae Josephsen
Dec 29, 2015
Letha Mae Josephsen, the daughter of Oliver and Erma (Johnson) Saxton, was born July 11, 1921, near Anita, Iowa and died December 29, 2015, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 5 months, and 18 days. Letha Mae was baptized and confirmed at the Anita United Methodist Church in Anita, Iowa....
Carl Kemp
Dec 29, 2015
Carl R. Kemp, 45, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at his home. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on May 29, 1970, the son of Mark and Mahala (Garrigan) Kemp. Growing up with seven siblings, he was never alone and always had something going on. Carl's two children, Keegan and Mahala, were the love...
Lucille Christensen
Dec 29, 2015
Lucille Helen Christensen, 91, of Oelwein, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at the Oelwein Health Care Center in Oelwein. She was born at home in rural Malvern, Iowa, on January 9, 1924, the daughter of Burl and Lydia (Smith) Abel. Lucille was raised in the Malvern area and graduated from Malvern High...
Catherine Laverne Lansman
Dec 24, 2015
Catherine LaVerne Lansman, the daughter of George Vern and Mildred (Porter) Partridge, was born October 3, 1930, in Great Falls, Montana and died December 24, 2015, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 2 months, and 21 days. LaVerne was baptized April 5, 1931, and confirmed in Great Falls, Montana. She attended Billings Community...
Sara Cambage
Dec 24, 2015
Sara Beth Cambage, 42, of Anita, Iowa, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, December 24, 2015, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Sara was born October 28, 1973, in Festus, Missouri, to Gordon and Sharon (Self) Jones. Growing up, Sara attended several schools in Missouri and Iowa. She graduated from Prairie City Monroe High School in 1992 and from...
Steven Lynn Petersen
Dec 23, 2015
Steven Lynn Petersen, the son of Leo and Evelyn (Nelson) Petersen, was born May 3, 1955, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died December 23, 2015, at his home in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 60 years, 7 months, and 20 days. Steven was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa....
Deanna Faye Nissen
Dec 23, 2015
Deanna Faye Nissen, the daughter of Martin and Elsie (Petersen) Christensen, was born September 18, 1949, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. She passed on to eternal life with her Savior Jesus Christ on December 23, 2015, at the Taylor Hospice House in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 66 years. Deanna was baptized and confirmed at the...
Albert Peterson
Dec 18, 2015
Albert Louie Peterson, 70, of Urbandale, Iowa, and formerly of Adair, Iowa, passed away Friday, December 18, 2015, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, IA. Albert was born February 24, 1945, the son of Vernon and Virginia (Charles) Peterson. He grew up in the Adair-Casey area graduating from Adair-Casey High School with the class of 1963. On April 18, 1964,...
Paul Paulsen
Dec 16, 2015
My Life’s Story as told by Paul R. Paulsen Life is what you make of it. I of all people know this best. I have been told my whole life there is “no cure.” No cure for the MS I was diagnosed with in 1996. No cure for the stage 4 colorectal cancer I had developed over the past year....
Jeanene I. Petersen
Dec 15, 2015
Jeanene I. Petersen, the daughter of Nels Christian and Lillie Mina (Jensen) Abildtrup, was born January 7, 1933, at her parents’ home west of Audubon, Iowa and died December 15, 2015, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 11 months, and 8 days. Jeanene was baptized and confirmed at the Ebenezer Lutheran...
Merle Stangl
Dec 15, 2015
Merle Elmer Stangl, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2016, at Allen Place in Atlantic, Iowa. Visitation with family will be from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 17, 2016, at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic, Iowa, with the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in SS Peter &...
Virginia Bornholdt
Dec 14, 2015
Virginia Bornholdt, the daughter of Andrew and Emma (Degn) Swensen, was born September 3, 1919, at her parents’ home in rural Shelby County near Harlan, Iowa and died December 14, 2015, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 96 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Virginia was baptized and confirmed as an adult on September...
Sharon Miskill
Dec 14, 2015
Sharon K. Miskill, 70, of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Monday, December 14, 2015, at her home in Griswold. Services for a celebration of life are pending.
Lois Arnold
Dec 12, 2015
Lois Elaine (Ticknor) Arnold was born August 22, 1926, in Adair County, Iowa, the daughter of Charles Edgar and Grace Laura (Fitzgerald) Ticknor and passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015, at the Kavanagh House in Des Moines, Iowa. She grew up on a farm south of Casey, Iowa, where she lived until she was nine. She attended Walnut #4...
Christopher Anstey
Dec 12, 2015
Christopher John Anstey was born June 11, 1980, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Kelli Anstey and passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic at the age of 35. Chris grew up in Atlantic and attended the Atlantic School System graduating from Atlantic High in 1998. He then attended Iowa State University in Ames,...
Kip Spencer
Dec 3, 2015
Kip Wylie Spencer was born February 4, 1974, the son of Valerie Jean (Spencer) Stetzel and David Earl Borkowski at Saint Anthony's Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. He passed away, due to a heart attack at the age of 41, on December 3, 2015, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa. Kip's favorite things to do were trapping,...
Ida Mccrory
Nov 30, 2015
Ida Geneva McCrory, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, November 30, 2015, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa. Ida was born April 1, 1918, in Washington Township, Cass County, Iowa, to Roy Walter and Mabel Cynthia (Winston) Bornholdt. She grew up in Cass County and graduated from the Anita High School. She was married to Robert McCrory...
Genevieve Kinman
Nov 30, 2015
Genevieve Marie Kinman, 92, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Monday, November 30, 2015, at Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa. Genevieve was born March 19, 1923, in Walnut Township, Adair County, Iowa, to Roy and Florence (Armstrong) Hayes. She grew up in Adair County and Guthrie County and attended school in Menlo. She was married to Clyde Hal Kinman...
Anna Reha
Nov 26, 2015
Anna Maria Kimpel Reha was born May 31, 1944, to Elena Donzelli in Naples, Italy. While in Naples, Elena met and married Clyde Kimpel, a United States Army Air Corp Veteran during WWII. Anna and her mother left their family in war torn Italy in 1946 to start a new life in the United States with Clyde. Anna returned...
Doreen Petersen
Nov 24, 2015
Doreen J. Petersen, 52, of Avoca, Iowa, and formerly of Council Bluffs, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at Avoca Specialty Care in Avoca, Iowa. Doreen was born September 10, 1963, in Audubon, Iowa, to Dallas Allen and Barbara Lee (Scherdin) Petersen. She grew up in the Underwood area and attended school in Underwood. Doreen had worked as...
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