Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Robert Harold Green

Robert Harold Green

Sep 23, 2015

Robert Harold Green the son of Claude C. and Edna Dorthea (Nielsen) Green, was born July 11, 1928, at his parents’ home near Exira, Iowa and died September 23, 2015, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 2 months, and 12 days. Robert was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira,...

Glen Wedemeyer

Glen Wedemeyer

Sep 22, 2015

Glen Paul Wedemeyer, 84, of Adair, Iowa, passed away from complications due to liver cancer, on Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center in Anita, Iowa. He was born June 10, 1931, in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Albert and Eliza (Paul) Wedemeyer. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church on July 5, 1931,...

Ardyth Mardell Bertelsen

Ardyth Mardell Bertelsen

Sep 21, 2015

Ardyth Mardell Bertelsen, the daughter of Forrest Clyde, Sr. and Hazel Alma (Miller) LaFoy, was born January 26, 1932, at her parents’ home in rural Audubon County, Iowa and died peacefully surrounded by her family on Monday, September 21, 2015, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 7 months, and 25 days. Ardyth was...

Donella Ross

Donella Ross

Sep 20, 2015

Donella Rae Ross, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2015, at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born October 4, 1927, at home in Benton, Iowa, the daughter of Donald and Jennie (German) Cornelison. Donella grew up in Oakland and Des Moines, Iowa. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. She later attended...

Rhonda Simonton

Rhonda Simonton

Sep 19, 2015

Rhonda Beth Simonton, 61, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2015, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born January 13, 1954, in Creston, Iowa, the daughter of Maurice and Margaret (Shultz) Pelzer. Rhonda was raised in the Lyman, Iowa, area and attended school in Griswold graduating from Griswold High with the class of 1972....

Carol Wilcox

Carol Wilcox

Sep 19, 2015

Carol Wilcox, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday morning, September 19, 2015, surrounded by family. Carol Ann Blackmer was born May 1, 1928, to Clyde and Marie (Langbehn) in Des Moines, Iowa. The youngest daughter of seven children, Carol spent most of her childhood in Casey, Iowa. She graduated from Fairfax High School in Fairfax, Virginia, in 1946....

Patricia Donohoe

Patricia Donohoe

Sep 15, 2015

Patricia Donohoe, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015, at the Risen Son Christian Village in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Pat was born September 4, 1929, in Griswold, Iowa, to Vernon LaForest and Gladys Isabell (Neer) Dean. She grew up in Griswold, Iowa, and graduated from Griswold High School in 1948 and remained in the Griswold area...

Tori Suzanne Spencer

Tori Suzanne Spencer

Sep 14, 2015

Tori Suzanne Spencer, the daughter of Tim and Peggy (Jorgensen) Wahlert, was born January 19, 1976, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska and passed away September 14, 2015, at her father’s home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 39 years, 7 months, and 25 days. Tori was baptized and confirmed at the First United Methodist Church in Audubon, Iowa....

Timothy Richard Miller

Timothy Richard Miller

Sep 14, 2015

Timothy Richard Miller, the son of Richard and Marilyn (Nelson) Miller, was born August 20, 1954 in Audubon, Iowa and died September 14, 2015. Tim was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Audubon. He attended the Audubon Community Schools graduating with the class of 1972. He studied at the University of South Dakota then attended Northeast Missouri...

Betty Crozier

Betty Crozier

Sep 14, 2015

Betty Crozier, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, died September 14, 2015, at the Exira Care Center. Betty was born at home in Atlantic on October 19, 1924, daughter of John and Estelle (Bornholdt) Lamberty. Betty graduated from Wiota High School in 1941 and married Leonard Crozier on April 26, 1943. They lived on farms around Anita until 1961 when they...

Wayne Delbert Hansen

Wayne Delbert Hansen

Sep 13, 2015

Wayne Delbert Hansen, the son of Emil Carl and Hazel Caroline (Hilsabeck) Hansen, was born January 22, 1932, at his parents’ home northwest of Audubon, Iowa and died September 13, 2015, at the Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 7 months, and 21 days. Wayne was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church...

Joseph Newell

Joseph Newell

Sep 10, 2015

Joe Newell, 95, of Anita, Iowa, died at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, on Thursday, September 10, 2015. Joseph "Joe" Harold Newell was born to Thomas and Mary Jane (Ratledge) Newell on Sunday, June 27, 1920, near Gray in Audubon County, Iowa. Joe was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. They lived on...

Ruth Wedemeyer

Ruth Wedemeyer

Sep 3, 2015

Ruth E. Wedemeyer, 91, of Anita, Iowa, and formerly of Adair, Iowa, passed away Thursday, September, 3, 2015, at Caring Acres in Anita. Ruth Elizabeth Wedemeyer was born December 3, 1923, in rural Earlham, Iowa, to Adolph and Ida (Scar) Jobst. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Dexter, Iowa. Having spent her entire childhood in...

John Christensen

John Christensen

Sep 2, 2015

John L. Christensen, 64, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, after a battle with cancer. He is survived by his nephew, Adam Christensen and his wife Monica of Urbandale, Iowa; his niece, Shelby Herrera of Houston, Texas; and his great-nephews and great-niece, Ava, Andon, Cole and Graham. Born...

Linda Christensen

Linda Christensen

Aug 30, 2015

Linda Sue Christensen, 60, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born April 23, 1955, in Atlantic, IA, the daughter of Glenn and Margaret (Henry) Jensen. Linda attended Jackson elementary and Atlantic Middle and High schools. She was united in marriage December 12, 1976, to...

Nadine Marie Kilworth

Nadine Marie Kilworth

Aug 29, 2015

Nadine Marie Kilworth, the daughter of Leonard and Neitha (Dorsey) Andersen, was born January 20, 1938, near Atlantic, Iowa. She died August 29, 2015, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 77 years, 7 months, and 9 days. Nadine was baptized on April 19, 1960, at the Exira Christian Church. She attended rural...

Mary Ann Shima

Mary Ann Shima

Aug 22, 2015

Mary Ann Shima, the daughter of Leo Mark and Elsie Viola (Shumaker) Cornick, was born June 17, 1937, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa and died August 22, 2015, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 2 months, and 5 days. Ann was baptized and confirmed at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Mount Pleasant....

Max Uhlman

Max Uhlman

Aug 22, 2015

Max Donald Uhlman, 86, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2105, at the New Homestead in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Max was born September 5, 1928, in Adair County, Iowa, to John and Anna (Wedemeyer) Uhlman. He grew up in Adair and Guthrie counties and attended school until the eighth grade. Max joined the US Army in 1950...

Virginia Williams

Virginia Williams

Aug 20, 2015

Virginia Pauline Williams, 94, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born April 21, 1921, in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Walter and Reta (Earl) Henke. Virginia grew up in the Cass County area and attended Atlantic High School through the tenth grade. She...

Pauline Frances Brader

Pauline Frances Brader

Aug 15, 2015

Pauline Frances Brader, the daughter of Roy and Rebecca (Wilkie) Madden, was born July 17, 1919, at her parents’ home near Lake City, Iowa and died August 15, 2015, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 96 years and 28 days. Pauline was baptized and confirmed at the Presbyterian Church in Lake City. She attended rural...