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William Armstrong
Sep 14, 2014
William "Bill" Armstrong, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2014, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. William Duane Armstrong was born September 25, 1936, in Wiota, Iowa, to Charles Dean Armstrong and Nola Marie Daughenbaugh. Bill attended and graduated from Wiota High School. He lived in the Wiota and Atlantic area his entire life....
Rick Beauchamp
Sep 13, 2014
Rick Beauchamp, 50, of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014, at his home in Griswold. Ricky Ray Beauchamp was born January 7, 1964, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Gaylord and Joyce (Reinier) Beauchamp. Rick graduated from the Atlantic High School in 1983. Rick had worked as a mechanic for Henningsen's and Pelgrow in Atlantic. Some of Rick's...
Ronnie Eugene Riesgaard
Sep 12, 2014
Ronnie Eugene Riesgaard, the son of Harley and Madonna (Vandevanter) Riesgaard, was born May 31, 1953, in Audubon, Iowa and died September 12, 2014, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 61 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Ronnie was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira, Iowa. He attended Exira Community Schools...
Phyllis Jones
Sep 12, 2014
Phyllis Irene Jones, 85, of Atlantic, passed away on Friday, September 12, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Phyllis was born May 26, 1929, in Boone, Iowa, to Leslie and Mabel Swanson Buzzell. She graduated from Ogden High School in 1947 and moved to Des Moines to work at Bankers Life, where she met John (Jack) Jones....
Harold Sand
Sep 11, 2014
Harold Sand, 89, of Audubon, Iowa, died on September 11, 2014, at his home in rural Audubon, Iowa. He was born June 28, 1925, to Danish immigrants Anders and Petrea (Pedersen) Sand in Audubon, Iowa. Harold was baptized at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin, Iowa. He attended country school at Mt. Zion School, rural Poplar, Iowa, through the eighth...
Annette Perkins
Sep 10, 2014
Annette Perkins, the daughter of Harry George and Madeline C. (VanRossum) Quick, was born June 17, 1919, in Baltimore, Maryland and died September 10, 2014, at her home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 95 years, 2 months, and 23 days. Annette was baptized and confirmed at a Lutheran Church in Baltimore. She attended school in Baltimore then graduated...
Louise Mae Chehak
Sep 9, 2014
Louise Mae (Sornson) Chehak was born March 28, 1935, in Colorado Springs, Colorado and died September 9, 2014, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 79 years, 5 months, and 11 days. Louise was adopted by Raymond and Mayme (Peterson) Sornson shortly after birth and became part of their family living west of Exira, IA. In...
Lorena Beatrice Riesgaard
Sep 8, 2014
Lorena (Renie) Beatrice Riesgaard, the daughter of Emmert and Betty (Walker) Johnston was born August 17, 1960, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died September 8, 2014, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 54 years and 21 days. Lorena was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira, Iowa....
M. Plummer
Sep 1, 2014
Marjorie Lucille Plummer, 95, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 1, 2014, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab Center in Anita, Iowa. Lucille was born January 10, 1919, in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Mabel (Kohl) Simon. She attended the Anita schools. On June 8, 1940, she was united in marriage to Robert Plummer in...
Opal Bishop
Aug 28, 2014
Opal Lenore Smith was born April 16, 1918, in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Emma (Stone) Smith and passed away Thursday, August 28, 2014, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She spent her early years on a farm near Anita. She graduated from the Anita High School and attended Normal Training. Opal...
Ivyn Lund
Aug 26, 2014
Ivyn Lee Lund, 71, of Anita, Iowa passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born on the family farm north of Anita April 8, 1943, to George and Bertha (Bauer) Lund. Ivyn grew up and spent his entire life in Anita. He attended country school near Anita, graduating...
Wendell Lee Lensch
Aug 24, 2014
Wendell Lee Lensch, the son of Herbert and Gladys (Marquesen) Lensch, was born May 13, 1928, at his parents’ home near Elk Horn, Iowa and died August 24, 2014, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Wendell was baptized as an infant at his parents’ home and confirmed...
Barbara Vanderburg
Aug 18, 2014
Barbara Lee (Scherdin) was born May 20, 1942, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Raymond Ellsworth and Marjorie Anna (Quick) Scherdin and passed away Monday, August 18, 2014, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center in Atlantic, IA. She grew up in Atlantic and attended the Atlantic High School. Barb married Dallas Allen Petersen in Maryville, MO. Barb worked...
Vernon King
Aug 14, 2014
Vernon Robert King was born September 7, 1935, south of Charter Oak, IA, the son of Eugene Byron and Harriet Mabel (Weed) King and passed away Thursday, August 14, 2014, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA. He graduated from Odebolt High School in 1954. On June 23, 1957, Vernon married La Donna Marie Klaus at St....
Georgia Jessen
Aug 13, 2014
Georgia Mae Jessen, 74, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab Center in Anita, Iowa. She was born August 28, 1939, in Exira, Iowa, the first child of nine, to George and Helen Mae (Green) Dill. She spent her younger years in the Exira and...
Harold Powell Ii
Aug 9, 2014
Harold Eugene Powell II, 46, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2014, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He was born September 6, 1967, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the son of Harold Eugene and Patty Rae (Moore) Powell. Pudge lived in Fort Dodge until he was 11 years old. At that time the family moved to...
Matthew Arnold Ericksen
Aug 5, 2014
Matthew Arnold Ericksen, the son of Martin Arnold and Lisa Ann (Hansen) Ericksen, was born March 2, 1985, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa and died August 5, 2014, at St Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 29 years, 5 months, and 3 days. Matthew was baptized at the Brayton Lutheran Church in...
Sherri Denney
Jul 31, 2014
Sherri Sue Winther was born November 3, 1958, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Clifford Julius and Viola (Hansen) Winther and passed away Thursday, July 31, 2014, at her home in Anita, Iowa. She was a lifelong resident of Anita, graduating from the Anita High School in 1977. On April 26, 1981, Sherri married Cecil Denney at Holy Cross...
Delores Meyers
Jul 31, 2014
Delores J. Meyers, 83, of Anita, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2014, at the Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center in Anita. Per her wishes, cremation will take place and no other services are planned at this time.
Francis Marnin
Jul 30, 2014
Francis Owen Marnin was born January 28, 1941, to Michael Matthew and Lelia Maude (Plowman) Marnin on a farm south of Anita and passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at his home in Anita. He was raised in Anita and attended the Anita Community Schools. Francis started working construction on Interstate 80 at the age of 16. He served...
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