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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Shirley Rush
May 19, 2016
Shirley C. Rush, 68, of Tabor, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, May 19, 2016, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Shirley was born February 5, 1948, in Marne, Iowa, to Duane and Marjorie (Woods) Hughes. She grew up in the Atlantic area and graduated from the Atlantic High School in 1966. She...
Barbara Hughes
May 17, 2016
Barbara Joann Hughes, 85, of Lewis, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born January 19, 1931, the daughter of Albert and Bertha (Mann) Rotach in Gulf Port, Mississippi. She was raised in New York State. On October 9, 1948, she married Stewart Major Hughes in Newport, New York. She...
Donald Hilyard
May 16, 2016
Donald Lee Hilyard, 90, of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Monday, May 16, 2016, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born September 21, 1925, on the family farm (now a 125 year old century farm) in Cass County, Iowa, the son of Ralph and Ida Mae (Harper) Hilyard. He attended school in Cumberland...
James Stokley
May 15, 2016
James "Jim" Barry Stokley, 65, of Anita, Iowa, died peacefully Sunday, May 15, 2016, at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was born May 14, 1951, in Connersville, Indiana, to James Allen and Elda (Hockersmith) Stokley. He grew up in Sawyer, Oklahoma where he graduated high school. Jim was married to Patricia Lett on June 9, 1973,...
Richard Wohlenhaus
May 13, 2016
Richard Charles Wohlenhaus, 63, of rural Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, May 13, 2016, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Richard was born April 3, 1953, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Richard Frederick and Betty Joan (Mercer) Wohlenhaus. He attended Atlantic High School graduating with the class of 1971. He attended Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. On May...
Gary Dean Bald
May 10, 2016
Gary Dean Bald, the son of Harry and Gladys (Jensen) Bald, was born January 12, 1945, in Audubon, Iowa and died May 10, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 71 years, 3 months, and 28 days. Gary was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. He attended...
James Snyder
May 7, 2016
James Robert Snyder, 70, of Adair, Iowa, died Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Jim was born April 7, 1946, in Hampton, Iowa, to Robert H. and Opal A (Anderson) Snyder. He grew up in Dows, Iowa, and graduated from Dows Community School in 1964. He...
Mark Kemp
May 1, 2016
Mark Joseph Kemp, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, May 1, 2016, at the home of his daughter in Dallas Center, Iowa, with the support from Care Initiatives Hospice. Mark was born March 8, 1936, in Oyens, Iowa, to Alphonse and Mary E. (Christoffel) Kemp. He attended school through the eighth grade. He grew up in Le Mars, IA....
Jerry Leroy Christensen
Apr 22, 2016
Jerry Leroy Christensen, the son of Alfred O. and Irene (Faaborg) Christensen, was born September 17, 1937, at his parents’ home near Kimballton, Iowa and died April 22, 2016, at his home in Salina, Kansa at the age of 78 years, 7 months, and 5 days. Jerry was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. He...
Jim Modrell
Apr 22, 2016
Jim Dale Modrell, 71, of Anita, Iowa, died Friday, April 22, 2016, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. There will be a service at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, April 28, 2016, at the Anita Community Center in Anita, Iowa. Surviving Jim is his wife, Carolyn Modrell of Anita, Iowa.
William Paul Roth
Apr 21, 2016
William Paul Roth, The son of John and Ida (Winters) Roth, was born January 28, 1921, at his parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died April 21, 2016, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 95 years, 2 months, and 23 days. Bill was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Audubon,...
Peggy Louise Jensen
Apr 20, 2016
Peggy Louise Jensen, the daughter of Junior and Elaine (Christiansen) Jensen, was born April 6, 1950, in Carroll, Iowa and died April 20, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 66 years and 14 days. Peggy was baptized and confirmed at the Gray United Methodist Church in Gray, Iowa. She attended Gray...
F.M. Jorgensen
Apr 19, 2016
Francis "Bud" Jorgensen, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Bud was born November 9, 1928, the son of George and Hilda (Mailander) Jorgensen, at home in Wiota, Iowa. He attended Wiota community schools and graduated from Wiota High School in 1946. Bud served in the United States...
Ethel Euken
Apr 14, 2016
Ethel Eileen Euken, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2016, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. She was born January 6, 1930, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Harry "Bill" and Edith (Bell) Andersen. Ethel grew up on a family farm five miles south of Elk Horn on old Elk Horn Road. She attended school in...
Edward Carl Nelson
Apr 13, 2016
Edward Carl Nelson, son of Charles and Margaret (Schlict) Nelson, was born February 3, 1924, on a farm west of Atlantic near Walnut, Iowa and died April 13, 2016, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 2 months, and 10 days. Ed was the youngest of 9 children and when he was...
Clifford Harris
Apr 10, 2016
Clifford Raymond Harris, 94, of Adair, Iowa, died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at his home in Adair, Iowa. Raymond was born February 21, 1922, on a farm northeast of Berea, Iowa, to Clifford Adair and Vera Frankie (Brown) Harris. He attended school at Eureka No. 3, Fontanelle and graduated from Adair High School in 1939. Raymond enlisted in the...
James "Buzz" Henry Cavanaugh, Jr.
Apr 9, 2016
James “Buzz” Henry Cavanaugh, Jr., the son of James Henry, Sr. and Ethel (Simonsen) Cavanaugh, was born June 13, 1941, at his parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died April 9, 2016, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 74 years, 9 months, and 26 days. Buzz was baptized in 1957 at the First...
Robert "Robby" Ernest Robinson
Apr 9, 2016
Robert (Robby) Robinson was the second of 7 children of Samuel E. and Bessie L. ( Miller) Robinson. He was born in Redfield, IA November 30, 1923, moved to Stuart in 1924 and was baptized and confirmed in the United Methodist Church. He attended school in Casey, IA before moving to Guthrie Center in 1940 where he graduated from High...
Eugene Leroy Potter
Apr 5, 2016
Eugene Leroy Potter, the son of Alfred Minter and Marlene Marie (Nolte) Potter, was born September 21, 1958, at Grant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He died April 5, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 57 years, 6 months, and 14 days. Eugene was baptized at the Lutheran Church in McHenry, Illinois....
James Ginkel
Apr 3, 2016
James Van Ginkel, of Atlantic, Iowa, longtime Atlantic attorney passed away April 3, 2016 at the Heritage House in Atlantic. James was born February 27, 1923, in Prairie City, Iowa. He was the youngest and last survivor of eight children born to John Christian and Caroline Gertrude (Van Nimwegen) Van Ginkel. He graduated from Monroe, Iowa, high school in...
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