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Maxine Knop
Oct 5, 2006
Maxine A. Knop, 89, a lifelong Atlantic resident, passed away Thursday, October 5, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Maxine Anna Knop was born January 2, 1917, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Max and Marie (Wilms) Knop. She graduated from the Atlantic High School and spent several years as a substitute teacher. Maxine was a...
John Jacobsen
Oct 1, 2006
John L. Jacobsen, 73, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away Sunday, October 1, 2006, at his home. John Lawrence Jacobsen was born on July 29, 1933, at the home place 3 � miles south of Elk Horn, Iowa, the son of John and Katherine Jacobsen. John was baptized and confirmed at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church and graduated from...
Tamara Hetrick
Oct 1, 2006
Tamara Jo Hetrick, 43, a lifelong Atlantic resident, passed away Sunday, October 1, 2006 at the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Tamara Jo Hetrick, was born October 11, 1962, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Daryll Lee and Janice Marilyn (Kay) Peterson. She attended the Atlantic School System and graduated from the Atlantic High School in 1982. Tamara was...
Patsy Young
Sep 25, 2006
Patsy R. Young, 70, of Des Moines, Iowa, formerly of Casey, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 25, 2006, at Kavanagh House in Des Moines, Iowa, after a long battle with breast cancer. Patsy Ruth (Hester) Young was born on November 21, 1935, on a farm south of Panora, Iowa, the daughter of Elston Curtis and Mary Lyndell (Middleton) Hester....
Darwin Hansen
Sep 25, 2006
Darwin D. Hansen, 63, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2006, at his home. Darwin Dean Hansen was born March 30, 1943, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Theodore "Ted" E. and Mildred M. (Krogh) Hansen. He graduated from the Anita High School in 1961 and then attended the University of Nebraska in Omaha, where he studied...
Vivian Hines
Sep 17, 2006
Vivian R. Christensen Hines, 83, passed away Sunday, September 17, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Vivian Ruth was born March 6, 1923, in Kendleville, Indiana, the daughter of Leeland and Inez Long. She moved to California in 1944. In 1947, Vivian met Robert Christensen and the couple was married on June 10, 1947, in...
Archie Turner
Sep 16, 2006
Archie Turner, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, September 16, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Archie was born January 20, 1926 in Rome, Missouri, the son of Claude and Diamia (Huffman) Turner. The family moved to Iowa when Archie was a youngster, and he attended country schools in the Cumberland area. He served his...
Ruby Knutsen
Sep 12, 2006
Jean Knutsen, 81, a lifelong Atlantic resident, passed away Tuesday evening, September 12, 2006, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Ruby Jean was born April 16, 1925, in Brighton Township of Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Alvin F. and Bertha C. (Sexton) Bannister. She attended schools in Marne, Iowa and later, married Earl Pearce. Her second husband...
Margie Morgan
Sep 9, 2006
Margie S. Morgan, 69, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, September 9, 2006, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Margie Sue Morgan was born June 2, 1937, in DeBerry, Texas, the daughter of William and Lorene (Arrington) Sessums. She was a 1955 graduate of the Bird High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. On June 5, 1955, Margie married Billie...
Ronny Ferguson
Sep 9, 2006
D. Ferguson, 69, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Saturday, September 9, 2006, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Ronny Dean Ferguson was born on December 7, 1936, in Webster County, Nebraska, the son of Paul and Inez (Hagan) Ferguson. Ron graduated from Casey High School in 1955 and then went to work for Betts & Beer...
Austin Jordan
Sep 7, 2006
Austin Reid Jordan, the infant son of Ty Jordan and Melissa Zowasky, of Atlantic, was stillborn Thursday, September 7, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Survivors include his mother, Melissa Zowasky; his father, Ty Jordan; his sister, Madison Sickels, all of Atlantic, Iowa; paternal grandparents, Pam and Jon Jordon, of Wiota, Iowa; maternal grandparents, Kevin...
Charles Scarlett
Sep 4, 2006
Charles "Lafe" Scarlett, 97, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 4, 2006, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa Charles Lafyette Scarlett was born on November 14, 1908, the son of John Frederick and Ella (Scholl) Scarlett. Lafe lived all of his life in Anita, Iowa, and graduated from Anita High School in 1927. He served in the United...
Erma Fischer
Sep 3, 2006
Erma E. Fischer, the daughter of Harry and Mamie Andersen, was born July 29, 1920, at her parents' home in Clay Township, Shelby County, Iowa, and died September 3, 2006, in Saint Joseph, Missouri, at the age of 86 years, 1 month, and 6 days. On February 18, 1943, she was united in marriage to Gerald L. Fischer in...
Terry Carr
Sep 2, 2006
Terry L. Carr, 64, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday morning, September 2, 2006, at his home. Terry Lee Carr was born March 6, 1942, in Hampton, Iowa, the son of Marvin and Eileen (Archambault) Carr. Terry grew up in Hampton, Iowa, and graduated from Hampton High School in 1960. He attended Westmar College and State College of Iowa,...
Phillip Sorensen
Sep 2, 2006
Phillip A. Sorensen, 46, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, September 2, 2006 at his residence. Phillip Allen Sorensen was born June 22, 1960 in Audubon, Iowa, the son of Merlin and Doris Mae (Jensen) Sorensen. Phil grew up in Exira, Iowa and graduated from the Exira High School in 1978. He attended the University of Northern Iowa in...
Marie Rathman
Aug 26, 2006
Marie K. Rathman, 101, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 26, 2006, at the Colonial Manor in Anita. Marie Katherine Tibken Rathman was born November 11, 1904, in rural Cumberland, Iowa, the daughter of Peter and Arvilla (Bittman) Tibken. She attended country school in rural Cumberland. Marie was baptized January 1, 1905, at the First Lutheran Church, south...
Carol Phillips
Aug 18, 2006
CAROL PHILLIPS Daisy Carol Phillips, 94, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Friday, August 18, 2006, at the Colonial Manor in Anita. Carol was born July 2, 1912, in Warren County, Iowa, the daughter of Riley R. and Florence E. (Reed) Reeves. She grew up in the Swan and Pleasantville, Iowa, area, lived in Washington State for a short period...
Carrie Mathisen
Aug 16, 2006
CARRIE M. MATHISEN Carrie M. Mathisen, 98, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa Karen "Carrie" Mathilde Mathisen was born November 30, 1907, on a farm east of Brayton in Audubon County, Iowa, to parents Niels & Elvine (Sorensen) Nielsen. Carrie was baptized at the Exira (Iowa)...
Helen Schiller
Aug 13, 2006
HELEN SCHILLER Helen K. (Ernst) Schiller, 88, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Sunday, August 13, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Center in Fontanelle, Iowa. Helen Katherine Schiller was born July 25, 1918, in Adair, Iowa, the daughter of John and Theresa (Eden) Ernst. She attended school in Adair and lived there until she married Everett Schiller on November 14,...
Joyce Kinzie
Aug 11, 2006
JOYCE L. KINZIE Joyce L. Kinzie, 69, Anita, Iowa, resident passed away Friday, August 11, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Joyce Lorene Kinzie was born September 2, 1936, in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Donald H. and Hester L. (Hayter) Dorsey. On October 24, 1954, Joyce married Cecil D. Kinzie at the United...
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