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Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Marvin Templeman
Dec 20, 2025
Marvin Templeman, age 91 of Casey, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2025 at his home. Services are pending with the Schmidt Family Funeral Home of Adair.
Ronald John Epperson
Dec 16, 2025
Ronald John Epperson, age 65 of Audubon, died on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, IA. Arrangements are pending with the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Audubon.
Marilyn Louise Newman
Dec 16, 2025
Marilyn Louise Ketcham Newman of Adair died December 16, 2025, at the Exira Care Center and went to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ. Marilyn was born August 29, 1938, in Council Bluffs, IA to William Michael Raymond Ketcham and Hilda Victorine (Lenfant) Ketcham. She was baptized on October 2, 1938, and confirmed her faith in her Lord on March...
Patricia Ann Richter
Dec 15, 2025
Patricia Ann Richter, age 67 of Exira, died at her home on Monday, December 15, 2025. Services are pending with the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Exira.
Jane Petri
Dec 15, 2025
Jane Clare Petri, age 86, peacefully passed on December 15, 2025 at the Community Care Center, Stuart, IA.
Jane was born November 13, 1939, in Adair, IA, to Clarence and Annetta (Wesack) Petri.
Jane grew up and helped on the farm. She was always a farm girl at heart. She and her dog, Sparky, drove the countryside and took her dad along....
Delores Maxine Ehrman
Dec 13, 2025
Mrs. Delores Maxine Ehrman, age 92, of Anita, IA, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, IA. Delores Maxine (Dorsey) Ehrman was born September 24, 1933 on a farm northwest of Anita, Iowa, to Lesile Leon and Mary Belle Kearns Dorsey. She was the second child in the family of six Dorsey siblings: Norma,...
Leon Gale Ditto
Dec 7, 2025
Mr. Leon Gale Ditto, age 80, of Carroll, IA, passed away on Sunday, December 07, 2025, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll. Leon Gale Ditto was born on September 28, 1945, in Carroll, IA, to Glen and Thelma Lorraine Ditto and raised in Guthrie County on the family farm. Leon was baptized on April 21, 1946, at the First...
Ronald John Swanson
Dec 2, 2025
Ronald John Swanson, son of William & Anne (Heuss) Swanson, was born on January 14th, 1941, and went to be with the lord on December 2nd, 2025, at the age of 84 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, IA. Ron was baptized at the Plymouth Congregational Church in Ross, Iowa. He attended Rural School Leroy number two south of Ross....
Twila Nelson
Nov 27, 2025
Twila Nelson, age 66 of Adair, passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by loved ones singing Jesus Loves Me and reading Scripture. She passed from one temporary worship service to a heavenly one, on Thanksgiving evening Thursday, November 27, 2025.
Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 5, 2025 at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Anita....
Karen Kay Dant
Nov 26, 2025
Karen Kay Dant, age 83, of Walnut, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at Salem Lutheran Homes in Elk Horn, IA. The daughter of Kenneth Duane and Ruby Arlene (Ruby) Beekman was born October 20, 1942, in Atlantic, Iowa, where she grew up and graduated from Atlantic High School. She loved working with...
Ken Block
Nov 22, 2025
Mr. Kenneth John Block, age 50, of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at his home in Atlantic under hospice care. Ken was born on December 3, 1974, in Waupun, Wisconsin, to James and Sharon (Svacina) Block. In Ken's younger years, he played youth soccer, football, basketball, and track & field. Ken was a graduate of Clinton...
Beverly Strandell
Nov 21, 2025
Beverly Lynn Strandell, 72, of Audubon, Iowa, passed away on November 21, 2025.
Beverly was born on January 9, 1953, to Walter and Pearl Janssen. She grew up in Iowa Falls, graduating in 1971, and continued her education at Ellsworth Community College. She later attended nursing school at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, where she began the path that would...
Pene Ana Williams
Nov 14, 2025
A radiant soul who brought light and laughter to every life she touched. Pené Ana Williams, 18, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on November 14, 2025, at Children’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, surrounded by her loving family. Born May 8, 2007, at Cass County Memorial Hospital, Pené was the cherished daughter of Gary and Debra (Paulsen) Williams. She graduated from...
Verdell Dean Nelson
Nov 11, 2025
Mr. Verdell Dean Nelson, age 93, of Casey, IA, passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at his home in Casey under hospice care. Some might say Verdell was an icon in Casey, but one thing is certain: he was well known for his love of making sure his squirrels and birds were fed daily, gathering enough walnuts and hickory...
Donald William Brantz
Nov 10, 2025
Donald Brantz, age 80 of Anita and a former Council Bluffs and Glenwood, IA resident, died on Monday, November 10, 2025, at Caring Acres Care Center in Anita. Arrangements are pending with the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Anita.
Lavon Andersen
Nov 7, 2025
Flora Lavon (Ferrell) Andersen was born August 8, 1942, in Des Moines, IA, to Willard Loren and Zola (Robertson) Ferrell. She passed away on November 7, 2025, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa, at the age of 83 years, 2 months, and 30 days. Lavon was baptized at the age of 13 in the Lewis Methodist Church with...
Rosa May Clemsen
Nov 7, 2025
Rosa May Clemsen, the daughter of Jens Peter Jensen and Johanne Jorgine Kristine Jensen, was born on January 6, 1932, at her parents’ home in Clay Township, Shelby County, IA and died November 7, 2025, at Cass Health in Atlantic, IA, at the age of 93 years, surrounded by her loving family. Rosa attended kindergarten through 8th grade at Oakfield...
Lance Allen Meaike
Nov 4, 2025
Lance Allen Meaike, son of Willard and Eleanor (Wanninger) Meaike, was born February 13, 1967, and died November 4, 2025, at the age of 58. Lance married Laurie Vesper in November 1996. Five children were born into this union. A proud Navy Veteran, he owned and operated a long-standing, successful construction business that he passed on to his son. Lance...
Bob Sornson
Nov 3, 2025
Robert Deane Sornson, the son of Raymond and Mayme (Peterson) Sornson, was born near Exira Iowa on November 20, 1929, and passed away peacefully into glory at the Friendship Home in Audubon on November 3, 2025, at 95 years of age. He was surrounded by his family and nearby were his Friendship Home and Hospice of the Midwest caregivers, who...
Willie Madsen
Nov 2, 2025
William Francis Madsen, the youngest son of Hans Christian Andersen Madsen and Elizabeth Cecelia (Conrad) Madsen, was born on July 10, 1925, in Audubon, Iowa. He passed away at the Audubon Co. Memorial Hospital on Sunday, November 2, 2025. Willie was 100 years old and loved life. Willie was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Audubon, Iowa....
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