Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Gregery Edwards

Gregery Edwards

Feb 1, 2013

Gregery Lee Edwards was born March 30, 1954, the son of Dale Mason and Ruth Geraldine (Campbell) Edwards and passed away on Friday, February 1, 2013, at his home in Adair, Iowa. He grew up in Audubon and was baptized and confirmed at the First United Methodist Church. Greg graduated from the Audubon High School in 1972. During high...

Marvin Jorgen Sorensen

Marvin Jorgen Sorensen

Jan 25, 2013

Marvin Jorgen Sorensen, the son of Soren E. and Violet Petersen Sorensen, was born June 23, 1923, at his parents’ home in Exira, Iowa and died January 25, 2013, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 7 months, and 2 days. Marvin was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira....

Mary Paasch

Mary Paasch

Jan 16, 2013

Mary Lynne Paasch, 69, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, January 16, 2013. She was born March 2, 1943, to Orin and Marjorie (Foll) Emerson in Eagle Grove, Iowa, where she spent her childhood. Growing up, she enjoyed spending time with family on fishing trips, teaching her younger brother, Raymond, how to dance and...

Mary Wengert

Mary Wengert

Jan 16, 2013

Mary Jane Dorsey was born December 20, 1921, the daughter of Lesile L. and Ola Gransbury (Heath) Dorsey in Anita, Iowa, and passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at the Carlisle Care Center in Carlisle, Iowa. She attended Cosmetology school and worked as a cosmetologist at Luther Park and Valley View Village until she retired in 1982. After her...

Jolene Lavoy Rustvold

Jolene Lavoy Rustvold

Jan 13, 2013

Jolene Lavoy Rustvold, the daughter of Francis and Kathryn Lorene (Sorensen) Gress, was born August 14, 1945, at her parents’ home in Brighton Township, Cass County, near Marne, Iowa and died January 13, 2013, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 67 years, 4 months, and 29 days. Jolene was baptized and confirmed at Holy Cross...

Lorraine Larsen

Lorraine Larsen

Jan 10, 2013

Lorraine Larsen, the daughter of Chris H. and Anna (Hansen) Jensen, was born November 5, 1918, at her parents’ home in Leroy Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died January 10, 2013, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 2 months, and 5 days. Lorraine was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in...

Arthur Davidson

Arthur Davidson

Jan 10, 2013

Arthur Verne Davidson, 78, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Verne was born March 15, 1934, east of Bedford, Iowa, to Court Boyd and Bethel Mary (Bradley) Davidson, on the family farm. He attended country school and graduated from Bedford High School with the class of 1953. In...

Hazel Fox

Hazel Fox

Jan 10, 2013

Hazel Irene Fox, 96, of Guthrie Center, Iowa, and formerly of Adair and Casey, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2012, at New Homestead in Guthrie Center, Iowa. She was born January 8, 1917, in Adair, Iowa, to Frank and Myrtle (Lovell) Duff. Hazel grew up on the family farm south of Adair. She attended country school and graduated...

Betty Prall

Betty Prall

Jan 7, 2013

Betty Montgomery George was born May 16, 1917, the daughter of Wylie D. and Harriet (Davenport) George in Dixon, Illinois, and passed away Monday, January 7, 2013, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Betty graduated from Dixon High School then worked in the retail business. She married Clyde Royal "Tub" Prall in Dixon on January 17, 1946. During...

Doris Burcham

Doris Burcham

Jan 5, 2013

Doris Julia (Powell) Burcham, 98, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2013, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Doris was born to Marilda Ann Holley Powell and Oliver Preston Powell on July 2, 1914, on a farm near Orson in Harrison County, Iowa. She grew up in Mondamin, Iowa, and graduated from Mondamin High School in l931....

Lavonne Klinkefus

Lavonne Klinkefus

Dec 31, 2012

Lavonne Klinkefus, the daughter of Herbert and Mabel (Miller) Bylund, was born December 12, 1919, at her parents’ home near Viola Township, Audubon County, Iowa. At the time of her birth there was a raging blizzard and Herbert had to meet the Doctor on a sled. She died December 31, 2012 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at...

Evelyn Joann Huffman

Evelyn Joann Huffman

Dec 28, 2012

Evelyn Joann Huffman, the daughter of Theodore and Nellie Petersen Madsen, was born April 22, 1927, at her Aunt’s home near Exira, Iowa and died December 28, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 8 months, and 6 days. Evelyn was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa. She...

Helen Gray

Helen Gray

Dec 23, 2012

Helen L. Gray, 72, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Helen was born November 12, 1940, in Dayton, Iowa, to Ernest and Amanda Bass. She grew up in and around Fort Dodge and later lived in Des Moines before settling in Atlantic. Helen attended grade school through the second...

James (Jim) Delbert Jensen

James (Jim) Delbert Jensen

Dec 20, 2012

James (Jim) Delbert Jensen of Kimberling City, Missouri formerly of Audubon, Iowa, the son of Jens B. and Hilda (Petersen) Jensen, was born January 18, 1940, in Audubon, Iowa and died December 20, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri surrounded by his family at the age of 72 years, 11 months, and 2 days. Jim was baptized and confirmed...

Tamira Amos

Tamira Amos

Dec 20, 2012

Tamira Kay (Darnold) Amos passed away December 20, 2012 at Cass County Memorial Hospital at the age of 54. Tami was born on October 18, 1958 in Corning, Iowa to Duane B. and Carolyn J. (McKinley) Darnold. She grew up in Atlantic and attended Atlantic High School and was part of the Class of 1977. Tami was married to...

Judith Altfillisch-Kehm

Judith Altfillisch-Kehm

Dec 19, 2012

Judith Altfillisch Kehm of Scottsdale, Arizona, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012, in Scottsdale. Judith Gayle Fann was born July 11, 1941, in Clarinda, Iowa, to Lyle and Edris (Mason) Fann. She went to school in Clarinda, Iowa, graduating from Clarinda High School in 1959. She then attended Northwest Missouri State University, being a...

Linda Fudge

Linda Fudge

Dec 16, 2012

Linda Lou Sanders was born July 15, 1951, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Gerald and Joan Sanders and passed away Sunday, December 16, 2012, at Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center. Linda had lived in both Omaha and Atlantic. Her hobbies included knitting, crocheting, and Indian collectibles. She loved to shop for her granddaughters. Preceding Linda in death were...

Lillian 'Granny' Mae Mahrt

Lillian 'Granny' Mae Mahrt

Dec 14, 2012

Lillian “Granny” Mae Mahrt, the daughter of Frank and Mary (Harmachek) Chocholousek, was born November 15, 1923, at her parents’ home near Dixon, South Dakota and died December 14, 2012, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 89 years and 29 days. Lillian was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church in Dixon,...

Mary Ellen Andersen

Mary Ellen Andersen

Dec 14, 2012

Mary Ellen Andersen, the daughter of Ilo Lee and Edna Margarete (Sorensen) Jayne, was born January 6, 1942, at her grandparents’ home in Exira, Iowa and died December 14, 2012, at her home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 70 years, 11 months, and 8 days. Mary was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa....

Cora Blunk

Cora Blunk

Dec 9, 2012

C. Maxine Blunk, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Maxine was born to Charles Dean and Nola Marie (Daughenbaugh) Armstrong on November 18, 1925 and lived her early years on a farm located between Wiota and Anita. She attended school in Wiota, and as a high school student, gained...

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