Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Robert Bailey

Robert Bailey

May 23, 2013

Robert Lewis Bailey was born February 20, 1931, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Ross Campbell and Louisa M. (Munsen) Bailey and passed away Thursday, May 23, 2013, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He attended the Atlantic School System and worked as a veterinary assistant at his father's veterinary practice. Robert was a member of...

Joyce Wright

Joyce Wright

May 18, 2013

Joyce Elsine Wright, 86, of Casey, Iowa, passed away May 18, 2013, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Joyce was born June 26, 1926, in Elk Point, South Dakota, the daughter of Roy C. and Esther (Jensen) Titus. At the age of 6 weeks, her family moved to Guthrie Center, Iowa. She attended Guthrie Center schools and...

Journey Garside

Journey Garside

May 15, 2013

Journey Louise Garside was born on Monday, May 13, 2013, the daughter of James Lee and Lori Sue (Christensen) Garside and passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Children's Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. She joins in heaven her great-grandparents. Journey is survived by her parents, Jim and Lori Garside and her sister, Jovi Garside of Omaha, Nebraska; her...

Troy Wheelock

Troy Wheelock

May 11, 2013

Troy Murvin Wheelock, 51, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Caring Acres in Anita. He was born February 22, 1962, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Arthur and LaRue (Taylor) Wheelock. Troy was raised in Anita and attended the Anita Community Schools. He graduated from Anita High School in 1980. After high school he worked for a...

Joan Knutter

Joan Knutter

May 9, 2013

Joan Marie Hackwell was born February 23, 1944, at the hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Edward Leo and Marie Dorothea (Wahlert) and passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She graduated from Anita High School in 1962. On September 3, 1973, she married Karl William Knutter in Omaha, Nebraska. Initially living in...

Dwaine Ernst

Dwaine Ernst

Apr 30, 2013

Dwaine Arthur Ernst was born March 22, 1941, in Adair County, Iowa, the son of Arthur Oscar and Mary Eliza (Hubbard) Ernst and passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Adair. Dwaine graduated from the Adair High School with...

Erma Marie Jensen

Erma Marie Jensen

Apr 26, 2013

Erma Marie Jensen, the daughter of Nis J. and Carrie (Riesgaard) Miller, was born August 4, 1919, at her parents’ home in Audubon County, near Kimballton, Iowa and died April 26, 2013, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 8 months, and 22 days. Erma was baptized and confirmed at the Bethany Lutheran Church...

Erma M. Bro

Erma M. Bro

Apr 26, 2013

Erma Martha Bro, the daughter of Kasper Peter and Martha Kathryn (Larsen) Hansen, was born October 20, 1914, at her parents’ home in Audubon County near Brayton, Iowa and died April 26, 2013, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 98 years, 6 months, and 6 days. Erma was baptized as a child in...

Richard Andrews

Richard Andrews

Apr 24, 2013

Richard Wayne Andrews, 72, of Exira, Iowa, passed away April 24, 2013, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab in Atlantic, Iowa. Richard was born April 14, 1941, to Howard and Dorothy (Folsom) Andrews in Atlantic, Iowa. He was raised in Atlantic and attended Atlantic community schools graduating with the Atlantic High School class of 1959. He was united in marriage...

Marian Janice Kopf

Marian Janice Kopf

Apr 22, 2013

Marian Janice Kopf, the daughter of Fred and Alta (Runyan) Schuler, was born December 7, 1923, at her parents’ home in Buena Vista County near Marathon, Iowa and died April 22, 2013, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 4 months, and 15 days. Marian was baptized and confirmed in the Methodist Church....

Stephen Conn

Stephen Conn

Apr 22, 2013

Stephen Jay Conn was born September 2, 1947, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Harold Otis and Doris Marie (Polson) Conn and passed away Monday, April 22, 2013, at his daughter's home in Portsmouth, Iowa. He grew up and attended school in Lewis, Iowa, and graduated from the Griswold High School. Steve worked as a Police Officer in Plattsmouth,...

Larry Ward, Sr.

Larry Ward, Sr.

Apr 22, 2013

Larry Lee Ward Sr., 73, of Wiota, Iowa, passed away Monday, April 22, 2013, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Larry was born August 17, 1939, in Wiota, Iowa, to John (Don) and Anna (Nelson) Ward. He attended the Wiota schools and after completing high school he went into the United States Army. Larry served in Germany...

Leslie Vorm

Leslie Vorm

Apr 20, 2013

Leslie Sherman Vorm, 90, passed away on April 20, 2013, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. Leslie was born October 18, 1922, to Theodor and Mary Anna (Khynn) Vorm in Audubon County, Iowa. He was baptized as an infant at the Danish Lutheran Church in Elk Horn. While growing up in the Brayton area of Audubon County,...

Bonnie Moore

Bonnie Moore

Apr 15, 2013

Bonnie Florene (Strong) Moore was born in Oakland, Iowa, on January 21, 1933, to Guy and Eva Strong and passed away on Monday April 15, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA, with her family at her side. Bonnie attended school in Oakland. She met and married her first love, James Foldenauer in October of 1951. To this...

Harold 'Kid' Eugene Mclaughlin

Harold 'Kid' Eugene Mclaughlin

Apr 13, 2013

Harold (Kid) Eugene McLaughlin, the son of Ray and Rose (Weighton) McLaughlin, was born May 22, 1924, at his parents’ home five miles northeast of Audubon, Iowa, and died April 13, 2013, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa, at the age of 88 years, 10 months, and 21 days. Harold was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church...

Debra Jo Stuetelberg

Debra Jo Stuetelberg

Apr 11, 2013

Debra Jo Stuetelberg, the daughter of Duane and Barbara (Winters) Snyder, was born October 3, 1965, in Council Bluffs, Iowa and died April 11, 2013, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 47 years, 6 months, and 8 days. Debra was baptized at the First Christian Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She attended Kreft...

Hugh Bailey

Hugh Bailey

Apr 11, 2013

Hugh "Rusty" Merritt Bailey, 60, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013, at his home in Council Bluffs after an illness and a brief stay in the hospital. Rusty was born January 3, 1953, to Charles and Mavis (Porter) Bailey in Atlantic, Iowa. He was raised in Atlantic and moved from...

Shawn Hockenberry

Shawn Hockenberry

Apr 7, 2013

Shawn Scott Hockenberry, 31, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, April 7, 2013, of heart failure. We want you to know who Shawn was. He was born January 30, 1982, to Scott and Kathie (Hogue) Hockenberry in Des Moines, Iowa, in a big hurry and stayed that way. He was a very curious little boy, examining everything he could get...

Evelyn Lang

Evelyn Lang

Apr 3, 2013

Evelyn Marie Lang was born December 31, 1920, the daughter of Henry and Prudence Rebekah (Cushing) Osbahr near Shelby, Iowa, and passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. She attended school at Walnut Grove Country School until she was 9. At that time her parents passed away and she went to live with...

Wilfrid William Bintner

Wilfrid William Bintner

Mar 30, 2013

Wilfrid (Willie) William Bintner, the son of Joseph Albert and Theresa Barbara (Thielen) Bintner, was born June 10, 1924, at his parent’s home in Exira Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died March 30, 2013, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 9 months, and 20 days. Wilfrid was baptized and confirmed at...

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