Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Guy Richard Barton

Guy Richard Barton

Feb 18, 2013

Guy Richard Barton, the son of William Dewey and Laura Beulah (Ault) Barton, was born February 27, 1932, in Elkhart, Iowa and died February 18, 2013 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 11 months, and 21 days. Guy was baptized at the Christian Church in Elkhart, Iowa. He attended Elkhart Community Schools...

Bernard Edwin Neary

Bernard Edwin Neary

Feb 15, 2013

Bernard Edwin Neary, the son of Raphael Michael and Louise Emily (Johnson) Neary, was born January 2, 1928, in Treynor, Iowa and died February 15, 2013, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 1 month, and 13 days. Bernard was baptized as a Christian. He attended Treynor Community Schools graduating with the High School...

Michael Dennis

Michael Dennis

Feb 14, 2013

Michael Paul Dennis was born November 1, 1947, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of David Francis and Eileen Rose (Johnson) Dennis and passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic. Mike graduated from the Atlantic High School and Iowa...

Merritt Spry

Merritt Spry

Feb 14, 2013

Floyd Merritt Spry was born December 2, 1938, in Anita, Iowa, the son of Floyd Marion and Nellie Marie (Denney) Spry. Merritt passed away February 14, 2013, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. He was in the graduating class of 1957 from the Anita High School. After graduation he helped harvest hay and worked construction building box culverts which...

Lenord (Skynyrd) Joseph Meaike

Lenord (Skynyrd) Joseph Meaike

Feb 11, 2013

Lenord Joseph Meaike, the son of Willard LaVerne and Eleanor Wanninger Meaike, was born July 13, 1956, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died February 11, 2013, at his home in rural Audubon at the age of 56 years, 6 months, and 28 days. Lenord was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church northwest of Audubon, Iowa and...

Joyce Mcconnelee

Joyce Mcconnelee

Feb 11, 2013

Joyce McConnelee, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, February 11, 2013, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Joyce Irene Watson was born December 16, 1926, in Douglas Township, Montgomery County, Iowa, to George M. and Nellie (Pierce) Watson. Joyce graduated from Atlantic High School and the American Institute of Business in Des Moines, Iowa. She was a member...

John Hansen

John Hansen

Feb 10, 2013

John Leroy Hansen, 53, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 10, 2013, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born January 27, 1960, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Wilbur and Nancy (Cowherd) Hansen. Wilbur married Sharon Toepfer July 9, 1969, when John was only 9 years old. Wilbur and Sharon then raised John and...

George Harold Wade

George Harold Wade

Feb 6, 2013

George Harold Wade, the son of Harley and Elizabeth (Cannon) Wade, was born May 25, 1930, in Tama County and died February 6, 2013, at the Caring Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Anita, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 8 months, and 11 days. George lived most of his early years with his mother and brother on his...

Esther Larsen

Esther Larsen

Feb 5, 2013

Esther Dorothy Bicking was born in Bear Grove Township, Cass County, Iowa, August 13, 1917, the daughter of Peter and Bertha (Drager) Bicking and passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa. She attended Bear Grove, Pleasant Dale and White Union country schools all in Cass County. Esther lived in Audubon and Cass...

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 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...

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...

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...

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