Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Del Warner

Del Warner

Aug 11, 2012

Del Ray Warner, 61, of Adair, Iowa, passed away at his home on August 11, 2012. Del was born in Atlantic on September 18, 1950 to Carl Allen & Janice Ann (Bales) Warner. He was raised on the family farm west of Adair and also farmed north of Adair all of his life. Del was a member of the...

Phyllis M. Krogh

Phyllis M. Krogh

Aug 10, 2012

Phyllis Mary Krogh, the daughter of Charles and Ethel Hicks Simonsen, was born May 18, 1920, at her parents’ home in Round Bottom, Colorado, and died August 10, 2012, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 2 months, and 22 days. Phyllis was confirmed as an adult at the Exira Lutheran Church...

Mabel J. Thompson

Mabel J. Thompson

Aug 10, 2012

Mabel Johanna Thompson, the daughter of Claus and Emily Newman Hultquist, was born September 17, 1921, at her parents’ home near Griswold, Iowa and died August 10, 2012, at the Hospice with Heart in Glenwood, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 10 months, and 23 days. Mabel attended rural school by her parent’s home near Griswold then helped on...

Nicholas Baier

Nicholas Baier

Aug 9, 2012

Nicholas "Joe Dirt" Baier Nicholas Herman Baier, 23, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, August 9, 2012, from a single truck accident south of Wiota, Iowa. Nic was born December 16, 1988, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Kevin and Martha (Fiebelkorn) Baier. He attended community schools in Atlantic graduating from Atlantic High School with the class of 2007. Nic joined...

William Dean Groteluschen

William Dean Groteluschen

Aug 8, 2012

William Dean Groteluschen, the son of Theodore and Laura Sander Groteluschen, was born December 27, 1935 in Coon Rapids, Iowa and died August 8, 2012 at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 76 years, 7 months, and 11 days. Bill was baptized in Coon Rapids, Iowa and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Audubon, Iowa. He...

Martha Lairson

Martha Lairson

Aug 6, 2012

Martha Marie Lairson, 84, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, August 6, 2012, at Atlantic Nursing & Rehab center in Atlantic, Iowa. Martha Marie Simmons Lairson was born September 5, 1927 to Jesse and Mae Simmons in Arkansas. She grew up on a farm outside of Maysville, OK. She was joined in marriage to Cecil T. Lairson in Oklahoma....

Wlliam Blackmer Sr.

Wlliam Blackmer Sr.

Aug 1, 2012

William Blackmer passed away peacefully at Munroe Regional Medical Center on August 1, 2012, in Ocala, Florida. Bill Blackmer was born Jan. 25, 1925, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Clyde Blackmer and Marie Louise Langbehn. Bill spent most of his childhood in Casey, Iowa. He graduated from Fairfax High School in Fairfax, Virginia. He joined the United States Navy...

Donna Lou Walp

Donna Lou Walp

Jul 30, 2012

Donna Lou Walp, the daughter of John A. and Margaret E. Davis Ruddy, was born September 8, 1941, in Audubon, Iowa and died July 30, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 70 years, 10 months and 22 days. Donna attended the Audubon Community Schools graduating with the High School Class of 1959. She...

Lona Fleming

Lona Fleming

Jul 30, 2012

Lona Fleming was born November 8, 1930, the daughter of Lewis and Bessie (Shine) Layer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and passed away Monday, July 30, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Her home the last 9 months. Lona grew up in Brooklyn, Iowa, and attended school there. She received her GED later on at...

Joseph Dimig

Joseph Dimig

Jul 30, 2012

Joseph Bernard Dimig was born February 23, 1926, at the family farm home of his parents, Edward and Louise (Richter) Dimig, their 7th child. He resided on that farm all of his life, attending Grove #9 school and graduating from Atlantic High School in 1944. He joined his father in the purebred Duroc swine business in 1947 and continued...

Vern Woodrow Jensen

Vern Woodrow Jensen

Jul 29, 2012

Vern Woodrow Jensen, the son of Lauritz and Christena M. Nielsen Jensen was born November 29, 1920, at his parents’ home west of Audubon, Iowa and died July 29, 2012 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years and 8 months. Vern was baptized and confirmed at the Ebenezer Lutheran Church west of Audubon. While...

Curtis Nelson

Curtis Nelson

Jul 28, 2012

Curtis Franklin Nelson was born August 8, 1923, on a farm northwest of Exira, Iowa, the son of Alfred Christian and Lela Christina (Nelson) Nelson. Curtis attended country school in Oakfield Township and High School in Exira. He farmed with his father. On July 3, 1948, he married Saranne (Sally) Keasey and they continued to farm west of Exira....

Louetta Heaton

Louetta Heaton

Jul 27, 2012

Gladys Louetta Richie was born December 23, 1924, in Villisca, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest A. and W. Edna (Davis) Richie and passed away Friday, July 27, 2012, at the Osceola Community Hospital in Sibley, Iowa. She attended the Nodaway Consolidated School, graduating in 1942. On October 7, 1942, Louetta married Russell D. Heaton in Rockport, Missouri. The couple...

Ruby Mae Rasmussen

Ruby Mae Rasmussen

Jul 26, 2012

Ruby Mae Rasmussen, the daughter of Otto C. and Elsie Marie Schmidt Jensen, was born July 6, 1926, in Douglas Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died July 26, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, and 20 days. Ruby was baptized and confirmed at the Ebenezer Lutheran Church west of Audubon, Iowa. She...

Richard Fairholm Evans

Richard Fairholm Evans

Jul 25, 2012

Richard Fairholm Evans, the son of Charles Sr. and Edith Nelson Evans, was born July 18, 1928, in Audubon, Iowa and died July 25, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 84 years and 7 days. Dick was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Audubon, Iowa. He attended Audubon Community Schools graduating...

Timothy Edward Lauritsen

Timothy Edward Lauritsen

Jul 24, 2012

Timothy Edward Lauritsen, the son of Edward Benjamin and Donna Jean Weston Lauritsen, was born September 15, 1957, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died July 24, 2012 at his home in North Liberty, Iowa at the age of 54 years, 10 months, and 9 days. Tim was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church...

Dorothy Inez Zaiger

Dorothy Inez Zaiger

Jul 24, 2012

Dorothy Inez Zaiger, the daughter of Adolph and Nancy Rank Gaer, was born April 19, 1926, at her parents’ home in Shelby County near Irwin, Iowa and died July 24, 2012, at her home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 3 months, and 5 days. Dorothy was baptized at the Harlan Church of Christ in Harlan, Iowa....

Harry Marvin Rasmussen

Harry Marvin Rasmussen

Jul 23, 2012

Harry Marvin Rasmussen, the son of Martin P. and Elizabeth Nielsen Rasmussen, was born June 8, 1918, at his parents’ home in Douglas Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died July 23, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 1 month, and 15 days. Harry was baptized and confirmed at the Ebenezer Lutheran Church...

Hazel M. Johnson

Hazel M. Johnson

Jul 22, 2012

Hazel Mildred Johnson, the daughter of John and Jesse Earl Wright, was born February 4, 1915, at her parents’ home in Atlantic, Iowa and died July 22, 2012, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 97 years, 5 months, and 18 days. Hazel was baptized at the Methodist Church in Atlantic, Iowa and also...

Connie F. Walter

Connie F. Walter

Jul 21, 2012

Connie Faye Walter, the daughter of Edwin Herman and Norabelle P. Christensen Jensen, was born November 21, 1946 at her parents’ home in Exira, Iowa and died July 21, 2012 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at age of 65 years, and 8 months. Connie was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa. She...

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