Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Mark Albert

Mark Albert

Jul 21, 2012

Mark Allen Albert, son of Donald Maurice and Betty Ann (Hansen) Albert, was born in Atlantic, Iowa August 20, 1951, and passed away July 21, 2012. He is survived by his mother, his special friend, Julie Schlater, his children, Carrie Dawn Albert and her special friend Wynn Winston, and son Jason Allen Albert and special friend, Angie Boes. Mark...

Margaret Marnin

Margaret Marnin

Jul 19, 2012

Margaret Ann Marnin, 73, of Anita, passed away Thursday, July 19, 2012, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She was born July 7, 1939, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Arlo and Frances (Briles) Christensen. She was raised on the family farm near Anita. She attended Anita Community School and graduated from Anita High School with the class of...

Arlene Kluever

Arlene Kluever

Jul 17, 2012

Arlene Kluever, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at the Heritage House. Arlene Kluever was born on December 30, 1929, to James and Otley McKee at Massena, Iowa. She spent her early years on the farm and then the family moved to town. During her four years of high school, Arlene played forward on the...

Hans Rasmus Johnson

Hans Rasmus Johnson

Jul 16, 2012

Hans Rasmus Johnson, the son of Martin and Mathilda Rasmussen Johnson was born November 21, 1919 at his grandparent’s home near Brayton, Iowa and died July 16, 2012 at the Life Care Center in Elkhorn, Nebraska at the age of 92 years, 7 months, and 25 days. Hans was baptized at the Oak Hill Lutheran Church west of Brayton, Iowa...

Phyllis Knapp

Phyllis Knapp

Jul 16, 2012

Phyllis Arlene Knapp, 81, of Casey, IA, passed away Sunday, July 15, 2012 at her home in Casey, IA. Born on October 18, 1930 in Guthrie County, IA, to Charles and Statta (Thorn) Love, Phyllis attended Panora schools graduating with the class of 1948. She married Orville Knapp on September 21, 1951 in Greenfield, IA and spent 30 years...

Brian Jay Foresman

Brian Jay Foresman

Jul 14, 2012

Brian Jay Foresman, the son of Max Duain and Ruth Della Stonoff Foresman was born April 20, 1963, at the Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa and died July 14, 2012 at the Bickford Senior Living in Urbandale, Iowa at the age of 49 years, 2 months, and 24 days. Brian was baptized as an infant at Bowman Chapel in...

Janice Knutson

Janice Knutson

Jul 12, 2012

Janice Noell Knutson passed away Thursday, July 12, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa, just before 9:00 p.m. holding her husband Milt's hand and with her two daughters present at the time. Her son had just been there the previous day. She was initially diagnosed with breast cancer in March of 2005. After six wonderful years of...

Hilda Chester

Hilda Chester

Jul 5, 2012

Hilda Kathrine Nielsen was born February 17, 1925, in Exira, Iowa, the daughter of Marius and Louise Marie (Nielsen) Nielsen and passed away July 5, 2012, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Her family lived on a farm near Exira until her father passed away. They then moved into Exira, where she graduated from the Exira...

Nichole Roberts

Nichole Roberts

Jul 4, 2012

Nichole Lee Roberts, 31, of Lewis, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2012, in Lewis, Iowa. She was born May 19, 1981, the daughter of Mike and Sandra (Boggs) Roberts in Atlantic, Iowa. She attended schools in Griswold and graduated from Griswold High School with the class of 1999. Nichole was a lifetime member of the United Congregational Methodist...

Thomas Sandhorst

Thomas Sandhorst

Jul 3, 2012

Thomas Charles Sandhorst was born May 5, 1958, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Charles Raymond and Mary Lucille (Ricklefs) Sandhorst and passed away Friday, July 3, 2012, at his home in Marne, Iowa. Tom graduated from the Atlantic High School in 1976 and Iowa Western Community College in 1978. On November 24, 1978, he married Connie Lynn Swanson...

Burdette Parrott

Burdette Parrott

Jun 30, 2012

Burdette "Shorty" Parrott was born August 23, 1920, the son of Horace "Hod" Boise and Vera (Newport) Parrott in Anita, Iowa, and passed away Saturday, June 30, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Shorty lived in Anita until he was 8 years old. He then moved to Atlantic where he graduated from the Atlantic High School in...

Gloria Erickson

Gloria Erickson

Jun 29, 2012

Gloria Fae Erickson, 84, of Griswold passed away from natural causes on Friday, June 29, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab in Atlantic. Preceding her in death were her parents, her son Scott, her sister Maureen Casey, and her husband. On February 17, 1928, she was born the daughter of Fay and Alice (Neer) Robinson in Griswold. Gloria...

Susan Marie Simonsen

Susan Marie Simonsen

Jun 28, 2012

Susan Marie Turner was born March 26, 1950, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Robert and Beverly (Gibbons) Turner. Early on, she was raised in Council Bluffs until moving to Atlantic, Iowa. She attended school in Atlantic and graduated from Atlantic High School in 1968. Following her schooling, she went to work for Meyer Music in Atlantic. She was...

Laura Byrd Nelson

Laura Byrd Nelson

Jun 23, 2012

Laura Byrd Nelson, the daughter of Carl and Laura Hinkle Rogers, was born June 22, 1923, at her parents’ home near Brayton, Iowa and died June 23, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 89 years and 1 day. Laura was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin, Iowa. She attended...

Bonnie June Knoell

Bonnie June Knoell

Jun 22, 2012

Bonnie June Knoell, the daughter of Herman and Lillian Cross Hirchert, was born July 12, 1930, near Belden, Nebraska and died June, 22, 2012, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 11 months and 10 days. Bonnie was baptized and later was confirmed at the Lutheran Church in Laurel, Nebraska. She attended...

Kae Hamlin

Kae Hamlin

Jun 22, 2012

Kae LuVerne Hamlin, 72, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, June 22, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa. Memorial services wil be held Friday, June 29th at 8:30 a.m. in the Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic. Burial will be in the Sutter Cemetery in Sutter, California. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be...

Richard Lewis Morrell

Richard Lewis Morrell

Jun 21, 2012

Richard Lewis Morrell, the son of John (Jack) S. and Olive England Morrell, was born June 21, 1925, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and died June 21, 2012, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Lake City, Florida after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 87 years. Richard, known affectionately by his family as “Dick” was baptized and...

Carrie E. Schmidt

Carrie E. Schmidt

Jun 21, 2012

Carrie E. Schmidt, the daughter of Mike H. and Sidsel Kristensen, Albertsen was born October 11, 1924, at her parents’ home in Cameron Township, Audubon County east of Gray, Iowa and died June 21, 2012, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 87 years, 8 months, and 10 days. Carrie was baptized at Our...

Ronald Zike

Ronald Zike

Jun 20, 2012

Ronald Zike, 89, of Atlantic, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Ronald William Zike was born December 20, 1922, in Lewis, Iowa, to Merle Sheets Zike and John William Zike. He graduated from Lewis High School in 1940. Ron served in the Navy from 1942-1945 as an Aviation Machinist Mate. He worked in the...

Helen Marjorie Hennick

Helen Marjorie Hennick

Jun 17, 2012

Helen Marjorie Hennick, the daughter of Roy and Laura Belle Snyder Allen, was born September 25, 1921, at her parents’ home in Viola Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died June 17, 2012, at her home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 8 months, and 22 days. Helen was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Dedham,...

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