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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Ronald Guttenfelder
Oct 8, 2012
Ronald Guttenfelder, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, October 8, 2012, at Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center. He was born August 14, 1930, to Raymond and Mildred (Turner) Guttenfelder on the family farm in Atlantic, Iowa. Ron attended the Atlantic Community Schools and graduated with the Atlantic High school class of 1948. He played high school football and...
Gail Steffens
Oct 2, 2012
Gail Charles Steffens, 79, of Wiota, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Gail was born July 14, 1933, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Ernest and Mae (Templeman) Steffens. He attended grade school through the eighth grade at which time he quit school to help out on the family farm. On...
Naomi Devoss
Oct 1, 2012
Naomi DeVoss, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away peacefully on October 1, 2012, at Allen House. Naomi Fredericka Scheef was born July 17, 1917, the second daughter of Henry Fredrick and Louise Katherine (Hennings) Scheef in Shelby County, Iowa. She grew up with her sister, Mabel, on a farm north of Walnut. Naomi attended the Walnut Schools, graduating with...
Mary Lee Conklin
Sep 30, 2012
Mary Lee Conklin, the daughter of Fred and Evelyn (Shanks) Davis, was born December 26, 1925, with her identical twin sister Martha on her parents’ farm near Ross, Iowa and died September 30, 2012, at the Tiffany Square Nursing Home in Grand Island, Nebraska at the age of 86 years, 9 months, and 4 days. Mary was baptized and confirmed...
Irene D. Christensen
Sep 29, 2012
Irene Dorthy Christensen, the daughter of Jorgen and Meta (Jensen) Faaborg, was born August 2, 1916, at her parents’ home in Kimballton, Iowa and died September 29, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 96 years, 1 month, and 27 days. Irene was baptized August 27, 1916, and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in...
Hazel G. Christ
Sep 27, 2012
Hazel Geneva Christ, the daughter of George and Anna (Harrison) Riley, was born November 10, 1917, in Corning, Iowa and died September 27, 2012, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 11 months, and 17 days. Hazel was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Prescott, Iowa. She attended the Prescott...
Larry Joe Beckendorf
Sep 25, 2012
Larry Joe Beckendorf, the son of Bobby Joe and Beverly Ann Zimmerman Beckendorf was born September 1, 1955 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa and died September 25, 2012 at his home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 57 years and 24 days. Larry was baptized at the Methodist Church in Lewis, Iowa and confirmed at...
Mary Gervase (Gerry) Barron
Sep 24, 2012
Mary Gervase (Gerry) Barron, the daughter of John and Agnes Leonard Beecher, was born January 29, 1924 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa and died September 24, 2012 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 7 months, and 26 days. At the time of her death, Gervase resided at her home...
Karen Bolin
Sep 19, 2012
Karen Elaine Bolin, 55, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at her home. Katie was born February 24, 1957, in Winterset, Iowa, to Willis G. and Velma L. (Waddell) Grasty. She attended and graduated from Stuart-Menlo High School and then attended accounting business school. Katie met the love of her life, Johnny Hansen, in 2008. What...
Viola Schwartz
Sep 18, 2012
At the age of 98, Viola Petersen Schwartz passed away peacefully on September 18, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Viola was born to Hans P. and Emma C. Petersen in rural Elk Horn on May 17, 1914, attended grade school at Oakfield Township (Audubon Co.) and graduated from Elk Horn High School in 1932. At a...
Lee Norman Clemmensen
Sep 15, 2012
Lee Norman Clemmensen, the son of Frederick Christian and Emelia Marie (Steffensen) Clemmensen, was born April 8, 1920, at his parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died September 15, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 5 months, and 7 days. Lee was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon....
Norma Kay Anthofer
Sep 15, 2012
Norma Kay Anthofer, the daughter of John P. and Theresia (Klingseis) Liewer, was born October 9, 1921, at her parents’ home near Willey, Iowa and died September 15, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 11 months, and 6 days. Norma was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Willey, Iowa....
Glen Dale Clemsen
Sep 13, 2012
Glen Dale Clemsen, the son of Arthur H. and Meta C. (Michaelsen) Clemsen, was born October 7, 1928, at his parents’ home in Audubon County near Exira, Iowa and died September 13, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 11 months, and 6 days. Glen was baptized and confirmed at the Elk...
Martha Grover
Sep 9, 2012
Martha Louise Bicking was born in Bear Grove Township, Cass County, Iowa, June 29, 1915, the daughter of Peter and Bertha (Drager) Bicking and passed away Sunday, September 9, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She was one of five children and had a twin sister, Mary. Martha attended Bear Grove and Pleasant Dale...
Loretta Elizabeth Kommes
Sep 8, 2012
Loretta Elizabeth Kommes, the daughter of Peter and Anna (Kalkhoff) Thielen, was born February 9, 1921, at her parents’ home near Templeton, Iowa and died September 8, 2012, at the Thomas Rest Haven in Coon Rapids, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 6 months, and 29 days. Loretta was baptized and confirmed at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in...
Ila Rhoads
Sep 8, 2012
Ila Maxine Rhoads was born to Grover Cleveland and Jenny Ora (Freeman) Ploghoft on December 3, 1919, in Cumberland, Iowa, and passed away September 8, 2012, in Atlantic, Iowa, at the age of 92. Maxine was a life long Cass County resident spending her early years in Cumberland and graduating from high school in Lewis, Iowa. On October 3,...
Sharon Shaver
Sep 4, 2012
Sharon Lea Keating was born December 27, 1938, the daughter of Charles LeRoy and Irene Ruth Keating in Des Moines, Iowa, and passed away September 4, 2012, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Her father was in the military, so Sharon lived in many different states. She attended school in Texas, Virginia, South Carolina and Iowa, graduating...
Darrell 'Pee Wee' Leon Gilbert
Aug 31, 2012
Darrell “Pee Wee” Leon Gilbert, the son of Charles and Gertrude Trullinger Gilbert, was born July 29, 1925, at his parents’ home in Viola Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died August 31, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 1 month, and 2 days. Darrell was baptized as an adult by Pastor Larry...
Marilyn Young
Aug 30, 2012
Marilyn Ruth Bowman was born April 22, 1939, the daughter of Robert Farrel and Juanita Maxine (Martin) Bowman in Shenandoah, Iowa, and passed away August 30, 2012, at the Avoca Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She grew up in the Shenandoah and Hamburg area and attended school in Farragut, Iowa. On July 1, 1960, she married Darwin Keith Young in...
Norma Eilts
Aug 29, 2012
Norma Etta Eilts, 85, of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at her home in Cumberland, Iowa. She was born September 19, 1926, southwest of Cumberland, Iowa, on the farm, to Leonard and Minnie (Dooley) Moore. She attended schools in Cumberland, graduating from Cumberland High School with the class of 1944. Norma went on to college at...
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