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LaDonna Kay Clark
Nov 2, 2023
LaDonna K. Clark, age 86 of Atlantic, died on Thursday, November 2, 2023, at Cass Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. She was born on November 18th, 1936, on the family farm near Creston, Iowa to Lendal and Eleanor (Nobel) Snyder. She was baptized in the Platte Center Church. She attended country school and graduated from Creston High School with the class...
Eugene Kopp
Oct 30, 2023
Eugene “Gene” Francis Kopp, age 95, of Anita, passed away on Monday, October 30, 2023, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, IA. Eugene Francis Kopp was born May 6, 1928, at the family farm south of Anita, the son of Frank and Frances (Berg) Kopp. He attended rural school and graduated from Anita High School in 1946. After graduation, he...
Margaret Jean Evans
Oct 28, 2023
Margaret Jean (Jespersen) Evans was born at home in rural Audubon County, west of Audubon, Iowa on December 10, 1931, and passed away on October 28, 2023 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa.
Margaret was the middle child of Knud and Dena (Poulsen) Jespersen’s nine children. She was baptized and confirmed at Elk Horn Lutheran Church. She...
Janece Eddy
Oct 24, 2023
Janece Eddy, 95, passed peacefully from this life to the next on October 24, 2023, with her daughters by her side. She was born July 13, 1928, to Richard and Mae Watson on the family farm in Anita, Iowa. After high school graduation at age 16, she trained to become a schoolteacher and taught in a one-room schoolhouse in rural...
Robert Harold Larsen
Oct 19, 2023
Robert Harold Larsen, born April 14, 1959 in Nuremberg, Germany and adopted by Edwin E. and Rose (Collier) Larsen in 1960 and became a naturalized citizen in 1963 at the age of 4.
Bob attended the Guthrie Center School until 1977 and then enlisted into the Army. During his tour of duty, he was stationed in Hawaii. Bob was honorably...
Jerry McDermott
Oct 16, 2023
Mr. Jerry Lee McDermott, age 69, of Granger, IA, formerly of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Monday, October 16, 2023, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. Jerry Lee McDermott was born on January 27, 1954, in Atlantic, IA, the son of Thomas and Lois (Steffens) McDermott. Jerry attended Atlantic Schools, graduating with the classic of 1972. He...
Harriet May Kirk
Oct 12, 2023
Harriet May Kirk, the daughter of Ralph and Audrey (Trailer) Curry, was born March 30. 1930, in Atlantic, Iowa and died October 12, 2023, at the Spencer Hospital in Spencer, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 6 months, and 12 days.
Harriet was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa. She attended rural school “Oakfield Academy”,...
Gail Conn
Oct 11, 2023
Gail Robert Conn, age 71, of Lewis, IA, passed away on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, at his home in Lewis, IA.Gail was born on March 14, 1952, in Atlantic, IA, the son of Harold and Doris (Polson) Conn. A lifetime resident of Lewis, he graduated from Griswold High School with the class of 1970. He began his career driving trucks...
Joanne Carol Gilbertsen
Oct 10, 2023
Joanne C. Gilbertsen, age 80, formerly of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at St. Joseph Villa Nursing & Rehab in Omaha, NE. Joanne Carol Bennett the daughter of Joseph Bennett and Marion B (Stover) Reich, was born on November 13, 1942, in Long Beach, California. Throughout Joanne's life, she worked several jobs within many states. But...
Mary Lou Smith
Oct 10, 2023
Mary Lou Smith, age 72 of Elk Horn and formerly of Atlantic area, died on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. She was born and raised in Massena, Iowa to Olaf and Dorothy (Petersen) Nielsen in 1950. She spent her life making homes in Anita, Atlantic, and lastly in Elk Horn at Salem Lutheran...
Rosalie Jobe
Oct 8, 2023
Mrs. Patty "Rosalie" Jobe, age 93, of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2023, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, IA. Patty Rosalie (Morton) Jobe was born on June 14, 1930, in Griswold, IA, the eldest daughter of John and Mabel (Mackril) Morton. Rosalie grew up and lived in the Griswold and Lewis IA areas. She graduated from...
Sherry Ann Toelle
Oct 8, 2023
Sherry Ann Toelle was born March 1, 1952, to the late Louis and Katherine (Coyle) Toelle of Council Bluffs, IA. After a hard-fought battle with cancer and heart issues, she passed away peacefully on October 8, 2023, in Atlantic, IA. Sherry attended Holy Family, Woodland, and St. Patrick elementary schools. In 1970, she graduated from St. Albert Catholic High School...
Ronald LeRoy Wilson
Oct 6, 2023
Ronald LeRoy Wilson, age 89, of Adair, Iowa passed away Friday October 6, 2023, at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. Ron was born on May 3, 1934, in Bear Grove township, Iowa to LeRoy and Anna (Rattenborg) Wilson. He grew up in the Lewis, Atlantic, and Wiota areas and Graduated from Wiota High School in 1952. He...
Colonel DeWayne Orville Sunderman
Oct 4, 2023
Colonel DeWayne O. Sunderman (Bud) of Colorado Springs, CO passed away peacefully at home on October 4, 2023. Bud was born to Orval and Clara (Sothman) Sunderman on July 17, 1939 in Jacksboro, TX but moved shortly thereafter to Southwest Iowa. He graduated from Griswold High School in 1957 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Iowa...
Marlys Joan Steffen
Sep 26, 2023
Marlys Joan Steffen, age 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Marlys Joan Palmer Quigley Steffen Marlys was born on April 27, 1933, at the Ottumwa, IA hospital. Father was Lauren Palmer, and mother was Rhea Etta Roberts Palmer Snow. Marlys graduated in 1951 from Ottumwa High School. She started...
Lloyd W Cron
Sep 21, 2023
Lloyd Cron, age 91, passed away surrounded by loved ones at his farm on September 21, 2023. Lloyd Cron was born on May 16, 1932, to William “Bill” A. and Leona M. (Kirchner) Cron. He resided and farmed north of Lyman his entire life. Lloyd also worked for Henningsen Construction as a truck driver for many years. Lloyd is preceded...
Bertha Fagan
Sep 20, 2023
Bertha H. Fagan, 96, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at the Stuart Care Facility in Stuart, IA. Bertha Helen Fagan was born on December 20, 1926, in Adair County, Iowa near Bridgewater, IA. She was the daughter of John and Helen (Kordick) Burg. She lived her entire life in Adair County and graduated from Menlo High...
Jennifer Ann Hansen
Sep 17, 2023
"Mom, your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure". Jennifer Ann Hansen, 61, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2023, at University of Nebraska Medical Center surrounded by family. She was born February 14, 1962, to Dolores and Kenneth Pfannebecker in Sigourney, Iowa. Jennifer was content in...
Alfred George Wede
Sep 16, 2023
Alfred George Wede, the son of Albert August and Lydia Amanda Kiesel Wede, was born March 13, 1928, in Des Plaines, Illinois, and went to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 16th, 2023. He attended school in Illinois until 1942, when he moved to Shelby, Iowa, where he was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. He was raised...
Richard Dean Bolton
Sep 11, 2023
Richard Dean Bolton “Dick”, 84, went to his heavenly home on September 11, 2023.
Dick was born to Charles and Elsie (Studebaker) Bolton on May 21, 1939, in Mount Auburn, Iowa. He attended Venton High School in Vinton Iowa where he was an active member of the marching band and played the trombone. He graduated in 1957. After high school, Dick served...
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