Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

E. Ehle

E. Ehle

Feb 19, 2012

Elda Lorraine Ehle, 86, of Lyman, Iowa died Sunday morning, February 19, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa, where she had resided since May 2008. Lorraine was born March 13, 1925, to Cecil D. and Georgia (Thomas) Taylor in Lincoln Township, Cass County, Iowa. On January 14, 1942, Lorraine married Delbert C. Ehle in Anita, Iowa....

Wilma Faye Frederiksen

Wilma Faye Frederiksen

Feb 18, 2012

Wilma Faye Frederiksen, the daughter of Jacob C. and Emma D. Boseck Miller was born September 22, 1918 in Pocassett, Oklahoma and died February 18, 2012 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 4 months, and 26 days. Faye was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. She attended rural...

Jane Wessling

Jane Wessling

Feb 17, 2012

Jane M. Broich was born February 22, 1936, the daughter of Matthew Frank and Loretta (Steffes) Broich in Carroll, Iowa, and passed away Friday, February 17, 2012, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. She grew up in Willey, Iowa, attending school in Carroll at St. Lawrence Catholic School, then graduating from the St. Angela Academy in...

Corwin Keith Kitelinger

Corwin Keith Kitelinger

Feb 13, 2012

Corwin Keith Kitelinger, the son of Keith and Ethel Knudsen, Kitelinger, was born December 30, 1935, at his grandparents Knudsen home in rural Audubon County near Brayton, Iowa and died February 13, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 76 years, 1 month, and 13 days. Corwin was baptized at the Oakhill Danish Lutheran...

Elinor 'Babe' Pauline Krogh

Elinor 'Babe' Pauline Krogh

Feb 11, 2012

Elinor Pauline Krogh, the youngest of seven children of Hans Marius and Ingeborg Birgytha Edvardsen Jensen, was born June 23, 1919, at her parent’s home in Ware, Texas and died February 11, 2012, at the Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 7 months, and 18 days. Being the youngest child, Elinor, was nicknamed...

Annamae Lawrence

Annamae Lawrence

Feb 11, 2012

AnnaMae Sarah Lawrence, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, died February 11, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. AnnaMae was born June 2, 1919, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Lester and Lora (Coffelt) Pond. She attended school through the 8th grade. AnnaMae was united in marriage to Walter F. Proehl in January of 1938. After that marriage ended,...

John Hatfield

John Hatfield

Feb 10, 2012

A celebration of John's life will be held Saturday, February 25, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in the American Legion Hall in Anita, Iowa. Interment of cremains will be held after the service at 10:45 a.m., in Evergreen Cemetery, Anita, Iowa. John was born February 5, 1962, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Charles William and Marie Jean Hatfield. He had...

Larry Ward

Larry Ward

Feb 7, 2012

Larry Lee Ward Jr. was born on January 16, 1962, in Fort Benning, Georgia, the son of Larry Lee Ward Sr. and Kathryn Mardell (Hair) Ward and passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his mother, Kathryn Ward. Larry is survived by his father Larry Ward Sr. of...

Virginia Mae Mathisen

Virginia Mae Mathisen

Feb 2, 2012

Virginia Mae Mathisen, the daughter of Mads and Katie Jepsen Lange, was born June 13, 1926, at her parent’s home near Marne, Iowa and died February 2, 2012, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 6 months, and 19 days. Virginia was baptized at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn,...

Jennifer Ruhl

Jennifer Ruhl

Feb 1, 2012

Jennifer Marie Jerkovich Ruhl was born February 15, 1958 to Charles and Pat Jerkovich in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at her home in Anita, Iowa, at the age of 53. She grew up in Council Bluffs and graduated high school in 1976. She chose a career in the health care profession, and became...

Frances Olive Carter

Frances Olive Carter

Jan 31, 2012

Frances Olive Carter, the daughter of John Michael and Alice Olive Gardner Renftle was born February 28, 1924, at her parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died January 31, 2012 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 11 months, and 7 days. Frances was baptized at the First United Methodist Church in Audubon. Frances...

Roger Rubel

Roger Rubel

Jan 31, 2012

Roger Lee Rubel was born December 12, 1939, in Carroll, Iowa, the son of Russell William and Wilma Elaine (Behler) Rubel and passed away January 31, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa, after a long, hard fought battle with Diabetes. He grew up in Greely Township, Audubon County, Iowa, where he attended grade school at Greeley...

L. Marcelyn Frederiksen

L. Marcelyn Frederiksen

Jan 28, 2012

Lois Marcelyn Frederiksen, the daughter of Edgar and Lois Hardy Miller, was born August 4, 1933, at her parents’ home near Audubon, Iowa and died January 28, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 5 months, and 24 days. Marcelyn attended rural school near Audubon and then graduated from the...

Russell Eugene Petersen

Russell Eugene Petersen

Jan 27, 2012

Russell Eugene Petersen, the son of Alvin and Sarah (Peterson) Petersen, was born December 24, 1925, at his parents’ home in Douglas Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died January 27, 2012, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 1 month, and 3 days. Russell attended rural school in Audubon County and then...

Micheal Holly Jewell

Micheal Holly Jewell

Jan 27, 2012

Micheal Holly Jewell, the son of Holly Bonwell and Mildred Hansen Jewell was born August 16, 1945, at the Jewell Clinic in Perry, Iowa and died January 27, 2012 at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 66 years, 5 months, and 11 days. Mike was baptized at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon and later baptized and...

Vicki Parker

Vicki Parker

Jan 27, 2012

Vicki Jo Parker, 57, of Avoca, Iowa, passed away January 27, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, after a brief illness. Vicki was born June 4, 1954, to Wayne and Mary Jo (Grinstead) Pedersen in Atlantic, Iowa. She grew up on her grandparent's farm and attended school in Exira, Iowa. Vicki was baptized and confirmed in the...

Leroy Rochholz

Leroy Rochholz

Jan 27, 2012

LeRoy was born August 29, l930, in Guthrie County, Iowa, the son of Roy E. Rochholz and Bessie Fisher Rochholz. Bessie passed away when LeRoy was 10 months old. At this time his grandmother, Daisy Rochholz, helped with the family. He always said he was lucky to have had his older sister Norene, whom in many ways was like...

Mildred Jacobson

Mildred Jacobson

Jan 26, 2012

Mildred Jacobson, 93, of Atlantic, IA, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2012 at the Cass County Hospice Center. In accordance with Mildred's wishes, cremation has taken place and no other services are planned. Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic, Iowa is in charge of arrangements.

Jerold Gaines

Jerold Gaines

Jan 25, 2012

Jerold Wayne Gaines Sr. (Jerry) was born July 14, 1935, the son of Wayne LaVerne and Bernice Elizabeth (Irish) Gaines and passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He was a long time resident of Atlantic. Jerry worked for Payless Cashways for 19 years and UBC for 10 years. He...

Mary Ann Peterson

Mary Ann Peterson

Jan 24, 2012

Mary Ann Peterson, the oldest of eleven children of Harry and Gladys Jensen Bald, was born December 9, 1930, at the home of her grandparents, George and Ida Bald, in Lincoln Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died January 24, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 1 month, and 15 days. Mary Ann...

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