Obituaries
Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Edna J. Weeks
May 24, 2012
Edna Jane Weeks, the daughter of Harrison William and Myrtle Vance Schamel, was born January 18, 1928 at her parents’ home in Lohrville, Iowa, and died May 24, 2012 at the St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 4 months, and 6 days. Edna attended school in Lohrville through the 9th grade. She then...
Vera R. Andersen
May 21, 2012
Vera Ramona Andersen, the daughter of Chris and Dorthea Lauridsen Johnson, was born December 19, 1918, at her parents’ home in Audubon County near Exira, Iowa and died May 21, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 5 months, and 2 days. Vera was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in...
Galen Schaaf
May 11, 2012
Galen D. Schaaf, 73, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and formerly of Omaha, Nebraska, and Griswold, Iowa, passed away Friday, May 11, 2012, at the Tabitha Journey House in Lincoln, NE. Galen was born December 23, 1938, near Atlantic, Iowa, to Herman Frederick and Zeta Dorothea Mueller Schaaf. He attended country grade school and graduated from Cumberland High School with the...
Barbara Fries
May 8, 2012
Barbara Ann Pearson was born June 12, 1933, the daughter of Weimer Howard and Catherine Dorothea (Wesack) Pearson in Atlantic, Iowa, and passed away May 8, 2012, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. She was raised in Anita and graduated from Anita High School in 1950. Barb attended Northwest Missouri State College for a year then taught at Lincoln...
Mabel Hobbs
Apr 30, 2012
Mabel Lorraine Hobbs, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Anita, Iowa, entered into rest April 30, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Mabel was born October 26, 1922, in Anita, Iowa, to Harry C. and Lillian Hester (Garside) Highley. She attended school in Anita and graduated from Anita High School with the class of 1941. During...
Erma Marie Haeflinger
Apr 29, 2012
Erma Marie Haeflinger, the daughter of Charles M. and Gertrude Marie Nelsen Lambert was born December 28, 1911 at her parent’s home in Audubon County, Iowa and died April 29, 2012 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 100 years, 4 months, and 1 day. Erma was baptized and confirmed at the Oak Hill Lutheran Church...
Connie Jean Johnson
Apr 29, 2012
Connie Jean Johnson, the daughter of William Otto and Betty Jane Champlin Wede was born October 15, 1958 at the Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa and died April 29, 2012 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 53 years, 6 months and 14 days. Connie was baptized and confirmed at the United Lutheran...
Norma J. Worster
Apr 24, 2012
Norma Jeanette Worster, the daughter of Jens C. and Carrie Jensen Bruun, was born April 20, 1926, at her parents’ home in Audubon County, Iowa and died April 24, 2012, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years and 4 days. Norma was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon....
Nadine Wheeler
Apr 21, 2012
Nadine Wheeler, the daughter of John Meyer, Sr. and Ella Gude Meyer, was born September 16, 1925, at her parents’ home east of Exira, Iowa and died April 21, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 7 months, and 5 days. Nadine was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira, Iowa....
Dennis Reha
Apr 19, 2012
Dennis (Denny) Dean Reha was born August 25, 1941, and called to heaven April 19, 2012. Dennis was born to Vernon and Ruthe (McCarthy) Reha. Dennis was the elder to 6 siblings, Terry (Omaha, NE.), Con and wife Diane (Lincoln, NE.), Jim and Delores (Costa Mesa, CA), Mark and Trisha (Adair), Mary and Dan Waldrop (Plymouth, MN) and the...
David Nelson
Apr 19, 2012
David Lee Nelson was born March 3, 1937, in Atlantic, IA, to Mervin and Juanita (Schooley) Nelson. He grew up on a farm north of Atlantic, attended Pymosa elementary school and graduated from Atlantic High School with the Class of 1955. Following high school he enlisted in the United States Air Force, and was on active duty from 1955...
Freda Rosalie Hemmingsen
Apr 16, 2012
Freda Rosalie Hemmingsen, the daughter of Oluf and Lucie Berg Winther, was born November 23, 1921, at her parents’ home in Guthrie County near Coon Rapids, Iowa and died April 16, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 4 months, and 23 days. Freda was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church...
Harry Gill
Apr 14, 2012
Harry Clair Gill, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Anita, Iowa, died April 14, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. He was born April 22, 1919, in Marne, Iowa, to Harry Amos and Linda Elizabeth (Kern) Gill. Clair graduated from the Anita High School. On September 18, 1946, he married Jean Wood. Clair was employed at...
Elizabeth Slayton
Apr 14, 2012
Elizabeth "Betty" Slayton, 83, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield, Iowa. Elizabeth Ann Caltrider was born April 27, 1928, to Charles and Irene (Knauer) Caltrider in Guthrie County, Iowa. Betty lived in Casey and attended schools in Guthrie County. After high school she attended Teacher Training College and...
Beverly Nelson
Apr 13, 2012
Beverly Ann McMurphy was born November 15, 1935, in Canby, Iowa, first child of Bernard and Marjorie (Christensen) McMurphy. She passed away Friday, April 13, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Bev was baptized at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Atlantic with her cousins Bob Bebensee and Mardell Richter in July of 1936. She...
Bessie Johnk
Apr 13, 2012
Bessie Elizabeth Johnk was born to John and Rosena (Ficken) Jipp at the home of her parents in Grant Township, Guthrie County, Iowa, near Adair, on June 13, 1924. She passed away April 13, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Adair. She attended...
Denise Ann (Weber) Kysor
Apr 12, 2012
Denise Ann Kysor, the daughter of Dean and Charlotte Jensen Weber was born March 4, 1955 in Audubon, Iowa and died April 12, 2012 at her home in Gravette, Arkansas at the age of 57 years, 1 month, and 8 days. Denise was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. She attended grade school in Gray, Iowa...
June Clemens
Apr 12, 2012
June Maxine (Kennedy) Clemens, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, and Trenton, Missouri, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2012, at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd, Minnesota, at the age of 90. She is survived by sons, Mark E. (Karen) Clemens, of Port Townsend, Washington, and children, Malorie, Tyler and Miles, and their mother, Karen (Lang) Clemens, of Olympia, Washington; Jon...
Raymond Norre Nielsen
Apr 8, 2012
Raymond Norre Nielsen, the son of Niels Peter and Henriette Fredricka Hansen Nielsen, was born March 11, 1914 at his parents’ home in Pottawatomie County near Underwood, Iowa and died April 8, 2012 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 98 years, and 27 days. Raymond was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran...
Hazel Watts
Apr 8, 2012
Hazel Louise Thorn was born February 20, 1938, the daughter of William Henry and Gladys Pauline (Kinman) Thorn in Coin, Iowa, and passed away Sunday, April 8, 2012, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. She grew up in Shenandoah, Iowa, graduating from Shenandoah High School. On June 22, 1957, Hazel married Frank D. "Butch" Watts at...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
