Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

James John Johnson

James John Johnson

Apr 4, 2012

James John Johnson, the son of Lawrence Emery and Edna Katrina Hansen Johnson, was born June 20, 1933 at his parents’ home in Oakfield Township, Audubon County, Iowa near Brayton and died April 4, 2012 at his home in Brayton, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 9 months, and 14 day. James was baptized and confirmed at the Oak...

Wilma Rubel

Wilma Rubel

Apr 3, 2012

Wilma Elaine Behler was born July 18, 1917, the daughter of Henry and Lillian (Kopska) Behler in Audubon County, Iowa, and passed away April 3, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa. After her father passed away on December 10, 1918, her mother married Forrest McFadden on February 1, 1922. Wilma grew up on the farm in Audubon...

Richard Myers Jr.

Richard Myers Jr.

Mar 31, 2012

Richard Wayne Myers Jr., 54, of Manning, Iowa, was born the son of Richard Wayne and Margaret Rose (Carver) Myers Sr. on January 14, 1958, in Des Moines, Iowa, and passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Ric moved to Anaheim, California when he was 6 years old. He attended Katella High...

Rosell Petersen

Rosell Petersen

Mar 29, 2012

Rosell Edna Petersen, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Rosell was born April 7, 1919, the daughter of John and Clara (Alt) Olson in Audubon, Iowa. She grew up and remained in the Audubon, Atlantic and Elk Horn areas. Rosell attended Audubon country schools until the 8th grade....

Perry Junior Roberts

Perry Junior Roberts

Mar 28, 2012

Perry Junior Roberts, the son of Samuel Perry and Ellen Marie Bladt Roberts, was born April 30, 1921, at his parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died March 28, 2012, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 10 months, and 28 days. Perry was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church...

Dorothy Marie Lebeck

Dorothy Marie Lebeck

Mar 24, 2012

Dorothy Marie Lebeck, the daughter of Nels Christian and Anna Marie Lund Christensen, was born July 28, 1940 at her parents’ home northeast of Exira, Iowa and died March 24, 2012 at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 71 years, 7 months, and 24 days. Dorothy was baptized August 25, 1940 and confirmed April...

Helen Dressler

Helen Dressler

Mar 23, 2012

Helen Margaret Dressler, 100, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 23, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Helen, the daughter of William J. Clark and Iva Mae (Postier) Clark, was born in Owatonna, Minnesota, September 16, 1911. In 1918 she moved with her parents to Plainview, Texas, for a year, then to Hale Center, Texas. She graduated...

Cletus Joseph Sporrer

Cletus Joseph Sporrer

Mar 19, 2012

Cletus Joseph Sporrer, the son of Leonard and Sabina Heithoff Sporrer, was born October 14, 1951, in Carroll, Iowa and died March 19, 2012, at his home in rural Templeton, Iowa at the age of 60 years, 5 months and 5 days. Clete was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Dedham, Iowa.. He attended St. Joseph’s Catholic...

Iola Mae Nelsen

Iola Mae Nelsen

Mar 19, 2012

Iola Mae Nelsen, the daughter of Edwin and Vivian Bowen Christensen, was born July 12, 1924, at her parents’ home in Exira, Iowa and died March 19, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 8 months and 7 days. Iola was baptized and confirmed at the Federated United Church of Christ in...

Clara Sunderman

Clara Sunderman

Mar 15, 2012

Clara Sunderman, 98, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2012, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Clara was born to Ernest and Sarah Esther (Cooper) Sothman on July 14, 1913. She was united in marriage to Orval Sunderman on August 19, 1936 in Elliott, Iowa. Clara is survived by four sons, Kenneth (Sharon) Sunderman of Bella...

Anne Swanson

Anne Swanson

Mar 13, 2012

Anne Swanson, the daughter of Carl and Christina Meyer Heuss, was born November 3, 1912, at her parent’s home in Lincoln Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died March 13, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 99 years, 4 months, and 10 days. Anne was baptized at the Plymouth Brethren Church in Ross, Iowa. She...

Dorothy Mae Mcguire

Dorothy Mae Mcguire

Mar 11, 2012

Dorothy Mae McGuire, the daughter of George and Johanna Christensen Oelke, was born March 16, 1922 in Audubon, Iowa and died March 11, 2012 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 11 months, and 25 days. Dorothy was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Audubon. She attended Audubon Community Schools graduating...

Raymond Legrande Herron

Raymond Legrande Herron

Mar 10, 2012

Raymond LeGrande Herron, the son of Maurice Wistenberg and foster mother Grace Berlin, was born August 15, 1967 in Jefferson, Iowa and died March 10, 2012, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 44 years, 6 months, and 25 days. When Ray was five years old he became a foster child to Manzel and...

Clarence Petri

Clarence Petri

Mar 10, 2012

C.A. (Clarence August) PETRI, age 104, peacefully passed on March 10, 2012, at the Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa. He was born July 14, 1907, at the family's Guthrie County farm home. He was the son of John Heinrick and Frieda Sophia (Damman) Petri. Clarence was baptized August 11, 1907, and confirmed March 30, 1923, both at St....

Mary Nebola

Mary Nebola

Mar 10, 2012

Mary L. (Chester) Nebola, 94, of Cumberland, Iowa, died Saturday, March 10, 2012, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. She was born in Cass County, Iowa to Ulysses and Cynthia (Mason) Chester, September 22, 1917. She married Harry F. Nebola February 10, 1940. Mary was a long time member of the United Methodist Church in Cumberland, IA, and also...

Robina Nora Elmquist

Robina Nora Elmquist

Mar 8, 2012

Service: Celebration of Life Memorial Services will be held at a later date.

Erma R. Andersen

Erma R. Andersen

Mar 8, 2012

Erma Ruby Andersen, the daughter of Chris and Dorothy Lauridsen Johnson, was born November 2, 1916, at her parent’s rural home northwest of Exira, Iowa and died March 8, 2012, at the Frances Streitel Villa in Collinsville, Oklahoma at the age of 95 years, 4 months, and 6 days. Erma was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in...

Robina Nora Elmquist

Robina Nora Elmquist

Mar 8, 2012

Robina Nora Elmquist, the daughter of Martin T. and Nora McGee Nelson, was born June 9, 1921, at her parents’ home in Shelby County west of Kimballton, Iowa and died March 8, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 1 month, and 29 days. Robina was baptized at the Elk...

Meryl Fett

Meryl Fett

Mar 8, 2012

Meryl was called home on March 8, 2012, to be with his Lord. He had a long battle with health issues and passed away at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Meryl Duane Fett was born May 22, 1931, in Grant Township of Guthrie County, Iowa, to Fred H. Fett and Freda E. (Dutler) Fett. He was baptized...

Mable Richter

Mable Richter

Mar 8, 2012

Mable Elizabeth Richter, 96, of Adair, Iowa, entered into rest on Thursday, March 8, 2012, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Mable, the daughter of George and Mary (Tracy) Cunningham was born July 26, 1915, at rural Fontanelle, Iowa. She attended rural school and graduated from the Greenfield High School in 1933. She married Bernard J. Richter on May...