Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Doris Fett

Doris Fett

Mar 7, 2012

Doris went to be with the Lord and Savior on March 7, 2012. Doris was born to Fred and Freda (Dutler) Fett on February 23, 1927. She was baptized April 17, 1927, and confirmed on February 23, 1941, at St. John's Lutheran Church northwest of Adair. She attended country school Grant #3 and graduated from Adair High School in...

Emma Ann Larsen

Emma Ann Larsen

Mar 6, 2012

Emma Ann Larsen, the daughter of Peter and Minnie Christensen Niklasen, was born April 14, 1915, at her parent’s home near Audubon, Iowa and died March 6, 2012, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon at the age of 96 years, 10 months, and 22 days. Emma was baptized at her parent’s home immediately after birth due to the...

Gerald Mccarthy

Gerald Mccarthy

Mar 4, 2012

Gerald G. McCarthy, 69, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center. Cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time.

Donna Dale Madsen

Donna Dale Madsen

Mar 2, 2012

Donavee Dale Madsen, the daughter of David and Hilda Jansen Dalgety, was born February 13,1927, in Manning, Iowa and died March 2, 2012, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 85 years and 18 days. From the age of five, Donna was raised by her adoptive parents John and Lena Joens. Donna was baptized and confirmed...

Ross Kunze

Ross Kunze

Mar 2, 2012

Ross Eldon Kunze was born May 20, 1930, the son of Walter Frederick and Bessie Irene (Rossell) Kunze in Lewis, Iowa, and passed away Friday, March 2, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He lived in Cass County almost his entire life, except for a few years in Audubon County. He graduated from Lewis...

Lucille Konz

Lucille Konz

Feb 28, 2012

Lucille Mildred Konz, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa passed away February 28, 2012, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab in Atlantic, IA. Lucille was born at Elm Creek, Nebraska, on July 25, 1921, to Joseph H. and Matilda (Buettner) Grudle. She married Michael W. Konz on April 14, 1941, at St. Peters Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They farmed in Mills...

Vera V. Wahlert

Vera V. Wahlert

Feb 26, 2012

Vera V. Wahlert, the daughter of Jerry and Anna Petersen Josephsen, was born June 24, 1910, at her parent’s home in Audubon County, Iowa and died February 26, 2012, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 101 years, 8 months, and 2 days. Vera was baptized as a child and then later in May of...

Barbara Peterson

Barbara Peterson

Feb 23, 2012

Barbara Lea Peterson, 78, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic. She was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 8, 1933 to Harry and Opal (Middleton) Yost. Barb graduated from Anita High School. She was united in marriage to Don Peterson in Anita, Iowa. To this union four children...

Kelly Burmeister

Kelly Burmeister

Feb 21, 2012

Kelly Dean Burmeister was born December 22, 1962, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Cleo Wayne and Sharlene Marie (Baier) Burmeister and passed away February 21, 2012, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. He grew up in Anita, Iowa, and attended the Anita High School. Following high school, Kelly moved to Aurora, Colorado, where he worked as a carpenter...

Clarence Summers

Clarence Summers

Feb 21, 2012

Clarence Lloyd Summers, age 81, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away February 21, 2012, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Born April 7, 1930, in Oakland, Iowa, he was the son of Clarence H. Summers and Ida Mae Morrisson. He grew up in the Elk Horn/Exira area. He was baptized in his parent's home by Pastor Anders Hansen of Elk...

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....

Mary Johnson

Mary Johnson

Feb 19, 2012

Mary Joan Biggs was born February 14, 1934, the daughter of George Edward and Julia (Exline) Biggs in Anita, Iowa, and passed peacefully away Sunday, February, 19, 2012, at the New Mark Care Center in Kansas City, Missouri. She grew up in Anita, graduating from the Anita High School in 1951. In 1952, Joan was married to Dennis Allen...

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,...