Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Marvin James Dominick

Marvin James Dominick

Oct 21, 2011

Marvin James Dominick, the son of Leo and Irene Gerber Dominick was born November 10, 1927 at his parents’ home in Le Mars, Iowa and died October 21, 2011 at the Sunrise Retirement Community in Sioux City, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 11 months and 11 days. Marvin was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in...

Kristopher George 'Little Bear' Crawley

Kristopher George 'Little Bear' Crawley

Oct 20, 2011

Kristopher George “Little Bear” Crawley, the son of James Monroe and Jodi Larae Soll Crawley was born February 2, 1994 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died October 20, 2011 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 17 years, 8 months, and 18 days. George was baptized and confirmed at...

Ralph (Chis) Harrison Jones

Ralph (Chis) Harrison Jones

Oct 17, 2011

Ralph (Chis) Harrison Jones, the son of Charles Monroe and Ethel Harriett Parrot was born August 31, 1917 at his parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died October 17, 2011 at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 1 month, and 16 days. Chis attended Audubon Community Schools graduating with the High School...

Bradley Bell

Bradley Bell

Oct 17, 2011

Bradley Bell, 57, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday morning, October 17, 2011, at his home. He is survived by his wife, Karen Bell of Anita; his daughters, Tonia Marie Bell, Amy (Kevin) Omiecinski, LeAnn (Drew) Herron and Sam Huffman; four grandchildren; other family and friends. Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, at the Anita...

Robert Pigsley

Robert Pigsley

Oct 16, 2011

Robert Pigsley, 64, of Des Moines, Iowa, and formerly of Anita, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2011, at his home in Des Moines. Military graveside rites will be held on Friday, October 21, 2011, at 12:00 noon, at the Atlantic Cemetery. Hockenberry Family Care in Anita, Iowa, is assisting the family with the arrangements. Condolences may be...

Bernard V. Pardee

Bernard V. Pardee

Oct 9, 2011

Bernard Vern Pardee, the son of Charles and Cecelia Martin Pardee, was born May 22, 1912, at his parents’ home in Greeley Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died October 9, 2011, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 99 years, 4 months, and 17 days. Bernard was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic...

Maxine L. Hays

Maxine L. Hays

Oct 8, 2011

Lois Maxine Hays was born October the 11th, 1918 in Audubon County, Iowa to the late Albert P. and Ida (Meyer) Petersen of Atlantic, Iowa. She passed from this life October 8th at the Exira Care Center, three days shy of 93 years old. She was married to Merion L. Hays on June 10, 1940 in Vancouver, Washington. To this...

Richard Williamson

Richard Williamson

Oct 8, 2011

Richard Eugene Williamson, 42, of Loveland, Colorado, and formerly of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2011, from a single car accident in Loveland, Colorado. Rick was born November 12, 1968, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Everett and Judith (Howard) Williamson. His family later moved to Anita, Iowa, where he attended Anita community schools, graduating from Anita High...

Ruth E. Lauridsen

Ruth E. Lauridsen

Oct 6, 2011

Ruth Elaine Lauridsen, the daughter of George and Blanch Waddell Brokaw, was born October 14, 1928, at her parent’s home near Corning, Iowa and died October 6, 2011, at the Carroll Health Center in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 11 months and 22 days. Ruth was baptized at a church near Corning and confirmed at the Methodist...

Robert Spencer

Robert Spencer

Oct 4, 2011

Robert Franklin Spencer, the son of Franklin and Frances Olsen Spencer, was born April 15, 1925, at his parents’ home in Missouri Valley, Iowa and died October 4, 2011, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 5 months, and 19 days. Bob was baptized and at the Lutheran Church in Missouri Valley. He attended...

Gene Schmidt

Gene Schmidt

Oct 3, 2011

Gene Leroy Schmidt, 83, was born June 4, 1928, the only child of Walter and Anna (Hoffrogge) Schmidt in Massena, Iowa, and passed away Monday, October 3, 2011, at his home in Anita, Iowa. Gene was born and raised in Massena. He attended Massena high school graduating with the class of 1945. Gene farmed with his parents after high...

Judy Jane Kulla

Judy Jane Kulla

Oct 1, 2011

Julia (Judy) Jane Kulla, the daughter of Marion and Arlene McDonald Miller, was born November 13, 1932, at her parents’ home in Lewis, Iowa, and died October 1, 2011, at St. Anthony’s Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 10 months, and 18 days. Judy was baptized at the First Christian Church in Audubon, Iowa and...

Hazel Newton

Hazel Newton

Sep 28, 2011

Hazel L. (Shields) Newton was born November 26, 1931, to Nelson and Pearl (Briner) Shields in Decatur County, Iowa. She passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2011, at Cass County Memorial Hospital Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Hazel is survived by her loving husband of 61 years Hugh B. Newton of Lewis, IA; two sons, Dan (Cheryl) Newton of Atlantic,...

Kenneth S. Christensen

Kenneth S. Christensen

Sep 24, 2011

Kenneth Schmidt Christensen, the son of Alfred H. and Dagney Schmidt Christensen, was born May 2, 1921, at his parents’ home in Pottawattamie County near Weston, Iowa and died September 24, 2011, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 4 months, and 22 days. Kenneth was baptized at a church near...

Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor

Sep 22, 2011

Billy Wesley Taylor was born April 20, 1930, the son of Murvin Newton and Madeline Taylor in Cass County, Iowa, and passed away Thursday, September 22, 2011, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Atlantic, Iowa. He was raised in the Cass County area and attended country school. He resided in California for a few years, before returning...

Rex Miller

Rex Miller

Sep 21, 2011

Rex Harry Miller, long time Anita, IA resident, died peacefully September 21, 2011, at the Allen House in Atlantic, IA. Rex was born to Carl Herman Miller and Nellie Pearl Harry Miller on July 16, 1918, in Adair, Iowa. He grew up in Anita and graduated from Anita High School and the American Institute of Business. He and Jane...

Sandra Kay Ericksen

Sandra Kay Ericksen

Sep 20, 2011

Sandra Kay Ericksen, the daughter of Orville R. and Sylvia Paulsen Winther, was born October 18, 1940 at her grandmother Paulsen’s home in Hamlin, Iowa and died September 20, 2011 at the Exira Care Center at the age of 70 years, 11 months and 2 days. Sandra was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church. She attended rural school...

Duane Bierbaum

Duane Bierbaum

Sep 19, 2011

Duane E. Bierbaum of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 19, 2011, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs at the age of 86 years and 2 days. Duane was born September 17, 1925, in Pleasant Township, Cass County, Iowa, to Harry and Gladys (Ashbaugh) Bierbaum. He joined the Navy on November 17, 1943, and served as a Navy Seaman...

Doloris Carr

Doloris Carr

Sep 18, 2011

Doloris Alice (Wohlleber) Carr was born on May 28, 1923, in Cass County, Iowa the daughter of Fred and Mabel (Alexander) Wohlleber and passed away on September 18, 2011, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. The family lived north of Anita on a farm. Doloris attended country school and then school in Anita. On August 5,...

Betty Louise Lund

Betty Louise Lund

Sep 16, 2011

Betty Louise Lund, the daughter of Henry and Alice Bettis Reininger, was born September 27, 1921, in Shenandoah, Iowa and died September 16, 2011, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 11 months, and 14 days. Betty was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Brookings, South Dakota. She attended Brookings Community...

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