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Francis Merrill Johnston
Jun 7, 2011
Francis Merrill Johnston, the son of Joseph and Lulu Stewart Johnston, was born August 3, 1926, at his parents home near Guthrie Center, Iowa and died June 7, 2011, at his home in Fort Dodge, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 10 months, and 4 days. Francis was baptized at the First Methodist Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He...
Alfred Egger
Jun 7, 2011
Alfred Jacob Egger was born in Walnut Township, Adair County, Iowa, November 1, 1924, the son of Edward Dewey and Rebecca R. (Beattie) Egger. He passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield, Iowa. He lived his entire life in Adair County, attending school in Menlo. In February of 1948 Alfred married Pauline...
Wesley Price
Jun 6, 2011
Wesley Price, 53, died Monday, June 6, 2011. Per his wishes a cremation has taken place and a private family gathering was held. Interment of his cremains will take place at a later date. Hockenberry Family Care in Adair, Iowa is assisting the family.
Patricia Unrein
May 30, 2011
Patricia Rae Unrein, 66, of Exira, Iowa, passed away Monday, May 30, 2011, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa. Pat was born November 2, 1944, in Adair, Iowa, to Raymond and Lucille (Hammond) Wesack. She was a graduate of the Adair-Casey High School class of 1963. Pat worked various jobs throughout the years, highlighted by her...
Melvin Lavern Jorgensen
May 29, 2011
Melvin Lavern Jorgensen, the son of Chris and Mabel Clemsen Jorgensen was born October 6, 1928 at his parents home in Sharon Township near Kimballton, Iowa and died May 29, 2011 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 7 months and 23 days. Melvin was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in...
Rozelle Irene Madison
May 28, 2011
Rozelle Irene Madison, the daughter of Hans C. and Lydia Madsen Miller, was born April 19, 1921, at her parents home in Sharon Township near Kimballton, Iowa and died May 28, 2011, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, I month, and 9 days. Rozelle was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran...
Alice Arlene Christiansen
May 28, 2011
Alice Arlene Christiansen, the daughter of Bertel and Marie Rasmussen Jensen, was born March 3, 1918 at her parents home in Audubon, Iowa and died May 29, 2011 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 2 months and 25 days. Alice was baptized and confirmed at the Danish Lutheran Church in Audubon. She attended...
Eugene Kenneth Smith
May 24, 2011
Eugene Kenneth Smith, the son of Merlin K. and Vera Patefield Smith, was born May 27, 1941, at his grandparents home near Laurel, Nebraska and died May 24, 2011 at his home in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 69 years, 11 months and 27 days. Gene was baptized at the Methodist Church near Laurel, Nebraska and later confirmed at...
Lou Peterson
May 23, 2011
Lou Ann Peterson, 43, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Monday, May 23, 2011, at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Lou Ann was born February 14, 1968, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Emanuel Thomas and Mary Judith (McLaughlin) Gordon. Around the age of 6 the family moved to Adair, Iowa. Lou Ann attended school in Adair graduating...
Clare Mcnutt
May 17, 2011
Clare J. McNutt, 96, of Exira, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Cremation has taken place and no services will be held per Clare's wishes. Burial of cremated remains will take place at a later date in the Oakfield Cemetery east of Brayton, Iowa. Hockenberry Family Care in...
Esther Lawless
May 17, 2011
Esther Marie (Fischer) Lawless, the daughter of Mary Theresa (Amthor) and Louis John Fischer, was born on January 7, 1912, in Cawker City, Kansas. She lived there three years with her sister, Ruby, and brothers, Floyd and Howard, before moving back to a farm outside of Mound City, Missouri. She attended elementary and high school at Mound City, graduating...
Donnis Immel
May 15, 2011
Donnis Marie Immel, 66, of Adair, IA, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011 in Adair, Iowa. Donnis was born September 16, 1944, to Donald H. and Marie N. (Rogge) Knop in Atlantic, IA. Her family moved to Lake City, Iowa, about a year after she was born and remained there for two to three years. Donnis' family then moved...
Dorothy Tyler
May 14, 2011
Dorothy Margie Tyler was born April 5, 1925, in Carbon, Iowa, the daughter of Hiram M. and Emelia (Johnson) Hendrickson and passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She grew up on the farm near Strand, Iowa, and graduated from the Villisca High School in 1943. Dottie married James Richard Tyler...
Rex Stephenson
May 12, 2011
Rex Leon Stephenson, 81, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2011, at the Exira Care Center. Rex was born June 21, 1929, to Avery and Erma (Marsh) Stephenson in Adair County, Iowa. He attended Adair County Schools from Kindergarten to eighth grade and then graduated from Anita High School. In 1946, while he was a senior in...
Alvin Christensen
May 5, 2011
Alvin Christensen, the son of Nels S. and Mary Lange Christensen, was born April 10, 1920, at his parents home southwest of Hamlin, Iowa and died May 5, 2011, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 91 years and 25 days. Alvin was baptized October 24, 1920, and confirmed April 14, 1935, at the Hamlin...
Lloyd G. Nelson
May 4, 2011
Lloyd Gene Nelson, the son of Peter H. and Johanna Christensen Nelson, was born January 10, 1931, at his parents home in Shelby County near Jacksonville, Iowa and died May 4, 2011, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 3 months, and 24 days. Lloyd was baptized and confirmed at the Jacksonville Lutheran...
William Petty
May 3, 2011
William "Bill" Walter Petty, 77, of Atlantic, died at his home Tuesday, May 3, 2011, of lung cancer. The son of Ralph Paul and Anna Grace Petty, he was born Oct. 17, 1933. Bill and Edith Mann of Griswold were married Aug. 24, 1952, at the Wiota Lutheran Church south of Wiota and had three daughters. He lived in...
Ruth Downing
May 3, 2011
Ruth Ellen Downing, 80, of Stuart, IA, and formerly of Adair, IA, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at the Stuart Community Care Center. Ruth was born February 18, 1931 to Roy and Rose (Hofmeister) McMurphy in Adair County, IA. She attended Adair country schools from kindergarten through eighth grade, and then attended Adair High. After high school, she...
Elsie Miller
Apr 30, 2011
Elsie Mae Saltmarsh was born July 28, 1919, in Superior, Wisconsin, to Arthur Earl and Alma Lorraine (DeBord) Saltmarsh and passed away Saturday, April 30, 2011, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. As a young child, her family moved to Cass County where she resided for the rest of her life. Elsie first attended country school,...
Earl Olsen
Apr 29, 2011
Earl Olsen, the son of Jens and Laura Otzen Olsen, was born October 14, 1919, at his parents home near Elk Horn, Iowa and died April 29, 2011, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 6 months, and 15 days. Earl was baptized at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn, Iowa and...
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