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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Judith Lett
Apr 28, 2011
Judith Ann Lett was born October 3, 1949, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur H. and Eloise Grace (Wheatley) Lett Jr. and passed away Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. She lived on the family farm in Adair County, Iowa, until the family moved to Seattle, Washington when Judith was 4 years...
Mabel Marian Petersen
Apr 27, 2011
Mabel Marian Petersen, the daughter of Chris and Marie Hansen Larsen, was born June 4, 1922, at her parents home near Hamlin, Iowa and died April 27, 2011 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 10 months and 23 days. Mabel was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin. She attended...
Frances Marie Miller
Apr 22, 2011
Frances Marie Miller, the daughter of Jack and Nellie Gilliland Shenk, was born May 21, 1942, at her parents home in Ottawa, Kansas and died April 22, 2011, at her home in Brayton, Iowa at the age of 68 years, 11 months, and 1 day. Frances was baptized in the Baptist Church in Ottawa. She attended rural schools near Ottawa...
Kenneth Leslie Mcpherson
Apr 16, 2011
Kenneth Leslie McPherson, the son of Carl and Ione Mack McPherson was born March 2, 1947, in Carroll, IA and died April 16, 2011, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa following a brief battle with cancer at the age of 64 years, 1 month and 14 days. Ken was baptized in the Methodist Church and later confirmed...
Robert Turnbull
Apr 14, 2011
Robert H. Turnbull, 88, of Anita, Iowa and formerly of Atlantic and Cumberland, Iowa, passed away April 14, 2011 at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. In accordance to Robert's wishes, cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time. A private interment of his cremains will take place at a later date in York, Nebraska. Hockenberry...
Billie Parker
Apr 12, 2011
Billie Bryan Parker was born January 1, 1927, in Anita, Iowa, the son of Bryan and Carrie (Davenport) Parker and passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. After graduating from Anita High School in 1944, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the Philippines during WWII, and later served during the Korean Conflict. Bill...
James Mcdermott, Jr.
Apr 11, 2011
James "Mac" Bell McDermott Jr. was born on August 20, 1926, the son of James Bell and Mildred Matilda (Laartz) McDermott Sr. on the family farm east of Wiota, Iowa, and passed away on Monday, April 11, 2011, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Surviving Mac is his wife, Mary Jane McDermott of Atlantic, Iowa;...
Lindsey Ann Drake
Apr 8, 2011
Lindsey Ann Drake, the daughter of Arthur David and Jean Marilyn Christensen Doran, was born March 24, 1957, in Harlan, Iowa and died April 8, 2011, at her home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 54 years and 14 days. Lindsey was baptized and confirmed at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Harlan, Iowa. She attended Harlan Community...
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