Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Doris Fredrickson

Doris Fredrickson

Oct 9, 2010

Doris F. Moree Fredrickson, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away October 9, 2010. She was a resident at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Doris was born February 2, 1920, to Denver and Daisy Moree in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. As a child her family moved to the Hawthorne and Emerson areas and then settled in the Wales/Lincoln area to farm. She...

Neva Theede

Neva Theede

Oct 5, 2010

Neva Marie Theede, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Neva was born October 5, 1921, in Exira, Iowa, to Sophus and Anna (Denison) Jensen. She grew up in Exira and attended Exira community schools graduating from Exira High School in 1939. After graduation she moved to Atlantic, Iowa and...

Gladys Holden

Gladys Holden

Oct 4, 2010

Gladys Bernice Holden, 90, of Rapid City, South Dakota, most recently of Anita, Iowa, passed away on Monday, October 4, 2010, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Burial of cremated remains will be in the Pine Lawn Memorial Park in Rapid City, South Dakota at a later date.

Dale Waddell

Dale Waddell

Oct 2, 2010

Dale Waddell, 63, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2010, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Dale Eugene Waddell was born November 29, 1946, in Stuart, Iowa, to Cecil H. and Iola M. (Jones) Waddell. He lived in Stuart and attended school there until the 5th grade when the family moved to Anita. He...

Mary Ashby

Mary Ashby

Oct 2, 2010

Mary R. Ashby, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2010, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Mary Ruth Ashby was born June 18, 1913, in Benton, Iowa, to Ike and Lois (Callen) Tharp. She grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, and attended North High School graduating with the class of 1930. She married Ben T. Ashby...

Harry Lytle

Harry Lytle

Oct 1, 2010

Harry Eugene Lytle was born September 26, 1922, at Persia, Iowa, the son of Jesse and Bettie Lytle. Raised on a farm in rural Harlan, he graduated from Harlan High School in 1940, and attended business college in Council Bluffs. During WWII, Harry served in the U. S. Army where he was trained in hematology and radiology at Fitzsimmons...

Frank Rueb, Iii

Frank Rueb, Iii

Sep 28, 2010

Frank Anthony Rueb, III, long-time resident of Algona, Iowa, and Bella Vista, Arkansas, entered into rest on September, 28, 2010, at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa, at the age of 87. He was born February 28, 1923, in Watertown, South Dakota, to Frank Rueb II & Matilda (Rabinord) Rueb. Frank graduated from Watertown High School in 1941. He attended...

Thomas James Johnson

Thomas James Johnson

Sep 27, 2010

Thomas James Johnson, the son of Brian Swede LaVern and Terri Lynne Stockwell Johnson, was born May 14, 1992, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa and died September 27, 2010, surrounded by his family at his mothers home in Lake City, Iowa at the age of 18 years, 4 months, and 14 days. Tom was baptized at...

Robin Rice

Robin Rice

Sep 26, 2010

Robin Joe Rice, 57, of Red Oak, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away at his residence in Red Oak on Sunday, September 26, 2010. Services will be held at a later date. Hockenberry Familiy Care in Atlantic is assisting the family with arragements.

Russell W. Nielsen

Russell W. Nielsen

Sep 25, 2010

Russell Wayne Nielsen, the son of Jens Kogaard and Caroline Christine Anderson Nielsen, was born October 17, 1922, at his parents rural home in Shelby County, Iowa and died September 25, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 11 months, and 8 days. Russell was baptized and confirmed at the First Methodist...

Allen Christensen

Allen Christensen

Sep 23, 2010

Allen P. Christensen, 79, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, September 23, 2010, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Allen was born, the oldest of four children, on September 26, 1930, the son of Lars and Belle (Barber) Christensen in Anita, Iowa. He lived in Anita all his life and left Anita only long enough to serve in the...

Joann Hofmeister

Joann Hofmeister

Sep 21, 2010

JoAnn Marie Mosier was born May 2, 1963, at the Rosary Hospital in Corning, Iowa, the daughter of Richard and Janet Kay (Hunter) Mosier and passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. JoAnn lived in Corning until 1969, when the family moved to Lewis, Iowa. JoAnn graduated from Griswold High School...

James Richter

James Richter

Sep 20, 2010

James Ambrose Richter was born December 12, 1923, at the Richter farm southeast of Adair, Iowa. He was the son of William and Teresa (Hollinrake) Richter. He passed away Monday, September 20, 2010, at the Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa, where he resided about three weeks. James grew up on the family farms, attended country school and later attended...

Geneva Mae Masterson

Geneva Mae Masterson

Sep 18, 2010

Geneva Mae Masterson, the daughter of Elmer and Effie Cue Jessen was born January 3, 1934, in Exira, Iowa and died September 18, 2010, at the Select Specialty Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 76 years, 8 months, and 15 days. Geneva was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church. She attended Exira Community Schools graduating with...

Brian Paul Moller

Brian Paul Moller

Sep 17, 2010

Brian Paul Moller, the son of Albert C. and Irene A. Lauridsen Moller, was born February 26, 1969, in Audubon, Iowa and died September 17, 2010, at the Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City, Iowa at the age of 41 years, 6 months, and 21 days. Brian was baptized as an infant at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon...

Evelyn Ruth Petersen

Evelyn Ruth Petersen

Sep 16, 2010

Evelyn Ruth Petersen, the daughter of Gerald and Lillie Hansen Nelson, was born April 9, 1921, at her parents home west of Exira, Iowa and died September 16, 2010, at the Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 5 months, and 7 days. Evelyn was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church west of...

Marie Wilkins

Marie Wilkins

Sep 11, 2010

Marie Antoinette Mangels Bender Hansen Wilkins was born June 15, 1915 in Adair County, Iowa, to John B. and Zoah (Means) Mangels. She died September 11, 2010, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of 95. As a young girl, Marie moved with her family to Creston, where she attended school and graduated from Creston High school. The last two...

Marie Wilkins

Marie Wilkins

Sep 11, 2010

Marie Antoinette Mangels Bender Hansen Wilkins was born June 15, 1915 in Adair County, Iowa, to John B. and Zoah (Means) Mangels. She died September 11, 2010, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of 95. As a young girl, Marie moved with her family to Creston, where she attended school and graduated from Creston High school. The last two...

Karen Reason

Karen Reason

Sep 10, 2010

Karen Kay Reason, 51, the daughter of Bobby Mac Reason and Janice Ann (Voss) Reason Potter passed away Friday, September 10, 2010, at the Atlantic Care Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born December 5, 1958, in Atlantic Iowa. Karen attended the trainable school for 15 years. Upon graduating, she began working at Cass, Inc. sheltered workshop, where she...

Richard Earl Weeks

Richard Earl Weeks

Sep 6, 2010

Richard Earl Weeks, the son of Earl and Susan (Gerber) Weeks, was born December 28, 1921, in Audubon, Iowa and died September 6, 2010, at the Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 88 days, 8 months, and 8 days. Richard attended rural school in Audubon County and then attended the Viola Center Consolidated School through the 11th grade....

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