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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
John (Jack) Edward Curry
Nov 1, 2010
John Edward Curry, the son of Ralph Joseph and Audrey Mae Trailer Curry, was born August 12, 1925, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, and died November 1, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 2 months, and 19 days. Jack was baptized at the Atlantic Christian Church. He became a member...

Joyanna S. Dryden
Nov 1, 2010
Joyanna S. Dryden, the daughter of Albert F. and Ivy Rains Soukup, was born July 25, 1917, at her parents home east of Exira, Iowa and died November 1, 2010, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 3 months, and 6 days. Joyanna was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira, Iowa....
Carol Jackson
Oct 29, 2010
Carol T. Jackson, of Lewis, Iowa, died Friday, October 29, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Carol's family will hold a Celebration of Life gathering at the Lewis Community Building on Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 2:00 pm. The family requests that memorials be sent to Joan's home: 106 Court Street, Lewis, Iowa 51544. Hockenberry Family Care in...
Bobbie Green
Oct 26, 2010
Bobbie Paul Green, 77, passed away Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Bob was born March 18th, 1933 on the family farm in Calhoun County, Iowa. He attended various schools in the area, graduating from Callendar High School in 1951. Bob was a member of the National Guard for 2 years. After that, he...
Clyde Brown
Oct 26, 2010
Clyde Orville Brown, 74, of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, October 26, at the Cass County Hospice Center, Atlantic, Iowa. Clyde was born August 30, 1936, the son of Clyde and Gladys (Nary) Brown in Omaha, Nebraska. He was united in marriage to Donna Anderson. Clyde worked in law enforcement most of his working career. He served as Sergeant...
Franklin Rourick
Oct 25, 2010
Franklin Joseph Rourick, 83, passed away Monday, October 25, 2010, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. A mass of Christian burial service is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 28, 2010, at Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic. Visitation with family will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. with a Rosary at 6:30 p.m....
Marylin Luke
Oct 22, 2010
Marylin Boggs was born October 17, 1938, to Merritt Issac and Estella May (Flathers) Boggs in Iowa City, Iowa, and passed away October 22, 2010, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She grew up in Atlantic, and attended school in Marne, Iowa. On November 6, 1957, she married Morris Luke in Avoca, Iowa. They lived in...
Darrall Charles Christensen
Oct 21, 2010
Darrall Charles Christensen, the son of Henry and Evelyn Deist Christensen, was born November 20, 1939, at his parents home in Keokuk County, Iowa and died October 21, 2010, at his home west of Brayton, Iowa at the age of 70 years, 11 months and 1 day. Darrall was baptized and confirmed at the Brayton Lutheran Church. He attended school...
Margaret Steffen
Oct 18, 2010
Margaret D. Steffen, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Walnut, IA, passed away Monday, October 18, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Margaret was born May 16, 1925, in Monroe Township, to Herman Fredrick and Emma (Namanny) Steffen of Walnut, Iowa. She attended Monroe Township grade school and graduated from the Walnut High School. Following...
Claude Andersen
Oct 16, 2010
Claude Lewis Andersen, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 16, at the Omaha VA Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Claude was born May 28, 1933, the son of Harry and Edith (Bell) Andersen in Elk Horn, Iowa. He attended Elk Horn community schools and graduated high school in 1951. Claude was united in marriage to Norma Jean...
Virgil Leroy Petersen
Oct 14, 2010
Virgil Leroy Petersen, the son of Alfred and Mabel Christensen Petersen, was born March 12, 1933, at his parents home west of Audubon, Iowa and died October 14, 2010 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 77 years, 7 months, and 2 days. Virgil was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Audubon....
Alvin Wahlert
Oct 10, 2010
Alvin Edward Wahlert, 84, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2010, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Alvin was born to Henry Wahlert and Emma (Nieman) Wahlert in rural Adair County, Iowa. He lived with his parents and sisters, Velda and Doris, on farms in Adair, Cass and Audubon Counties. Al attended country school...
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
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
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.
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...
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...
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
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
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...
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