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Luther Gillett
Jan 16, 2010
Luther Henry Gillett was born March 10, 1921, in a farm house north of Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Lester Henry and Martha Belle (Bragg) Gillett and passed away Saturday, January 16, 2010, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Luther's family moved into Atlantic, at 905 Linn Street, where he lived with his parents and two sisters,...
Louis William Dreher
Jan 12, 2010
Louis William Dreher, the son of Emil and Eda Rathkamp Dreher, was born April 10, 1921, at his parents home north of Audubon, Iowa and died January 12, 2010, at the Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 88 years, 9 months, and 2 days. Louis was baptized and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. He attended rural school,...
Roger Christensen
Jan 11, 2010
Roger L. Christensen, 61, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away at his home on Monday, January 11, 2010. Roger Lean Christensen was born June 22, 1948, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Alfred Lean and Rosie Olive (Harmsen) Christensen. He attended school in Atlantic graduating from the Atlantic High School. After his first son was born he...
Cheever Tuffin
Jan 10, 2010
Cheever Tuffin, 88, of Casey, Iowa, passed away January 10, 2010, at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center, Hope Harbor, in Storm Lake, Iowa. Cheever Lowell Tuffin was born May 9, 1921, in Guthrie County, Iowa, the son of Wendell Cheever and Mary Myrtle (Johnson) Tuffin. He was a life time resident of Guthrie County, Iowa, attending rural schools...
Margaret Jahn-Nielsen
Jan 10, 2010
Margaret Jahn-Nielsen was born Margaret Ann Pratt in Moorhead, Iowa, the second of seven children of Earl and Edith (Shoff) Pratt. Friends and family fondly recall her many stories of growing up and attending school in that small, western Iowa town. In 1943, she married Edwin C. Jahn of nearby Ute, Iowa, and the young couple headed to California,...
Robert Clausen
Jan 8, 2010
Robert LeRoy Clausen was born March 12, 1923, southeast of Brayton, Iowa, the son of Albert and Florence (Nelson) Clausen and passed away Friday, January, 8, 2010, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. He attended country schools in Cass and Audubon Counties, and graduated from Exira High School. On April 12, 1946, Robert married Leona Mable Kahl at the...
Leona Christina Rubel
Jan 5, 2010
Leona Christine Rubel, the daughter of John and Anna Marie Juel Lykke, was born September 19, 1911, east of Kimballton, Iowa and died January 5, 2010, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 98 years, 3 months and 17 days. Leona was baptized at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton, Iowa and confirmed at the Hamlin...
David Andrew Walker
Jan 5, 2010
David Andrew Walker, the son of William Lawrence and Barbara Jean Ashley Walker, was born December 31, 1966, in Des Moines, Iowa and died from complications of cancer on January 5, 2010, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 43 years and four days. Dave was baptized and confirmed at the Central Lutheran Church in Des Moines,...
Edward Benjamin Lauritsen
Jan 5, 2010
Edward Benjamin Lauritsen, the son of Benjamin and Lena Jorgensen Lauritsen, was born November 27, 1927, at his parents home in rural Audubon County, Iowa and died January 5, 2010, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 1 month, and 8 days. Ed was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon....
Leroy Edwin Madsen
Jan 5, 2010
LeRoy Edwin Madsen, the son of Edwin and Ardith Keasey Madsen, was born February 9, 1951 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa and died January 5, 2010 at his home in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 58 years, 10 months, and 26 days. LeRoy was baptized at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin, Iowa and confirmed...
Larry Kline
Jan 5, 2010
Larry Roger Kline, 63, passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at the Donnellson Health Center in Donnellson, Iowa. Larry was born on November 23, 1946, in Anita, Iowa, the son of Chester and Edith Christina (Knudsen) Kline. Survivors include his brothers, Ronald (Jane) Kline of Anita, Iowa, Alan (Patricia) Kline of Toledo, Iowa; his sister, Doris Heistand of...
Fredrick Wilhelm Reinhold Nissen
Dec 31, 2009
Fredrick Wilhelm Reinhold Nissen, the son of Fred C.R. and Ella Olsen Nissen, was born June 23, 1915 in his parents home on the family farm near Hamlin, Iowa and died December 31, 2009 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 6 months, and 8 days. Fred was baptized November 7, 1915 at the...
Earl Peter Lauritsen
Dec 29, 2009
Earl Peter Lauritsen, the son of Benjamin Immanuel and Lena Christena Jorgensen Lauritsen, was born June 9, 1936, at his parents home near Audubon, Iowa and died December 29, 2009, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon at the age of 73 years, 6 months, and 20 days. Earl was baptized March 23, 1950, and confirmed April 2, 1950,...
Larry Louis Hill
Dec 27, 2009
Larry Louis Hill, the son of Louis N. and Margaret E. Wulf Hill, was born September 16, 1940, at his parents home southeast of Exira, Iowa and died December 27, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira at the age of 69 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Larry was baptized at the Exira Christian Church. He attended rural...
Shirley Ann Railsback
Dec 26, 2009
Shirley Ann Railsback, the daughter of Marion and Arlene McDonald Miller, was born May 5, 1924, at her parents home in Lewis, Iowa and died December 26, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 7 months, and 21 days. Shirley moved with the family to Audubon when she was a young girl. Shirley...
Charmion Stewart
Dec 26, 2009
Charmion Venita Hanson was born May 14, 1918, in Oneida, Iowa, the youngest of five children of Bertel Kris and Thea Olive (Bang) Hanson. She grew up in Oneida with her siblings, Rose, Pearl, Ruby, and Otis. Charm attended school in Oneida where she was active in basketball and music. She graduated from Oneida High School in 1935. Her...
Beulah Bills
Dec 20, 2009
Beulah Bills, the daughter of Thomas and Amanda Keightley Crees, was born August 11, 1915, at her parents home in Greeley Township, Audubon County, east of Exira, Iowa and passed away Sunday, December 20, 2009, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 4 months, and 9 days. Beulah was baptized at the Federated United...
James Lee Haskins
Dec 18, 2009
James Lee Haskins, the son of Lyle and Mae Elsworth Haskins, was born August 25, 1934, at his parents home in Scranton, Iowa and died December 18, 2009, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 75 years, 3 months, and 23 days. Jim was baptized at the Audubon Christian Church. He attended school in...
Marie Byriel
Dec 17, 2009
Nina Marie Byriel, the daughter of William and Nina Belle Hays Alt, was born July 26, 1919, at her parents home east of Exira, Iowa and died December 17, 2009, at the Exira Care Center at the age of 90 years, 4 months, and 21 days. Marie attended rural schools near Exira, and then attended High School in Audubon. On...
Ruby Littleton
Dec 16, 2009
Ruby Joyce Robison was born November 29, 1929, the daughter of Byron "Bynie" William and Florence (Bailey) Robison in Wiota, Iowa, and passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Ruby was a life long resident of Anita, graduating from Anita High School. In 1946, she was married to Cecil Littleton. To this union...
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