Obituaries

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

Enid Roscoe

Enid Roscoe

Nov 4, 2009

Enid J. Roscoe, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Enid Joy Roth was born to Victor M. and Martha (Meintzer) Roth in Dubuque, Iowa, on August 15, 1929. Victor was born in Hebron, North Dakota to Henry and Caroline Roth. Victor attained far more education...

Donald Paul Irlmeier

Donald Paul Irlmeier

Nov 2, 2009

Donald Paul Irlmeier, the son of Joseph and Anna Feilmeier Irlmeier was born September 5, 1931, at his parents home near Templeton, Iowa and died November 2, 2009, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 5 months and 27 days. Don was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Templeton,...

Gerald Pelzer

Gerald Pelzer

Oct 31, 2009

Gerald Pelzer, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Gerald Will Pelzer was born October 19, 1912, the son of Frank and Mary (Borth) Pelzer on the family home, north of Marne, Iowa. While growing up on the farm, he attended school at Brighton Township #2. He built...

Maxine Lorraine Anderson

Maxine Lorraine Anderson

Oct 26, 2009

Maxine Lorraine Anderson, the daughter of Ralph and Emma Schwab McCuen, was born May 17, 1920, at her parents home in Cameron Township, near Ross, Iowa and died October 26, 2009, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 5 months, and 9 days. Maxine was baptized as an adult at the First Christian Church...

Father Clarke

Father Clarke

Oct 23, 2009

Rev. John W. Clarke, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Imogene, Iowa, passed away Friday, October 23, 2009, at Wesley Heritage House in Atlantic. Father John William Clarke was born February 25, 1921, in Davenport, Iowa, the son of Thomas M. and Mary Charolotte (Coen) Clarke. Father Clarke graduated from Dowling High School, Dowling College, both in Des Moines,...

Elijah Karas

Elijah Karas

Oct 17, 2009

Elijah Joseph Karas, infant son of Clinton and Natalie Karas of Oakland, Iowa, was born and went to live with the angels on Saturday, October 17, 2009. Elijah Joseph Karas is survived by his parents, Clinton and Natalie Karas, and his brother, Evan Karas, all of Oakland, Iowa; his grandparents, Larry and Louise Erdahl of Champlin, Minnesota; and Doyle...

Lois Ollivene Linn

Lois Ollivene Linn

Oct 16, 2009

Lois Ollivene Linn, the daughter of Lester Warren and Neola Wealthy Reynolds Potter, was born December 31, 1920, at her parents home in rural Audubon County, Iowa and died October 16, 2009, at the St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 9 months and 15 days. Lois was baptized May 15, 1977, at the...

Denise King

Denise King

Oct 16, 2009

Denise King, 97, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Friday, October 16, 2009, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Denise Maxine Dorsey was born August 27, 1912, to Frank and Nellie (Hoffman) Dorsey in Atlantic, Iowa. She grew up in Anita and attended school there. On August 27, 1930, she married Kenneth King and they moved to the King family farm...

Laverne Donald Krauel

Laverne Donald Krauel

Oct 15, 2009

LaVerne Donald Krauel, the son of Chris W. and Hattie Ehlert Krauel, was born October 20, 1924 at his parents home in Cameron Township, Audubon County, near Ross, IA and died October 15, 2009 at the Hospice of the Valley Friendship Village in Mesa, AZ at the age of 84 years, 11 months and 25 days. LaVerne was baptized as...

Wayne Everett White

Wayne Everett White

Oct 14, 2009

Wayne Everett White, the son of James and Carrie Garnett White, was born July 24, 1914, at his parents home east of Hamlin, Iowa and died October 14, 2009, at the Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the age of 95 years, 2 months and 20 days. Wayne was baptized at a church near Hamlin and became a...

Myron Menefee

Myron Menefee

Oct 8, 2009

Myron N. Menefee, 75, of Concord, California, passed away, Thursday, October 8, 2009, at the John Muir Medical Center in Concord. Myron Newell Menefee was born in Dexter, Iowa, on September 23, 1934, the son of Maynard Turner and Dorothy Mabel (Newell) Menefee. He attended grade school in Dallas Center and high school in Maynard, Iowa, graduating from Maynard...

Burdell Imogene Jones

Burdell Imogene Jones

Oct 5, 2009

Burdell Imogene Baier Jones, the daughter of Otis and Olga Larsen Baier, was born July 3, 1920, at her parents home east of Exira, Iowa and died October 5, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 3 months, and 2 days. Burdell was baptized andbecame a member ofthe First Presbyterian Church in Audubon...

Max Templeman

Max Templeman

Oct 5, 2009

Max A. Templeman, 94, of Anita, Iowa, formerly of Atlantic, passed away Monday, October 5, 2009, at Cass County Memorial Hospital. Max Albert Templeman was born on November 21, 1914, in Cass County, Iowa, the son of Frank A. and Ida L.(McConnell) Templeman. He attended country school in Cass County. On December 14, 1933, he was married to Florence...

Virginia Clark

Virginia Clark

Oct 1, 2009

Virginia E. Clark, 95, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and former long time resident of Lewis and Atlantic, Iowa, passed away October 1, 2009, in Lincoln. Virginia Elizabeth Clark was born a few miles east of Lewis, Iowa, on December 11, 1913, the daughter of John Franklin and Ethel (Stevenson) Berry. The next spring the family moved to Lewis. Virginia grew...

Lois Gregory

Lois Gregory

Sep 30, 2009

Lois M. Gregory, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Omaha, Nebraska, passed away at the home of her son, Gerald and Prudy Gregory on Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Lois is survived by her daughters, Muriel Vap of Atlantic, Iowa and Janice (Lon) Patchin, of Schleswig, Iowa, sons, Paul (Evonne) Gregory, of Sioux City, Iowa, and Gerald (Prudy) Gregory, of...

Herman Bernhardt Meislahn

Herman Bernhardt Meislahn

Sep 28, 2009

Herman Bernhardt Meislahn, the son of Bernhardt and Anna Dreher Meislahn, was born November 7, 1916 at his parents home east of Audubon. On September 28, 2009 at the age of 92 years, 10 months, and 21 days, Herman died peacefully surrounded by family at the Manning Regional Healthcare Center. Herman was baptized at the Trinity Lutheran Church near Gray,...

Laverne Akers

Laverne Akers

Sep 22, 2009

Following a valiant eight-and-a-half year battle with cancer, LaverneEugene Akers, 59, peacefully passed away on September 22, 2009, inhis home in Mountain View, Stone County, Arkansas, surrounded by hisimmediate family.Services were held Saturday, September 26, at the Church of JesusChrist of Latter Day Saints in Mountain View. Graveside services willbe at the Exira Cemetery. Laverne was born June 15, 1950,...

Einar Kenneth Madsen

Einar Kenneth Madsen

Sep 22, 2009

Einar Kenneth Madsen, the son of Hans and Sophie Lauritzen Madsen, was born November 10, 1920, at his parents home in Sharon Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died September 22, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 10 months, and 12 days. Einar was baptized at Ebenezer Lutheran Church west of Audubon and...

Lois Elaine Kendle

Lois Elaine Kendle

Sep 21, 2009

Lois Elaine Kendle, the daughter of Scott and Retta Elwood Hockenberry, was born September 3, 1915, at her parents home in rural Exira, Iowa and died September 21, 2009, at the Manning Regional Healthcare Center in Manning, Iowa at the age of 94 years and 18 days. Lois was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira. She attended rural...

Frankie Annabelle Bladt

Frankie Annabelle Bladt

Sep 20, 2009

Frankie Annabelle Bladt, the daughter of Thorvald and Stella Justesen Jorgensen, was born February 26, 1918, at her parents home in Oakfield Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died September 20, 2009, at the Salem Lutheran Homes in Elk Horn, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 6 months, and 24 days. Frankie was baptized in the Baptist Church. She attended...

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