Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

Lucille Mardell May

Lucille Mardell May

Sep 19, 2009

Lucille Mardell May, the daughter of Hans and Dorothy Jessen Jacobsen, was born October 7, 1926, in Exira, Iowa and died September 19, 2009, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 11 months, and 12 days. She was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira. She attended Exira Community...

Russell Jensen

Russell Jensen

Sep 16, 2009

Russell (Russ) Jensen passed away September 16, 2009, at the Heritage House, 1200 Brookridge Circle, Atlantic, Iowa, after a brief illness. A service will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 19, 2009, by the Reverend Leon Hodges, in his capacity as Hospice Chaplain. The service, to take place at Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic, will be...

Josephine Mildred Boken

Josephine Mildred Boken

Sep 15, 2009

Josephine Mildred Boken, the daughter of Nels B. and Martha Heilesen Nelson, was born August 24, 1912, in Harlan, Iowa and died September 15, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 97 years and 21 days. Jo grew up on a farm west of Elk Horn, Iowa. She attended rural school and graduated from...

Florabelle Hays

Florabelle Hays

Sep 10, 2009

FloraBelle Hays, age 89, of Osceola, Nebraska passed away September 10, 2009, at Annie Jeffrey County Memorial Health Center. FloraBelle Hays was born June 9, 1920 to Albert P. Petersen and Ida Ruth Meyer Petersen. Florie attended Bintner and Green schools in Exira Township. She graduated from Exira High School with the class of 1937. Florie did housework and cared...

Doug Nollette

Doug Nollette

Sep 6, 2009

Funeral Services for Doug Nollette, age 63, of O'Neill will be 10:00 A.M., Friday, September 11th at St Patrick's Catholic Church in O'Neill, Nebraska. Graveside Services will be held at 11:30 A.M., Saturday in Evergreen Cemetery at Anita, Iowa. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 P.M., Thursday at Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill with an 8 P.M., Prayer Service....

Raynold Howard Rasmussen

Raynold Howard Rasmussen

Sep 3, 2009

Raynold Howard Rasmussen, the son of Knud and Karen Jorgensen Rasmussen, was born October 27, 1924, at his parents home near Atlantic, Iowa and died September 3, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 10 months, and 6 days. Howard was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. He attended rural schools...

Vera Lavone Neal

Vera Lavone Neal

Sep 3, 2009

Vera LaVone Luckinbill Neal, daughter of Clinton and Mabel Fell Luckinbill, was born March 20, 1918, in her parents home in Seeley Township in Guthrie County, Iowa. Veras family moved to Guthrie Center, Iowa when she was three months old. Vera had four older brothers: Harold, Walter, Ray, and Kenneth. They adored her. Veras father worked in a grocery store...