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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Alvin Arp
Sep 1, 2009
Alvin Arp, 89, of Atlantic, formerly of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Alvin Henry Arp was born August 13, 1920, the son of Henry Otto and Meta A. (Kahler) Arp, on the family farm in Kennard, Nebraska. He attended school in Kennard, NE, graduating in 1937. After graduation he worked...
Luella Fredericksen
Sep 1, 2009
Luella Fredericksen, 87, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. Clara Luella Fredericksen was born March 29, 1922, in Elk Horn, Iowa, the daughter of Henry Andraes and Clara Jorgene (James) Aagaard. She attended school in Elk Horn and graduated in 1938 from Elk Horn High School...
Leland Morgan
Aug 31, 2009
Leland "Tubby" R. Morgan, 93, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, August 31, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Leland Roscoe Morgan was born on March 24, 1916, in Cass County, Iowa, the son of Orville and Birdie Mae (Goodwin) Morgan. He attended country school, near Wiota, and this is where he was given his...
Jennie Elder
Aug 27, 2009
Jennie Jo Elder, 70, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2009, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Jennie Jo Jessup was born on September 13, 1938, in Winterset, Iowa, the daughter of Vernon and Sylvia (Delph) Jessup. She graduated from Lewis High School in 1956. Jo lived in Lewis, Iowa, for many years before moving...
Timothy Wolfe
Aug 25, 2009
Tim J. Wolfe, 62, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Timothy Joseph Wolfe was born on October 27, 1946, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Lloyd Logan and Elsie Irene (Andersen) Wolfe. He attended school in Exira, Iowa, and graduated from the Exira High School in 1966. While...
Albert Eilts
Aug 25, 2009
Albert E. Eilts, 94, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Anita, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Albert Ervin Eilts was born August 28, 1914, in Cass County, Iowa, the son of Henry William and Emilie Louise Augusta Anna (Brauer) Eilts. He attended country school in Cass County. On May...
Carl Nielsen
Aug 22, 2009
Carl G. Nielsen, 58, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2009, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Carl Gene Nielsen was born March 28, 1951, the son of Leroy "Dane" and Lola Mae (Highsmith) Nielsen in Atlantic, Iowa. He attended school in Atlantic, graduating from Atlantic High School in 1969. On January 16, 1971, he...
Neva Heckman
Aug 18, 2009
Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. Let us remember with thanksgiving what God has done through His servant, Neva Heckman. Neva Lucile Heckman was given life by her creator and was born on May 29, 1917, the child of Homer Alva and Eva Florence (Benton) Maxwell in Judith...
Edna Jayne Petersen
Aug 17, 2009
Edna Margarete Jayne Petersen, the daughter of Frederick Christian and Egidia Hansen Sorensen, was born December 18, 1922, at her parents home in rural Shelby County near Rourbeck, Iowa and died August 17, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 7 months, and 29 days. Edna was baptized and confirmed at the...
Florence Templeman
Aug 17, 2009
Florence M. Templeman, 93, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, August 17, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. Florence Meta Harris was born October 13, 1915, the daughter of Albert Charles and Maude (Williams) Harris in Carthridge, South Dakota. When she was young, the family moved to Grant, Iowa, where she attended country school. On December 14, 1933,...
Ralph Mead
Aug 16, 2009
Ralph E. Mead, 78, of Corning, Iowa, formerly of Cumberland, Iowa passed away Sunday, August 16, 2009, at the Corning Nursing and Rehab Center. Ralph Edward Mead was born on November 20, 1930, in Craig, Missouri, the son of Engle and Cecil Mae (Cunningham) Mead. He attended school in Craig and Mound City, Missouri, graduating from Craig High School...
Bernard Elming
Aug 15, 2009
Bernard L. Elming, 78, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2009, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Bernard Leroy Elming was born June 15, 1931, in Lyons, Nebraska, the son of Roy Bernard and Rose Tina (Carlson) Elming. He was baptized and confirmed in the Presbyterian Church in Lyons. He attended school in Lyons and graduated...
Thomas Harry
Aug 6, 2009
Tom Harry, 64, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, August 6, 2009, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab in Atlantic, Iowa. Thomas Ray Harry was born October 8, 1944, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the son of Raymond Thomas and Hazel Laurene (Phillips) Harry. He grew up on the family farm near New Sharon, Iowa, where he attended country school and graduated...
Betty Thompson
Aug 3, 2009
Betty Jane Armentrout Thompson, 86, of Anita, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, August 3, 2009, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Betty Jane Randall was born December 13, 1922, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Vernon Herbert and Anna Regina (Kollekowski) Randall. She was a resident of Cass County her entire life, living in Atlantic and...
Donald Eden
Aug 3, 2009
Donald G. Eden, 92, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, August 3, 2009, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Donald Gilbert Eden was born January 29, 1917, in Wiota, Iowa, the son of Otto and Bertha (Brawe) Eden. He spent his life on the farm near Wiota, attending country school and was a member of the Wiota Lutheran Church. He...
Laverne Juel Lykke
Aug 1, 2009
LaVerne Juel Lykke, the son of John and Anna Marie Juel Lykke, was born November 4, 1919 at home in Sharon Township, east of Kimballton, Iowa and died August 1, 2009, at the Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 89 years, 8 months, and 27 days. LaVerne was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church...
Gene Sherman Best
Jul 31, 2009
Gene Sherman Best, the son of Russell and Lois Duling Best, was born March 24, 1928, at his parents home near Manning, Iowa and died July 31, 2009, at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 2 months, and 7 days. Gene was baptized and confirmed at the Gray Methodist Church in Gray,...
Chadwick Thompson
Jul 31, 2009
Chad K. Thompson, 34, of Des Moines, Iowa and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, July 31, 2009, in Des Moines. Chadwick Kim Thompson was born November 13, 1974, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Kim Thompson and Dorothy (Kuhns) Kinney. He attended school in Atlantic and graduated from the Atlantic High School in 1993. Chad enjoyed spending...
Jack William Twist
Jul 29, 2009
Jack William Twist, the son of Earl and Dollie Crees Twist, was born September 23, 1920, at his parents home east of Hamlin, Iowa and died July 29, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 10 months, and 6 days. Jack was baptized and confirmed on March 23, 1950, at Our Saviours...
Ruby Christensen
Jul 28, 2009
Ruby I. Christensen, 83, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Ruby Itol Harrison was born, the youngest of ten children, on November 14, 1925, the daughter of Leslie and Florence (Luxford) Harrison in Anita, Iowa. The family homesteaded to Natrona, Wyoming, in 1925 where they lived on...
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