Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Lucille Marie Wiges

Lucille Marie Wiges

Apr 23, 2009

Lucille Marie Wiges, the daughter of Sophus and Lillian Johnson Christensen, was born February 7, 1921, at her parents home in Audubon County near Kimballton, Iowa and died April 23, 2009, at the Hospice House in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 88 years, 2 months, and 16 days. When Lucille was four years old, her father, Sophus, died. In...

Linda Mccurdy

Linda Mccurdy

Apr 22, 2009

Linda Lou Auerbach, the daughter of Lloyd Carl Frederick and Eleanor Ruth (Moller) Auerbach, was born July 3, 1947, in Atlantic, Iowa, and passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at her home in Atlantic. She grew up north of Lewis, Iowa, and graduated from Griswold Community High School in 1965. On September 8, 1972, she was united in marriage...

Leo Dwyer

Leo Dwyer

Apr 21, 2009

Leo Dwyer, 85, of Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Salinas, California, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Leo was born June 24, 1923 in Adair County, Iowa, the 2nd child of Grace and Lloyd Dwyer. He graduated from Richland Consolidated High School in Iowa where he was well-known as an athlete and prankster....

Louis Robison

Louis Robison

Apr 18, 2009

Louis B. Robison, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. The son of Byron W. and Florence Muriel (Bailey) Robison, he was born November 25, 1911, in Anita, Iowa. At 3 years of age his family moved to Alberta, Canada, living there from 1914 to 1918, then moved to...

Leona Marie Elvina Vargas

Leona Marie Elvina Vargas

Apr 16, 2009

Leona Marie Elvina Vargas, the daughter of Nis Peter and Thomine Laurine Johnson Jessen, was born September 17, 1911, west of Exira, Iowa and died April 16, 2009, at the Exira Care Center at the age of 97 years, 6 months, and 29 days. Leona was baptized February 18, 1912 and confirmed April 11, 1926, at the Exira Lutheran Church...

Kristy O'Brien

Kristy O'Brien

Apr 16, 2009

Kristy Jo O'Brien, 42, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Kristy Jo Mardesen was born in Atlantic, Iowa, on March 18, 1967, the daughter of Mike and Barbara (Eades) Mardesen. She grew up in Anita, Iowa, and graduated from Anita High School in 1985. On September 4, 1993, she was...

Jamie Ray Lewis

Jamie Ray Lewis

Apr 15, 2009

Jamie Ray Lewis was born on August 15, 1952 to Elvira (Zinke) Lewis and James Russell Lewis. Jamies father died when Jamie was only six, so he grew up in Brayton and spent many hours with his mother in the grocery store. He graduated from Exira High school in 1971 and from Iowa State University in 1973 with an Associate...

Lawrence Kuhr

Lawrence Kuhr

Apr 15, 2009

Lawrence H. Kuhr, 93, of Avoca, passed away early Wednesday morning at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, where he had been a patient for the past ten days. The only child of Henry and Lizzie Kuhr, he was born April 12, 1916, in a rural home 9 miles south of Walnut. The next spring, his family...

Loyd Wayne Lewis

Loyd Wayne Lewis

Apr 14, 2009

Loyd Wayne Lewis, the son of Ralph and Alma Fooken Lewis, was born July 31, 1925, in Cumberland, Iowa and died April 14, 2009, at Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 8 months, and 14 days. Loyd was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Faith. He attended Cumberland Schools, graduating with the Cumberland...

Harvey Leroy Jensen

Harvey Leroy Jensen

Apr 13, 2009

Harvey Leroy Jensen, the son of Chris H. and Nina Lund Jensen, was born December 31, 1922, west of Audubon, Iowa and died April 13, 2009, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 3 months, and 13 days. Harvey was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa He attended...

Allan Trotter

Allan Trotter

Apr 13, 2009

Allan Lee Trotter was born September 3, 1938, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Glen and Edythe Jane (Bell) Trotter, and passed away Monday, April 13, 2009, at his home in Anita, Iowa. He grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, where he attended Florence Elementary School and Tech High School. Later he lived in Elk Horn and Valley, Nebraska, California,...

Richard F. Petersen

Richard F. Petersen

Apr 10, 2009

Richard Franklin Petersen, the son of Franklin and Cynthia Nelson Petersen, was born April 7, 1947, in Atlantic, Iowa and died April 10, 2009, at St. Anthonys Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 62 years and 3 days.\r\n Richard was baptized at St. Johns Lutheran Church west of Exira, Iowa and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church....

Howard Knop

Howard Knop

Apr 10, 2009

Howard Dean Knop, 74, born in Atlantic, Iowa, November 26, 1934, passed away Friday, April 10, 2009, at Veteran's Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. Howard graduated from Atlantic High School in 1953 and served his country for two years in the army. He and his family resided on a farm west of Atlantic and in 1966 left farming to...

D. Maas

D. Maas

Apr 9, 2009

Dora Jane (Janie) Cady Maas was born on November 12, 1932, to Dale Cady and Grace McKenney Cady Thiele in Burke, South Dakota. She went to be with Jesus on April 9, 2009, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. She was married to Max Maas on July 18, 1952. They farmed north of Massena, Iowa, where they...

Rose Anna Abildtrup

Rose Anna Abildtrup

Apr 7, 2009

Rose Anna Abildtrup, the daughter of Henry Baker and Anna (Carroll) Oliver, was born in rural Leroy Township east of Audubon, Iowa on June 13, 1916, and died April 7, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 92 years, 9 months, and 24 days. Rose joined older brothers and sisters, John, Claribel, George, and Catherine. She...

Loren Keith Stewart

Loren Keith Stewart

Apr 7, 2009

Loren Keith Stewart, the son of Lester and Alice Schaull Stewart, was born December 16, 1920, at his parents home near Blairstown, Iowa and died April 7, 2009, at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 3 months, and 21 days. Loren was baptized at the Methodist Church in Blairstown. He attended rural...

Denny Annan

Denny Annan

Apr 4, 2009

Dennis Gene Annan, the son of Quentin Lee and Bonnie Marie (Gauvreau) Annan was born September 20, 1949, in Clarinda, Iowa. He peacefully passed away Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, in the company of family and friends. Denny was raised in Iowa, living in Ames, Sidney, and Atlantic, where he graduated from...

Everett Rechtenbach

Everett Rechtenbach

Mar 30, 2009

Everett Earl Rechtenbach died Monday, March 30, 2009, at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa, at the age of 85 years, 2 months and 11 days. Everett was born January, 19, 1924, at his home in Bridgewater, Iowa, to Herman J. and Anna K. Frank Rechtenbach. He attended school in rural Jackson Township. After his formal education he worked for...

Patty South

Patty South

Mar 29, 2009

Patricia Louise Wessling was born September 12, 1957, the daughter of Paul Louis and Jane Marie (Broich) Wessling in Carroll, Iowa, and passed away Sunday, March 29, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Patty attended Saint Joseph's Catholic School in Carroll her kindergarten and first grade years. The family then moved to Anita, Iowa, where...

Mary Karwal

Mary Karwal

Mar 29, 2009

Mary Elizabeth Karwal, an eight-year resident at Colonial Manor of Anita,Iowa, succumbed peacefully to pneumonia at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, the evening of March 29, 2009. She was delivered by her Grandfather, Dr. W.R. Koob, to Kathleen Koob Miller and Harry Miller at their home in Brayton on August 31, 1916. A graduate of Exira High,...

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