Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Marvin Sorensen Byriel

Marvin Sorensen Byriel

Jan 11, 2009

Marvin Sorensen Byriel, the son of Peter and Anna Sorensen Byriel was born June 17, 1927, at his parents home in Exira, Iowa and died January 11, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 6 months, and 24 days. Marvin was baptized and confirmed at the Danish Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended...

Charles Morgan

Charles Morgan

Jan 10, 2009

Charles Hubert Morgan, 75, was born April 9, 1933, in Yuma, Arizona, the son of Hubert and Lois (Williams) Morgan, and passed away Saturday, January 10, 2009, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa. Charlie was baptized at the United Methodist Church in Elliott and graduated from Elliott High School in 1952. He served his country in the United States...

Karen Brown

Karen Brown

Jan 7, 2009

Karen Maxine (Bruner) Brown, 67, was born April 13, 1941, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Leland and Maxine (Parrott) Bruner and passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Karen spent her younger years growing up in Atlantic and attending Grant Elementary and Atlantic High School, graduating in 1959. On April...

Lucile Ticknor

Lucile Ticknor

Jan 7, 2009

Lucile M. Ticknor, 94, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at her home in Anita. Lucile Marie Whetstone was born on January 18, 1914, in Guthrie County, Iowa, the daughter of Walter Raymond and Margaret Mae (Sloss) Whetstone. She grew up in Guthrie County and attended Casey High School until transferring to Guthrie Center to complete...

Arlene Dinkla

Arlene Dinkla

Jan 7, 2009

Arlene Ruth Dinkla, 90, passed away at Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, January 7, 2009. Arlene Ruth (Wollenhaupt) Dinkla was born on June 22, 1918, to Erwin and Effie (Vetterick) Wollenhaupt of Bridgewater, Iowa. After graduating from Massena High School and obtaining her teaching certificate, Arlene taught country school. On March 8, 1942, Arlene was united...

Don And Ramona Adair

Don And Ramona Adair

Jan 6, 2009

Ramona I. Adair, the daughter of Edward J. and Ida S.Jacobsen Wahlert, was born October 11, 1913, at her parents farm east of Exira, Iowa, and died January 6, 2009, in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 95 years. She attended Exira schools, graduating from high school in 1930 and from Drake University in 1935. From 1935 to 1942 she...

Glenn Slayton

Glenn Slayton

Jan 6, 2009

Glenn A. Slayton, 87, of Mount Ayr, Iowa, and formerly of Guthrie County, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2008, at Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr. Glenn Arnold Slayton was born November 24, 1921, in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Lona and Emma Beatrice (Crees) Slayton. He attended country school near Hamlin, Iowa, and after the 8th...

Dick Sisler

Dick Sisler

Jan 4, 2009

Dick Sisler, 75, of Atlantic, formerly of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2009, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Dick Lee Sisler was born November 7, 1933, in Anita, Iowa, the son of Floyd Wayne and Belle (Woodall) Sisler. He was baptized at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wiota, Iowa, and attended school in Anita....

Margaret Marie Plagman

Margaret Marie Plagman

Jan 1, 2009

Margaret Marie Plagman, the daughter of Harry I. and Emma Loy Scott, was born April 4, 1917, at her parents home near Avoca, Iowa, and died January 1, 2009, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 8 months and 27 days. Margaret was baptized at the First Congregational Church in Avoca and confirmed at...

Margaret Howard

Margaret Howard

Jan 1, 2009

Margaret L. Howard, 82, of Creston died Thursday, January 1, 2009 at Crest Haven Care Centre in Creston. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic. Pastor Gary DeGeest will officiate. Burial will be at the Atlantic Cemetery in Atlantic. Visitation with family receiving friends will be from 10 to...

Helen Karas

Helen Karas

Jan 1, 2009

Helen Karas, 87, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2009, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Helen Verdelle Stone was born November 19, 1921, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Earl and Anne (Andersen) Stone. She grew up and attended school in Anita, graduating from Anita High School in 1939. On April 12, 1939, she married Elwin C....

Charles Baumann

Charles Baumann

Jan 1, 2009

Charles Joseph "Joe" Baumann, was born April 18, 1947, in Beatrice, Nebraska, the son of John James and Beulah May (Crosier) Baumann, and passed away at his home in Cumberland, Iowa, on Thursday, January 1, 2009. Joe lived in Beatrice, Nebraska, most of his life and graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School. Joe was employed by Nebraska Public Power...

David Curtis

David Curtis

Dec 27, 2008

David Curt Curtis, the son of Laurence and Anne Dorothy Harvey Curtis, was born January 2, 1945, in Boston, Massachusetts, and died December 27, 2008, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 63 years, 11 months, and 25 days. David was baptized and confirmed at the Catholic Church in Roslindale, Massachusetts. He attended Parochial School in Roslindale....

John Edgar Frederiksen

John Edgar Frederiksen

Dec 26, 2008

John Edgar Frederiksen, the son of John Leon and Marcelyn Miller Frederiksen, was born October 26, 1952, in Audubon, Iowa and died December 26, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 56 years and 2 months. John was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church. He attended rural schools near Audubon and...

Iola Waddell

Iola Waddell

Dec 26, 2008

Iola M. Waddell, 82, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Friday, December 26, 2008, at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center in Avoca, Iowa. Iola Mae, daughter of Archibald Bryan and Clara Alice (Slight) Jones, was born May 12, 1926, in Union County, Iowa. The second youngest of ten children, Iola spent her childhood in and around Stuart, Iowa. On...

Mardell Sargent

Mardell Sargent

Dec 23, 2008

Mardell D. Sargent (Red), 83, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona. Mardell was born on February 26, 1925 in Osceola, Nebraska, the son of Wilbur and Norma Sargent. He attended school in Bartlett, Nebraska, and joined the United States Army in 1944. He served in Japan and Okinawa....

Michaela Walters

Michaela Walters

Dec 20, 2008

Michaela Jo Walters, 21, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Michaela Jo Walters was born to Galen and Debbie (Schade) Walters on June 17, 1987, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Michaela lived on the family farm south of Anita until 1995 then...

Opal Faaborg

Opal Faaborg

Dec 17, 2008

Opal Lorraine (Jorgensen) Faaborg, 86, of Anita, Iowa, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, was born May 14, 1922, the daughter of Thorvald and Stella (Justesen) Jorgensen in Sharon Township, Audubon County, Iowa, and passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Opal grew up and attended school in the Elk Horn- Kimballton area. On April 7,...

Dagny Knudsen

Dagny Knudsen

Dec 15, 2008

Dagny E. Knudsen, 91, of Atlantic, IA, passed away Monday, December 15, 2008, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab in Atlantic. Dagny Emma Sorensen was born on June 13, 1917, in Audubon, Iowa, the daughter of Viggo J. and Emma (Christiansen) Sorensen. She was raised one-quarter mile east of Hamlin. Dagny was baptized at the Audubon Lutheran Church and confirmed...

Melba Maurine Dudgeon

Melba Maurine Dudgeon

Dec 12, 2008

Melba Maurine Dudgeon, the daughter of Ira and Katharyn Finnerty Miller, was born July 22, 1920 at her parents home near Gray, Iowa and died December 12, 2008 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 7 months, and 20 days. Melba was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Gray. She...

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