Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Gladys Ellen Nielsen

Gladys Ellen Nielsen

Sep 9, 2008

Gladys Ellen Nielsen, the daughter of Fred and Emelia Steffensen Clemmensen, was born September 4, 1913 at the Bedstemor House in Elk Horn, Iowa and died September 9, 2008, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 95 years and 5 days. Gladys was baptized September 5, 1913 and later confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in...

Rick Suplee

Rick Suplee

Sep 8, 2008

Rick Suplee, 53, of Anita, Iowa, passed away September 8, 2008, at his home in Anita. Ricky Ray Suplee was born on September 6, 1955, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Lester H. and Beatrice L. (Mortensen) Suplee. He graduated from Anita High School in 1973. In 1983, Rick married Barbara London. They later divorced and Barb passed away....

Clifford Winther

Clifford Winther

Sep 8, 2008

Clifford J. Winther, 89, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 8, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Clifford Julius Winther was born September 5, 1919, near Ebenezer Lutheran Church, west of Audubon, Iowa, the son of Jens Julius and Marie Johanna (Jensen) Winther. He was baptized and confirmed at Ebenezer Lutheran Church and attended Lone Willow School in...

Caroline Marie Christensen

Caroline Marie Christensen

Sep 5, 2008

Caroline Marie Christensen, the daughter of Jens P. and Marie Bork Kjergaard, was born April 11, 1915, at her parents home in Sharon Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died September 5, 2008, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 4 months, and 24 days. Carolines family moved to the United States when she was...

Christine Johanne Eddy

Christine Johanne Eddy

Sep 4, 2008

Christine Johanne Eddy, daughter of Peter Christian and Anne C. Jensen Andersen, was born on December 29, 1912, at her parents farmhouse in Shelby County, near Elk Horn, Iowa and died September 4, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 95 years, 8 months, and 5 days. She was baptized September 29, 1916,...

Robert Wendt

Robert Wendt

Sep 4, 2008

Robert Wendt, 72, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, September 4, 2008, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Robert Lee Wendt was born April 15, 1936, in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, the son of Clarence Ferdinand and Leta Elizabeth (Schuning) Wendt. He grew up in the Avoca area and attended the Avoca Community Schools. On October 27, 1956,...

Juanita Sturgeon

Juanita Sturgeon

Sep 2, 2008

Juanita Sturgeon, the daughter of Carl and Laura Hinkle Rogers, was born January 9, 1916 , at her parents home in Oakfield, Iowa and died September 2, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 7 months, and 23 days. Juanita was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira, Iowa. She...

Patricia Ann Nielsen

Patricia Ann Nielsen

Aug 28, 2008

Patricia Ann Teter Nielsen, daughter of Berthal and Opal Inez (Trucks) Teter, was born July 22, 1930, at her parents rural home in Guthrie County, Iowa and died August 28, 2008 at the Carroll Health Center in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 1 month and 6 days. Patricia was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church...

John Samuel Garber

John Samuel Garber

Aug 26, 2008

     John Samuel Garber, the son of James F. and Emily (Emma) Smith Garber, was born June 21, 1918, on a ranch north of Audubon, Iowa and died August 26, 2008, at his daughter Carol’s home in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 90 years, 2 months and 5 days.

     John was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in...

Alpha (Billie) Delilah Bald

Alpha (Billie) Delilah Bald

Aug 25, 2008

Alpha Delilah (Billie) Bald, the daughter of Jim and Elizabeth Kusel Jensen, was born October 18, 1919, in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died August 25, 2008, at her home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 10 months, and 7 days. Billie attended school in Des Moines, Iowa and Ross, Iowa. On November 24, 1934, she was united in...

Allen Joseph Klocke

Allen Joseph Klocke

Aug 24, 2008

Allen Joseph Klocke, the son of Leonard and Leona Bierl Klocke, was born June 21, 1962, in Carroll, Iowa and died August 24, 2008, at his home near Audubon, Iowa at the age of 46 years, 2 months, and 3 days. Al was baptized and confirmed at St. Marys Catholic Church in Willey, Iowa. He attended parochial grade school at...

Roy Ellerhoff

Roy Ellerhoff

Aug 24, 2008

Roy Ervin Ellerhoff, 81, of Tipton, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2008. Roy was born February 7, 1927, to Ervin and Charlene (Pfeifer) Ellerhoff in Burlington, Iowa. He graduated from Burlington High School in 1944, where he had been president of the Radio Club and a member of the National Honor Society. He married Eldora Sophia Jipp...

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

Aug 23, 2008

Herbert Hoover, 79, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 23, 2008, at Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center in Avoca, Iowa. Herbert Raymond Hoover was born June 28, 1929, in Walnut, Iowa, the son of Raymond Eldon and Pauline Gertrude (Pross) Hoover. His early childhood was spent in Marne, Iowa, where he attended school; then the family moved to...

Richard Jerome Jorgensen

Richard Jerome Jorgensen

Aug 20, 2008

Richard Jerome Jorgensen, the son of Harvey and Lydia Ulven Jorgensen, was born August 26, 1942 in Carroll, Iowa and died August 20, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 65 years, 11 months and 24 days. Richard was baptized October 11, 1942 and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended rural...

Gary Hulsebus

Gary Hulsebus

Aug 19, 2008

Gary Hulsebus, 63, of Lewis, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2008, at his home. Gary Lee Hulsebus was born December 28, 1944, at home on the farm southeast of Lewis, Iowa, the son of Merlin Fay and Theone Maxine (McCullough) Hulsebus. He grew up on the farm and went to school in Griswold where he played basketball and...

Alfred Minter Potter

Alfred Minter Potter

Aug 14, 2008

Alfred Minter Potter, the son of Alfred Henry and Nellie Eliza Stogdill Potter, was born August 16, 1933, in Council Bluffs, Iowa and passed on August 14, 2008, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 74 years, 11 months, and 28 days. After Alfreds mother passed away, Alfred, his brother and sister moved to the USA Christian...

Marvin Jensen Johnson

Marvin Jensen Johnson

Aug 14, 2008

Marvin Jensen Johnson, the son of Harry and Daisy Jensen Johnson, was born December 4, 1921 at his parents home in Cass County near Anita, Iowa and died at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 8 months, and 10 days.       Marvin was baptized June 24, 1926 at the Exira Lutheran Church. He attended rural...

Clara Mcclure

Clara Mcclure

Aug 13, 2008

Clara Louise Rolston McClure, 77, of Anita, Iowa, died quietly at home on Wednesday, August 13, 2008. Clara Louise Rolston McClure was born April 19, 1931, in Kansas City, Missouri, the only daughter of Ida Frances (Robinson) Rolston and Harold Leland Rolston and step-daughter of Edwin W. Griste. She was baptized in the Christian Church in Unionville, Missouri. Louise...

Kenneth Lebeck

Kenneth Lebeck

Aug 11, 2008

Kenneth E. Lebeck, 62, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, August 11, 2008, at the Exira Care Center, Exira, Iowa. Kenneth Eugene Lebeck was born July 18, 1946, in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Edward and Mary Jane (Potter) Lebeck. He spent his entire childhood in Audubon, attended school there and graduated from Audubon High in 1964. Kenny...

Vyrle Devoss

Vyrle Devoss

Aug 2, 2008

Vyrle L. DeVoss, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on August 2, 2008, at the Allen House in Atlantic. Vyrle was born the son of Ralph and Ruth (Westerlund) DeVoss on December 5, 1915, on their farm near Morton Mills, Iowa. He grew up with this two brothers George and Dean and a sister, Vernita, on the family farm....

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