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Gordon Clay
Nov 12, 2008
Gordon Dee Clay was born March 16, 1947, in Hastings, Nebraska, the son of Homer Arthur and Mabel Katherine (Ochner) Clay and passed away Thursday, November 12, 2008, at Methodist Hospital, in Omaha, Nebraska. He lived in Grand Island, Nebraska, and attended school there until 1961. His family then moved to Atlantic, Iowa, where Gordy graduated from Atlantic High...
Helen Kopaska
Nov 7, 2008
Helen Kopaska, 84, of Stuart, Iowa, (formerly of Adair) passed away Friday, November 7, 2008, at the Stuart Community Care Center. Helen Caroline Larsen was born on December 4, 1923, near Kimballton, Iowa, the daughter of Andrew and Matilda (Otzen) Larsen. She attended country school near Poplar, Iowa, and then the family moved to Guthrie Center where she continued...
Keenan Bruns
Nov 6, 2008
Keenan Robert Bruns, newborn son of Christine Walton and Jon Bruns of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2008, at Children's Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Keenan is survived by his mom and dad, Christine Walton and Jon Bruns of Cumberland, Iowa; his sisters, Kendra Walton-Ruddick and Callie Walton; maternal grandparents, Jan Walton of Massena, Iowa, and Cal Walton...
Wayne Eugene Huffman
Nov 4, 2008
Wayne Eugene Huffman, the son of Charles and Nina Fairchild Huffman, was born August 30, 1925 at his parents home in Shelby County, Iowa near Irwin, Iowa and died November 4, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 2 months, and 4 days. Wayne was baptized and confirmed December 31, 1944, at the...
Marie Ross
Nov 3, 2008
Marie A. Ross, 74, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, November 3, 2008, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. Marie Amelia Connot was born on November 11, 1933, in Spencer, Nebraska, the daughter of John U. and Marie R. (Roeder) Connot. She was the youngest of eight children. Marie attended country school near Spencer, Nebraska,...
Kay Minkner
Nov 2, 2008
Kay E. Minkner, 64, of Craig, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2008, at her home. Kay Elizabeth Minkner was born on February 13, 1944, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Cleo and Thelma (Krumm) Minkner. She moved to Clear Lake, Iowa, with her family early in childhood and lived there until graduating from Clear Lake High School in...
Richard Mcmurphy
Nov 1, 2008
Richard McMurphy, 81, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2008, at the Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa. Richard McMurphy was born May 16, 1927, in Adair, Iowa, the son of Walter and Tillie (Hofmeister) McMurphy. He grew up in Adair County where he attended rural schools and helped on the family farm. Rich was a member...
Ardith Iola Lauridsen
Oct 28, 2008
Ardith Iola Lauridsen, the daughter of Roy and Mildred Shoemaker Keasey, was born January 25, 1932, in Atlantic, Iowa and died October 28, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 76 years, 9 months, and 3 days. Ardith graduated from Oakfield Academy in Oakfield, Iowa, then attended Exira High School in Exira. On March...
David Peterson
Oct 25, 2008
David Peterson, 58, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2008, at his home. David Earl Peterson was born on December 15, 1949, in Cass County, Iowa, the son of Ralph E. and Ruby H. (Brown) Peterson. He grew up mostly in the Marne and Lewis areas and graduated from Griswold High School in 1968. He later attended...
Norita Margaret Madden
Oct 24, 2008
Norita Margaret Madden, the daughter of Vernon and Karen Young Wieseler was born September 9, 1973, at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, IA and died October 24, 2008, at the Coventry Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa at the age of 35 years, 1 month, and 15 days. Norita was baptized at the Cathedral of Epiphany and...
Doris Helen Grabill
Oct 24, 2008
Doris Helen Grabill, the daughter of Uriah Scott and Ethel York Holloway, was born February 11, 1915, at her parents home in Hamilton Township, Harrison County, near Eagleville, Missouri and died October 24, 2008, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 8 months, and 14 days. Doris mother, Ethel, died when Doris was five...
Cleo Cook
Oct 23, 2008
Cleo L. Cook, 78, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2008, at the Griswold Care Center, Griswold, Iowa. Cleo Laverne Cook was born July 1, 1930, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Elmer C. and Elsie M. (Ayers) Cook. He was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic. He attended Atlantic Community Schools. Following school, Cleo's pride...
Lavere Vokt
Oct 15, 2008
LaVere D. Vokt, 86, of Lakewood, Ohio and North Port, Florida, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2008, at the Lakewood Hospital in Lakewood. LaVere was born on March 2, 1922, on her parent's farm in Audubon Township, Audubon County, Iowa, the daughter of Fred and Anna (Hess) Vokt. LaVere was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church...
Lorena Eleanora Anna Rudolph
Oct 14, 2008
Lorena Eleanora Anna Rudolph, the daughter of Gustav and Marie Biostock Borkowski, was born August 20, 1914, at her parents home in rural Audubon County near Gray, Iowa and died October 14, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 1 month and 24 days. Lorena was baptized and confirmed at Trinity...
Laura Frisbie
Oct 12, 2008
Laura E. Frisbie, 87, of Anita, Iowa (formerly of Wiota and Atlantic) passed away Sunday, October 12, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Laura Erma Beecher was born on June 19, 1921, in Scotland, South Dakota, the daughter of Charles and Lizzie (Marsh) Beecher. Her family moved to Anita in 1937, and Laura graduated from the Anita High School...
Joyce Ann Anciaux
Oct 11, 2008
Joyce Ann Anciaux, the daughter of Herbert and Gladys Marquesen Lensch, was born August 6, 1926, at her parents home near Kimballton, Iowa and died October 11, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 2 months, and 5 days. Joyce was baptized and confirmed at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk...
Jim Chandler, Sr.
Oct 8, 2008
James C. Chandler, Sr., 71, of Casey, Iowa, (formerly of Adair) passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Jimmy Clyde Chandler was born on November 21, 1936, in Eldorado Springs, Missouri, the son of James C. and Grace (Dixon) Chandler. On March 14, 1959, he married Berdine Tiedt at St. Paul's Lutheran...
Donald Virgil Lauridsen
Oct 6, 2008
Donald Virgil Lauridsen, the son of Nels and Augusta Jensen Lauridsen, was born June 21, 1918, at his parents home east of Exira, Iowa and died October 6, 2008 at the Friendship Home, Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 3 months, and 15 days. Donald was baptized and confirmed at the Ebenezer Lutheran Church west of Audubon, Iowa....
Violet Evaline Poulsen
Oct 6, 2008
Violet Evaline Poulsen, the daughter of Chris and Dorothy Lauridsen Johnson, was born December 9, 1912, on her parents farm in Audubon County, Iowa and died October 6, 2008, at the Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 95 years, 9 months, and 27 days. Violet was baptized and confirmed June 28, 1933 at the Exira Lutheran Church Parsonage...
Max Duain Foresman
Oct 2, 2008
Max Duain Foresman, the son of George and Ethel Rosenberger Foresman was born April 17, 1924, on his parents farm near Guthrie Center, Iowa and died October 2, 2008, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 5 months and 15 days. Max was baptized and confirmed at Bowman Chapel Methodist Church on March 25,...
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