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Robert Artlip
Aug 1, 2008
Robert "Bob" Artlip, 72, of Elliott, Iowa, passed away Friday, August 1, 2008, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, after a brief illness. Robert Glen Artlip was born on July 20, 1936, in Elliott, Iowa, the son of Delbert and Doris Artlip. On December 17, 1956, he married the love of his life, Sharen Cable, at the...
Fred Nmi Cole
Jul 31, 2008
Fred Cole, the son of Fred Harris and Cecille Lucille Beal Cole, was born June 2, 1926, in Kansas City, Missouri and died July 31, 2008, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 1 month, and 29 days. Fred was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. He attended school in Lewis, Iowa and then...
Donald Karns
Jul 31, 2008
Donald Cloyd Karns, 75, a longtime Anita resident, businessman, community and civic leader, died Thursday, July 31, 2008. Don was born October 30, 1932, in Adair, Iowa. Don was the younger of two children of Cloyd and Irene (Gipple) Karns. The family moved to Missouri in 1935; Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1937; and returned to Adair County in August 1943,...
Johnnie Dale Swensen
Jul 29, 2008
John Dale Swensen, the son of LaVern Henry and Jeanette Lois Jensen Swensen, was born December 10, 1953, in Audubon, Iowa and died July 29, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 54 years, 7 months, and 19 days. John was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended...
Linda Marie Paulsen
Jul 29, 2008
Linda Marie Paulsen, the daughter of Harry Walter and Eleanor Mary Hoch McAllister, was born September 1, 1949, in Chariton, Iowa and died July 29, 2008, at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa at the age of 58 years, 10 months, and 28 days. Linda was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Church in Melcher,...
Richard Sherman
Jul 27, 2008
Richard L. Sherman, 59, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Richard Lloyd Sherman was born January 28, 1949, in Creston, Iowa, the son of Lloyd George and Lorna Ima (Weber) Sherman. He grew up on his parents' farm outside of Casey and continued to live in the Casey area his...
Roy Samuel Lawson
Jul 24, 2008
Roy Samuel Lawson, the son of Samuel and Hazel Anderson Lawson, was born May 13, 1929, at his parents home in Cameron Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died July 24, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 79 years, 2 months, and 11 days. Sam was baptized and confirmed at the Gray Methodist...
Richard Hemmingsen
Jul 23, 2008
Richard Hemmingsen, 72, of Marne, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at his home. Richard was born on April 24, 1936, at his parents' home southeast of Elk Horn in Shelby County, Iowa. He was the son of Peter and Elsie (Peterson) Hemmingsen. Peter and Elsie were Danish immigrants moving from Mon, Denmark, to New York in 1928,...
Ruby Ernestine Heath
Jul 20, 2008
Ruby E. Heath, the daughter of Edward J. and Ida S. Jacobsen Wahlert, was born March 8, 1910, at her parents home east of Exira, Audubon Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died July 20, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira at the age of 98 years, 4 months, and 12 days. Â Â Â Â Ruby was baptized at the Exira Christian...
Orville Tibben
Jul 20, 2008
Orville F. Tibben, 84, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, July 20, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Orville Fredrick Tibben was born on July 29, 1923, in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of John (Fred) Fredrick and Clara Wilhelmina (Hocamp) Tibben. He was baptized at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guthrie County, Iowa,...
Curtis Dale Schrock
Jul 18, 2008
Curtis Dale Schrock, the son of Walter and Alice Jurgens Schrock, was born February 6, 1955, in Audubon, Iowa and died July 18, 2008, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 53 years, 5 months, and 12 days.     Curtis was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Audubon. He attended Audubon Community Schools, graduating with...
Evelyn Meta Taggart
Jul 11, 2008
Evelyn Meta Taggart, the daughter of Peter and Minnie Ottesen Jensen, was born April 11, 1915, at her parents home in Audubon County, Iowa and died July 11, 2008, at the Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 93 years and 3 months. Evelyn was baptized in the Lutheran Church and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon....
Sandra Kay Olesen
Jul 9, 2008
Sandra Kay Olesen, the daughter of Chester and Ruth Genevieve McVicker Christensen, was born December 27, 1952, in Audubon, Iowa and died peacefully at her home on July 9, 2008, in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 55 years, 6 months, and 12 days. Sandy was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Audubon. She attended Audubon Community Schools,...
Brook Edward Larsen
Jul 9, 2008
Brook Edward Larsen, the son of Edward Paul and Jill Arden Smith Larsen, was born February 11, 1981, in Atlantic, Iowa and died July 9, 2008, at the Scottsdale Healthcare in Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of 27 years, 4 months, and 28 days. Brook was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa. He attended Exira...
Pearl Margaret Alt
Jul 9, 2008
Pearl Margaret Alt, the daughter of Homer Floyd and Metta Mary Petersen Elsberry, was born March 16, 1919 at her parents home near Gray, Iowa and died July 9, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 3 months and 23 days. Pearl was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church near Gray,...
Martin Federick Jorgensen
Jul 8, 2008
Martin Frederick Jorgensen, the son of Henry Peter and Anena Wilhelmina Christensen Jorgensen, was born September 20, 1930 at this parents home on a farm three miles North East of Hamlin, Iowa and died July 8, 2008 at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 77 years, 9 months and 18 days. As a small child, Martin and...
Corley Dean Hansen
Jul 6, 2008
Corley Dean Hansen, the son of Dalton D. and Shirley Blohm Hansen, was born August 18, 1964, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died near Verdi, Nevada on July 6, 2008 at the age of 43 years, 10 months, 18 days.     Corley was baptized at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon and confirmed at Hamlin Lutheran...
Kristie Machay
Jul 2, 2008
K. (Knop) Machay, 42, of Frankfort, Illinois, (formerly of Atlantic) passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at Palos Hospital, in Palos Heights, Illinois, after a long illness. Kristie Kay Knop was born July 27, 1965, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Howard and Carol (Brillhart) Knop. She attended elementary and high school in Atlantic, graduating in 1983. Kristie entered...
Naomi Janis Peppers
Jun 29, 2008
Naomi Janis Peppers, the daughter of Clarke and Beatrice Davis Boers, was born May 27, 1927, in Ross, Iowa and died June 29, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 1 month, and 2 days. Naomi was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Audubon. She attended Audubon Public Schools, graduating...
Harold Wilkins
Jun 29, 2008
Harold Kenneth Wilkins, 91, of Phoenix, Arizona, (formerly of Atlantic, Iowa) died on Sunday, June 29, 2008, at Hospice of the Valley in Phoenix, Arizona. Harold K. Wilkins was born October 2, 1916, to Charles and Rose Ella (Erickson) Wilkins of Cumberland, Iowa. During Harold's childhood, George and Lizzie Shepherd raised him while he worked on their farm. They...
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