Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Isabelle Alverta Nelson

Isabelle Alverta Nelson

Jun 28, 2008

Isabelle Alverta Nelson, the daughter of Arthur C. and Mary Hanson Paulson, was born November 3, 1918, on the family farm on the edge of Clarks Grove, Minnesota in Freeborn County, and died on Saturday, June 28, 2008, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 7 months, and 25 days.. Isabelle was baptized and...

Edith Collette Berg

Edith Collette Berg

Jun 26, 2008

Edith Collette Berg, the daughter of John H. and Amanda Jane Rush Kennedy, was born February 3, 1919 in Audubon, Iowa and died June 26, 2008 at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 89 years, 4 months, and 23 days. Edith was baptized and became a member of the First Christian Church in Audubon. She...

Izabella Becker

Izabella Becker

Jun 23, 2008

Izabella Grace Becker, infant daughter of Wiatt and Sarah (Martens) Becker of rural Atlantic, Iowa, fell asleep and went to heaven on Monday, June 23, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. The following is a paragraph from the writings by Wiatt and Sarah: From the time Izabella was conceived, she only knew love. This was extremely...

Karen Lynn Nelson

Karen Lynn Nelson

Jun 22, 2008

Karen Lynn (Jensen) Nelson, the daughter of Leo C. and Audrey Byrd Jones Jensen, was born December 5, 1964, in Audubon, Iowa and died June 22, 2008, at her home in Oakland, Iowa at the age of 43 years, 6 months, and 17 days.      Karen was baptized January 10, 1965, and confirmed May 27, 1979, at Our Saviours Lutheran Church...

Dale William Miller

Dale William Miller

Jun 19, 2008

Dale William Miller, the son of Willie H. and Martha Dreier Miller, was born November 21, 1928, at his parents home in Audubon County, Iowa and died June 19, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 79 years, 6 months, and 28 days. Dale was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church north of Audubon...

Ernest Jipp

Ernest Jipp

Jun 17, 2008

Ernest J. Jipp, 87, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa. Ernest John Jipp, the son of Ernest J.H. (John) and Sophia Mathilda (Ficken) Jipp, was born December 27, 1920, at the home of his parents in Adair, Iowa. At the age of two years he moved with his...

Betty Jane Lauridsen

Betty Jane Lauridsen

Jun 16, 2008

Betty Jane Lauridsen, the daughter of Herbert and Mabel Miller Bylund, was born July 28, 1924, at her parents home near Viola Center, Iowa and died June 16, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 10 months, and 18 days. Betty was baptized as an adult on May 18, 1947, at Our...

Britney Ruhl

Britney Ruhl

Jun 15, 2008

Britney Lee Ruhl, 23, of Griswold, Iowa, died Sunday, June 15, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa. Britney Lee Ruhl was born on October 3, 1984, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Gary and Zoe (Miller) Ruhl. She had lived in the Griswold area her entire life and graduated from Griswold High School in 2003. Following...

Annie Louise Molgaard

Annie Louise Molgaard

Jun 14, 2008

A. Louise Molgaard, the daughter of William Harry and Edith Estelle Ary Searls, was born March 1, 1912, at her parents home in Hamlin Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died June 14, 2008, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 96 years, 3 months, and 13 days.       Louise was baptized April 20, 1924, and confirmed April...

Beth Diaz

Beth Diaz

Jun 13, 2008

Winnifred Elizabeth Diaz was born in Winnipeg, Canada, on October 1, 1922. Beth was the daughter of James W. and Susan P. Balfour. She lived on her parents' farm during her early years and was a school teacher for a short time before receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba in Canada. She came to...

Roger Power

Roger Power

Jun 12, 2008

Roger L. Power, 74, of Wiota, Iowa, passed away Thursday, June 12, 2008, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Roger LeRoy Power was born to Roy and Emma Power on February 1, 1934, in a home on the east edge of Wiota. He grew up on a farm east of Wiota, attended country school, and graduated from...

Emmert Arnold Hansen

Emmert Arnold Hansen

Jun 10, 2008

Emmert Arnold Hansen, the son of Sam and Anna Pedersen Hansen, was born February 23, 1920, in Viola Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died June 10, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 3 months, and 17 days. Emmert was baptized in the Lutheran Church. He attended rural schools in Audubon...

Athelea Heath

Athelea Heath

Jun 10, 2008

Athelea I. Heath, 86, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Athelea Irene Heath was born on July 12, 1921, in Audubon, Iowa, the daughter of Maruice and Agnes (Fredericksen) Lambertsen. She graduated from Wiota High School in 1939. Athelea lived in Cass County, Iowa, and the areas surrounding Anita most of...

Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz

Jun 4, 2008

Robert "Bob" Schwartz, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab in Atlantic, Iowa. Robert Wayne Schwartz was born on April 14, 1931, in Cass County, Iowa, the son of Otto Bernhardt and Mabel (Sorenson) Schwartz He attended school in Cass County and graduated from Atlantic High School in 1949. Following graduation...

Charles Edwin Krogh

Charles Edwin Krogh

Jun 3, 2008

Charles Edwin Krogh, the son of Martin and Edith Christensen Krogh, was born May 21, 1926, at his parents home in Greeley Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died June 3, 2008, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, IA at the age of 82 years and 12 days. Charles was baptized at the Exira Lutheran Church. He attended rural schools...

Robert Miller

Robert Miller

May 31, 2008

Robert Dale Miller was born March 2, 1935, the son of Thomas O. and Meta K. (Christensen) Miller in Anita, Iowa, and passed away on Saturday, May 31, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. He spent his childhood in Anita and graduated from the Anita High School in 1953 and worked for Cameron Body Shop....

Florence Mae Parrott

Florence Mae Parrott

May 30, 2008

Florence Mae Parrott, the daughter of Ray and Alice Kopp Bamsey, was born September 12, 1918, at her parents farm near Audubon, Iowa and died May, 30, 2008, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 8 months, and 18 days. Flo was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Audubon. She...

Dale Allen

Dale Allen

May 28, 2008

Dale E. Allen, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at his home in Atlantic. Dale Edward Allen was born on December 10, 1930, in Malvern, Iowa, the son of Dale and Alta (Thiessen) Allen. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. He lived in Malvern, Iowa, until 1935 when his family moved to...

Russ Morgan

Russ Morgan

May 28, 2008

Marvin Russel Morgan the son of Albert Raymond and Emma Loise (Barnholt) Morgan was born on August 23, 1922, in Wiota, Iowa. He graduated from Wiota High School and attended college in Missoula, Montana, before entering the military as a Navy pilot in 1942 serving his country during WW II until 1944. Following his military service, Russ worked for...

Virgil Glenn Hansen

Virgil Glenn Hansen

May 26, 2008

Virgil Glenn Hansen, son of Nels George and Ida Hemmingsen Hansen, was born on October 19, 1928, at Audubon, Iowa and died at his home in Audubon on May 26, 2008, at the age of 79 years, 7 months, and 7 days. Virgil was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Ebenezer Lutheran Church west of Audubon. He was...

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