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

Milo Mcconnell

Milo Mcconnell

May 6, 2008

Milo G. "Mike" McConnell, 73, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at Creighton Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, after a lengthy illness. Milo was born on February 25, 1935, in Decatur County, Iowa, the son of Alva and Olive (Hall) McConnell, one of eleven children. He was raised in the southeastern Iowa area and graduated from...

James Rich

James Rich

May 6, 2008

James Andrew Rich, 70, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 06, 2008, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. A visitation, with the family present, will be held Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Andy has been cremated and no other services are planned. Andy is survived by his...

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

May 5, 2008

Robert Clarence Brown was born on February 28, 1926, to Clarence and B. Muriel (Thompson) Brown in Atlantic, Iowa. He passed away on May 5, 2008, at the age of 82. Bob was born in Atlantic and moved to the family farm north of Wiota when he was 8 years old with his family and his dog, Shep. One...

Marie Knop

Marie Knop

May 4, 2008

Marie N. Knop, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, May 4, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Marie Nettie Knop was born July 7, 1919, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Otto C. and Lillian (Parmley) Rogge. She went to school in Atlantic and graduated with the class of 1938. During high school, she met Donald Knop...

Luene Guthrie

Luene Guthrie

May 3, 2008

Luene M. Guthrie, 95, of Greenfield, Iowa, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Greenfield Manor in Greenfield, where she had resided for the past seven years. Luene Mildred Barnhouse was born in Beaver Township, Guthrie County, Iowa, on Feburary 28, 1913, the third of four children, to Emma Etta Mains and Charles Eldridge Barnhouse. She attended country school...

Lois Mcdermott

Lois Mcdermott

May 2, 2008

Lois D. McDermott, 81, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, May 2, 2008, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Lois Darlene McDermott was born April 10, 1927, in her parents' home in Cumberland, Iowa, to Bernard J. (B.J.) and Pauline D. (Bannick) Steffens. Lois was raised in the Anita area and attended the Wiota School, graduating in 1944. During...

Alta Vivian Petersen

Alta Vivian Petersen

May 1, 2008

Alta Vivian Petersen, the daughter of Julius and Anna Rasmussen Fischer, was born November 11, 1920, at her parents home near Walnut, Iowa and died May 1, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 5 months, and 20 days. Alta was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Walnut. She...

Daleth O'Neall Wulf

Daleth O'Neall Wulf

Apr 29, 2008

Daleth ONeall Wulf, the daughter of Lemuel Arthur and Vena Irene ONeall Arnold, was born August 11, 1916, in Lamoni, Iowa and died April 29, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 8 months, and 18 days. Daleth was baptized in the Methodist Church then later confirmed at Holy Trinity Catholic Church...

Janice Ellen Swesey

Janice Ellen Swesey

Apr 28, 2008

Janice Ellen Swesey, the daughter of Alfred and Marie Berg Winther, was born February 12, 1939 at her parents home west of Audubon, Iowa and died April 28, 2008 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 69 years, 2 months and 16 days.   Janice was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Audubon.  She...

Scott Hockenberry

Scott Hockenberry

Apr 27, 2008

Scott A. Hockenberry, 58, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2008, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Scott Allan Hockenberry was born April 8, 1950, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Donald Scott and Cora Maxine (Herrick) Hockenberry. He attended grade school in the last country school in the Atlantic area and went to Atlantic High School, graduating...

Donna Lou Toft

Donna Lou Toft

Apr 26, 2008

Donna Lou Toft, the daughter of Carl J. and Lola I. Tibben Voss was born January 22, 1933 at her parents home east of Exira, IA and died April 26, 2008 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, IA at the age of 75 years, 3 months and 4 days. Donna Lou was baptized and confirmed at St. Johns...

Lester Joe Arthur Staub

Lester Joe Arthur Staub

Apr 24, 2008

Lester Arthur Staub, the son of Arthur R. and Louisa M. Schirmer Staub was born December 19, 1916 at his parents home in Augusta, Iowa and died April 24, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 4 months, and 5 days.      Joe was baptized and confirmed at St Marys Catholic Church in Augusta....

Erma May Rucker

Erma May Rucker

Apr 19, 2008

Erma May Rucker, the daughter of Hans and Amelia Blom Jorgensen, was born July 28, 1918 at her parents home in rural Cass County near Atlantic, Iowa and died April 19, 2008 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 8 months and 21 days. Erma was baptized February 1, 1919 at the Oak...

Irma Matilda Sander

Irma Matilda Sander

Apr 19, 2008

Irma Matilda Sander, the daughter of Henry and Emma Brinker Snyder, was born December 20, 1907 at her parents home in Breda, Iowa and died April 19, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 100 years, 3 months, and 29 days.      Irma was baptized and confirmed at St. Bernards Catholic Church in Breda. She attended...

Walter Gettler

Walter Gettler

Apr 19, 2008

Walter Gettler, 84, of Greenfield, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Greenfield Manor in Greenfield, Iowa. Walter Nelson Gettler was born on October 31, 1923, in Valley Falls, Kansas, the son of William and Mary (Mosman) Gettler. He attended country school and the Catholic Parochial School in Coon Rapids, Iowa. Walter then returned home to help on...

Dorothy Smith

Dorothy Smith

Apr 19, 2008

Dorothy I. Smith, 98, of Exira, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008, at the Exira Care Center in Exira. Dorothy Irene Hammontree was born on May 15, 1909, in Sheridan, Wyoming, the daughter of Andrew Ray and Beulah (Townsend) Hammontree. On March 6, 1926, she was united in marriage to Theodore Smith in Sheridan, Wyoming. In 1928, they...

Betty Anderson

Betty Anderson

Apr 18, 2008

Betty S. Anderson, 70, of Brayton, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 18, 2008, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. Betty Sue Harrell was born on February 18, 1938, in Atoka, Oklahoma, the daughter of Troy and Theresa (Salmon) Harrell. The family later moved to Texarkana, Texas, where she lived for 35 years until moving to Iowa. On...

Wilma Templeman

Wilma Templeman

Apr 18, 2008

Wilma Templeman, 98, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 18, 2008, at the Allen House in Atlantic. Wilma Eleanor Smith was born June 11, 1909, in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of William and Eleanor (Sawyer) Smith. She attended Technical High School in Omaha. In 1925 she was united in marriage to C. Van Harlan. They farmed in the...

Harold Benjamin Hoegh

Harold Benjamin Hoegh

Apr 14, 2008

Harold Benjamin Hoegh, the son of Benjamin C. and Emma Clausen Hoegh, was born May 13, 1921, at his parents home in Oakfield Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died April 14, 2008, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 11 months, and 1 day.      Harold was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in...

Delores Fleming

Delores Fleming

Apr 14, 2008

Delores Fleming went to her Heavenly Home at the age of 77, on Monday, April 14, 2008, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. She was the 10th of 12 children, born December 18, 1930, to Albert and Luella Mae Gray in Thurman, Iowa. She attended Thurman schools until her graduation. On August 27, 1949, she was married...

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