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Keith Staples
Apr 13, 2008
Keith Staples the son of Charles and Francis (Bussie) Staples, was born September 9, 1931 in Cavalier, ND and died April 13, 2008, at his home in Omaha, NE at the age of 76 years, 7 months, and 4 days. Keith attended school in Cavalier and served his country in the Army during the Korean Conflict from 1952 until he...
Leroy John Obermeier
Apr 13, 2008
LeRoy John Obermeier, the son of Frank and Catherine Bohlman Obermeier, was born August 21, 1931, at his parents home near Templeton, Iowa and died April 13, 2008, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 76 years, 7 months, and 22 days. LeRoy was baptized at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Templeton and later confirmed...
Boyd Kading
Apr 12, 2008
C. Boyd Kading, 91, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 12, 2008, at The New Homestead in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Carl Boyd Kading was born November 6, 1916, at the family farm in Walnut Township, Adair County, Iowa, the son of Otto F. and Anna M. (Hain) Kading. Boyd grew up on the family farm and farmed his...
Leroy Peter Larsen
Apr 10, 2008
LeRoy Peter Larsen, the son of Lawrence and Margaret Hansen Larsen was born April 22, 1919 at his parents home near Elk Horn, Iowa and died April 10, 2008 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 11 months and 18 days. LeRoy was baptized and confirmed at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church...
Bernice Raper
Apr 9, 2008
Bernice E. Raper, 88, of Urbandale, Iowa, (formerly of Casey and Stuart, Iowa) passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at Urbandale Health and Rehabilitation Center. Bernice Ester Chase was born on August 22, 1919, in Fillmore, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Ester Chase. When Bernice was three her mother passed away and at the age of six was...
Donald Abel
Apr 8, 2008
Donald L. Abel, 71, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2008, in his garden doing what he loved. Donald Lee Abel, was born March 28, 1937, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Burl H. and Lydia B. (Smith) Abel. At his birth, the family lived in Malvern, Iowa, and upon his parent's deaths,...
Leo Wright
Apr 7, 2008
Leo Wright, 86, of Casey, Iowa, passed away, Monday, April 7, 2008, at Select Specialty Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Leo L Wright was born on January 13, 1922, in Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Uri Land and Eva Helen (Goochey) Wright. He lived in Audubon County for a short time before his family moved to Guthrie County where...
Raymond Stein
Apr 5, 2008
Raymond H. Stein, 73, of Lewis, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Raymond Henry Stein, the son of Michael Ambrose and Isabelle Mary (Foxhoven) Stein, was born July 2, 1934, northwest of Portsmouth, Iowa, on the family farm. He attended country school through the eighth grade, later earning...
Wanda Brown
Apr 4, 2008
Wanda M. Brown, 86, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 4, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic, after a short illness. Wanda Mae Brown was born February 10, 1922, at home in Audubon County, the first born child of Roy G. and Alta (Hutchins) Aupperle. She attended rural school in Adair County and graduated from...
Mabel Ruth
Apr 4, 2008
Mabel M. Ruth, 92, of Tabor, Iowa, (formerly of the Adair-Casey area) passed away, Friday, April 4, 2008, at the Tabor Manor Care Center. Mabel Marie Kading was born on September 22, 1915, the daughter of Charles and Anna (Stolk) Kading in Adair County, Iowa. She was baptized on November 14, 1915, and confirmed on April 13, 1930, at...
Evelyn Augusta Tessman
Apr 3, 2008
Evelyn Augusta Tessman, the daughter of Fred J. and Sophia J. Grulke Wendt, was born in Pottawattamie County, near Walnut, Iowa on June 10, 1912. She entered into rest April 3, 2008 at the Friendship Home in Audubon at the age of 95 years, 9 months, and 23 days. She was baptized at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Atlantic, IA...
Owen William Turk
Apr 3, 2008
Owen William Turk, the son of William and Edna Cartwright Turk, was born April 3, 1927, at his parents home near Atlantic, Iowa and died April 3, 2008, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 81 years.     Owen attended Atlantic Community Schools. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Cavalry in 1945. During his tour...
Donald Schaaf
Apr 3, 2008
Donald Schaaf, 86, of Wiota, Iowa, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2008, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Donald Schaaf was born September 24, 1921, in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, the son of Louie and Dora Schaaf. He grew up in Pottawattamie County, and attended school in the Walnut school system. He was united in marriage to Marcella Eilts on...
Helen Holtz
Apr 3, 2008
Helen M. Holtz, 86, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2008, at the Clarehouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Helen Marie Stinn was born on April 2, 1922, in Panama, Iowa, the daughter of Casper and Regina (Bauer) Stinn. She was raised in the Panama, Iowa, area and later moved to Walnut, Iowa....
Arlene Shafer
Apr 2, 2008
Arlene V. Shafer, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Arlene Virginia Shafer was born April 14, 1916, in Cumberland, Iowa, the daughter of John M. and Gertrude (Stackhouse) Lattimer. She was a lifelong Cass County, Iowa, resident. Prior to her graduation from the Cumberland High School, Arlene played...
Thelma Lorraine Fritsch
Apr 1, 2008
Thelma Lorraine Fritsch, the daughter of Issac Charles and Anna Marie Elizabeth Buthweg Merk, was born February 11, 1917, at her grandmothers home in rural Audubon County, Iowa and died April 1, 2008 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 1 month, and 20 days. Thelma was baptized by Pastor Schultz at...
M. Fredericksen
Apr 1, 2008
LaVern Fredericksen, 86, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. Martin LaVern Fredericksen was born on December 8, 1921, in Kimballton, Iowa, the son of Martin Fred and Carrie (Petersen) Fredericksen. He was baptized and confirmed at the Bethany Lutheran Church, northeast of Kimballton. He served his...
Charles Rudolph Jones
Mar 31, 2008
Charles R. Jones was born Oct. 25, 1926, in Lundell, Arkansas to Charles (Fate) Jones & Pearl V. (Snyder) Jones. He was one of nine children and the only one who lived over 20 miles from his folks. He died March 31, 2008 at the Memorial Community Hospital and Health System in Blair, Nebraska at the age of 81 years,...
Donald Nelson
Mar 31, 2008
Donald L.Nelson, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 31, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Donald Leroy Nelson was born April 13, 1930, in rural Audubon County, the son of Lars and Eunice (Cooley) Nelson. Early in his life, Donald lived in Audubon County and attended school in Exira. Later his family moved to...
Inez Smith
Mar 27, 2008
Inez L. Smith, 68, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab in Atlantic. Inez Louise Murphy was born on February 2, 1940, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Glen Ernst and Helen Lorine (Lawton) Murphy. Inez is survived by her sons, Gary Jameson and his wife, Paula of Lewis, Iowa, Larry...
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