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

Gilbert Mccurdy

Gilbert Mccurdy

Jan 5, 2008

Gilbert "Gib" McCurdy, 77, of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2008, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Gilbert Floyd McCurdy was born April 5, 1930, in Cumberland, Iowa the son of George and Alma (Aldag) McCurdy. He farmed south of Cumberland, and about 16 years ago retired and moved into Cumberland. Gib lived a simple life...

Everett Muller

Everett Muller

Jan 1, 2008

Everett Muller, 88, of Lyman, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2008, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Everett Ellis Muller was born on November 27, 1919, in Noble Township, Cass County, Iowa, the son of Ellis and Esther (Schuler) Muller. He was a lifelong Cass County resident. Everett attended area country schools and graduated from...

Rodney Wester

Rodney Wester

Dec 31, 2007

Rodney D. Wester, 48, of Anita, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, passed away Monday, December 31, 2007, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Rodney Dale Wester was born November 29, 1959, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Eric Emerson and Gladys J. (Christensen) Wester. He was raised in Atlantic and attended school in the Atlantic School...

Margaret Miller

Margaret Miller

Dec 31, 2007

Margaret H. McMurphy Miller, 84, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Adair, Iowa, passed away Monday, December 31, 2007, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Margaret Helen McMurphy Miller was born September 10, 1923, on a farm south of Adair, Iowa, the daughter of Charlie and Minnie (Heckman) McMurphy. She grew up in Adair, attended country school, then graduated...

Jean Whetstone

Jean Whetstone

Dec 26, 2007

Jean A. Whetstone, 78, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2007, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, Iowa. Jean was born in Davenport, Iowa, to William N. and Mabel E. (Whitmer) Rorick on June 13, 1929. Her parents were from Wilton, Iowa, and she grew up in the Wilton area where she attended rural school. She graduated from Wilton Junction...

Ralph Kopaska, Jr.

Ralph Kopaska, Jr.

Dec 21, 2007

Ralph "Bud" Kopaska, 76, of Atlantic, IA, (formerly of Casey) passed away Friday, December 21, 2007, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, battling a lengthy illness with kidney failure. Ralph "Bud" Kopaska Jr. was born October 7, 1931, in Guthrie County, Iowa, the son of Ralph Frank, Sr. and Clara Alice (Shank) Kopaska. He grew up...

Dale Lantz

Dale Lantz

Dec 20, 2007

Dale Dean Lantz, 74, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2007, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Dale was born August 24, 1933, in Eureka Township, Adair County, Iowa, the son of Earl H. and Mildred M. (Taylor) Lantz. He attended country schools in Adair and Cass counties, graduating from Anita High School in...

Robert Fagan

Robert Fagan

Dec 19, 2007

Robert J. Fagan, 84, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Robert Joseph Fagan was born on November 3, 1923, in Adair County, Iowa, the son of Marcus and Ruth (Dolan) Fagan. He grew up in Adair and graduated from Adair High School in 1940. Following graduation he...

Rita Mehaffey

Rita Mehaffey

Dec 9, 2007

Rita M. (Thomson) Mehaffey, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Rita Maxine Thomson Mehaffey was born September 27, 1919, on a farm south of Griswold, Iowa, the daughter of Herbert C. Thomson and Harriet Pearl Conklin. Rita grew up in the Griswold and Atlantic communities, graduated from Atlantic High School...

Leo Jacobsen

Leo Jacobsen

Dec 5, 2007

Leo M. Jacobsen, 83, of West Des Moines, Iowa, and a former Adair, Iowa resident, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at the Kavanagh House in Des Moines. Leo Milford Jacobsen was born June 12, 1924, on the family farm near Exira, Iowa, the son of Hans and Dorothy (Jessen) Jacobsen. He was raised in the Exira area and...

Rex Wesack

Rex Wesack

Dec 3, 2007

Rex Wesack, 64, of Adair, Iowa, passed away December 3, 2007, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Merle Rex Wesack was born on May 11, 1943, in Adair, Iowa, the son of Merle William and Elnora (Tibben) Wesack. He grew up in Adair and graduated from Adair High School in 1961. Rex then attended Northwest Missouri State...

Juanita Hargens

Juanita Hargens

Dec 2, 2007

Juanita C. Hargens, 84, of Brayton, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2007, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa. Juanita Catherine Kroeger was born on December 31, 1922, in Arcadia, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Margaret (Erdman) Kroeger. She was a graduate of Westside High School in Westside, Iowa. On December 1, 1942, she was...

Melvin Wedemeyer

Melvin Wedemeyer

Nov 29, 2007

Melvin C. Wedemeyer, 90, of Adair, passed away November 29, 2007, at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center. Melvin Chris Wedemeyer was born on December 18, 1916, on the family farm in Guthrie County, Iowa, the son of George and Alma (Christensen) Wedemeyer. He graduated from Adair High School in 1936. Following graduation he joined the United States...

Helen Freund

Helen Freund

Nov 28, 2007

Helen Dorothy Freund, 87, of Lewis, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Helen Dorothy Freund was born January 26, 1920, on a farm near Earling, Iowa, the daughter of John Peter and Ida E. (Schimerowski) Zimmer. She was raised and lived near Earling until she moved to Cass County...

Eleanor Sornson

Eleanor Sornson

Nov 22, 2007

Eleanor Sornson, 102, a lifelong Elk Horn, Iowa, area resident passed away Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2007, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. Eleanor was born November 10, 1905, on the family farm in Shelby County, Iowa, the daughter of M.J. and Inger Maria Peitersen Madsen. She was a 1925 graduate of the Elk Horn High School...

Kerry Dunn

Kerry Dunn

Nov 21, 2007

Kerry Sue Dunn, 57, of Oak Ridge, Missouri, passed away peacefully at her home on November 21, 2007, after a long and courageous battle with Huntington's Disease. Kerry "Sue" was born January 7, 1950, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Glen and Darlene (Tibben) Gustafson. She grew up in Adair, Iowa, graduating from high school in 1968. Kerry married...

Irene Maxwell

Irene Maxwell

Nov 6, 2007

Irene L. Maxwell, 93, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Irene Laura Maxwell was born January 20, 1914, in Audubon Township, Audubon County, Iowa, to John H. and Frieda (Damman) Petri. She was baptized on March 15, 1914, and confirmed April 1, 1928, at St. John's Lutheran Church northwest...

Clara Mitchell

Clara Mitchell

Nov 6, 2007

Clara E. Mitchell, 87, of Omaha, Nebraska, originally from Anita, Iowa, and formerly of Tacoma, Washington, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at Select Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Clara Elizabeth Wiese was born on December 13, 1919, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Hugo and Hattie (Swartz) Wiese. She graduated from Anita High School. Following graduation she moved to...

Patricia Krause

Patricia Krause

Nov 4, 2007

Patricia E. Krause, 91, of Greenfield, Iowa, (formerly of Adair) passed away Sunday, November 4, 2007, at Greenfield Manor. Patricia Ebba Lovell was born on March 2, 1916, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Ebba (Olson) Lovell. She graduated from Adair High School in 1933. On September 3, 1934, she was united in marriage to Walter...

Bertha Waters

Bertha Waters

Nov 3, 2007

Bertha C. Waters, 88, lifelong resident of the Atlantic and Massena areas, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2007, at Risen Son Christian Village in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bertha Catherine Waters was born April 14, 1919, on the family farm in Victoria Township, south of Massena, Iowa. She was the daughter of Frank Patrick and Rachel Agnes (Cruise) Clinton. Bertha...

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