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Leon Wheatley
Jul 21, 2007
Leon Gail Wheatley, was born April 18, 1919, in Anita, Iowa, to John O. and Katherine E. Simon Wheatley, the 6th son and 8th child born to this union. He departed this life on Saturday, July 21, 2007, in Jacksonville, Arkansas, after an extended illness. He was 88 years old. His early years were spent on his family's farm...
Dorothy Ayers
Jul 17, 2007
Dorothy Curtis Ayers, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Dorothy was born April 18, 1917, on the family farm, north of Massena, Iowa, the daughter of Emanuel and Frances (Bright) Jensen. She was raised north of Massena and graduated from the Massena High School. On August 21,...
Charles Sykes
Jul 12, 2007
Charles B. "Chuck" Sykes, 74, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2007, as the result of an auto accident east of Atlantic, Iowa. Charles Bertram Sykes was born on June 15, 1933, in Brayton, Iowa, the son of Errol and Marie (Nelsen) Sykes. Charles attended Oakfield Country School until the eighth grade. He lived in Cass County...
Marvel Ginkel
Jul 10, 2007
Marvel J. Van Ginkel, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2007, at her home in Atlantic. Marvel Jeannette Van Ginkel was born May 8, 1919, to John R. and Edith F. (Hummel) Crumpacker in Monroe, Iowa. After graduating from Monroe High School, she attended Simpson College in Indianola and was a member of Delta Delta...
K.R. Hill
Jul 7, 2007
Kay R. Hill, 64, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, July 7, 2007 at the Bergan-Mercy Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Kay Russell Hill was born June 25, 1943, in Kadoka, South Dakota, the son of Robert R. and Lucille Byrkit Hill. He grew up in Hot Springs, South Dakota; lived in Brookings, South Dakota for seven years; Strawberry...
Kenneth Schwartz
Jul 5, 2007
Kenneth L. Schwartz, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2007, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. Kenneth Lloyd Schwartz was born on March 17, 1921, in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, the son of Leo Neil and Lillian Rosetta (Dillinger) Schwartz. He served our country in United States Army during World War...
Ruth Vallier
Jun 25, 2007
Ruth M. Vallier, 74, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, June 25, 2007, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Ruth Mae (Nelson) Vallier was born on November 6, 1932, on a farm, south of Brayton, Audubon County, Iowa, the daughter of Roy Cecil and Nellie Margaret (Jensen) Nelson. The family moved to a farm in northern Cass County,...
Helen Wirt
Jun 21, 2007
Helen Wirt, 90, of Denver, CO, (formerly of Atlantic) passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2007, in Denver, Colorado. Helen was born on February 24, 1917, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Michael and Helen (Zbur) Petruska. Helen grew up in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She then lived in Newark, New Jersey, where she met and married her husband, Ralph O....
Lavina Weiss
Jun 19, 2007
Lavina M. Weiss, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Lavina Margaret was born October 22, 1916, in Walnut, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Emma (Scheef) Hansen. She attended country schools and was a graduate of the Walnut High School. Lavina taught school at Monroe District # 1,...
Roma Dresher
Jun 19, 2007
Roma A. Dresher, 97, of Atlantic, IA (formerly of Omaha, NE) passed away June 19, 2007. Her body has been cremated and a memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Sunday, June 24, 2007, in the Hockenberry Family Care Chapel in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic is in charge of the arrangements.
Cortez Stanley
Jun 14, 2007
Cortez G. Stanley, 79, of Anita, Iowa, was called home, Thursday, June 14, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Cortez Gordon Stanley, Jr., was born on October 26, 1927, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Cortez Gordon and Alice Irene (Hamby) Stanley. Cortez joined the United States Navy at the age of 17. He was a member of the...
Andrew Weiss
Jun 13, 2007
Andrew O. "Sunny" Weiss, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Andrew Oren "Sunny" Weiss was born on November 8, 1915, near Manilla, Iowa, the son of Andrew C. and Linnie (Felt) Weiss. He also had four sisters. Sunny graduated from Shelby High School in 1934. He then...
Albert Hepp
Jun 6, 2007
Albert J. Hepp, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, (formerly of Omaha, Nebraska) passed away on Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. A Memorial Mass will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 9, 2007, at the SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic. Al is survived by his wife, Evelyn, of Atlantic; daughter, Susan Zimmerman, and her...
Randy Maraccini
Jun 2, 2007
Randy A. Maraccini, 39, of Atlantic, passed away, Saturday, June 2, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. Cremation has taken place and there will be no services. Randy is survived by his wife, Tammy; father, Louis and his wife, Marilyn of American Falls, ID; brothers, Louis Maraccini, Jr. of Homestead, FL and Chris Maraccini of Tracy, CA; grandmother,...
William Karwal
May 19, 2007
William K. "Bill" Karwal, 69, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday evening, May 19, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. William Koob Karwal was born July 31, 1937, at the Atlantic Hospital, Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Harold and Mary Elizabeth (Miller) Karwal. Bill graduated from the Exira High School in 1956, and on June 24,...
Emmert Andersen
May 16, 2007
Emmert V. Andersen, 92, of Atlantic, passed away, Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Emmert Virgil Andersen was born on June 25, 1914, the son of L.A. and Matilda (Pedersen) Andersen in Greeley Township, Audubon County, Iowa. Emmert graduated from Elk Horn High School in 1932. On November 7, 1938, he was married to Egidia at...
Judy Newby
May 16, 2007
Judy A. Newby, 64, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Judy Ann Newby was born August 9, 1942, in Exira, Iowa, the daughter of Charles and Arletta Johnson Biggs. She grew up in the Exira area where she met Marvin Newby. On December 27, 1965, Judy and Marvin were married...
Edwin Willrich
May 6, 2007
Edwin "Ed" Willrich, 64, of Adair, Iowa passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2007, at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center. Edwin Ernst Willrich was born on November 23, 1942, in a farm house north of Adair in Guthrie County, Iowa, the son of Karl and Anna (Eichthaler) Willrich. Ed lived in the Adair community most of his...
Phyllis Hamilton
May 6, 2007
Phyllis A. Hamilton, 77, a longtime Adair, Iowa, resident, passed away Sunday, May 6, 2007, at the Kavanagh House in West Des Moines, Iowa. Phyllis Alberta Hamilton was born July 25, 1929, on the family farm near Elliott, Iowa, the daughter of Clifford and Leona (Snyder) Armstrong. She graduated from the Griswold High School in 1947, and was a...
Dean Kopp
May 3, 2007
Dean L. Kopp, 81, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, May 3, 2007, at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dean Lenore Coon was born July 6, 1925, at home in Shelby county near Gates, northwest of Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Kenneth and Nellie (Smith) Coon. She attended rural schools in Shelby, Audubon, and Cass counties...
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