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

Marliss Hawkinson

Marliss Hawkinson

Oct 27, 2007

Marly Hawkinson, 77, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2007, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa. Marliss John Hawkinson was born on July 2, 1930, in Nora Township, Minnesota, the son of Carl H. and Agnes (Kopitzke) Hawkinson. He was baptized into the Lutheran Church in September of 1930, at Morris, Minnesota. Marly graduated from...

Mary Ruggles

Mary Ruggles

Oct 22, 2007

Mary M. Denney Ruggles, 83, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, October 22, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Mary Marie Denney Ruggles was born on March 24, 1924, in Exira, Iowa, the daughter of Wesley and Laura Nielsen Chase. She attended school in Exira and graduated from Exira High School in 1942. On July 23, 1942, Mary married...

Lavone Cappel

Lavone Cappel

Oct 22, 2007

Lavone Cappel, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, October 22, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Lavone Cappel was born July 17, 1918, in Edgewood, Iowa, the daughter of Don Glazier and Beulah Randolph. She attended school in Independence, Iowa, was homecoming queen in the fall of 1935 and graduated in the spring of 1936....

Keith Ticknor

Keith Ticknor

Oct 21, 2007

Keith Ticknor, 66, of Camdenton, Missouri, and formerly of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2007, at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, from complications of Multiple Myeloma. Keith Allen Ticknor was born on December 15, 1940, in Casey, Iowa, the son of Allen and Lucile (Whetstone) Ticknor. He lived on a farm north of Anita, Iowa, in...

Doris Allen

Doris Allen

Oct 19, 2007

Doris A. Allen, 71, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, October 19, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Doris Ann Allen was born April 18, 1936, in Cumberland, Iowa, where she was raised by maternal grandparents Frederic and Malinda Schrader. She was baptized in the Methodist Church in Cumberland and graduated from Cumberland High School in...

Duane Suplee

Duane Suplee

Oct 14, 2007

Duane T. Suplee, 61, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2007 at his home in Anita. Duane Terry Suplee was born on August 17, 1946, at the Adair Hospital in Adair, Iowa, the son of Lester H. and Beatrice L. (Mortensen) Suplee. He graduated from Anita High School in 1965. Duane worked several jobs, including delivering the...

Gladys Carlson

Gladys Carlson

Oct 13, 2007

Gladys L. Carlson, 79, a lifelong Anita, Iowa, resident, passed way Saturday, October 13, 2007, at the Colonial Manor in Anita. Gladys Louisa Carlson, was born August 19, 1928, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Lawrence H. and Leona M. (Witte) Carlson. She attended school in Anita and graduated from Anita High School in 1947. After graduation Gladys worked...

Raymond Flathers

Raymond Flathers

Oct 8, 2007

Raymond "Dude" Flathers, 61, of Lewis, Iowa, (formerly of Atlantic) passed away Monday, October 8, 2007, at his home in Lewis. Raymond Leonard Flathers was born on May 8, 1946, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Harley and Rosemary (Stormer) Flathers. Ray was born and raised in Atlantic and moved to Massena, Iowa, when he was 16. He graduated...

Marvin Howell

Marvin Howell

Oct 7, 2007

Marvin J. Howell, 69, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 6, 2007, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Marvin John Howell was born on August 10, 1938, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Marvin Hewitt and Dorothy Elizabeth (Wade) Howell. He was baptized at the First Baptist Church in Colfax, Iowa. After his departure...

Leona Herren

Leona Herren

Oct 4, 2007

Leona Heeren, 94, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, October 4, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Leona Elizabeth Tibken Heeren was born May 29, 1913, the daughter of Fritz & Elise "Lizzie" (Euken) Tibken. She was baptized in the home of her parents on June 22, 1923, by Pastor F.W. Heinke of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church. She...

Louise Krogman

Louise Krogman

Oct 1, 2007

Louise A. Krogman, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, October 1, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Louise Matilda Anna Krogman was born January 17, 1910, south of Wiota in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Theodor and Eleonore (Schmieding) Krogman. She attended Cumberland schools and graduated from Cumberland High School in 1927. She extended her education...

Gertrude Anderson

Gertrude Anderson

Sep 25, 2007

Gertrude "Wini" Anderson, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, (formerly of the Lyman and Griswold areas) passed away September 25, 2007, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Gertrude Winifred Anderson was born on June 12, 1919, in Rockford Township, Pottawattamie County, near Loveland, Iowa, the daughter of Roy Noble and Anna Barbara (Henry) Hildebrand. She grew up on a farm northwest...

Wally Roscoe

Wally Roscoe

Sep 23, 2007

Wally Roscoe, 79, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday evening, Sept. 23, 2007, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic. Wallace Ray Roscoe was born January 23, 1928, in Lafayette, Indiana, to Bernice (Antcliff) and Franklin W. Roscoe. A sister, Ellen Jean was born when the family lived in Danville, Illinois. In December of 1944, the family...

Benjamin Sanders

Benjamin Sanders

Sep 22, 2007

Benjamin J. Sanders, Jr., 59, of Des Moines, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2007, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des, Moines, Iowa. He was born December 31, 1947, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Ben and Evelyn (Hunt) Sanders. Ben attended High School in Anita, Iowa, and was a 1967 graduate. He then...

Jeannie Brodersen

Jeannie Brodersen

Sep 4, 2007

Jeannie Delores Brodersen, former Cass County Recorder, passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2007, at the age of 76 at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, where she had been a patient for two days. She was born on December 10, 1930, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Bernard F. and Madeline A. (Holleran) Brodersen. Jeannie was a...

Norma Jayne

Norma Jayne

Sep 3, 2007

Norma Jean Jayne, 76, a longtime Exira resident, passed away Monday, September 3, at the Exira Care Center, Exira, Iowa. Norma Jean Jayne was born on May 31, 1931, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Verl and Ethel (Templeman) Freeman. She lived the majority of her life in Exira and graduated from Exira High School. Jeanie married Gus Struble...

William Bergen

William Bergen

Aug 24, 2007

William H. Von Bergen, 90, of Twin Falls, Idaho (formerly of Casey, Iowa) passed away Friday, August 24, 2007. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 4, 2007, at Oakwood Cemetery in Casey, Iowa. Hockenberry-Mullen Funeral Home in Casey is in charge of the arrangements.

Helen Redburn

Helen Redburn

Aug 23, 2007

Helen M. Redburn 97, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, August 23, 2007, at the Colonial Manor in Anita. Helen Marjorie Scarlett was born on January 21, 1910, in Nevada, Missouri, the daughter of John Frederick and Ella (Scholl) Scarlett. She lived in Missouri until she was seven when her and her family moved to Anita. Helen graduated from...

Melodie Rubel

Melodie Rubel

Aug 21, 2007

Melodie A. Rubel, 49, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Melodie Ann Rubel was born February 18, 1958, in Greenfield, Iowa, the daughter of Ray D. and Marilyn A. (Bireline) Chesnut. She was raised on a farm northwest of Adair, Iowa. On March 9, 1958, she was baptized...

William Miller

William Miller

Aug 12, 2007

William W. Miller, 74, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on August 12, 2007, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. William Wendell Miller was born on January 23, 1933, to Lewis Dale and Elva (Bolton) Miller in the Wheeler Grove area near Carson, Iowa. In December of 1952, he was married to Mildred Botts. Bill graduated from Elliott...

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