Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Meryl Whetstone

Meryl Whetstone

Mar 4, 2007

Meryl L. Whetstone, 80, of Stuart, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2007 at the Kavanagh House in Des Moines. Meryl LeRoy Whetstone was born March 5, 1926, in Thompson Township near Casey, Iowa, the son of Walter R. and Maggie (Sloss) Whetstone. He attended rural grade school in Thompson Township, spent one year in the Guthrie Center High...

Jero Guzinski

Jero Guzinski

Mar 2, 2007

Jero D. Guzinski, 62, of Casey, Iowa, passed away, Friday, March 2, 2007, at his home in rural Casey. Jero Darrel Guzinski was born on January 12, 1945, in Jefferson, Iowa, the son of Pete and Helen (Waryden) Guzinski. Jero attended school in Panora, Iowa, and graduated from Panora High School in 1963. On February 27, 1965, he was...

Robert Watson

Robert Watson

Mar 1, 2007

Robert D. Watson, 54, of Wiota, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Robert Dale Watson was born October 28, 1952 in Terre Haute, Indiana, the son of Walter and Wilma (Rowe) Watson. On May 28, 1975, Robert married Linda Franklin in Folkston, Georgia. He had lived in Shenandoah, Red Oak...

Georgia Andersen

Georgia Andersen

Feb 27, 2007

Georgia C. Andersen, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at the Colonial Manor in Anita. Georgia Claretta Andersen was born on May 1, 1921, in Hemmingford, Nebraska, the daughter of George and Bertha Marie (Jensen) Jessen. Shortly after her birth they moved to a farm north of Walnut, Iowa. She attended school in Walnut and...

Pearl Scarf

Pearl Scarf

Feb 26, 2007

Pearl L. Scarf, 97, of Atlantic, passed away Monday, February 26, 2007, at the Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Pearl Louise Scarf was born on July 4, 1909, in Guthrie County, Iowa, the daughter of Adam and Emilie (Pross) Krause. Pearl grew up on a farm southeast of Anita. She attended country school through the 8th grade in Anita....

Marian Carstens

Marian Carstens

Feb 24, 2007

Marian E. Carstens, 97, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2007, at The New Homestead in Guthrie Center, Iowa Marian E. Carstens was born on January 11, 1910, in Casey, Iowa, the daughter of Warren E. and Grace (Thompsen) Cline. She attended school and graduated from Casey High School. On October 19, 1928, she was married to...

Pauline Harris

Pauline Harris

Feb 22, 2007

Pauline M. Harris, 77, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Pauline Marie Harris was born March 23, 1929 in Section 1 of Lincoln Township, Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Howard S. and Phyllis J. (Steele) Gissibl. She graduated from the Anita High School in 1946 and taught...

Eloise Lytle

Eloise Lytle

Feb 19, 2007

Eloise J. Lytle, 81, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, February 19, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Eloise Jones Lytle was born on September 17, 1925, the daughter of Seabron O. and Beulah M. (McCarty) Jones in Ideal, Macon County, Georgia. Eloise grew up and lived on a farm near Ideal, Georgia, and graduated from...

Arlow Boysen

Arlow Boysen

Feb 17, 2007

Arlow Boysen, 94, of Wiota, Iowa, passed away Saturday, February 17, 2007, at the Colonial Manor in Anita. Arlow Boysen was born on June 8, 1912, on a farm in Audubon County, the son of Boy Nels and Marie (Gregersen) Boysen. He grew up on a farm in Audubon County and attended country school through the 8th grade. Arlow...

Rosmarie Hansen

Rosmarie Hansen

Feb 15, 2007

Rosmarie E. Hansen, 43, of Griswold, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 15, 2007, at Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, Iowa. Rosmarie Ellen Hansen was born June 12, 1963, to Glenn F. and Patricia A. (Jeppesen) Magill in Denver, Colorado. The family lived in Colorado for a while and moved back to Iowa...

Norman Gundy

Norman Gundy

Feb 12, 2007

Norman G. Gundy, 88, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, February 12, 2007, at the Colonial Manor in Anita. Norman George Gundy was born on February 14, 1918, the son of George and Martha Marie (Felkner) Gundy. Norman grew up near Walnut, Iowa and attended country schools in that area. On February 12, 1947, Norman married Betty Ann Erickson...

Lorranie South

Lorranie South

Feb 11, 2007

Lorraine I. South, 75, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away at her residence Sunday, February 11, 2007, following a long courageous battle with cancer. Lorraine was born November 30, 1931, in Pearson, Wisconsin, the daughter of Al and Alice (Monnot) Nonnemacher. She attended the Eagle River School System in Eagle River, Wisconsin, where she graduated from high school. A memorial...

Leta Meyer

Leta Meyer

Feb 9, 2007

Leta Eileen Reynolds Meyer was born March 4, 1925, in Eagle Grove, Iowa, the fifth of nine children for Bernice (Kinsella) and Lyle Reynolds. She was raised in Algona, Iowa, where she graduated from St. Cecilia's Academy in 1944. Following graduation, she was hired as a telephone operator at the prisoner of war camp west of Algona. After World...

Georgene Mardesen

Georgene Mardesen

Feb 8, 2007

Georgene L. Mardesen, 86, of Papillion, Nebraska, formerly of Adair, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 8, 2007, after a courageous battle with cancer. Georgene was born in Adair, Iowa, to George R. and Clara (Wahe) Parrott. She graduated from Adair High School in 1939 and went on to attend college at Cedar Falls, IA, Drake University, Washburn...

C. Wedemeyer

C. Wedemeyer

Feb 8, 2007

C. Donal Wedemeyer, 82, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 8, 2007, at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Clair Donal Wedemeyer was born on February 21, 1924, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of George Henry and Alma Lara (Christenson) Wedemeyer. He grew up on the family farm in Guthrie County, north of Adair, along with...

Duane Kluever

Duane Kluever

Feb 5, 2007

Duane F. Kluever, 73, of Anita, Iowa, passed away February 5, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Franklin Duane Kluever was born on the family farm on May 24, 1933, the son of Raymond Emil and Ida (Sorensen) Kluever. He lived most of his life south of Anita and graduated from Anita High School. On February 8, 1953,...

Lavonne Collins

Lavonne Collins

Feb 4, 2007

LaVonne A. Collins, 84, of Guthrie Center, Iowa, passed away February 4, 2007, at The New Homestead in Guthrie Center, IA. LaVonne Avis Collins was born on January 4, 1923, the daughter of James Pearl and Della Jane (Morgan) Beeson in Seeley Township, Iowa. LaVonne attended school in Guthrie Center and lived their for all of her life. On...

Donald Mehlmann

Donald Mehlmann

Feb 2, 2007

Donald W. Mehlmann, 86, of Anita, Iowa, passed away on Friday, February 2, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Donald William Mehlmann was born on July 18, 1920, in Cass County, Iowa, the son of John William and Leah Belle (Watson) Mehlmann. Don lived in the Anita Area all of his life and graduated from...

Ruth Brindley

Ruth Brindley

Jan 25, 2007

Ruth M. Brindley, 82, a lifelong Atlantic Iowa resident, passed away Thursday, January 25, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Ruth Marie Brindley was born May 9, 1924, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence and Grace (Hunter) Palmer. She graduated from the Atlantic High School in 1942 and during WWII worked for the telephone company....

Raymond Mehaffey

Raymond Mehaffey

Jan 23, 2007

Raymond C. Mehaffey, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Raymond Charles Mehaffey was born on January 26, 1916 in North Bend, Nebraska the son of Charles Bridges and Margaret (Overend) Siders. Raymond grew up in North Bend, Nebraska, and graduated from North Bend High School. On September...

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