Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

Emily Mccullough

Emily Mccullough

Aug 11, 2007

Emily Jean McCullough was born Saturday, August 11, 2007, at the Stewart Memorial Community Hospital in Lake City, Iowa. After spending several minutes on Earth, God called her back to heaven. She was the daughter of Randy and Stacey (Veach) McCullough of Gowrie, Iowa. Emily is survived by her parents, Randy and Stacey McCullough of Gowrie, Iowa; her maternal...

Mary Houchin

Mary Houchin

Aug 11, 2007

Mary "Elizabeth" Houchin, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, (formerly of Anita), passed away Saturday, August 11, 2007, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Mary Elizabeth Houchin was born May 18, 1910, on a farm in Adair County, Iowa, the daughter of George and Pearl (Crees) Anderson. She attended rural school in Adair County and graduated from Greenfield High. After graduation...

Leila Zike

Leila Zike

Aug 8, 2007

Leila Zike, 75, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2007, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. Leila Fay Zike was born on August 21, 1931, in Bridgewater, Iowa, the daughter of Samuel Hutton and Bertha Eunice (Jensen) Mitchell. She graduated from the Fontanelle High School in 1949. Leila was a member of the Zion...

Marjorie Grubbs

Marjorie Grubbs

Aug 5, 2007

Marjorie Grubbs, 81, of Adair, Iowa, passed away from cancer Sunday evening, August 5, 2007, at her residence. Marjorie Alice Grubbs was born December 9, 1925, in rural Lewis, Iowa, to George and Lena (Beisser) Kirchhoff. She attended Lewis School and graduated in 1943. She married Bernard Grubbs on March 2, 1952, in the Methodist Parsonage in Lewis. After...

Ivan Brix

Ivan Brix

Aug 4, 2007

Ivan W. Brix, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 4, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Ivan Walter Brix was born on January 9, 1919, on a farm east of Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Henry and Grace (Walter) Brix. He was raised on that same farm. Ivan graduated from the Atlantic High School...

Russell Hoegh

Russell Hoegh

Aug 3, 2007

Russell Hoegh, 64, a lifelong Atlantic, Iowa, resident, passed away Friday, August 3, 2007, at his home. Russell Eugene Hoegh was born May 27, 1943, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Wilbert Clausen and Esther Ellnor (Mumgaard) Hoegh. He graduated from the Atlantic High School in 1962 and then attended the Universal Trade School in Omaha, Nebraska. On October...

Ted Wohlenhaus

Ted Wohlenhaus

Jul 30, 2007

Ted W. Wohlenhaus, 84, of Cumberland, passed away Monday, July 30, 2007, at his home in Cumberland. Ted William Wohlenhaus was born on August 10, 1922, in Cass County, Iowa, the son of Dietrich F. and Bessie Roberta (Brindley) Wohlenhaus. He was a resident of Cass County his entire life and attended the Atlantic High School. Ted farmed for...

Darleen Euken

Darleen Euken

Jul 27, 2007

Darleen Euken, 85, a lifelong Cass County resident, passed away Friday, July 27, 2007, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Darleen was born October 12, 1921, in Cumberland, Iowa, the daughter of John and Lula (Howell) Mattheis. She graduated from Cumberland High School in 1939 and attended Drake University. At the age of 23, Darleen...

Leon Wheatley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Roma Dresher

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.

Lavina Weiss

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,...

Cortez Stanley

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

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...

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