Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Floyd Bannick

Floyd Bannick

Jan 23, 2007

Floyd H. Bannick, 92, a life-long Cumberland, Iowa, farmer, passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, Iowa. Floyd Henry Bannick was born October 22, 1914, on Grandma Ufken's farm in Franklin Township of Cass County, Iowa, the son of Henry John and Emma Helena (Ufken) Bannick. At his age of one, they moved...

Raymond Morgan

Raymond Morgan

Jan 21, 2007

Dean Morgan, 72, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2007, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Raymond Dean Morgan was born July 31, 1934, in Elliot, Iowa, the son of Hubert and Lois (Williams) Morgan. Dean was baptized at the United Methodist Church in Elliot, and graduated from the Elliot High School. He worked for his...

Opal Eichor

Opal Eichor

Jan 16, 2007

Opal B. Eichor, 97, of Guthrie Center, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at the New Homestead Health Care Center in Guthrie Center. Opal Belle Harkins was born on July 13, 1909, the daughter of Phil and Ola (Bond) Harkins. Opal grew up in Menlo, Iowa, and attended Menlo schools. On June 26, 1927, she was married to...

Nicholas Dorsey

Nicholas Dorsey

Jan 14, 2007

Nicholas R. Dorsey, the infant son of Eric Dorsey and Veronica Erlacher, of Omaha Nebraska, was born prematurely, Sunday, January 14, 2007, at the Creighton University Medical Center. He returned to the arms of Jesus shortly there after. Nicholas is survived by his parents: father, Eric Dorsey of Omaha, NE; mother, Veronica Erlacher of Omaha, NE; two brothers, Ethan...

Helen Shahan

Helen Shahan

Jan 12, 2007

Helen K. Shahan, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, and a longtime former Marne, Iowa, resident, passed away Friday, January 12, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Helen was born February 27, 1917, in Elk Horn, Iowa, where she was raised and graduated from High School. She was the daughter of Andrew and Karen (Pedersen) Christensen. On August...

Lillian Headlee

Lillian Headlee

Jan 11, 2007

Lillian Headlee, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 11, 2007, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Lillian Headlee was born April 11, 1914, on the family farm southwest of Atlantic, the daughter of Peder C. and Rosa C. (Paulson) Pedersen. She was a 1932 graduate of the Lewis High School. On November 5, 1938, Lillian...

Freida Waters

Freida Waters

Jan 7, 2007

Freida L. Waters, 84, a longtime Atlantic resident, passed away Sunday, January 7, 2007, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Freida Lorraine Waters was born November 20, 1922, in Carlisle, Iowa, the daughter of Claude L. and Hazel E. (Dearing) Corzatt. She graduated from the Carlisle High School in 1941. On September 19, 1946, Freida married...

John Jones

John Jones

Jan 5, 2007

John W. "Jack" Jones, 85 of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 5, 2007, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. John William Jones was born July 12, 1921, in Cass County, Iowa, the son of John E. and Christina (Knop) Jones. He was baptized on September 14, 1921 at Zion Lutheran Church and confirmed on Palm Sunday, 1936...