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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Marguerite Nichols
Jan 4, 2007
Marguerite Nichols (Robinson), 86, of Anita, Iowa, passed away at Colonial Manor in Anita, Thursday, January 4, 2007. Graveside services will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, January 6, 2007, at the Evergreen Cemetery in Anita, Iowa. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday, January 5, 2007, with the family to greet friends from 7 to 8 p.m., at...
Anna Wedemeyer
Jan 4, 2007
Anna M. Wedemeyer, 95, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Anna Marie Wedemeyer was born July 14, 1911, on the home farm north of Anita to Joseph and Josephine (Taubora) Rydl. She graduated from the Anita High School and then attended college for one year. She married Harry L. Wedemeyer on...
Leitha Jensen
Jan 2, 2007
Leitha M. Jensen, 90, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Tuesday evening, January 2, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita. Leitha M. Dorsey was born on May 21, 1916, in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Lesile (L.L) and Ola (Heath) Dorsey. On August 29, 1936, she was married to Elmer Jensen in Shenandoah, Iowa. Leitha lived in Anita all...
Helen Lanier
Dec 25, 2006
Helen G. Lanier, 88, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Christmas evening, December 25, 2006, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Helen Genevieve Dement Lanier was born on May 12, 1918, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Floyd and Genevieve (Schultz) Dement. She attended school in Anita and graduated from Anita High School in 1935. She worked part time at...
Gerald Stuart
Dec 22, 2006
Gerald M. Stuart, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday morning, December 22, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Gerald Milton Stuart was born on August 16, 1924, in Morrison, Illinois, the son of Henry J. and Cornellia (Rose) Stuart. He was raised in Morrison, Illinois, and was a 1942 graduate of the Morrison High School....
Mads Knutsen
Dec 13, 2006
Mads H. Knutsen, 79, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday morning, December 13, 2006 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Mads Hans Knutsen was bon October 16, 1927, in rural Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Alfred and Edna Christina (Christensen) Knutsen. He attended country school in Aububon County. Mads honorably served his country with four years...
George Farnsworth
Dec 9, 2006
George "Walton" Farnsworth, 73, of Adair, Iowa, died Saturday, December 9, 2006, near Creston, Iowa, as the result of an auto accident. George Walton Farnsworth was born on April 19, 1933, on the family farm in Guthrie County, Iowa, the son of George Lewis and Helen Elsie (Mooney) Farnsworth. He attended country school until the 8th grade and graduated...
Joyce Hagen
Dec 8, 2006
Joyce E. Hagen, 79, of Anita, Iowa, passed away December 8, 2006, at Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic, Iowa. Joyce E. Aupperle was born on February 27, 1927, in Adair County, Iowa, the daughter of Roy and Alta (Hutchins) Aupperle. After graduating from Adair High School in Adair, Iowa, Joyce lived in California and Omaha, Nebraska. Following her...
Ardelle Andersen
Nov 30, 2006
Ardelle J. Andersen, 81, of Glenwood, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, passed away Thursday morning, November 30, 2006 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Ardelle Junette Andersen was born August 2, 1925, on the family farm in Monroe Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Elvina G. (Christensen) Hansen. She attended country school in...
Stanley Waterbury
Nov 27, 2006
STANLEY "MAX" WATERBURY "God Saw Him Tired" God saw him getting tired and A cure was not to be, So He put His arms around him and whispered "Come with me." With tearful eyes we watched him suffer And saw him fade away, Although we couldn't bear to lose him, We could not ask him to stay. A golden...
Rick Klever
Nov 19, 2006
RICK L. KLEVER Rick L. Klever, 41, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2006, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Rick Lee Klever was born November 22, 1964, at the Audubon County Hospital in Audubon, Iowa, the son of Robert L. Klever and Madeline M. (Miller) Pedersen. He lived on the family farm in Guthrie...
Ruth Runkle
Nov 18, 2006
Ruth M. Runkle, 86, of Casey, Iowa, passed away, Saturday, November 18, 2006, at The New Homestead Nursing Home in Guthrie Center, IA. Ruth Mae Hicok was born on September 24, 1920 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Ray W. and Dolly Linda (Roberts) Hicok. She went to school and attended West High School in Waterloo, Iowa. On September...
Tommie Gray
Nov 15, 2006
Tommie D. Gray, 68, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2006, at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Tommie Dale Gray was born on October 15, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Earl and Georgia (Breeden) Gray. Tommie served his country by serving in the United States Marine Corps from 1956 to 1959...
Ina Smith
Nov 10, 2006
Ina Smith, 93, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away on her birthday, Friday, November 10, 2006, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. Ina Marjorie Bales Smith was born on November 10, 1913, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Dan and Minnie Bales. She lived in Iowa until the death of her father in 1922 at which time...
Betty Dill
Nov 10, 2006
Betty Dill, 77, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Friday evening, November 10, 2006, at her home. Betty Jean Dill was born July 14, 1929, on the family farm south of Stuart, Iowa, the daughter of Wilbur A. and Agnes (Lahey) Johnson. She attended country school until the family moved into Stuart, where she graduated from Stuart High School in...
Gertrude Klever
Nov 7, 2006
Gertrude Elizabeth Bamsey Klever, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2006, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Gertrude was born on January 29, 1915, in Audubon County, Iowa, the daughter of Ray and Viola (Kopp) Bamsey. She was baptized in the Evangelical Church in Audubon, Iowa. Gertrude attended elementary and high school in Audubon, Iowa, and...
Walter Wedemeyer
Nov 5, 2006
Walter C. Wedemeyer, 95, of Adair, passed away Sunday, November 5, 2006, at Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa. Walter Carl Wedemeyer was born December 31, 1910, in rural Guthrie County, Iowa, the son of Heinrich F. and Kathrina (Ernst) Wedemeyer. Walter attended elementary school in Adair through the eighth grade, until he had to return to the farm, near...
Dorothy Bode
Nov 2, 2006
Dorothy J. Bode, 78, a lifelong Cass County, Iowa resident, passed away Thursday, November 2, 2006, at the Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Dorothy Joy Bode was born December 11, 1927, in Griswold, Iowa, the daughter of Martin Dean and Hyla Amanda (Vedane) Wooley. She was raised in Griswold and was a 1945 graduate of the Griswold High...
Mary Rochholz
Oct 30, 2006
Mary E. Rochholz, 99, of Fontanelle, Iowa, and formerly of Adair, Iowa, passed away Monday evening, October 30, 2006, at the Good Samaritan Center in Fontanelle. Mary McMurphy Rochholz was born on August 8, 1907, in Adair County, Iowa, the daughter of Alexander and Ella (Oaks) McMurphy. Mary graduated from Adair High School in 1925. In 1964 she graduated...
Virgil Adams
Oct 26, 2006
Virgil Adams, 86, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2006, at Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa. Virgil Dean Adams was born on November 27, 1919, in Mahaska County, Iowa, the son of Amos Leroy and Ruby (Sarvas) Adams. Virgil had lived in Oskaloosa, Iowa, but has lived in Casey for almost 30 years. He worked various...
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