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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Marjorie Young
Dec 30, 2022
Marjorie Young passed away at 2:00 am on December 30, 2022, at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa where she has lived for approximately six years. Marjorie was the middle daughter of May and Glen Downing and was born on December 2, 1931. Marjorie grew up on the family farm and attended Adair High School. She married Thomas Young, a student...
Mrs. Ardith Harris
Dec 28, 2022
Ardith Jean (Mertes) Harris passed away peacefully in her home on December 28, 2022. She was born May 7, 1941, to Frederick Henry Mertes and Viola Arlene (Petri) Mertes in rural Adair, Iowa. She attended country schools at Grant #9 and #8 in Guthrie County, Iowa. She graduated from Adair High School with the Class of 1959. Ardith was baptized...
Mr. Duane Schuler
Dec 25, 2022
Duane Schuler, age 90 of Atlantic, IA, died at the Heritage House in Atlantic on Sunday, December 25, 2022. He was born the son of Harold and Evelyn (Cocklin) Schuler on August 16, 1932, in the family home. Duane went to a country school for eight years a mile north of where he grew up and then graduated Atlantic...
Mr. Merlin Kraus
Dec 23, 2022
Merlin J. Kraus, age 90, of Anita, IA, passed away on Friday, December 23, 2022, at Heritage House in Atlantic, IA. Born November 25, 1932, near Lidderdale, Iowa, Merlin was one of six children born to Fred and Emma (Kennebeck) Kraus. He served in the U.S. Army in 1954 and 1955 and was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. On April...
Linda Fay
Dec 23, 2022
Linda Lorraine Wester Fay, age 60 of Lewis, Iowa, passed away Friday, December 23, 2022, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. She was born the daughter of Eric Emerson Wester and Gladys Jane (Christensen) Wester Thomas on March 28, 1960, in Atlantic. Linda attended and graduated from Atlantic High School. While she grew up and spent her early life...
Gladys Marie Hansen
Dec 21, 2022
Gladys Marie Hansen, age 91, of Manning, IA formerly of Audubon, IA, passed away on December 21, 2022, at Manning Senior Living.
Gladys Marie (Rose) Hansen was born to Christoph H. and Louise (Meyers) Rose on July 24, 1931, on their farm in Arcadia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church, Arcadia, Iowa. She attended a rural school...
Otto Harold Brauer
Dec 18, 2022
Otto Harold Brauer, the son of Otto Hilton and Alice (Anderson) Brauer was
born June 1, 1948, near Chicago, Illinois and died December 18, 2022, at
the Florence Home Healthcare Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 74 years,
6 months, and 17 days.
Otto was baptized June 10, 1948, at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Mt.
Greenwood, Illinois and confirmed in May...
Mrs. Nicole Oppold
Dec 17, 2022
Nicole Lee (Stierle) Bradshaw - Oppold, age 50, of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Nicole Lee was born on August 1, 1972, in Harlan, IA to Rolf and Sharon (Esbeck) Stierle. Nicole’s older sister Sonya welcomed her home. In her younger years, she attended the Elk Horn School, then Exira School....
Fredrick August Wittrock
Dec 16, 2022
Fredrick August Wittrock, the son of Frank and Rosa (Drees), was born May 12, 1924, one mile south of Halbur, in Carroll County, Iowa and died December 16, 2022, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 98 years, 7 months, and 4 days.
Fred spent his younger years growing up in the Halbur community...
Robert Hagen
Dec 14, 2022
Robert Dean Hagen, age 97 of Anita, Iowa, passed away on December 14, 2022, at his home in Anita. He was born the son of Adolph and Katie (Whitcomb) Hagen on November 5, 1925, in Cumberland, Iowa. After graduation from Anita High School in 1943, he entered the US Navy and served honorably until his discharge in 1946. On July...
Evelyn Marie Roberts
Dec 13, 2022
Evelyn Marie (Hayden) Roberts, the daughter of William Clark and Eva Augusta (Schrader) Hayden, was born April 29, 1921 in Audubon, Iowa, and passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on December 13, 2022, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 101 years, 7 months, and 14 days.
Evelyn was baptized and confirmed in the...
Penelope Cooper
Dec 13, 2022
Penelope “Penny” (Pote) Cooper, age 69, of Adair, IA, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at EveryStep Hospice Kavanagh House in Des Moines, IA. Penny the eldest daughter of Jacob and Beverly Pote was born at Adair County Hospital on February 25, 1953. Penny attended Bridgwater - Fontanelle Schools, graduating at Fontanelle in 1971. Following graduation,...
Mr Gregory Wedemeyer
Dec 13, 2022
Gregory James Wedemeyer, Husband, Dad and Papa, best known as Greg, unexpectedly departed this life on December 13, 2022, at the age of 73. He was the oldest son of seven children born to Kenneth and Margaret Wedemeyer in Adair, Iowa. Greg attended Adair-Casey High and graduated with the Class of ’67. He then attended college in Omaha earning...
Mr James Pedersen
Dec 11, 2022
James "Jim" Allen Pedersen, age 70, of Shelby, formerly of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2022, at Griswold Rehabilitation & Health Care Center in Griswold, IA. A graveside service will take place at 10:00 a.m., on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Atlantic Cemetery, with Rev. Garry DeGeest officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the...
Kenneth "Gene" Eugene Fenton
Dec 9, 2022
Kenneth “Gene” Eugene Fenton, the son of Kenneth Elmer and Delores Maxine (Thomas) Fenton, was born September 20, 1938, in Centerville, Iowa and died December 9, 2022, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 2 months, and 19 days.
Gene was baptized as an adult at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin,...
Althea Christensen
Dec 9, 2022
Althea Joanne (Thompson) Christensen passed away peacefully at her home in Anita Iowa on December 9, 2022. Her husband of 70 years, Thomas Henry Christensen, was by her side. She will be the most remembered for the loving care she gave to all her family. She was born the youngest of 5 daughters to C. Elvin and Dorothy Thompson on...
Lois Schmitt
Dec 9, 2022
Lois Schmitt, age 85, of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Friday, December 09, 2022, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, IA. No services are planned at this time and her final resting place will be Oakwood Cemetery near Lewis, Iowa. The Schmidt Family Funeral Home of Atlantic, IA is caring for Lois and her family at this time.
Loraine Schmitt
Dec 5, 2022
Loraine Schmitt, age 64 of Atlantic, Iowa, died at MercyOne in Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday, December 4, 2022. She was born in Belfast, North Ireland on July 5, 1958. Loraine was united in marriage to Clayton W. Schmitt on July 20. 2005 in Des Moines, Iowa and he survives. No service are planned at this time as she...
William Roy Turpin
Dec 4, 2022
William Roy Turpin, age 88, of Brayton, IA went home to Jesus on Sunday, December 4, 2022. He was born on October 15, 1934 in Grimes, IA to Birks and Eleanor (Cornforth) Turpin.
William (Bill) married his high school sweetheart Treva Stadsvold on June 26, 1955. He served in the Army National Guard as a cook and mechanic in Camp...
Emerson Lloyd Fry
Dec 2, 2022
Emmerson Lloyd Fry, the son of Harry H. Fry, Sr. and Viola Lucille (Brensel) Fry, was born September 1, 1951, in Carroll, Iowa and died December 2, 2022, at the Mercy Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 71 years, 3 months, and 1 day.
Emerson was the youngest of seven children and grew up on...
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