Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Nov 9, 2022

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Erma Thomson Lange. She was 102 years old and lived a life full of kindness, generosity, and love. She lived longer than a century! Can you imagine the things she experienced in her lifetime? As a child, she rode on horseback through the countryside to...

Nov 8, 2022

Dorothy Ann (Marnin) Tibben, age 91, passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, under St. Croix Hospice Care at Heritage House in Atlantic IA. Her family was blessed to have been able to spend her last days at her side. She was born November 17, 1930, near Adair Iowa, to Michael and Lelia (Plowman) Marnin. She was baptized on...

Nov 6, 2022

     Mary Ann Thysen, the daughter of Thorvald and Mabel (Anderson) Wad, was born February 10, 1937, at her parent’s home in rural Audubon County near Hamlin, Iowa and died November 6, 2022, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 8 months, and 26 days.

     Mary Ann was baptized and confirmed at the...

Nov 6, 2022

Joe Vincent Mullen passed away and went home to the Lord on Nov. 6, 2022, the same day he would celebrate his 57th wedding anniversary with his wife, Yvonne. He was born in Monticello, Iowa to Robert V. and Gertrude Mattke Mullen on June 22, 1942. Joe attended Monticello Schools where he graduated from high school in 1960. With...

Nov 3, 2022

Oct 29, 2022

Geraldine “Gerry” Elaine Robinson, the daughter of Harry and Maude (Nymeyer) Moore, was born July 27, 1932, in Hampton, Iowa, and entered into her Heavenly home on October 29, 2022. Gerry graduated from Hampton High School in 1950. She graduated from Simpson College with an Elementary Education Teaching Degree in 1952. She taught 4th and 5th grades in Mapleton,...

Oct 27, 2022

     Margaret Ann Gust, the daughter of Hans and Marie Florence (Christensen) Albertsen, was born March 16, 1934, at her parents’ home in rural Audubon County, Iowa and died October 27, 2022, at her home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 7 months, and 11 days. Margaret was one of five children: her sisters Dorothy, Martha, and Sharon,...

Oct 25, 2022

Brittany Husted, age 24 of Arlington, TX, died on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at Texas Health Harris Methodist in Fort Worth, TX with her family at her side. Brittany was born on May 6, 1998, in Arlington, Texas. Despite her short life here on Earth Brittany was surrounded by love and affection. Brittany was an angel and a beacon...

Oct 24, 2022

Donald Otis Norris, age 56 of Anita, died on Monday, October 24, 2022, at his home in Anita. Arrangements are pending with the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic.

Oct 24, 2022

Wynn Owen Winston, age 67, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2022, under hospice care in the comfort of his home surrounded by his loving family. Wynn was born on January 19, 1955, to Forrest and Shirley (Behnken) Winston. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1973 and attended Iowa Western Community College for Automotive Mechanics. He worked a...

Oct 24, 2022

Donald Otis Norris, age 56 of Anita, died on Monday, October 24, 2022, at his home in Anita. Arrangements are pending with the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic.

Oct 22, 2022

Susan Marie Jensen, the daughter of Farmer William and Harriet Ann (Thompson) Moor was born March 15, 1953, in Guthrie County near Guthrie Center, Iowa and died October 22, 2022, at the Methodist Hospital Downtown in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 69 years, 7 months, and 7 days.

Susan was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Guthrie...

Oct 21, 2022

     Marie Ann Huffman, the daughter of John H. Renze and Mary (Hoffman) Renze, was born April 5, 1923, at her parents’ home near Roselle, Iowa and died October 21, 2022, at the Manning Regional Healthcare Center in Manning, Iowa at the age of 99 years, 6 months, and 16 days.

     Marie attended school at Holy Angels, Roselle, Iowa through 8th...

Oct 19, 2022

Joyce G. Rochholz was born Feb. 17, 1938, and passed away Oct. 19, 2022, at the age of 84 in Atlantic, Iowa. She was the second of five daughters born to Emanuel R. and Arlene Thompson Marquis. She graduated from Adair High School in 1956 and promptly married Harold A. Rochholz on May 16, 1956. The couple spent the next...

Oct 17, 2022

Dallas Duane Hansen, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, October 17, 2022, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa. Dallas was born in Audubon County, rural Kimballton, on March 10, 1932, the son of Ole J. and Cecilia Marie Mathiesen Hansen. He graduated from Audubon High School in 1950. Dallas helped his father farm while he was growing up. He...

Oct 16, 2022

Alan Jonathan Kennedy was born in San Diego, CA, on March 30, 1987, to William D. Kennedy Sr. and Suzan K (Hummon) Kennedy. He passed away on October 16, 2022, at MercyOne Siouxland in Sioux City, Iowa. Alan graduated from Atlantic Highschool with the class of 2005. Being a natural caregiver, he worked various jobs in nursing homes and completed...

Oct 14, 2022

     Sally Kay Kerwin, the daughter of Thomas Henry and Ruth Naomi (Stanley) Kerwin, was born March 16, 1936, at her parents’ home in Melville Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died October 14, 2022, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 6 months, and 28 days.

     Sally was baptized and confirmed and was a life-long...

Oct 11, 2022

Dale Lloyd Christensen, 67, of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at Cass Health in Atlantic. Dale was born December 31, 1954, the son of Lloyd and Norma (Anderson) Christensen, in Creston, Iowa. He was raised in the rural Cumberland area and attended C&M school. Dale was a farmer and continued to farm up until he passed away....

Oct 9, 2022

Phyllis Elaine Hoffman, the daughter of Herman and Margaret (Porsch) Schmidt, was born March 27,

1947, in Carroll, Iowa and died October 9, 2022, in an automobile accident in Exira, Iowa at the age of 75

years, 6 months, and 12 days.

Phyllis was baptized and confirmed at the Ebenezer Lutheran Church west of Audubon, Iowa. She

attended rural Audubon County schools then graduated...

Oct 9, 2022

     Robert Franklin Fry, the son of Harry Harold and Viola Lucille (Brensel) Fry, was born October 22, 1937, on his parent’s farm in rural Audubon County, Iowa and died October 9, 2022, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 11 months, and 17 days.

     Robert was one of seven children and grew up on...