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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Bernice Hupp
Jul 30, 2022
Bernice (Prall) Hupp, age 101, of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Tabitha Journey Hospice House in Lincoln, NE. Bernice Eleanor Prall was born on April 16, 1921, in Atlantic, IA, the daughter of Thaddeus Edmund and Elsie Luetta (Worth) Prall. She attended school in Atlantic but later received her GED from Hawkeye Institute of...
Benjamin Heath
Jul 26, 2022
Benjamin Douglas Heath age 75, of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, surrounded by loved ones. Benjamin Douglas Heath was born April 5, 1947, in Cass County to Elmer and Janis (Conklin) Heath. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1965 and married the love of his life Verla on June 4, 1966. From their union,...
Valetta Grace Jensen
Jul 24, 2022
Valetta Grace Jensen, the daughter of Laurence Peter and Vera Hazel (Aikman) Sorensen, was born October 26, 1930 in her parents’ farm home in Audubon County near Gray Iowa. She was baptized December 12, 1930 and confirmed April 15, 1945 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. Valetta attended several rural schools in Audubon County. In 1943 her parents...
Franklin Ronald Jorgensen
Jul 24, 2022
Franklin Ronald Jorgensen, the son of Hans C. and Gertrude (Berenson) Jorgensen, was born September 21, 1935, in Audubon County, Iowa and passed away July 24, 2022, in Orange City, Florida at the age of 86 years, 10 months, and 3 days. Franklin was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Audubon. He attended the Audubon Community Schools graduating...
Mr David Rasmussen
Jul 24, 2022
David Allen Rasmussen, age 77, of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2022, at Salem Lutheran Homes in Elk Horn, IA. Services will be held at a later date at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery. Survived wife, Becki Rasmussen, by his children, Kelly Rasmussen of Atlantic, IA, daughter Kristi (Jeff) Dickey of LaVista, NE, stepson Matt Steffen of...
Norma "Sis" Grace Haskins
Jul 23, 2022
Norma “Sis” Grace Haskins, the daughter of Evlyn “Shorty” Merle and Dorothy Joy (Dollahide) Haskins, was born May 28, 1932, in Audubon, Iowa and died July 23, 2022, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 1 month, and 25 days. Sis was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church. She attended the Audubon Community...
Penny Ann Akers
Jul 20, 2022
Penny Ann Akers, age 75 years and 70 days passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the Exira Care Center. Penny was the daughter of Robert and Cleone (Duffield) Bates and grew up in rural Oakland, Iowa. While in school, she participated in concerts, pep/marching, and dance bands while playing the alto saxophone. She played in the second chair at...
Tim Wheelock
Jul 20, 2022
Tim Arthur Wheelock, age 59 of Anita, IA, died at his home on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Anita. He was born the son of Arthur Edward and LaRue Anne (Taylor) Wheelock on June 15, 1963, in Atlantic, Iowa. Tim graduated from the Anita Community Schools in 1981 where he played football (jersey #25), and baseball and was also on...
Mrs Winona Lutz
Jul 19, 2022
Winona May Lutz, age 78, of Adair, IA, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. Winona "Nona" May Hohensee was born on April 24, 1944 in Hartman, Colorado to Jesse Lee and Nadine (Hughes) Hohensee. The family later moved to Lamar, Colorado where Nona graduated from Lamar High School in 1962....
Mrs. Glaciel Watson
Jul 18, 2022
Glaciel Mae Watson, born Elsie Irene Kinder, age 80 of Adair, IA, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2022, at her residence in Adair, IA. She was proceeded in death by her seconded husband Verl Leege, birth parents Blanche and Elsie Kinder, adoptive parents Gloral and Milton Coon, siblings, Julius, Wilma, Ace, Rosalie, Sharon, She is survived by her siblings,...
Donald Robert Lebeck
Jul 17, 2022
Donald Robert Lebeck, age of 85, of Audubon, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2022, at Salem Lutheran Homes in Elk Horn, Iowa. Don was born July 25, 1936, in Audubon, Iowa, the third son of seven children born to the late Jens Edward Andersen Lebeck and Mary Jane Lydia (nee Potter) of Audubon, Iowa. Ed and Janes’ family...
Richard Eugene Paske Sr.
Jul 13, 2022
Richard Eugene Paske, the son of August and Caroline (Doud) Paske was born March 19, 1930, in Rockford, Illinois, and died July 13, 2022, at the age of 93 years, 3 months, and 25 days. He attended Rockford Community Schools in Rockford, Illinois graduating with the High School Class of 1947. Donna (Griffin) and Richard met on V-Jay Day in...
Christopher Levi Petersen
Jul 13, 2022
Christopher Levi Petersen was born on November 12, 1975, in Harlan, IA to Patty Petersen/Hogue. Chris grew up with three sisters Michelle, Shannon, and Robin. As a child, Chris enjoyed sitting in the creek with our dog Coco, swimming in the pool, playing with blocks, puzzles, sensory items, tearing paper, and playing the "catch me game". Chris attended several schools...
Mrs. Grace Gard
Jul 11, 2022
Cora “Grace” Gard, age 92 of Lincoln, NE and a former Atlantic resident, died on Monday, July 11, 2022, at The Waterford Care Facility in Lincoln. She was born the daughter of Otto and Alma (Paxson) Mortensen on June 13, 1930, in Coon Rapids, IA. She attended the Viola Center rural school till the 5th grade. The family moved to...
Mr. Blaine Kearney
Jun 28, 2022
Blaine was born on April 19, 1928, in Oakland, Iowa the son of Frank Kearney and Mona (Bates) Kearney, and passed away June 28, 2022, at the Audubon Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa. He grew up in Oakland, Iowa, and graduated from Oakland High School in 1946. He attended the College of Pharmacy at the University of Iowa, Iowa City,...
Lloyd Small
Jun 26, 2022
Lloyd "Butch" Keith Small, age 80, of Atlantic, IA passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022 at his residence in Atlantic, IA. Butch was born on May 6, 1942 in Guthrie County, IA to William and Faye (Burger) Small. As a family, they moved to Audubon County in 1945. Butch attended country school in Viola through eighth grade and...
Bender Setina
Jun 25, 2022
Bender Setina, age 37 of Atlantic, Ia, died at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, NE, on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Visitation and service will be held on the morning of August 6, 2022, from 8 am till 12 pm at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic. Burial will take place in Seletiw Weno - Chuuk, Micronesia in the Chuuk...
Marilyn Hennick
Jun 22, 2022
Marilyn Hennick, the daughter of Ellsworth and Margaret (Johnson) Hays, was born on February 1, 1948 in Carroll, Iowa and died June 22, 2022 surrounded by her family at her daughter’s home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 74 years, 4 months, and 21 days. Marilyn was baptized and confirmed at the Bowman Chapel United Methodist Church in rural...
Nancy Grace Owen
Jun 13, 2022
Nancy Grace Owen, the daughter of Roscoe Paul and Hazel Leone (Jamison) Bowman, was born July 10, 1944, in Carroll, Iowa and died June 13, 2022, at the Accura Healthcare of Manning in Manning, Iowa at the age of 77 years, 11 months, and 3 days. Nancy was baptized at the Star Methodist Church in rural Coon Rapids, Iowa and...
Lavern Pauley
Jun 13, 2022
Lavern M. Pauley, age 63 of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2022, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA. Celebration of life services is held at a later date. The staff of Schmidt Family Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
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