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Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Kim Alden Black
Feb 14, 2022
Kim Alden Black, the son of Roland and Janice (Johnson) Black was born March 28, 1957, in Audubon, Iowa and died February 14, 2022, at his home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 64 years, 10 months and 16 days. Kim’s passion was spending time with his family, his dog Lucy and riding his motorcycle. Preceding him in death...
Robert Leroy Ehlert
Feb 13, 2022
Robert “Bob” Leroy Ehlert, the son of Donald Roscoe and Phyllis Mae (McLaughlin) Ehlert, was born December 28, 1939 in Carroll, Iowa and died February 13, 2022 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll at the age of 82 years, 1 month and 15 days. Bob attended Audubon Community Schools, graduating with the High School Class of 1958. After high...
Burton Conn
Feb 13, 2022
Burton "Burt" Conn, age of 78 of Atlantic, Iowa, died at his home surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, February 13, 2022, in Atlantic. He was born the son of George H. and Maxine (Taylor) Conn in Atlantic, Iowa on December 4, 1943. He graduated from the Griswold High School in Griswold, Iowa. On August 25, 1968, Burt was...
Verla Heath
Feb 6, 2022
Verla Kay Heath, age 73, of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2022, in the comfort of her home. Verla Kay (Schroeter) Heath was born October 21, 1948, in Audubon County to Harold and Anna (Overgaard) Schroeter. She graduated from Exira High School in 1966 and then married Benjamin Douglas Heath on June 4th of this same year....
Jonas Schnack
Feb 6, 2022
Jonas Damian Schnack, age 47, of Waverly, IA, formerly of Harlan, IA, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2022, in Waverly, IA. Jonas Damian Schnack was born May 10th, 1974, to Vernon and Patricia Schnack. When Jonas was attending school, he loved to play basketball. He then graduated in 1992. Other activities include hunting rabbits, raccoons, and pheasants with...
David Gene Best
Feb 5, 2022
David Gene Best, the son of Gene Sherman and Naomi Mae (Peterson) Best, was born January 10, 1950, in Atlantic, Iowa and died peacefully February 5, 2022, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, while fighting a major infection following hip surgery, at the age of 72 years and 25 days Dave was baptized and confirmed at...
Patricia Morrison
Feb 1, 2022
Patricia (Starlin) Morrison, age 68, of Cumberland, IA, passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Patty grew up on a farm in Cass County, she attended schools in Grant and Griswold, IA. Patty enjoyed growing up on the family farm taking care of the animals, especially the horses. Throughout her childhood, Patty loved to go on trial rides, attend the...
Truddy Rimel
Jan 31, 2022
Truddy Rimel, age 66, of Massena, IA, passed away on Monday, January 31, 2021, at Cass Health in Atlantic, IA. Open visitation with family present will be held from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., on Friday, February 4, 2022, at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic, IA. Truddy is survived by her husband Larry Rimel; her two daughters Carol Pruett...
Pearle Arlette Ludwig
Jan 29, 2022
Pearle Arlette Ludwig was born on February 23, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Stanley and Norma Densmore. Pearle passed away on January 29, 2022 in her San Bernardino, California home. Pearle lived in Framingham, Massachusetts at Waveney Farm where she attended elementary and high school. After graduating from college at Framingham State University and receiving her Master...
James Hiram Perkins
Jan 26, 2022
James Hiram Perkins, the son of William Henry Harrison and Claudia Opal (Taylor) Perkins, was born October 18, 1923, in Gardner, Louisiana and died January 26, 2022, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 98 years, 3 months, and 8 days. James was baptized and confirmed at the Norphlet Methodist Church in Norphlet, Arkansas. He attended Norphlet...
Ray Dean Chesnut
Jan 25, 2022
Ray Dean Chesnut, the son of Merle and Cecil (Keith) Chesnut, was born August 6, 1934, at his parents’ home south of Adair, Iowa and died January 25, 2022, at his home in rural Audubon County, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 5 months, and 19 days. Ray was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Adair, Iowa....
Bernice Mildred Robinson
Jan 24, 2022
Bernice “Bernie” Mildred (Kommes) Robinson, the youngest of four children of Frank & Elizabeth (Willmes) Kommes, was born September 4, 1927, at her parents’ home in Exira, Iowa and died January 24, 2022, at Mercy One West Lakes in West Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 4 months, and 20 days. She was baptized & confirmed at...
Dr. Jon Thomas Bauer
Jan 21, 2022
Dr. Jon Thomas Bauer, the son of George Allen and Marlene Faye (Rubel) Bauer, was born January 21, 1963, in Manning, Iowa and died January 21, 2022, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 59 years. When the children were young their mother, Marlene, married Frank Derby who stepped into the fatherhood role. Jon...
Frederick Ehrman
Jan 21, 2022
Frederick William Ehrman, the son of Frederick William Ehrman and Theresa Katherina (Neiens) Ehrman, was born on August 18, 1931 northwest of Anita, Iowa on the family farm, and entered into eternal life on Friday, January 21, 2022, at Cass County Health Systems, in Atlantic, Iowa, at the age of 90 years old. Fred was the youngest of five sons...
Michael Reed
Jan 17, 2022
Michael Reed, 46, of Brayton, IA, (formerly of Council Bluffs) passed away Monday, January 17, 2022, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Michael Lee Davis Reed was born January 21, 1975, in Murray, Kentucky to Betty (Reed) James and Jerry Davis Reed. He grew up in Aurora, Kentucky with Betty’s older daughter, his half-sister, Debbie. He also had 2...
Billy Dean Shaw
Jan 15, 2022
Billy Dean Shaw, the youngest of 12 children of Joseph and Jessie (Lowers) Shaw, was born July 19, 1936, in Audubon County, Iowa and died January 15, 2022, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa; at the age of 85 years, 5 months, and 26 days. On March 22, 1958, he was united in marriage to Shirley Small...
Linda Ann Hennick
Jan 15, 2022
Linda Ann Hennick, the daughter of Elliott and Amanda (Wiechman) Rasmussen, was born September 20, 1949, in Lompac, California and died January 15, 2022, at her home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 72, years, 3 months, and 25 days. The family lived in Buellton, California for a short time then moved to rural Audubon, Wiota, and then Atlantic,...
Donna Rae Rugaard
Jan 13, 2022
Donna Rae Rugaard, the daughter of Robert Byrd and Norma Helena (Christensen) Ruhs, was born October 22, 1949, in Audubon, Iowa and died January 13, 2022, at the Friendship Home at the age of 72 years, 2 months, and 21 days. Donna was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Audubon. She attended the Audubon Community Schools graduating with...
Curtis Alan Christensen
Jan 10, 2022
Curtis Alan Christensen, the son of Arthur Earling and LaVonne (Christensen) Christensen, was born July 8, 1954, in Audubon, Iowa and died January 10, 2022, at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs at the age of 67 years, 6 months, and 2 days. Curtis was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton, Iowa. He attended rural...
William "Bill" James Walker
Jan 10, 2022
William “Bill” James Walker, the son of Marion “Spike” and Margery (Jayne) Walker, was born August 9, 1955 in Atlantic, Iowa and died January 10, 2022, following a brief illness, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 66, 5 months, and 1 day. A farm boy from birth, Bill and his siblings spent much of...
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