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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Taick Chad Berger
May 14, 2022
Taick Chad was born on August 23rd, 2002, in Des Moines Iowa at a whopping 8 1bs 5 oz and quickly amassed numerous nicknames including Tai, Taters, Tater Tot and Bug, to name a few. He was an inquisitive little kid with a wicked sense of humor that wanted to know how everything worked and loved bugging his "Sissy” Timarie....
Mr. Darrel Andersen
May 12, 2022
Darrel E. Andersen was born to Earl and Lily (Greve) Andersen on the 5th of February, 1935. He was a Korean War vet and farmer extraordinaire. He loved his Anita Legion brotherhood (Post 210) and working in the field or with cattle. He was a Christian man who loved our Lord and Savior and was a part of the pack...
Donna Soper
May 11, 2022
Donna Soper, age 86 of Adair, Iowa, died on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Caring Acres in Anita, Iowa. Donna Mary Rochholz was born on September 7, 1935, in Guthrie County, a daughter of Lloyd and Mary (McMurphy) Rochholz. She attended country school until 3rd grade when the family moved to Adair. Donna was the Adair County Spelling Champion. In...
Mrs. Nancy Rourick
May 10, 2022
Nancy Ann Rourick, age 89 of Ankeny, formerly of Atlantic, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at MercyOne Hospital in Des Moines, IA. Nancy Ann Nelson was born March 1, 1933, on the family farm north of Atlantic, Iowa to Gale B. and V. Beatrice (Prettie) Nelson. Nancy experienced hardship early in her life as her mother passed...
Mrs. Bessie Huffman
May 8, 2022
Bessie Huffman, age 95, of Anita, IA, passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Caring Acres Nursing Home in Anita, IA. Bessie Rydl Huffman was born to James K. and Mary Francis (Mochan) Rydl on Dec 6, 1926, in Hinckley, MN. She joined siblings Mary, Alice, Frank, John, Ernie, and four years later Emma. Bessie grew up on a...
James "Jim" Allen Hennick
May 7, 2022
James Allen “Jim” Hennick was born October 16, 1941 in Carroll, Iowa. He died at home in Exira, Iowa on May 7, 2022 at the age of 80 years, 6 months and 20 days. He was the first child of James J. Hennick, Jr. and Helen (Allen) Hennick. Jim was baptized and confirmed at Exira Lutheran Church. He attended country...
Heather Holly Peterson
May 6, 2022
Heather Holly Peterson, the daughter of Tom and Eunice (Zaiger) Gallagher, was born December 27, 1978 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa and died May 6, 2022 at her home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 43 years, 4 months, and 10 days. She was baptized by the First Assembly of God Church in Audubon. She...
Michael Joseph Veneck
May 5, 2022
Michael Joseph Veneck, the son of Robert and Jean (Strasser) Veneck, was born May 1, 1953, at the St. Catherine’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska and died May 5, 2022, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 69 years and 4 days. Michael was baptized and confirmed at Assumption Catholic Church in Omaha, Nebraska. He...
Curtis Hans Frederiksen
May 5, 2022
Curtis Hans Frederiksen of Audubon, Iowa passed away on May 05, 2022 at his beloved home at the Exira Care Center. He was 87 years old. He was born on June 22, 1934 to parents Fred and Clara (Petersen) Frederiksen at their family farm in Hamlin. He was baptized at the Hamlin Lutheran Church and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran...
William "Bill" Stewart
May 5, 2022
William (Bill) Stewart of Surprise, Arizona, the son of Wayne and Avis Mardelle (Stanley) Stewart, passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at his home in Surprise, Arizona, at the age of 66 years, 6 months, 22 days. A native Iowan, Bill was born October 14, 1955 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital. He graduated from Audubon High School with...
June Rose Nielsen
Apr 27, 2022
June Rose Nielsen, the daughter of William and Elvertta (Gobeli) DeHart, was born June 14, 1930 in Lake City, Iowa, and died April 27, 2022, at the Thomas Rest Haven in Coon Rapids, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 10 months, and 13 days. June was raised by her grandparents Robert and Sophie Gobeli in Lidderdale Iowa. June was...
Gary Nicholson
Apr 24, 2022
Gary Raymond “Nick” Nicholson July 20, 1942 – April 24, 2022 Gary passed peacefully from this world on April 24, 2022, and is now free from the bondage of Alzheimer’s Dementia. Gary was born in Billings to Roy Luen Nicholson and Anita Fay Mcfate on July 20, 1941, in Billings, Montana. Gary spent his first 62 years in Billings. He...
Nancy Margaret Moore
Apr 23, 2022
Nancy Margaret Moore, the daughter of Edmund and LaVera Georgia (Hansen) Jensen, was born January 12, 1946, in Harlan, Iowa and died April 23, 2022, at the Midlands Living Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 76 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Nancy was baptized at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn, Iowa and confirmed...
Mr. William Brenton
Apr 23, 2022
William (Bill) Oliver Brenton, the son of John and Violet Brenton, was born October 31, 1941, in Villisca IA. He entered eternal rest Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Caring Acres, Anita, IA. at the age of 80. Bill attended Villisca schools and played varsity football all 4 years. Bill was also very involved in the FFA. In 1959 Bill joined...
Donald Schwarte
Apr 21, 2022
Don Schwarte, husband of Carol (Troll) Schwarte, died peacefully on Thursday, April 21, 2022, surrounded by a loving family. Don was born August 3, 1947, in Panama, IA to Sylvan and Roseanne Schwarte. The eldest of eight children, Don grew up in Atlantic and graduated from Atlantic High School in 1966. He was drafted into the United States Army in...
Michael Christensen
Apr 19, 2022
Michael Sean Christensen, age 52 of Atlantic, died at his home on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. He was born the son of Gary and Janice (Peterson) Christensen on October 12, 1969, in Atlantic, IA. Michael graduated from Anita High School in 1988, then attended Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa for a time before starting his work...
Gary Nichols
Apr 19, 2022
Gary Ray Nichols, age 76, of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, IA. Graveside services with military honors will be held on a later date at Evergreen Cemetery in Anita, IA. Gary is survived by his children; son, Terry Nichols of Adair, IA, daughter, Tammy Rangel of Garland, TX;...
Anna Mae Buser
Apr 15, 2022
Anna Mae Buser, the daughter of John Eathen, Jr., and Lorena May (Davis) Edwards, was born January 2, 1939, at her parents’ home in Cedar Creek in Pottawattamie County near Manhattan, Kansas, and died April 15, 2022, at her home in Audubon, Iowa, at the age of 83 years, 3 months, and 13 days. Anna Mae was baptized and confirmed...
Jeanette Irene Wilkerson
Apr 13, 2022
Jeanette Irene Wilkerson, the daughter of Christian Walter and Esther Marie (Obrecht) Christensen was born July 10, 1937, in Harlan, Iowa and died April 13, 2022, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 9 months, and 3 days. Jeanette was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Harlan, Iowa and at 17...
Rachel Jensen
Apr 12, 2022
Rachel Louise Jensen, 101, of Exira, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Rachel was born on August 3, 1920, in rural Story County, Iowa, the daughter of James and Mary Townsend Sowers. She was an Iowa farm girl at heart and lived most of her life on the family farm. In 1938, she graduated as valedictorian of...
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