Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Sep 22, 2021

Norma Turner, 92, of Stuart, Iowa, and formerly of Anita, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at the Stuart Community Care Center. Norma was born July 3, 1929, at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, CA to Robert and Effie Duff. When she was 3 years old her family moved to a Farm near Silver City, IA in Mills County. In...

Sep 16, 2021

Betty Emelie DeBord, age 96, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 16, 2021, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa. Betty was born January 15, 1925, in Clay Township, Shelby County, Iowa, to William Andersen and Anna (Loof) Andersen. She lived in rural Elk Horn, Iowa, in the Rorbeck vicinity. She moved to the Marne area when...

Sep 14, 2021

Donnie Evans, 64, of Bridgewater, Iowa, formerly of Cortland, NY, passed away unexpectedly on September 14, 2021 at his home in Bridgewater. Born October 21, 1956 in Cortland, he was a son of Pastor Donald and Joyce (Scutt) Evans of Cortland, who survive him. Donnie relocated many years ago to Iowa, where he was a foreman with ACR Refrigeration of...

Sep 12, 2021

Faye Krauel, the daughter of William McKinley and Lena Johanna (Baier) Burns, was born August 16, 1927, on her parents’ farm in Larland, Iowa located east of Audubon and died September 12, 2021 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 94 years and 26 days. Faye was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in...

Sep 8, 2021

LeRoy Franklin Wheatley, 91 of rural Adair, Iowa passed away Wednesday September 8, 2021 at The New Homestead in Guthrie Center, Iowa, where he became friends with many of the nurses.

LeRoy was born on March 14, 1930 in Anita, Iowa to Otto and Emma (Kaufmann) Wheatley. He attended Fontanelle High School graduating with the...

Sep 7, 2021

Galen D. Newman, age 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, IA

Galen was born October 30, 1940, south of Lyman, IA to Lloyd and Olivette (Weaver) Newman. He attended Griswold Schools and graduated from the Griswold Highschool with the class of 1958. Galen soon met...

Sep 6, 2021

Rose (Rosie) Schroeder, age 88, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 6, 2021, at her daughter Linda’s residence Perry, IA

Rose Marie Davis was born on May 29, 1933, in Lake Park, Iowa to Alhainen and Opal (Liffick) Davis. She was 1 of 8 children. She married Franklin Houwen in 1950. From that union,...

Sep 6, 2021

Mildred Beatty, 94, of Atlantic passed away Monday, September 6, 2021, at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born Mildred Lorene Pierce on October 27, 1926, to Arthur and Sara (Ireland) Pierce on her family’s farm west of Oakland, Iowa.

Mildred attended country school in Washington Township and graduated from Oakland High School in...

Sep 5, 2021

Dorothy Vail Hansen, the daughter of Lyle B. and Elsie (Mosher) Holmes, was born March 14, 1924, at her parents’ home in West Liberty, Iowa and died September 5, 2021, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa at the age of 97 years, 5 months, and 22 days. Dorothy was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in...

Sep 5, 2021

Fern Marie Hoffman, age 83, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, September 5, 2021, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, IA.

Fern was born August 17, 1938, in Denison, IA, the daughter of Herman and Louise (Busskohl) Weber. She attended Dow City High School graduating with the class of 1958.

On November 24,...

Sep 2, 2021

Harry James Tupper III, age 75, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, September 2, 2021, at his residence in Atlantic, IA.

Harry was born on March 7, 1946, in Council Bluffs, IA, to Harry James Tupper Jr. and Doris Louise (Johnson) Tupper. As a child Harry grew up and attended Oakland schools graduating in the...

Sep 2, 2021

Seth Daniel Hanson November 13, 1982 - September 2, 2021 SETH “ The Appointed One”

Be the joy of your Father, the happiness of your Mother. Proverbs 23:25

Seth came early into the world, and faced a life of health issues, he courageously accepted each new problem, and never complained. He was very...

Sep 1, 2021

David W. Schrampfer, the son of George C. Schrampfer and Cordie A. (Jacob) Schrampfer was born June 7, 1942 at his parents’ home in DeSoto, Missouri. He died September 1, 2021 at Accura Nursing Home in Manning, Iowa at 79 years old. David was baptized at Redeemer Lutheran Church in DeSoto, Missouri. He was confirmed at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church...

Aug 31, 2021

Ruby Viola Wortman, age 105, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at Allen Place in Atlantic, IA.

Ruby was born February 9, 1916, in Grand Township, Guthrie County, IA, the daughter of Christian Edward Wahlert and Bertha Katherine Hammond. She attended Adair High School graduating with the class of 1934.

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Aug 29, 2021

Lyle Eugene Chesnut, age 91, of Anita, IA, passed away Sunday, August 29, 2021, at Heritage House in Atlantic, IA.

Lyle was born October 18, 1929, in Adair County, IA, to Merle and Cecil Gladys (Keith) Chesnut. He grew up just south of Adair and graduated from the Adair High School with the class of...

Aug 28, 2021

Alton “Skip” Floyd Dale, the son of Alton Elias and Nellie Mae (Kays) Dale, was born October 10, 1932, during a snowstorm at his parents’ home in Des Moines, Iowa and died August 28, 2021, at The Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 10 months, and 18 days. Skip was baptized and confirmed in the...

Aug 21, 2021

Irene Carol Rydl, 98, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 21, 2021, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA.

Irene was born August 28, 1922, in Adair County, IA, to Raymond and Martha (Kirchhoff) Fowble. She was one of ten children and the last surviving sibling. She grew up and spent her entire...

Aug 18, 2021

Rosemary Erickson, age 69, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at Atlantic Specialty Care Nursing Home in Atlantic, Iowa.

Survivors include Dale Erickson of Atlantic, IA; two sons, Mike Thompson and David Thompson.

No services will be held at this time.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be...

Aug 18, 2021

Chester Duane Schoenbeck, 92, of Oakland, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, August 18,2021, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa.

Chester was born July 27, 1929,in Butler, South Dakota, to John and Anne (Solberg) Schoenbeck. He attended school in Lily, SD. Not long after high school he joined the Navy and served during the Korean War...

Aug 11, 2021

Bradley Alan Beschorner of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at the age of 54, surrounded by family after an 11 month courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. His battle with pancreatic cancer showed his fight to take a battle head on. Despite the pain, he continued to be a warrior, staying strong and fighting to...