Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Nov 29, 2020

Cleo M. Berger, age 89, of Brayton, Iowa, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020, at the Exira Care Center, Exira, Iowa.

Cleo was born August 19, 1931, in Scranton, IA, son of Mathias and Rose (Hoffman) Berger. He attended school in Carroll County. He enlisted in the United States Army on December 1, 1952, and...

Nov 26, 2020

Dorothy Ann Grogan, the daughter of Thomas R. and Caroline (Hauck) Edelman, was born April 14, 1948, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, South Dakota, and died November 26, 2020, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 72 years, 7 months, and 12 days. Dorothy was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran...

Nov 26, 2020

Lois Thelma Lacy, the daughter of Frederick Isaac and Ella Ida (Friedricksen) Stewart, was born July 19, 1918, at her parents’ home in Cameron Township Audubon County, Iowa and died November 26, 2020, at the Bickford of Urbandale Assisted Living and Memory Care in Urbandale, Iowa at the age of 102 years, 4 months, and 7 days. Lois was baptized...

Nov 25, 2020

Claude “Sid” Winchell Jr., 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at the Heritage House in Atlantic.

Sid was born May 20, 1933, on a farm a mile southwest of Rippey, Iowa, to Claude and Nellie (Cody) Winchell.

He lived in Jefferson, IA for a short time then moved to...

Nov 25, 2020

Edith M. Petty, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic.

Per Edith’s wishes, cremation will take place. There will be a private family graveside service at a later date.

Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic is in charge of the arrangements.

Nov 22, 2020

Gay J. Bannister, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away November 22, 2020, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.

Gay was born November 28, 1933, in Audubon County, Iowa, to Arnold Carl and Anna Madelene (Hansen) Christensen. She grew up in Audubon, attended school in Audubon and graduated from the Audubon High School in 1953....

Nov 21, 2020

Mary Jean Denison, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020, at Salem Lutheran Nursing Home in Elk Horn, Iowa.

Mary was born May 29, 1923, in Anita, Iowa, to Cleo and Eva (Morrison) Reeves. She attended country school Grant #9 west of Anita. She graduated from the Anita High School with the...

Nov 21, 2020

Rosie Hansen, 81, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020, at Select Specialty Hospital in Omaha, NE.

Rosie Irene Hansen was born September 23, 1939, in Glenwood, Iowa, and adopted by Henry and Beulah (Schoonober) Lilienthal.

She attended school in Exira and graduated from the Exira High School.

She...

Nov 19, 2020

Marlene Gail (Barnett) Jensen, 83 of Audubon, passed away November 19, 2020, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. Marlene was born in Harlan, Iowa, on September 3, 1937, to Cly Ray Barnett and Alta Mae (Baker) Barnett. Marlene attended school in Harlan and graduated with the class of 1955.

On February 22,...

Nov 19, 2020

Duane Charles Gettler was born February 3, 1946, to Walter and Elaine (Wedemeyer) Gettler. He passed away November 19, 2020, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, of complications of Covid-19. He graduated from Adair-Casey Schools in 1964, was drafted in the Army in 1965 and served in Vietnam from 1966-1967. He was very proud...

Nov 18, 2020

Paul Wesley Calhoun was born in Grand City, MO, February 13, 1935, to Percy and Ester (Porter) Calhoun. He passed Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at Jenny Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA, of complications of Covid-19. He graduated from Grant City School. On June 8, 1955, Paul married Louise Marie Priest.

Paul started out working...

Nov 18, 2020

Melvin O. Anderson, 79, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn.

Melvin Olla Andersen was born December 5, 1940. He was the son of Olla Andrew Andersen and Elna Rasmussen Andersen.

He graduated from Elk Horn High School in 1959. Then attended Simpson...

Nov 16, 2020

(Margaret) Marie Myers, daughter of Margaret and Emmert Nelsen, was born November 18, 1939 at her parents’ home in Guthrie County, Iowa. Marie was welcomed into heaven on November 16, 2020. Marie attended grade school in a one-room schoolhouse in Melville Township just east of Audubon, Iowa. During her youth, Marie was a member of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in...

Nov 16, 2020

William (Gene) Eugene Eyberg, a good man, was born on October 31, 1927, to Roy G. and Frances J. Eyberg in rural Union County, Iowa. Gene left us on November 16, 2020. He attended Arispe Consolidated School and graduated in 1945. Gene attended the ASTRP program at South Dakota State as an Army Reservist in 1945 and...

Nov 16, 2020

Peggy Jane Davis, 71, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, November 16, 2020, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa.

Per Peggy’s wishes, cremation will take place and memorial services will be held at a later date.

Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic is in charge of the arrangements.

Nov 11, 2020

Joyce A. Hinkel, 70, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2020, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.

Joyce Ann Hinkel was born January 8, 1950, to Robert and Dorothy (Marnin) Tibben in Audubon, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church near Adair, Iowa.

She attended...

Nov 9, 2020

Doris Faye Stenstrom Richards, the daughter of Raymond and Maude (Gymer) Storm, was born May 17, 1927, in Storm Lake, Iowa and died November 9, 2020, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 5 months, and 23 days. Doris was baptized as an adult at the Coon Rapids Christian Church in Coon...

Nov 8, 2020

Robert “Bob” John Monahan, the son of Lyle and Eleanor (Coleman) Monahan, was born December 16, 1955, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died November 8, 2020, at the Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 64 years, 10 months, and 22 days. Bob was baptized and...

Nov 8, 2020

Genevieve Christina Meyer, who was born to Clarence and Anna K. Foster on October 17, 1924, in Atlantic, IA, gained her angel wings on November 8, 2020, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, IA.

Genevieve, who many lovingly know as Jenny, attended Wiota Consolidated School and was a member of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church,...

Nov 5, 2020

John Lee Hansen, the son of John Christian Marinus and Jenasena (Mann) Hansen, was born October 14, 1929, at his parents’ home in rural Audubon County near Viola, Iowa, and died November 5, 2020, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa, at the age of 91 years and 26 days. John was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s...