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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Rosemary Davidson
Jun 6, 2020
Mrs. Rosemary Davidson, 81, of Seymour, Indiana, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2020, at Lutheran Community Home. She was born in Atlantic, Iowa, to the late Weimer and Catherine (Wesack) Pearson.
Due to Covid-19 gathering restrictions, private family prayer services will be conducted by Voss & Sons Funeral Service at Emanuel...
Forrest "Woody" Joel Grugan
Jun 1, 2020
Forrest “Woody” Joel Grugan, the son of Bertrum “Bud” C. and Joyce (Smith) Grugan, was born on December 29, 1945 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and died peacefully in his home on June 1, 2020 after a long battle with leukemia, at the age of 74 years, 6 months, and 2 days. Forrest was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran Church while...
Gene Hackwell
May 30, 2020
Gene Hackwell, 80, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2020, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa.
Gene Leo Hackwell was born August 29, 1939, to Edward and Marie (Wahlert) Hackwell in Exira, Iowa. He attended grade school in Audubon County, and then the Anita High School with the class of 1957, receiving...
Hugh Newton
May 29, 2020
Hugh B. Newton, 90, of Lewis, Iowa, passed away Friday, May 29, 2020, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa.
Hugh was born December 8, 1929, in Ringgold County, Iowa, to Don Grover and Goldie Fern (Bassett) Newton. He grew up in southern Iowa. Hugh lived in San Diego, CA while in the US Navy...
Benjamin Jessen
May 29, 2020
Benjamin “Bernie” David Jessen, 30, passed away May 29, 2020, from a complication with a surgery. He was born January 18, 1990, in Atlantic, Iowa. Ben is the son of Amy Hoegh-Maes and David Jessen. Ben was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Atlantic, Iowa.
As a boy, Ben participated in the...
David Popp
May 21, 2020
David Eugene Popp, 63, of Atlantic, IA was born December 23, 1956, the son of Eugene and Marilyn (Leslie) Popp of Atlantic, IA, and received his wings on May 21, 2020, at Atlantic Specialty Care with his family by his side.
David attended Atlantic School District where he was involved and well known in many...
Gary Milo Nissen
May 17, 2020
Gary Milo Nissen, the son of Milo Alfred Reinholdt and Ethel Mae (Aikman) Nissen, was born May 1, 1937, at the Nissen family farm near Audubon, Iowa. He passed on to eternal life with his Savior Jesus Christ on May 17, 2020, while a resident at Arbor Springs in West Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 83 years and...
Roger Metzger
May 16, 2020
Roger Raymond Metzger, 63, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020, at his home after battling cancer.
Roger was born July 17, 1956, in Greenfield, Iowa, to Ray Ivan and Rose Marie (Burg) Metzger. He grew up on the family farm and graduated from Bridgewater-Fontanelle High School in 1974. He had been a...
Alvin Sheeder
May 13, 2020
Alvin Sheeder, 73, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at his home.
Alvin was born on the family farm in Adair County, Iowa, to Elmer Donald and Nina Ruby (Christensen) Sheeder. He grew up in rural Adair County and attended school in Greenfield. He graduated from the Greenfield High School in 1964....
Wilbert Hoeck
May 12, 2020
Wilbert “Bert” Louis Hoeck died peacefully on May 12, 2020, in Atlantic, Iowa, at the age of 88 years.
Wilbert was born on August 11, 1931, in Hooper, Nebraska, to Edward Herman Hoeck, a farmer and Etta Clara (Von Seggern) Hoeck, housewife. He attended country school. He dropped out of school to help on the...
Mildred Virginia Meyer
May 11, 2020
Mildred Virginia Meyer, the daughter of Albert Theodore and Emma (Hansen) Nelson, was born June 22, 1925, in Exira, Iowa and died May 11, 2020 at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 10 months, and 19 days. Mildred attended rural school Oakfield #1 and later graduated from the Exira High School with...

Russell Steffens
May 11, 2020
Russell L. Steffens, 65, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, May 11, 2020, at his residence in Atlantic, Iowa.
A graveside service will be held at the Southlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery, in Atlantic, IA on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.
Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic, IA, is handling the arrangements.
...Fred Lloyd Rabe, Jr.
May 10, 2020
Fred Lloyd Rabe, Jr., the son of Fred Sr. and Freda (Ruhs) Rabe, was born February 24, 1927, at his parents’ home in Hamlin Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died May 10, 2020, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 93 years. Fred was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Audubon, Iowa. He...
Janet Carolyn Williams
May 10, 2020
Janet Carolyn (Black) Williams was born on March 11, 1935, to Everett and Clarice (Clemmensen) Black, on her family farm in Audubon, Iowa. She passed away on May 10, 2020 with her family at her side at the age of 85 years and 2 months. Janet was a lifetime member of the First Presbyterian Church in Audubon, Iowa. There, she...
Blanche Labelle Jacobsen
May 10, 2020
Blanche LaBelle Jacobsen, the daughter of Anton and Margaret (Rasmussen) Christensen, was born April 27, 1928, at her parents’ home in rural Audubon County near Kimballton, Iowa, and died May 10, 2020, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 92 years and 13 days. Blanche was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton....

Robert Haszard
May 8, 2020
Bob Haszard, 71, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, May 8, 2020, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa.
Bob was born June 25, 1948, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Glenn “Bid” and Mildred (Wiese) Haszard. He grew up and attended school in Anita and graduated from the Anita High School. He then attended Dana College in...
Glea Mickelsen
May 5, 2020
Glea Mickelsen, 102, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at the Allen House in Atlantic, Iowa.
Glea was born October 11, 1917, on the home farmstead in Cass County to George and Mary (Christensen) Poulsen. She attended and was a member of the last class to graduate from the old Atlantic High...
Dorothy Ann Wolf
May 4, 2020
Dorothy Ann Wolf, the daughter of Henry “Hank” and Ethel “Petie” (Harvey) Petersen was born July 20, 1939, at her parents’ home in Hamlin Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died May 4, 2020, at her home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 7 months, and 14 days. Dorothy was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira....
Jeffery Hansen
May 4, 2020
PLEASE NOTE: Because of Covid possibly affecting some family members the visitation has been cancelled and the funeral and graveside services are now PRIVATE. A memorial gathering will be held at a later date.
Jeffrey Lynn Hansen, 62, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, May 4, 2020, at CHI Health Mercy Hospital in...
Judy Darlene Kiger
May 3, 2020
Judy Darlene Kiger, the daughter of Joseph and Beulah (Buck) Richeal, was born July 11, 1948, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and died peacefully May 3, 2020, surrounded by her beloved family at her home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 71 years, 9 months, and 11 days. Judy was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Watertown,...
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