Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Mar 9, 2020

Laura E. (James) Smith was born in Boissevain, Manitoba, Canada, on January 17, 1922. Her family returned to the Anita, Iowa, area in 1924. At that time, 1924, her mother Katherine (Ross) James died and her father Charles James died in 1934. The family moved to Adair in the care of Laura’s older sister, Anita.

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Mar 4, 2020

Everett Russell Nelson, son of Leroy and Edna (Jensen) Nelson, was born September 9, 1925 on the family farm near Fiscus, Iowa in Shelby County and died on March 4, 2020 at The Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 5 months and 25 days. Everett was baptized and became a member of Merrill’s Grove Baptist...

Mar 2, 2020

Dennis Immel, 80, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 2, 2020, at Edinburg Regional Medical Center in Edinburg, TX.

Dennis was born January 4, 1940, in Adair, Iowa, to Floyd and Laura (Faga) Immel. He was raised on their family farm East of Exira. Dennis was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church,...

Feb 28, 2020

Marlene J. Hess, 89, of rural Brayton, Iowa, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020, at Brighton Gardens of Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.

Marlene was born January 4, 1931, on the family farm near Anita to Raymond H. and Myrtle (Blattner) Laartz. She grew up near Anita and attended and graduated from the Anita High School...

Feb 26, 2020

Richard Rainey, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at the Heritage House in Atlantic.

Richard Keith Rainey, son of Mary Victoria Smith and Leslie Sylvester Rainey, was born February 4, 1930, in Akron, Ohio. He was one of two brothers and two sisters. Richard graduated from Akron’s Hower Vocational High School....

Feb 22, 2020

Betty Lou Christensen, the daughter of Nels and Hannah (Mortensen) Buckholdt, was born February 11, 1930, at her parents’ home near Hamlin, Iowa and died February 22, 2020, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years and 11 days. Betty was baptized and confirmed at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin. She attended rural Audubon...

Feb 20, 2020

Winona Louise Huffman, daughter of Rasmus & Louise (Sorensen) Nielsen, was born October 9, 1927, in Coon Rapids, Iowa and passed away February 20, 2020, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 4 months, and 11 days. She lived and attended school in Coon Rapids until her family moved to Bayard, Iowa in 1936....

Feb 20, 2020

Gary Oppold,76, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.

Gary was born January 10, 1944, at Galveston, New Mexico, to Vernon and Guendata (Andrews) Oppold. In 1956 the family moved to Iowa and lived in the Griswold and Atlantic area where Gary lived ever since....

Feb 20, 2020

Gloria Ruth Lowe Turner passed away on February 20, 2020, at the age of 84. She was born on March 23, 1935, in Atlantic to Cecil Earl and Helen Beatrice (Jahnke) Lowe. She lived most of her childhood in Adair, with a few years living in Estherville during World War II. She graduated from Adair High School...

Feb 19, 2020

Beverly Jeanne Smith, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic.

Jeanne was born May 19, 1933, at Lewis, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Hazel (Odem) Howard. She graduated from Atlantic High School with the class of 1951. On October 12, 1952, she married Don Smith...

Feb 19, 2020

John L. Andersen, 81, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE.

John was born June 30, 1938, to Alvin and Mildred (Weston) Andersen in Burlington, Wisconsin. In 1943, the family moved to Iowa. In 1948 his parents divorced. He then moved to the...

Feb 13, 2020

Leon David Koenen, the son of George and Naomi (Davis) Koenen, was born February 13, 1934, in Manitou Springs, Colorado and died February 13, 2020, at his home in West Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 86 years. When Leon was young the family moved to California where he grew up. He attended the El Monte community schools and...

Feb 11, 2020

Jeffrey “Jeff” Roberts, 60, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.Jeff was born November 28, 1959, in Audubon, Iowa, to Jefferson Curtis and E. Janell (Nielsen) Roberts. He grew up on the family farm between Exira and Brayton and attended school in Exira. Jeff graduated from...

Feb 9, 2020

Genevieve “Gen” Leona Wendt Conner Bishop, the daughter of Fred and Sophia (Grulke) Wendt, was born August 25, 1923, at her parents’ home on a farm near Walnut, Iowa and died February 9, 2020, at the Greenwood Terrace Retirement Community in Lenexa, Kansas at the age of 96 years, 5 months, and 14 days. Gen grew up in Audubon County...

Feb 8, 2020

Jay Dee Mendenhall, the son of Fred Joseph and Augusta Migonette (Andersen) Mendenhall, was born April 5, 1928, in Tulare, California and died February 8, 2020, at the Pioneer Park Care Center in Lone Tree, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 10 months, and 3 days. Jay was baptized at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa and confirmed...

Feb 3, 2020

Paula Renee Ratzlaff, the daughter of Russell and Charlene (Mathisen) Jespersen, was born November 4, 1959, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died February 3, 2020, at her home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 60 years, 2 months, and 3 days. She attended Exira Community Schools in Exira, Iowa, graduating with the High School...

Feb 2, 2020

Obituary of Bernice E. Johansen Bernice Elizabeth Johansen, the daughter of Chris and Anna Marie (Hartvigsen) Juel, was born September 29, 1918, on her parents’ farm in Sharon Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died on Sunday, February 2, 2020, at Kennybrook Village in Grimes, Iowa at the age of 101 years, 4 months, and 3 days. At the young age...

Jan 26, 2020

Elaine Teague, 67, of Atlantic, IA, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2020, at the University Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE.

Elaine was born July 18, 1952, in Cass County, Iowa, to James “Mac” and Vera (Nelson) McDermott. She grew up in Cass County and has been a resident all her life. She attended and...

Jan 24, 2020

Alice Mary Anstey, 97, of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 24, 2020, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa.

Alice was born in Audubon County, Iowa, April 22, 1922, to Henry and Bessie (O’Brien) Sunberg. She grew up in Audubon County and graduated from Audubon High School in 1939. The following year she attended...

Jan 22, 2020

Karol K. Andersen was born on April 3, 1938. Her parents were William and Ann Giese. She was raised with two brothers and one sister. Karol graduated from Exira High School in 1956. After high school, she worked as a telephone operator. Later, she worked various other jobs but was mainly a homemaker.

In 1959,...