Obituaries

Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas

Gary Symonds

Gary Symonds

Feb 13, 2018

Gary Symonds, 79, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, February 13, 2018, in Treynor, Iowa.

Gary was born February 11, 1939, in Cumberland, Iowa, to Francis and Arlene (Schrader) Symonds. He attended school in Anita and graduated from the Anita High School in 1957. As a senior in high school, Gary received the Outstanding Citizenship...

Floyd Claussen

Floyd Claussen

Feb 9, 2018

Floyd Eugene Claussen, 79, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, passed away Friday, February 9, 2018, at his home. His wife, Annabelle Claussen, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and his children, survive him. Floyd has been cremated and services will be held at a later date.

Arvilla Peterson

Arvilla Peterson

Feb 5, 2018

Arvilla Pauline Peterson, 99, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, February 05, 2018, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Arvilla was born July 14, 1918, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Clyde Robert Splain and Bertha Loretta (DeShay) Splain. She was educated in Nebraska and married Dean Alvin Peterson in July of 1942. They farmed in Missouri...

Roger Carter

Roger Carter

Feb 3, 2018

Roger Albert Carter, 63, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away February 3, 2018, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital following a brief illness.

Roger was born December 17, 1954, to Albert and Wilma (Maggart) Carter in Des Moines, Iowa. He attended elementary school there, graduating from Hoover High School. Following that, he attended the University of...

Cathleen Jones

Cathleen Jones

Feb 1, 2018

Cathleen Ann Jones, 61, of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

Cathy was born March 3, 1956, in Carroll, Iowa, the daughter of Paul and Jane (Broich) Wessling. She attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Carroll through the second grade when her family...

Ronald Boehme

Ronald Boehme

Jan 31, 2018

Ronald Earl Boehme, 69, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa.

He was born January 17, 1949, in Audubon, Iowa, the son of Earl R. and Marie Pearl (Whitford) Boehme. Ronald grew up in the Audubon and Exira area and attended school in Audubon,...

Maynard Miller

Maynard Miller

Jan 30, 2018

Maynard Joseph Miller, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa.

He was born September 12, 1929, near Anita, Iowa, the son of Otto and Georgia (Mullin) Miller. Maynard attended one room country school through the eighth grade and graduated from the Anita High School with...

Richard Lee Anderson

Richard Lee Anderson

Jan 27, 2018

Richard Lee Anderson, the son of Ejler Harold and Hansena Christena (Nielsen) Anderson, was born July 29, 1936, near Exira, Iowa and died January 27, 2018, at his home in Quartzsite, Arizona at the age of 81 years, 5 months, and 28 days. Richard was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa. He attended rural Audubon...

Donald Leroy Fredericksen

Donald Leroy Fredericksen

Jan 27, 2018

Donald Leroy Fredericksen, the son of Verner Victor and Dorothy I. (Hinkle) Fredericksen, was born March 12, 1937, at his parents’ home in rural Audubon County, Iowa and died January 27, 2018, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 10 months, and 15 days. Don was baptized as an adult at the...

Clifford Fries

Clifford Fries

Jan 27, 2018

Clifford Leroy Fries, 88, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa.

He was born at his home on December 18, 1929, the oldest son of Elmer and Kristine (Nielsen) Fries in Wiota, Iowa. He attended school in Wiota and Anita, graduating from Anita High...

Douglas Hughes

Douglas Hughes

Jan 23, 2018

Douglas E. Hughes, 57, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa.

Douglas was born in Atlantic, Iowa on December 6, 1960, the oldest of three children born to Philip C. and Myrtle J. (Linfor) Hughes. He was forever “The Big Brother” as little sister Laura arrived...

Larry Jones

Larry Jones

Jan 22, 2018

Larry Gordon Jones, 75, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away January 22, 2018, in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Larry was the son of Lowell and Leonora Jones. He was born December 12, 1942, in Griswold, Iowa, and eventually moved to the family farm north of Atlantic. Larry graduated from Atlantic High School in 1961.

He...

Dave Rydl

Dave Rydl

Jan 21, 2018

David John Rydl, 72, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2018, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab in Anita, Iowa.

Dave was born March 5, 1945, in rural Exira, Audubon County, Iowa, to Joseph and Mary Frances Rydl. He attended school in Exira and graduated from the Exira High School in 1963.

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Richard Cappel

Richard Cappel

Jan 19, 2018

Richard Dale “Dick” Cappel, 76, of West Des Moines, Iowa and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 19, 2018, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Dick was born May 15, 1941, in Independence, Iowa, the son of Ivan and Lavonne (Glazier) Cappel. They moved to Atlantic in 1944, where Dick was raised and graduated...

Dorothy Henriksen

Dorothy Henriksen

Jan 15, 2018

Dorothy Marie Henriksen, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday January 15, 2018, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Dorothy was born December 14, 1925, the daughter of Otto and Mabel (Sorensen) Schwartz, at her grandparents’ home near Walnut, Iowa. She attended rural elementary schools when her parents farmed in Cass County (Washington Township, then Brighton...

Kenneth Twidt

Kenneth Twidt

Jan 15, 2018

Kenneth Dale Twidt, 90, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Monday, January 15, 2018, at Kavanagh House in Des Moines, Iowa.

Kenneth was born July 4, 1927, in Adair, Iowa, to Nels and Anna (Jensen) Twidt. He attended school in Adair and graduated from the Adair High School in 1946.

On March 22, 1949,...

Keary Hogue

Keary Hogue

Jan 13, 2018

Born in a car on the way to a hospital in Hidalgo County, Texas, Keary Brian Hogue arrived in this world February 26, 1950. He was the second child of eight to Lawrence and Shirley (Ewing) Hogue.

The Hogue family lived in Edinburg, McAllen and Brownsville, Texas, until moving back to Onawa, Iowa, in 1959,...

Jack Dewulf

Jack Dewulf

Jan 12, 2018

A funeral mass for Jack A. DeWulf will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, in Atlantic, Iowa. Visitation with family will be from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. prior to mass at the church. Father Chinna will be the mass celebrant. Interment in Saints Peter and...

Jerame Brooks

Jerame Brooks

Jan 10, 2018

Jerame Todd Brooks, 46, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa.

Jerame was born October 29, 1971, in Omaha, Nebraska, to William Brooks and Debra (Benson) Blum. He grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Jerame attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs and...

Mary Lee

Mary Lee

Jan 9, 2018

Mary Patricia Lee, age 69, of Wiota, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.

Mary was born September 22, 1948, in Atlantic, Iowa to Joseph and Josephine (Richter) Ballensiefer. She graduated from the Anita High School in 1966. After graduation, she attended and graduated from the...