Schmidt Family Funeral Home Obituaries

Jun 15, 2017

Rhoda Carolyn Jorgensen, the daughter of Martin G. and Hannah (Petersen) Johansen, was born August 12, 1928, at her parents’ home near Latimer, Iowa, and died June 15, 2017, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa, at the age of 88 years, 10 months and 3 days. Rhoda was baptized and confirmed at the Nazareth Lutheran Church in...

Jun 10, 2017

George Peter Christian Nelsen, the son of Kristian Peter and Anna Marie (Leander) Nelsen, was born February 28, 1923, at his Aunt Lizzie’s home in Brayton, Iowa and died June 10, 2017, at the Salem Lutheran Homes, in Elk Horn, Iowa at the age of 94 years, 3 months, and 12 days. George was baptized and confirmed. He attended rural...

Jun 10, 2017

Joy Ardelle Downing, 85, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Saturday, June 10, 2017, at the Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa.

She was the oldest child of Richard Murray Maas and Rose Robison Maas, born March 4, 1932, on the family farm eight miles southeast of Wiota, Iowa. She attended rural Cass County schools, graduating...

Jun 9, 2017

Jim Olsen, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, June 9, 2017, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Jim Anders Olsen was born January 10, 1940, in Elk Horn, Iowa, to Eddie and Leota (Madsen) Olsen. He was raised in Elk Horn and attended school there graduating from Elk Horn High School with the...

Jun 9, 2017

Bertha J. Fudge, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, June 9, 2017, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. There will be a graveside ceremony at 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 16, 2017, at the Brighton Township Cemetery in Marne, Iowa.

Jun 7, 2017

Marlene Marie Potter, the daughter of Leo Albert and Clara Pearl (Burtcheard) Nolte, was born June 1, 1935, in rural Cass County near Elliott, Iowa and died June 7, 2017, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 82 years and 6 days. Marlene was a baptized Christian. She attended rural Cass County schools then...

Jun 7, 2017

Charles Rondel Winchell, 83, of Caring Acres in Anita, IA, passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at Bergen Mercy hospital in Omaha, NE.

Charles was born October 2, 1932, in a three room house, seven miles southwest of Chariton, IA, to Benjamin and Zula (Davenport) Winchell. He was the third of four children, and the...

Jun 5, 2017

Norma Bernice Nelson, the daughter of Andrew C. and Helga (Leistad) Lange, was born January 30, 1928 at her parents’ farm 3 miles west of Elk Horn, Iowa and 1 mile south and died June 5, 2017, at the Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 4 months, and 5 days. Norma was baptized and...

Jun 5, 2017

Stephen Allen Darling, 64, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, June 5, 2017, at his home in Atlantic. He was born on January 28, 1953, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Max and Margaret (Pigg) Darling. Steve attended school in Atlantic and graduated from Atlantic High school in 1971. He later obtained his associates degree in Electronics...

Jun 1, 2017

Virgil Christian Sorensen, the son of Hans H. and Alice M. (Christensen) Sorensen, was born February 5, 1938, at his parents’ home in Hamlin Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died June 1, 2017, at his home half a mile from his birth home, northwest of Exira, Iowa at the age of 79 years, 3 months, and 26 days. Virgil was...

May 29, 2017

Keith Eugene Vokt, the son of Merle Eugene and Muryl Jean (Rathman) Vokt, was born February 2, 1953, in Atlantic, Iowa and died May 29, 2017, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 64 years, 3 months, and 27 days. Keith was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church in Adair, Iowa. He attended...

May 27, 2017

Darwin Gene Schlater, the son of Grover B. and E. Alleene (Peppers) Schlater, was born December 11, 1934, at his parent’s in Greeley Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died May 27, 2017, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 5 months, and 16 days. Darwin was baptized at the Christian Church in Exira,...

May 26, 2017

Jerry Herrick, 75, of Wiota, Iowa, passed away Friday, May 26, 2017, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa.

Jerald Edson Herrick was born January 6, 1942, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Robert and Edna (Shaw) Herrick. On October 15, 1960, Jerry married Sharen Proehl, and they moved to Johnston, Iowa, where they resided...

May 20, 2017

Debra Kay Inman, the daughter of Rex Lewis and Dorothy Christine (Nielsen) Inman, was born May 24, 1956, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died May 20, 2017, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital at the age of 60 years, 11 months, and 26 days. Deb was baptized and confirmed and was a member of the...

May 15, 2017

Mary Ellen Knop, 93, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Monday, May 15, 2017, at the Atlantic Specialty Care, Atlantic, Iowa.

Mary Ellen was born on January 6, 1924, to Curtis W. and Elsie (Campbell) Masteller at the Atlantic Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. She was raised on the family farm southeast of Atlantic until her...

May 13, 2017

James Carl Sporleder, the son of Carl F. and Sophia M. (Sievers) Sporleder, was born August 10, 1935, in Carroll, Iowa and died May 13, 2017, at his home in Elk Horn, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 9 months, and 3 days. James was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church in Lidderdale, Iowa. He attended rural schools...

May 11, 2017

Richard Allen Andersen, the son of Hans C. and Emma C. (Petersen) Andersen, was born May 17, 1928, at his parents’ home in Oakfield Township, Audubon County, Iowa near Brayton, Iowa and died May 11, 2017, at the Exira Care Center at the age of 88 years, 11 months, and 24 days. Richard was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s...

May 10, 2017

Larry Madden, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at his home in Atlantic.

Larry was born January 19, 1935, in Cass County, Iowa, to Bert W. and Genevra E. (Parsons) Madden. He lived most of his life in the Atlantic and Cass County area. Larry worked at American Buildings in Atlantic...

May 9, 2017

William “Bill” Beatty, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.

He was born December 23, 1926, in Hancock, Iowa, the son of Alvin and Rachel (Henry) Beatty. Bill attended school in Hancock through the eleventh grade. He completed his senior year of high school...

May 5, 2017

Galen Lynn Hansen, the son of Edwin Mathias and Anna Christina (Lange) Hansen, was born March 15, 1944, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa and died May 5, 2017, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa at the age of 73 years, 1 month, and 20 days. Galen was baptized at the Oak Hill Lutheran...