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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Donald Deter
Jan 27, 2017
Donald E. Deter, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 27, 2017, at his home in Atlantic. Don was born October 26, 1928, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents were Frank H. and Besse (Carlson) Deter. Don grew up in Papillion, NE and graduated from high school in 1946. He served in the U.S. Marine Corp during WWII. He...
Milo Dean Clemmensen
Jan 24, 2017
The biggest heart in the world stopped beating on January 24th 2017. Milo Dean Clemmensen passed away at age 89. He was born on July 15th 1927 to Fred and Emelia (Steffensen) Clemmensen. His brothers and sisters included Emaline, Clarice, Marvin, Imo, Gladys, Alma, Delma, Lee, Glen, Darlene, and Nadine. He was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior's Lutheran Church....
Verna Fett
Jan 21, 2017
Verna Louise Fett, 87, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2016, at The New Homestead in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Verna was born February 3, 1929, on the family farm south of Casey, Iowa, to John Frederick and Hattie Bertha (Raduenz) Schmeling. She grew up in the Casey, Iowa, area and graduated from Casey High School in 1947....
Clifton Moore
Jan 20, 2017
Clifton Charles Moore, 56, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 20, 2017, after a short stay in The Taylor House in Des Moines, IA. Clif was born September 27, 1960, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Charles R. and Patricia A (Dutton) Moore. Clif grew up in Atlantic where he graduated from the Atlantic High School. After high school, he...
Colleen Rhodes
Jan 17, 2017
Colleen "Coke" Marie Rhodes, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at her home in Atlantic. She was born June 8, 1930, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Rollie and Anne (Michaelson) Hoffman. Colleen lived in Atlantic her entire life attending school there and graduating from the Atlantic High School with the class of 1948. On...
Mardelle Angeline Gilbert
Jan 16, 2017
Mardelle Angeline Gilbert, the daughter of Herman and Helene (Hansen) Hansen, was born May 29, 1929, at her parents’ home in Sharon Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died January 16, 2017 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 87 years, 7 months, and 17 day. Mardelle was baptized December 29, 1929, and confirmed April 2, 1944,...
Karl Aldag
Jan 16, 2017
Karl L. Aldag, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Karl LeRoy Aldag was born December 11, 1930, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Otto and Ruth (Pont) Aldag. He attended country school at Gold Hill and graduated from Wiota High School with the class of 1948. On June 17,...
Velma Peterson
Jan 15, 2017
Velma F. Peterson, 98, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2017, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born October 26, 1918, at home near Medora, Iowa, in southern Warren County, Iowa, the daughter of Ivan and Iva (Hamilton) Calaway. Velma attended country schools in Squaw Township and graduated from Indianola High School...
Lottie Kinney
Jan 14, 2017
Lottie Marie (Leeper) Kinney was born February 2, 1928, to Lee and Laura (Carmichael) Leeper near Casey, Iowa. She passed away January 14, 2017, in Atlantic, Iowa. Lottie was raised in the Menlo, Iowa, area where she also took her schooling. She worked as a mother's helper before her marriage. On June 20, 1945, she was united in marriage...
Paul K. Hess
Jan 13, 2017
Paul K. Hess the son of Chris and Lois (Brauch) Hess was born July 25, 1939, in Exira, Iowa and died January 13, 2017, after a significant battle with cancer, at the age of 77 years, 5 months, and 18 days. Paul was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira, Iowa. He attended grade schools in Colorado and Iowa...
Pauline Dreager
Jan 13, 2017
Pauline Anna Dreager, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 13, 2016, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa. Pauline was born July 13, 1921, in Lewis, Iowa, to Robert and Martha (Knop) Dreager. She was baptized in September of 1921 and confirmed in April of 1936 at Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Pauline graduated from the Wiota...
Edwin Haag
Jan 12, 2017
Edwin Charles Haag, 96, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab in Anita, Iowa. Edwin was born November 22, 1920, in Palo Alto County, Iowa, to Rueben John and Cecal Mae (Lawrence) Haag. He grew up in the Emmetsburg, Iowa, area and farmed in Palo Alto County from 1943 to 1959....
Gladys Daniel
Jan 12, 2017
Gladys Daniel, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Caring Acres in Anita, Iowa. Cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time.
Betty Brown
Jan 11, 2017
Betty Lou (Schmitt) Brown, 74, of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA. Betty was born on January 24, 1942, to Glen and Mabel (Andersen) Schmitt in Marne, Iowa. Betty was the seventh child of thirteen children. Betty married Charles L. Misner on July 2, 1959, and to this union...
Dorothy Johnson
Jan 11, 2017
Dorothy Darlene Johnson, 91, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. In accordance with Dorothy's wishes, cremation has taken place and no other services are planned at this time.
Barbara "Bobbi" Kaye Lovejoy
Jan 10, 2017
Barbara “Bobbi” Kaye Lovejoy, the daughter of Richard and Sandra (Carpenter) Clements, was born February 9, 1964, at the Old St. Francis Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa and died January 10, 2017, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 52 years, 11 months, and 1 day. She attended school in Janesville, Iowa. On September...
Alene Meyer
Jan 10, 2017
Alene Meyer, 73, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa. Alene was born December 12, 1943, south of Cumberland, Iowa, to Ronald William and Pauline Harriett (Hollen) Landon at the home of one of her parent's friends. She graduated from Cumberland/Massena High School in 1962. Alene was married to Dennis...
Edwin Jensen Jr.
Jan 10, 2017
Edwin H. Jensen, 67, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Edwin Herman Jensen Jr. was born September 18, 1949, in Carroll, Iowa, to Edwin Herman and Norabelle (Christensen) Jensen. He grew up in Exira and graduated from Exira High School in 1967. He moved to Atlantic...
Scott Deter
Jan 10, 2017
Scott Deter, co-owner of Deter Motor Company and a community and retail auto industry leader, died early Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at his home northeast of Atlantic, Iowa. He was 62. Scott Deter was born June 4, 1954, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Donald E. and Jane (Laughlin) Deter. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1972 and earned his...
Lawrence Bates
Jan 6, 2017
Lawrence "Max" Bates, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, January 6, 2017. Lawrence Maxwell Bates was born July 17, 1936, in Tecumseh, Nebraska, to Lawrence Maxwell and Juanita Fern (Foster) Bates. He was raised in Elk Creek and Ogallala, Nebraska. The family moved back to Elk Creek and Max graduated from high school there...
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