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Darlene Armstrong
Oct 3, 2016
Darlene Leita Armstrong, 92, of Manson, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, October 3, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society in Manson, Iowa. She was born at home in Marne, Iowa, on November 16, 1923, the daughter of Chris and Fern (Schmidt) Johnson. Her family lived in Marne until she completed the eighth grade at Marne...
Charles Aernam
Oct 2, 2016
Charles Allen Van Aernam, 74, of Wiota, Iowa, died Sunday, October 2, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Charles A. Van Aernam was born August 16, 1942, in Atlantic, Iowa. He attended country school and graduated from Anita High School in 1960. In 1963, Charlie married Judy Karns. He worked as a truck driver for the...
Martha Kramer
Oct 2, 2016
Martha M. Kramer passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016, at the home of Allen and Sherry Kramer, where she had been living since July. Martha was born to William Weber and Rachel Weber (Beasley) on December 24, 1919, near Colfax, Washington. She was raised in Colfax, Washington and Wallace, Idaho. She graduated from Wallace High School in 1937, as...
Ray Dreher
Sep 29, 2016
Ray Duane Dreher was born at home on the farm in Audubon County, Iowa, to Mildred L. (Huffman) and Raymon L. Dreher on September 12, 1941. He passed away September 29, 2016, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. He worked at Emmert Manufacturing followed by various jobs including Audubon Ready Mix. He moved to Winnekah, Oklahoma, where,...
Robert Abild
Sep 27, 2016
Robert John Abild, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at his home after a short battle with cancer. Robert John Abild was born May 4, 1930, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Russell and Goldie (McClain) Abild. Robert graduated from Lincoln High School in Des Moines and then Iowa State University with a B.S. degree in Civil...
Ronald Gordon Hallett
Sep 21, 2016
Ronald Gordon Hallett, the son of Gordon and Abivine (Bane), Hallett, was born November 7, 1935, in Cooke County near Chicago, Illinois and died September 21, 2016, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 80 years, 10 months, and 14 days. Ron was baptized as an adult in Brownsville, Texas. He attended Brookfield-Riverside...
Patty Stockham
Sep 21, 2016
Patricia Jeanne "Patty" Stockham was born July 28, 1920, in Lewis, Iowa, the oldest child of Glen and Gladys Smith Porch. Early in Patty's life, the family moved to her grandfather Porch's farm north of Anita where they lived until 1933 when they moved to Anita. Patty attended country school and then high school in Anita. In 1937, she...
Royce Sarsfield
Sep 17, 2016
Royce Lee Sarsfield, 72, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Saturday, September 17, 2016, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. He was born October 6, 1943, in Atlantic, the son of Harold and Juanita (Krogh) Sarsfield. Royce was raised in Atlantic and attended school there, graduating from Atlantic High School. Royce and Cindy Nolte were united in marriage on...
Wilfred "Andy" Dexter Andersen
Sep 16, 2016
Wilfred “Andy” Dexter Andersen, the son of John C. and Florence (Petersen) Andersen, was born October 11, 1935, at his parents’ home in Cass County near Atlantic, Iowa and died September 16, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Home in Red Oak, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 11 months, and 5 days. When Andy was three years old he...
Duane Clarence Johnson
Sep 15, 2016
Duane Clarence Johnson, the son of Clarence and Leona L. (Christensen) Johnson was born December 3, 1938, at his parents’ home in rural Exira, Iowa and died September 15, 2016, in Jacksonville, Florida due to heart and kidney failure at the age of 77years, 9 months, and 12 days. Duane was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in...
Marion "Spike" Junior Walker
Sep 15, 2016
Marion “Spike” Junior Walker, the son of Marion L. and Olive (Baumgardner) Walker, was born July 9, 1921, at his parents’ home in rural Cass County, Iowa and died September 15, 2016, following a brief illness, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 95 years, 2 months, and 6 days. Spike was baptized at the...
Laura Lou (Meaike) Fancher
Sep 12, 2016
Laura Lou Fancher, the daughter of Willard and Eleanor (Wanninger) Meaike, was born April 26, 1950, in Audubon, Iowa and died September 12, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 66 years, 4 months and 16 days. Laura was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church near Gray, Iowa and was confirmed at St....
Gene Kluever
Sep 12, 2016
Gene C. Kluever, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away September 12, 2016, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Gene Charles Kluever was born October 30, 1926, to Fred and Bertha Kluever in Anita, Iowa. His father passed away when Gene was two and a half years old. He grew up in Fontanelle, living with his Uncle Otto...
Russell Christensen, Jr.
Sep 11, 2016
Russell "Spanky" Christensen, Jr., 53, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2016, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was born October 3, 1962, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Russell and Sharon (Flathers) Christensen. Russell attended Atlantic Community Schools. He was united in marriage to Candice Kees on November 2, 1986. Russell's pride and...
Mildred Lavaun Fancher
Sep 8, 2016
Mildred Lavaun Fancher, the daughter of Roy Henry and Clara Bertha (Cerka) Somers, was born August 21, 1923, at her parents’ home in Viola Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died September 8, 2016, at the Stanton Care Center in Stanton, Iowa at the age of 93 years and 17 days. When Lavaun was a child she attended the Evangelical Church...
Carolyn Steele
Sep 4, 2016
Carolyn Lee Steele was born April 25, 1932, in Hebron, Iowa, the daughter of Carl Simon and Eloise Opal (Binns) Busch, and passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2016, at Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center in Anita, Iowa. The family moved to Casey, Iowa, where Carolyn attended country school and then graduated from Casey High School with the...
Sally Jo Coulthard
Sep 3, 2016
Sally Jo Coulthard, the daughter of Fred and Clara (Petersen) Frederiksen, was born February 5, 1943, at her parents’ home near Hamlin, Iowa and died September 3, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 73 years, 6 months, and 28 days. Sally’s father died when she was very young and she was raised in the loving care of her...
Wilma Jean Juel
Sep 3, 2016
Wilma Jean Christensen Juel, the daughter of Cyrus G. and Blanche (Campbell) Peterson, was born December 31, 1922, at her parents’ home in rural Audubon County, Iowa and died September 3, 2016, at The Comfort House in Pella, Iowa at the age of 93 years, 8 months, and 2 days. Wilma was baptized at the Methodist Church in Audubon, Iowa...
Ruby Leona Byriel
Sep 3, 2016
Ruby Leona Byriel, the daughter of Samuel Winfred and Mabel Oranna (Oakley) Stewart was born May 22, 1925, in Audubon Iowa at her Grandparent’s home and died September 3, 2016 at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 91 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Ruby was initially raised in Audubon and later after the family moved...
Ronald Burk
Aug 31, 2016
Ronald Edwin Burk, 81, of Urbandale, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at the Urbandale Health Center in Urbandale, Iowa. Ronald Edwin Burk was born in Hopkins, Missouri, on August 5, 1935, to Ivan and Edra (Garten) Burk. He attended schools in Missouri, Walnut, Iowa, and Lewis, Iowa. After school he worked at farming...
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