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Michael Dunn
Oct 18, 2016
Michael Edwin Dunn, 60, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Mike was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 11, 1956, the son of Carl and Karola (Maschmeyer) Dunn. Mike was a member of AmVets, enjoyed Challenger basketball, the State Fair and rooting on his favorite sports team. He was an avid concert goer, and, as...
Keith Allen King
Oct 17, 2016
Keith Allen King, the son of Charles E. King, Jr. and Victoria (Masilunas) King was born September 26, 1947, in Manning, Iowa and died October 17, 2016, at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 69 years and 21 days. Keith was baptized at the Gray United Methodist Church in Gray, Iowa. He attended the...
Joann Petersen
Oct 17, 2016
JoAnn Petersen, the daughter of Lloyd and Edna (Hess) Wahlert, was born June 14, 1934, at her parents’ home in Greeley Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died October 17, 2016, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 4 months, and 3 days. JoAnn was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira,...
Leroy Arthur Sand
Oct 15, 2016
Leroy Arthur Sand, the sixth child of his Danish immigrant parents Anders and Petrea (Pedersen) Sand, was born on his parents’ farm near Poplar, Iowa, on June 6, 1929. He entered into eternal rest at his farm home on October 15, 2016, at the age of 87 years, 4 months, and 9 days. Leroy was baptized and confirmed at Our...
Thomas Young
Oct 12, 2016
Thomas Edwin Young, 86, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at his home in Adair. He was born June 18, 1930, at home in Adair County, Iowa, the son of William "Burt" and Mildred (Habatuka) Young. Tom attended school in Casey and graduated from Casey High School in 1948. He then attended Iowa State University graduating...
Charles Smith
Oct 11, 2016
Charles Thomas Smith, 72, died Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Charlie was born September 17, 1944, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Max and Ina (Bales) Smith. He grew up near Elk Horn and graduated from Elk Horn High School in 1962. After graduation, he attended a vocational school in Omaha, NE, where he...
Elaine Eden
Oct 7, 2016
Elaine Mae Eden, 91, passed away Friday, October 7, 2016, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born September 7, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Harold and Beatrice (Novak) Rand. Elaine was raised in Omaha and was attending school at South High when her family moved to California when she was 16 years old. She...
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...
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