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James Ginkel
Apr 3, 2016
James Van Ginkel, of Atlantic, Iowa, longtime Atlantic attorney passed away April 3, 2016 at the Heritage House in Atlantic. James was born February 27, 1923, in Prairie City, Iowa. He was the youngest and last survivor of eight children born to John Christian and Caroline Gertrude (Van Nimwegen) Van Ginkel. He graduated from Monroe, Iowa, high school in...
Jacqueline Grace Denton
Apr 2, 2016
Jacqueline Grace, daughter of Alphonse and Marjorie (Lindberg) De May, was born October 21, 1937 in Profitstown, Illinois. She passed away at her home in Kimballton on Saturday, April 2, 2016. Jacque was one of twelve children and she had lived in Illinois, Nebraska and several places in Iowa before moving to Kimballton. She worked for Merry Maids and Motel...
Ruth E. Hansen
Apr 1, 2016
Ruth Elizabeth Hansen, the daughter of Marion and Bess Rippey Jones, was born near Audubon Iowa on July 10, 1923 and died April 1, 2016 at the Exira Care Center. Ruth was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Audubon. She attended Audubon Community School graduating with the High School class of 1940. Ruth received her normal school...
Esther M. Foresman
Mar 29, 2016
Esther Marie Foresman, the daughter of John and Nora (Olsen) Pedersen, was born June 13, 1922 and died March 29, 2016 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of ninety-three. She was born in Audubon, Iowa. On February 23, 1946, she married Audrin Lee Foresman. Esther and Audrin had two sons, Dean and Dennis. Esther, a...
Richard "Dick" D. Nelson
Mar 28, 2016
And on the 8th day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, “I need a caretaker,” so God made a farmer. On the 28th day of March 2016, Richard Dale Nelson, 88 of Atlantic, Iowa, was called upon by our father to join him in his paradise. Richard was born April 30, 1927 to Anton & Thea (Topp)...
James Larsen
Mar 27, 2016
James David Larsen, 77, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born on August 23, 1938, to John and Irene (Christensen) Larsen in Atlantic, Iowa. Jim was raised southeast of Anita and went to school in Anita. He graduated from Anita High School with the class of...
Joan Kriens
Mar 27, 2016
Joan Kriens, 88, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. She was born April 28, 1927, at home in rural Adair County, Iowa, to Gustav and Hilda (Langbehn) Wedemeyer. Joan was raised in Adair and attended Adair High School. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Kriens at St....
Christine Hanley
Mar 26, 2016
Christine Hanley, 95, of Poteau, OK, formerly of Mesa, Arizona, and Adair, Iowa, passed away March 26, 2016, in Poteau, OK; with her son, James Hanley and daughter-in-law Linda, at her side. She was born October 2, 1920, in Montreal, Canada, to Dominic Anthony Vacca and Madilyn Maria Mastricola. She was preceded in death by her late husband, John...
Evelyn Fay
Mar 24, 2016
Evelyn Mae Fay, 91, of Knoxville, Iowa, and formerly of Anita and Adair, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Westridge Nursing Home in Knoxville, Iowa. She was born March 20, 1925, in Exira, Iowa, to John and Gladys (Smith) Toft. Evelyn attended school in Exira and graduated from Exira High School in 1942. She worked at the...
Roger Bell
Mar 21, 2016
Roger Allen Bell, 75, was born August 24, 1940, in rural Delphos, Iowa, to Pauline (Long) and Harold Bell and departed this earthly life on March 21, 2016, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa, in his favorite chair, watching the news. Roger started his education in Delphos and remembered fondly riding his pony to school and helping his Mom...
Helen Wendt
Mar 20, 2016
Helen Ann Wendt, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa. Helen was born February 12, 1936, in Walnut, Iowa, to George Peter and Ella Julianne (Spies) Hansen. She grew up near Walnut and graduated from Walnut High School in 1953. On October 27, 1956, she was married to Robert...
William Joseph Shima
Mar 19, 2016
William “Bill” Joseph Shima, the son of Joseph Leo and Marie (Graves) Shima, was born March 3, 1937, in Iowa City, Iowa and died March 19, 2016, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 79 years and 16 days. Bill was baptized and confirmed at the Catholic Church in Iowa City. He attended Iowa...
Erick John Jorgensen
Mar 15, 2016
Erick John Jorgensen, the son of Hans P. and Carrie (Christensen) Jorgensen, was born November 23, 1937, on his parents’ farm near Kimballton, Iowa and died March 15, 2016 at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 3 months, and 22 days. Erick John was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa....
Rev. Smith, Jr.
Mar 14, 2016
Reverend Charles Everett Smith, Jr., 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed on peacefully in the afternoon, Monday, March 14, 2016, at his home in Atlantic. Chuck was born July 7, 1929, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Charles and Viola Mae (Sheppard) Smith. He was raised in Council Bluffs and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School with the class of 1947....
Royce Delmer Nichols
Mar 13, 2016
Royce Delmer Nichols, the son of Ralph D. and Susie (Wheatley) Nichols, was born June 22, 1943, in Atlantic, Iowa and died March 13, 2016, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 72 years, 8 months, and 13 days. Royce was baptized and confirmed on March 28, 1956 at the Methodist Church in Anita, Iowa. He...
Duane Allen Nielsen
Mar 12, 2016
Duane Allen Nielsen, the son of Arnold and Vera (Baier) Nielsen, was born February 5, 1948, at his parents’ home in Audubon County near Exira, Iowa and died March 12, 2016, at his home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 68 years, 1 month, and 7 days. Duane was baptized May 27, 1948, and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran...
Vivian Lane
Mar 8, 2016
Vivian P. Lane, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. Vivian Patricia Petersen was born October 14, 1927, in Guthrie County, Iowa, to Christian N. and Lydia (Andersen) Petersen. Except for being born in Guthrie County and attending country school there, she was a life-long resident of Atlantic. On May...
Meta Hemphill
Mar 8, 2016
Meta Hemphill, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Meta Green Hemphill was born June 19, 1924, to Joseph and Edna (Chancellor) Green in Osceola, Missouri. She became a Christian at an early age. She was married to Edgar Hemphill of Griswold, IA, on February 10, 1945, in...
Luella Adams
Mar 7, 2016
Luella A. Adams, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 7, 2016, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Luella Arlene Carr was born December 28, 1930, to Bert and Lulu (Anderson) Carr Sr. in Atlantic, Iowa. She spent most of her life in Atlantic. On February 16, 1963, she married Donald D. Adams in Lincoln, Nebraska. They owned and operated...
Saranne Nelson
Mar 5, 2016
Saranne Nelson, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016, at her home. Saranne "Sally" Keasey Nelson, the daughter of Cecil Floyd and Martha Ruth (Allen) Keasey was born March 19, 1930, on a farm north of Wiota, Iowa. The family moved to the Anita area in 1935. She attended the Anita School graduating with the class...
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