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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Ethel Euken
Apr 14, 2016
Ethel Eileen Euken, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2016, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. She was born January 6, 1930, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Harry "Bill" and Edith (Bell) Andersen. Ethel grew up on a family farm five miles south of Elk Horn on old Elk Horn Road. She attended school in...
Edward Carl Nelson
Apr 13, 2016
Edward Carl Nelson, son of Charles and Margaret (Schlict) Nelson, was born February 3, 1924, on a farm west of Atlantic near Walnut, Iowa and died April 13, 2016, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 2 months, and 10 days. Ed was the youngest of 9 children and when he was...
Clifford Harris
Apr 10, 2016
Clifford Raymond Harris, 94, of Adair, Iowa, died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at his home in Adair, Iowa. Raymond was born February 21, 1922, on a farm northeast of Berea, Iowa, to Clifford Adair and Vera Frankie (Brown) Harris. He attended school at Eureka No. 3, Fontanelle and graduated from Adair High School in 1939. Raymond enlisted in the...
James "Buzz" Henry Cavanaugh, Jr.
Apr 9, 2016
James “Buzz” Henry Cavanaugh, Jr., the son of James Henry, Sr. and Ethel (Simonsen) Cavanaugh, was born June 13, 1941, at his parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died April 9, 2016, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 74 years, 9 months, and 26 days. Buzz was baptized in 1957 at the First...
Robert "Robby" Ernest Robinson
Apr 9, 2016
Robert (Robby) Robinson was the second of 7 children of Samuel E. and Bessie L. ( Miller) Robinson. He was born in Redfield, IA November 30, 1923, moved to Stuart in 1924 and was baptized and confirmed in the United Methodist Church. He attended school in Casey, IA before moving to Guthrie Center in 1940 where he graduated from High...
Eugene Leroy Potter
Apr 5, 2016
Eugene Leroy Potter, the son of Alfred Minter and Marlene Marie (Nolte) Potter, was born September 21, 1958, at Grant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He died April 5, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 57 years, 6 months, and 14 days. Eugene was baptized at the Lutheran Church in McHenry, Illinois....
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....
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