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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
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...
Lillian Wilson
Mar 4, 2016
Lillian Frances Wilson, 77, of Adair, Iowa, died Friday, March 4, 2016, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Lillian was born November 12, 1938, in Swan, Iowa, to Russell Glenn and Daisy Carol (Reeves) Phillips. She lived in the Swan and Pleasantville area until age 10 when she moved with her parents to the Anita...
Lois Virlee "Tee" Mullenger
Feb 28, 2016
Lois Virlee “Tee” Mullenger, the daughter of Walter G. and Esther Mae (Walter) Waddell, was born January 21, 1934, at her parents’ home in Adams County near Stringtown, Iowa and died February 28, 2016, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 1 month, and 7 days. Virlee was baptized and confirmed at the...
Gary Ehle
Feb 28, 2016
Gary Leroy Ehle, 73, of Lyman, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016, at his home. He was born on November 5, 1942, to Delbert and Lorraine (Taylor) Ehle in Anita, Iowa. Gary was raised in the Lyman area and attended the Griswold community schools. Other than a few years living in Atlantic, he spent his whole life in...
Wilbur Berger
Feb 27, 2016
Wilbur Elliott Berger, 82, of Atlantic, died at home February 27, 2016. He was born July 16, 1933, in Oakland, Missouri, to Wayne Elliott and Nellie Virginia (Hough) Berger. During his childhood they lived in various places in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa. As a young adult, he worked for several farmers in the Atlantic area before being inducted into...
Larry Barber
Feb 27, 2016
Larry Barber, 73, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016, at his home. Larry was born on the family farm near Anita, Iowa, on April 24, 1942, to Paul and Lois (Dorsey) Barber. He was the second of five children, with Rex being the first, Lola the third, Norma the fourth and Ruth the fifth. He was...
Hilda Falconer
Feb 25, 2016
Hilda Marie Falconer, 90, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016, at her home. Hilda was born December 18, 1925, in Anita, Iowa, to Roy and Hazel (Gissible) Scholl. She attended Anita Schools and graduated from Anita High School with the class of 1943. After receiving Normal Training, she taught in a one room school house in...
Lisa Marsh
Feb 22, 2016
Lisa Irene Marsh, 68, of Atlantic, Iowa passed away Monday, February 22, 2016, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. She was born February 7, 1948, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Chester Marion and Betty Bee (Ward) Marsh. Lisa lived at home until becoming a resident of the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in April 1996. A special thanks...
Mary Marousek
Feb 22, 2016
Mary Beth Marousek was born to the late Robert and Elizabeth (Pendergraft) Prunty in Mapleton, Iowa, on January 25, 1926. She passed away at the age of 90 on Monday, February 22, 2016, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. She was the fifth out of ten children born in her family. Mary Beth was always very close to her...
Virgil Koob
Feb 18, 2016
Virgil J. Koob, the son of Glen and Gertrude (Tibben) Koob, was born April 28, 1930, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, and passed away Thursday, February 18, 2016, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Virgil was baptized while in the service at MacDill Airforce Base and was confirmed in 1955 as an adult...
Alfred Koll
Feb 17, 2016
Alfred Henry Koll, 94, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa, where he had lived for the past 3 years plus. He was born February 1, 1922, on a farm near Walnut, Iowa. Alfred was the son of Henry Carl and Carrie (Schmidt) Koll, one of three children. Alfred was...
Edward Furne
Feb 17, 2016
Edward E. Furne Jr., 75, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Edward was born February 16, 1941, in Battle Creek, Iowa, to Edward E. and Ida (Hansen) Furne. He grew up in Battle Creek and attended Battle Creek High School. At age 17 he joined the US...
Yvonne Annamarie Staples
Feb 15, 2016
Yvonne Annamarie Staples, the daughter of Hans Peter and Carrie Marie (Christensen) Jorgensen, was born January 23, 1935, at her parents’ home south of Sharon, Iowa and died February 15, 2016, at the St. Anthony’s Nursing Home in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 81 years and 22 days. Yvonne was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in...
Roger Gene Barten
Feb 15, 2016
Roger Gene Barten, the son of John and Elda (Rothfolk) Barten was born March 6, 1938, at his grandmother’s home south of Manning, Iowa and died February 15, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 77 years, 11 months, and 9 days. Roger was baptized on August 7, 1938, and confirmed on...
Elizabeth "Beth" Ann Olsen
Feb 11, 2016
Elizabeth “Beth” Ann Olsen, the daughter of Louis and Margaret (Wulf) Hill, was born October 2, 1956, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died peacefully at her home in Exira, Iowa at the age of 59 years, 4 months, and 9 days. Beth was baptized at the Exira Christian Church in Exira, Iowa. She attended the...
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