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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Daryl Mayberry
Feb 9, 2016
Daryl Lynn Mayberry, 94, of Columbia, Missouri, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away at The Bluffs nursing home in Columbia on Tuesday, February 9, 2016. He was born in Atlantic on October 27, 1921, the son of John and Blanche (Best) Mayberry. Daryl earned a bachelor's degree from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, and a master's degree from...
Larry Richter
Feb 8, 2016
Larry Richter, 80, died peacefully on Monday, February 8, 2016, at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Larry Francis Richter was born in Adair, Iowa, on January 13, 1936, to Bernald "Slim" and Mary (Yurich) Richter. He grew up in Wiota where he attended school and graduated in 1954. While attending high school, he played basketball and baseball, drove the...
James Weber
Feb 7, 2016
James "Jim" R. Weber, 81, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2016, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Jim was born April 15, 1934, on a farm north of Cumberland in Cass County, Iowa, to Wesley H. and Helen (Hopkins) Weber. He grew up in the Wiota area and graduated from Wiota High School...

Jerrold Spoonhour
Feb 6, 2016
Jerrold "Jerry" Lee Spoonhour, 64, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2016, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Services will be held at a later date. Survivors include his wife, Mary Spoonhour, of Atlantic, Iowa. Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic, Iowa, is assisting the family.
Melissa "Mitzi" Lou Lafoy
Feb 5, 2016
Melissa “Mitzi” Lou LaFoy, the eldest child of Earnest LaVerne and Norma Nadine (Krogh) Madsen, was born June 15, 1954, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Carroll, Iowa and died February 5, 2016 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 61 years, 7 months, and 20 days. Melissa was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith....
Howard Franklin Hansen
Feb 5, 2016
Howard Franklin Hansen, the son of Nels and Caroline (Olsen) Hansen, was born November 3, 1920, on his parents’ farm one mile west of Exira, Iowa and died February 5, 2016, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 95 years, 3 months, and 2 days. Howard was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in...
Wayne Jensen
Feb 2, 2016
Wayne "Sonny" Jensen, 71, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2016, at his home in Atlantic, Iowa. Sonny was born April 25, 1944, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Wayne Robert and Hazel Violet (Swolley) Jensen Sr. He grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School. Sonny joined the US Marines and served during...
Ronald Avey
Feb 1, 2016
Ronald R. Avey, 74, left the loving care of his family to peacefully begin his journey home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 1, 2016, while working on the acreage he loved, outside Lawrence, Kansas. Ron was born July 1, 1941, in Adair, IA the son of Carl Avey and Elsie (Elsberry) Pollock. He was the youngest...
Lorene Vorm
Jan 29, 2016
Lorene Schlater Vorm, 89, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 29, 2016, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. Lorene was born east of Exira on December 11, 1926, to George and Susie (Heckman) Schlater. She was baptized as an adult at the Brayton home of her parents-in-law, Theodor and Anna (Kyhnn) Vorm. Lorene grew up...
Douglas R. Morrell
Jan 28, 2016
Douglas R. Morrell, the son of Richard L. Morrell and Evelyn D. (Meislahn) Morrell, was born May 26, 1952 in Hayward, California, and died January 28, 2016 at the Haven Hospice Center in Palatka, Florida due to complications from a stroke. He attended Audubon High School and graduated with the Class of 1970. Doug then attended the University of Iowa...
Patrick Arthur Timmerman
Jan 26, 2016
Patrick Arthur Timmerman, the son of John and Anne (Nollette) Lolley, was born August 10, 1930, in Valentine, Nebraska and died January 26, 2016, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 85 years, 5 months, and 16 days. Patrick’s mother died when he was an infant and he was adopted by Joseph and Frances Timmerman....
Chester "Chet" Virgil Christensen
Jan 26, 2016
Chester Virgil Christensen, the son David H. and Ethel C. (Mullenger) Christensen, was born on the family farm in Hamlin Township on February 5th, 1928, and died at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital on January 26th, 2016, at the age of 87 years, 10 months and 26 days. Chester grew up on the family farm, attending rural Hamlin Township schools,...
Oakley Ann Weisenborn
Jan 26, 2016
Oakley Ann Weisenborn, the infant daughter of Terry and Jennifer (Nissen) Weisenborn, was born January 25, 2016 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa and passed away January 26, 2016 at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines. During Oakley’s short stay here on Earth, she touched many lives and was deeply loved by her family. Oakley was preceded...
Phyllis Emma Schwab
Jan 26, 2016
Phyllis Emma Schwab, the daughter of Elmer and Emma (Wedemeyer) Byrum, was born April 21, 1931, at her parents’ home east of Adair, Iowa and died January 26, 2016, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 9 months, and 5 days. Phyllis was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Adair, Iowa....
Anna Hansen
Jan 26, 2016
Anna Marilyn Hansen, 82, of Panora, Iowa, formerly of Casey, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2016, at her home in Panora. Marilyn was born December 17, 1933, in Elk Horn, Iowa, the daughter of Ludvig and Elna (Christensen) Larsen. She grew up in the Elk Horn and Exira area graduating from Elk Horn High School. She attended Dana...
Eugene Leonard Stoberl
Jan 25, 2016
Eugene “Gene” Leonard Stoberl, the son of Leonard and Margaret (Vonesh) Stoberl, was born October 22, 1951, at the Manning General Hospital in Manning, Iowa and died January 25, 2016, at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver, Colorado at the age of 64 years, 3 months, and 3 days. Gene was baptized at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in...
Dolores "Tiny" Lavonne Feltner
Jan 23, 2016
Dolores LaVonne Feltner fondly known as “Tiny” by all her friends and relatives was born February 7, 1926, at her parents’ home in Audubon, Iowa and died January 23, 2016, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 11 months, and 16 days. Tiny attended and graduated from the Audubon Community Schools then was employed...
Estelle Caroline Rose
Jan 20, 2016
Estelle Caroline Rose, the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Hanson) Hansen, was born March 1, 1913, at her parents’ home south of Exira, Iowa near the tree in the middle of the road and died January 20, 2016, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 102 years, 10 months, and 19 days. Estelle was baptized at...
Melissa Jones
Jan 19, 2016
Melissa Anne Jones, 49, of Walnut, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2016, as a result of an automobile accident west of Atlantic, Iowa. Melissa was born June 1, 1966, in Atlantic, Iowa, to and Kenneth Jones and Mary (Ping) Jones. Growing up, she attended school in Atlantic and was a graduate of the...
John Maxwell
Jan 19, 2016
John Alan Maxwell, 39, of Walnut, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2016, as a result of an automobile accident west of Atlantic, Iowa. John was born October 10, 1976, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Steve and Mary (Ping) Maxwell. Growing up, John attended school in Atlantic. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1995...
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