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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
Steven Lynn Petersen
Dec 23, 2015
Steven Lynn Petersen, the son of Leo and Evelyn (Nelson) Petersen, was born May 3, 1955, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa and died December 23, 2015, at his home in Carroll, Iowa at the age of 60 years, 7 months, and 20 days. Steven was baptized and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa....
Deanna Faye Nissen
Dec 23, 2015
Deanna Faye Nissen, the daughter of Martin and Elsie (Petersen) Christensen, was born September 18, 1949, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. She passed on to eternal life with her Savior Jesus Christ on December 23, 2015, at the Taylor Hospice House in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 66 years. Deanna was baptized and confirmed at the...
Albert Peterson
Dec 18, 2015
Albert Louie Peterson, 70, of Urbandale, Iowa, and formerly of Adair, Iowa, passed away Friday, December 18, 2015, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, IA. Albert was born February 24, 1945, the son of Vernon and Virginia (Charles) Peterson. He grew up in the Adair-Casey area graduating from Adair-Casey High School with the class of 1963. On April 18, 1964,...
Paul Paulsen
Dec 16, 2015
My Life’s Story as told by Paul R. Paulsen Life is what you make of it. I of all people know this best. I have been told my whole life there is “no cure.” No cure for the MS I was diagnosed with in 1996. No cure for the stage 4 colorectal cancer I had developed over the past year....
Jeanene I. Petersen
Dec 15, 2015
Jeanene I. Petersen, the daughter of Nels Christian and Lillie Mina (Jensen) Abildtrup, was born January 7, 1933, at her parents’ home west of Audubon, Iowa and died December 15, 2015, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 11 months, and 8 days. Jeanene was baptized and confirmed at the Ebenezer Lutheran...
Merle Stangl
Dec 15, 2015
Merle Elmer Stangl, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2016, at Allen Place in Atlantic, Iowa. Visitation with family will be from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 17, 2016, at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic, Iowa, with the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in SS Peter &...
Virginia Bornholdt
Dec 14, 2015
Virginia Bornholdt, the daughter of Andrew and Emma (Degn) Swensen, was born September 3, 1919, at her parents’ home in rural Shelby County near Harlan, Iowa and died December 14, 2015, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 96 years, 3 months, and 11 days. Virginia was baptized and confirmed as an adult on September...
Sharon Miskill
Dec 14, 2015
Sharon K. Miskill, 70, of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Monday, December 14, 2015, at her home in Griswold. Services for a celebration of life are pending.
Lois Arnold
Dec 12, 2015
Lois Elaine (Ticknor) Arnold was born August 22, 1926, in Adair County, Iowa, the daughter of Charles Edgar and Grace Laura (Fitzgerald) Ticknor and passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015, at the Kavanagh House in Des Moines, Iowa. She grew up on a farm south of Casey, Iowa, where she lived until she was nine. She attended Walnut #4...
Christopher Anstey
Dec 12, 2015
Christopher John Anstey was born June 11, 1980, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Kelli Anstey and passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic at the age of 35. Chris grew up in Atlantic and attended the Atlantic School System graduating from Atlantic High in 1998. He then attended Iowa State University in Ames,...
Kip Spencer
Dec 3, 2015
Kip Wylie Spencer was born February 4, 1974, the son of Valerie Jean (Spencer) Stetzel and David Earl Borkowski at Saint Anthony's Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. He passed away, due to a heart attack at the age of 41, on December 3, 2015, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa. Kip's favorite things to do were trapping,...
Ida Mccrory
Nov 30, 2015
Ida Geneva McCrory, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, November 30, 2015, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, Iowa. Ida was born April 1, 1918, in Washington Township, Cass County, Iowa, to Roy Walter and Mabel Cynthia (Winston) Bornholdt. She grew up in Cass County and graduated from the Anita High School. She was married to Robert McCrory...
Genevieve Kinman
Nov 30, 2015
Genevieve Marie Kinman, 92, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Monday, November 30, 2015, at Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa. Genevieve was born March 19, 1923, in Walnut Township, Adair County, Iowa, to Roy and Florence (Armstrong) Hayes. She grew up in Adair County and Guthrie County and attended school in Menlo. She was married to Clyde Hal Kinman...
Anna Reha
Nov 26, 2015
Anna Maria Kimpel Reha was born May 31, 1944, to Elena Donzelli in Naples, Italy. While in Naples, Elena met and married Clyde Kimpel, a United States Army Air Corp Veteran during WWII. Anna and her mother left their family in war torn Italy in 1946 to start a new life in the United States with Clyde. Anna returned...
Doreen Petersen
Nov 24, 2015
Doreen J. Petersen, 52, of Avoca, Iowa, and formerly of Council Bluffs, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at Avoca Specialty Care in Avoca, Iowa. Doreen was born September 10, 1963, in Audubon, Iowa, to Dallas Allen and Barbara Lee (Scherdin) Petersen. She grew up in the Underwood area and attended school in Underwood. Doreen had worked as...
Gary Kunze
Nov 23, 2015
Gary "Doc" Kunze, 70, of Atlantic, Iowa passed away Monday, November, 23, 2015 at the Heart Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. Gary Lee Kunze was born December 9, 1944, in Oakland, California, to Lloyd Alvin and Leona (Kunze) Nelson. The family moved to Atlantic, Iowa, and then at the age of eight they moved to Griswold, Iowa, where he spent...
Travis Peterson
Nov 20, 2015
Travis Duane Peterson, 44 of Griswold, Iowa passed away Friday, November 20, 2015 at his home. A memorial service will be held at 12:30 p.m., Saturday, November 28, 2015 at the Elks Lodge in Atlantic, Iowa. Hockenberry Family Care of Atlantic, Iowa, is assisting the family.
Ruth Ann Petersen
Nov 17, 2015
Ruth Ann Petersen, the daughter of Frank and Ruth (Rendleman) Herrick, was born February 27, 1931, at her parent’s home near Exira, Iowa and died November 17, 2015, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 8 months, and 20 days. Ruth was baptized as an infant then was born again in August of...
Esther Ann Severin
Nov 16, 2015
Esther Ann Severin, the daughter of Lester and Esther Eldred (Aldrich) McDonald, was born March 7, 1933, in Des Moines, Iowa and died November 16, 2015, at the Heritage House Health Care Center in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 82 years, 8 months, and 9 days. Esther was baptized in April of 1936 at the Mediapolis Methodist Church in...
Delmar Gustafson
Nov 12, 2015
Delmar Glen Gustafson, 67, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015, at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Delmar was born December 20, 1947, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Glen Howard and Darlene Ruth (Tibben) Gustafson. He grew up in Adair and graduated from Adair-Casey High School in 1966. He joined the US Army in 1968...
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