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Wayne Delbert Hansen
Sep 13, 2015
Wayne Delbert Hansen, the son of Emil Carl and Hazel Caroline (Hilsabeck) Hansen, was born January 22, 1932, at his parents’ home northwest of Audubon, Iowa and died September 13, 2015, at the Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 7 months, and 21 days. Wayne was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church...
Joseph Newell
Sep 10, 2015
Joe Newell, 95, of Anita, Iowa, died at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, on Thursday, September 10, 2015. Joseph "Joe" Harold Newell was born to Thomas and Mary Jane (Ratledge) Newell on Sunday, June 27, 1920, near Gray in Audubon County, Iowa. Joe was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. They lived on...
Ruth Wedemeyer
Sep 3, 2015
Ruth E. Wedemeyer, 91, of Anita, Iowa, and formerly of Adair, Iowa, passed away Thursday, September, 3, 2015, at Caring Acres in Anita. Ruth Elizabeth Wedemeyer was born December 3, 1923, in rural Earlham, Iowa, to Adolph and Ida (Scar) Jobst. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Dexter, Iowa. Having spent her entire childhood in...
John Christensen
Sep 2, 2015
John L. Christensen, 64, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, after a battle with cancer. He is survived by his nephew, Adam Christensen and his wife Monica of Urbandale, Iowa; his niece, Shelby Herrera of Houston, Texas; and his great-nephews and great-niece, Ava, Andon, Cole and Graham. Born...
Linda Christensen
Aug 30, 2015
Linda Sue Christensen, 60, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born April 23, 1955, in Atlantic, IA, the daughter of Glenn and Margaret (Henry) Jensen. Linda attended Jackson elementary and Atlantic Middle and High schools. She was united in marriage December 12, 1976, to...
Nadine Marie Kilworth
Aug 29, 2015
Nadine Marie Kilworth, the daughter of Leonard and Neitha (Dorsey) Andersen, was born January 20, 1938, near Atlantic, Iowa. She died August 29, 2015, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 77 years, 7 months, and 9 days. Nadine was baptized on April 19, 1960, at the Exira Christian Church. She attended rural...
Mary Ann Shima
Aug 22, 2015
Mary Ann Shima, the daughter of Leo Mark and Elsie Viola (Shumaker) Cornick, was born June 17, 1937, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa and died August 22, 2015, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 78 years, 2 months, and 5 days. Ann was baptized and confirmed at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Mount Pleasant....
Max Uhlman
Aug 22, 2015
Max Donald Uhlman, 86, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2105, at the New Homestead in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Max was born September 5, 1928, in Adair County, Iowa, to John and Anna (Wedemeyer) Uhlman. He grew up in Adair and Guthrie counties and attended school until the eighth grade. Max joined the US Army in 1950...
Virginia Williams
Aug 20, 2015
Virginia Pauline Williams, 94, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born April 21, 1921, in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Walter and Reta (Earl) Henke. Virginia grew up in the Cass County area and attended Atlantic High School through the tenth grade. She...
Pauline Frances Brader
Aug 15, 2015
Pauline Frances Brader, the daughter of Roy and Rebecca (Wilkie) Madden, was born July 17, 1919, at her parents’ home near Lake City, Iowa and died August 15, 2015, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 96 years and 28 days. Pauline was baptized and confirmed at the Presbyterian Church in Lake City. She attended rural...
Franklin Stewart Layland
Aug 8, 2015
Franklin Stewart Layland, the son of Dallas and Maude (Perry) Layland, was born February 22, 1925, at his parents’ home northwest of Hamlin, Iowa and died August 8, 2015, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 5 months, and 16 days. Franklin was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Audubon, Iowa...
Dorothy Cheslick
Aug 5, 2015
Dorothy Catherine Cheslick, 98, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, IA. She was born June 13, 1917, in Woodside, Long Island, New York, the daughter of Sylvester and Dora Martinka. Dorothy attended schools in the Long Island area and graduated from Bryant High School in Long Island City, New York....
Mae Margaret Gittins
Aug 4, 2015
Mae Margaret Gittins, the daughter of Richard Louis and Dorothy Mae (Youngman) Hiatt, was born December 27, 1928, at her parents’ farm home in rural Bethany, Missouri and died August 4, 2015, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 7 months, and 7days. Margaret was baptized and confirmed as an adult at the Gray...
Alice Jensen
Aug 1, 2015
Alice Berniece Jensen, 97, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2015, at Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center in Anita, Iowa. Berniece was born January 15, 1918, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Benjamin and Jetta (Jones) Flathers. She was united in marriage to Gailyn Jensen on January 4, 1937. She loved quilting, crocheting and doing crosswords....
Delores Walters
Jul 18, 2015
Delores Elrane Bald was the sixth of eleven children born to Harry and Gladys Jensen Bald in Leroy Township, Audubon, Iowa, on January 25, 1941. She went to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 18, 2015, at her home in Audubon at the age of 74 years, 5 months and 23 days. Delores was baptized at Our Saviors...
Albert Schnackel
Jul 17, 2015
Albert Henry Schnackel, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, July 17, 2015, at Atlantic Nursing and Rehab. Albert was born October 7, 1917, near Hancock, Iowa, to Harvey F. and Emily E. (Sayre) Schnackel. He graduated from Hancock High School in 1936. On June 4, 1943, he married Phyllis Leona Giese at the First Methodist Church in Omaha,...
Karl Knutter
Jul 17, 2015
Karl William Knutter, 74, of Wiota, Iowa, passed away Friday, July 17, 2015, at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Karl was born August 18, 1940, in Elgin, Illinois, to Lester and Marian (Slavin) Knutter. He grew up in rural Marengo, Illinois. He attended country school and graduated from Marengo High School in 1958. After graduation, he...
Mary Lehman
Jul 15, 2015
Mary Louise Lehman, 89, of Adair, Iowa, died Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab Center in Anita Iowa. She was born February 1, 1926, in Lake City, Iowa, the oldest child of eight children to Alton Parker and Maybelle (Hermansen) Harris. Mary grew up near Panora, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Dallas Lehman...
Glee I. Huey
Jul 8, 2015
Glee I. Huey, the son of Iles K. and Bessie I. (Gapen) Huey, was born October 13, 1924, at his parents’ home in Texsam, South Dakota and died July 8, 2015, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 90 years, 8 months, and 25 days. Glee was baptized and confirmed at the White River Methodist Church...
Naomi Maxine Larsen
Jul 7, 2015
Naomi Maxine Larsen, the daughter of John Henry and Lula “Peg” Frances (Murray) Wiemann, as born July 31, 1926, at her parents’ home near Exira, Iowa and died July 7, 2015, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 88 years, 11 months, and 6 days. Naomi was baptized and confirmed at the First Methodist...
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