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Local obituaries for the Atlantic, Anita, Adair, Exira, and Audubon, IA areas
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...
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...
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