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Margaret Elsberry
Jul 6, 2015
Margaret "Maggie" Elsberry, 69, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, July 6, 2015, at the University Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Maggie was born November 27, 1945, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Chester and Marjorie (Winger) Laursen. She grew up in Atlantic, Wiota, Des Moines, Perry and Audubon, Iowa, and graduated from Audubon High School in 1964. She was...
John Tiedemann
Jun 25, 2015
John Delbert Tiedemann, 76, of Adair, Iowa, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015, at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Per John's wishes, private family services and interment in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, will be held at a later date.
David Dressler
Jun 24, 2015
David Allen Dressler, 48, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Dave was born June 16, 1967, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Gary A. and Donnis Lee (Keller) Dressler. He grew up in rural Anita, Iowa, and graduated from Anita High School in 1986. He attended the University of...
Jeffrey Richard Jensen
Jun 21, 2015
Jeffrey Richard Jensen, the son of Delbert and Elizabeth (Oliver) Jensen, was born January 18, 1960, in Audubon, Iowa and died June 21, 2015, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 55 years, 5 months, and 3 days. Jeff was baptized and confirmed at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. He attended the...
Aaron Arthur Hoegh
Jun 20, 2015
Aaron Arthur Hoegh, the son of Glen Vernon and Janette Marie (Hanson), was born January 30, 1976, in Harlan, Iowa and died June 20, 2015, from injuries received in a mower accident in Kimballton, Iowa at the age of 39 years, 4 months, and 20 days. Aaron attended the Elk Horn Community Schools graduating with the High School Class of...
Richard Dean Monthei
Jun 19, 2015
Richard Dean Monthei, the son of Floyd Raymond and Ruth Irene (Gibson) Monthei, was born July 10, 1934, near Jefferson, Iowa and died June 19, 2015, at his home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 11 months, and 9 days. Richard grew up in Cooper, Iowa where he graduated from High School in 1952. Farmed for a...
Bernice Leona Garber
Jun 14, 2015
Bernice Leona Garber, the daughter of Thomas and Agnetta “Nettie” Jorgensen Thomsen, was born August 23, 1916, in Kimballton, Iowa and died June 14, 2015, at the Phoenix Mountain Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 98 years, 9 months and 21 days. Bernice was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton, Iowa. She attended...
Edyth Gayle Simonsen
Jun 14, 2015
Edyth Gayle Simonsen, the daughter of Johnie and Ethel (Neff) Williams, was born November 30, 1934, at her parents’ home in Dripping Springs, Arkansas and died June 14, 2015, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 6 months, and 14 days. Edyth was baptized as an adult at the First Christian...
Doris Ann Card
Jun 10, 2015
Doris Ann Card, the daughter of Donald Carl Fairchild, Sr. and Leona Francis (Lienhouser) Fairchild, was born April 14, 1965, in Adams County, Denver, Colorado and died June 10, 2015, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 50 years, 1 month, and 26 days. Doris was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church. She...
Jean Lucille Griffith
Jun 7, 2015
Jean Lucille Griffith, the daughter of Charles H. and Lulu (Williams) Hodges, was born November 25, 1928, at her parents’ home near Council Bluffs, Iowa and died June 7, 2015, at the Thomas Rest Haven in Coon Rapids, Iowa at the age of 86 years, 6months, and 12 days. Jean was baptized and confirmed as an adult at the First...
Cindy Richter
Jun 7, 2015
Cindy Lou Richter, 59, of Adair, passed away on June 7, 2015, in the care of St. Jude Hospice at Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center, Iowa, after a courageous 2 year battle with colon cancer. Born in Perry, Iowa, on October 29, 1955, to Patsy Hester Haley and Thomas Haley, Cindy was adopted by John H. Young in...
William Beatty
Jun 4, 2015
William (Bill) Pierce Beatty, 60, of Avon, Colorado, formerly of Atlantic, died June 4, 2015, at his home. Bill was born May 11, 1955, in Des Moines, Iowa, to William and Mildred (Pierce) Beatty. Bill attended school in Indianola, Osceola, and Atlantic, graduating from Atlantic High School in 1973. As a youth, he was an active member of the...
Diane Billheimer
Jun 3, 2015
Diane H. Billheimer, 84, of Casey, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at Taylor House in Des Moines, Iowa. Diane was born October 15, 1930, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Robert Walter and Elizabeth Helen (Drake) Streitler. She spent her childhood growing up in Des Moines, Iowa. She graduated from Lincoln High School in Des Moines in 1948....
Rolland Watkins
Jun 2, 2015
Rolland "Rollie" Watkins, 55, of Omaha, Nebraska, formerly of Anita, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at Nebraska Skilled Nursing Home in Omaha, Nebraska. Rollie was born November 20, 1959, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Clyde A. and Marcella Mae (Little) Watkins. He grew up in Anita, Iowa, and attended school in Anita. Rollie moved to Omaha, Nebraska, in...
Barbara Stanley
May 31, 2015
Barbara "Barb" Stanley, 82, of Anita, Iowa, was called home to join the love of her life on Sunday, May 31, 2015, at Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab in Anita IA. Barb was born July 5, 1932, in Detroit, Michigan, to John and Katherine (Merle) Hauser. She grew up in Michigan and graduated from high school there in 1950....
Donald Norris
May 25, 2015
Donald Otis Norris, 70, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, May 25, 2015, at his home in Atlantic. Donald was born March 20, 1945, in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Floyd Otis and Theo Lily (Chancey) Norris. He grew up in Mound City, MO. He lived in a number of cities, including Red Oak, until moving to Atlantic three years...
Don Ray Lauritsen
May 20, 2015
Don Ray Lauritsen, the son of Arthur and Dagny (Jensen) Lauritsen, was born July 30, 1934, at his parents’ home in Hamlin Township Audubon County east of Hamlin, Iowa and died May 20, 2015 at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 9 months, and 20 days. Don was baptized and confirmed at Our...
John Matthew Thielen
May 20, 2015
John Matthew Thielen, the son of Jacob and Mildred (Dimick) Thielen, was born September 21, 1931, in Audubon County near Exira, Iowa, and died May 20, 2015, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 7 months, and 29 days. John was baptized and confirmed at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Exira, Iowa. He attended...
Quanna Warner
May 20, 2015
Quanna Mae Warner, 63, of Commerce City, Colorado, passed away May 20, 2015, at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. Quanna was born June 20, 1951, in Anaheim, California, to Cecil T. and Martha (Simmons) Lairson. She grew up in Anaheim and graduated from high school there. She then attended cosmetology school and worked at that in...
William Dean Hollister
May 17, 2015
William Dean Hollister, the son of William Leland and Blanche (Hoyt) Hollister, was born December 2, 1935, at his parents’ home in rural Audubon County east of Audubon, Iowa and died May 17, 2015, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 79 years, 5 months, and 15 days. Dean was baptized at the Church in Melville...
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