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Naomi Akers
Jan 19, 2015
Naomi (LeRette) Akers, 83, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, January 19, 2015, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Naomi (LeRette) Akers was born in Cass County, Iowa, January 24, 1931, to Guy R. and Bertha (Cain) LeRette, the youngest of three children. She attended school at Marne and Wiota graduating from the Anita High School...
Nancy Barnett
Jan 19, 2015
Nancy Kathryn Barnett, 71, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, January 19, 2015, at Broken Arrow Nursing Home in Broken Arrow. She was born July 22, 1943, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Robert and Helen (Stinn) Bigelow. Nancy grew up in the Walnut, Carson and Avoca, Iowa, areas and graduated from Avoca High School with the class...
Derald Mendenhall
Jan 19, 2015
Derald Duane Mendenhall was born on his father's birthday, January 2, 1938, the son of Homer B. and Ollivene Leoris (Merk) Mendenhall and passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa. He was born at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Merk on a farm northwest of Audubon. Derald grew...
Dorothy Bouchard
Jan 16, 2015
Dorothy Marie Kunz Bouchard, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 16, 2015, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Dorothy was born July 6, 1937, to August and Adelyn (Ruppert) Kunz in the northwest Iowa town of Curlew. She was the second youngest of eight children consisting of four boys and four girls. She graduated from...
Maxine Hall
Jan 15, 2015
Maxine Ruth Hall, 81, of Atlantic, Iowa, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, January 15, 2015. She was born December 12, 1933, to Russell G. and Bertha (Satler) Musser in Newton, Kansas. She grew up there and graduated from high school in 1951. On August 25, 1952, she married Charles R. Hall in Hot Springs, Arkansas....
Elwood Hansen
Jan 15, 2015
Elwood Dennis Clinton Hansen was born on September 30, 1947, in St. Paul, Nebraska, to Ronald Edwin Hansen, Sr. and Gladys Viola Irene Sonderup Hansen. He attended school in rural Nebraska until 1962 when his family moved to southwest Iowa. He attended school in Atlantic and Exira. Elwood was baptized in St. Paul, Nebraska, and confirmed at the Exira...
Jimmie Kelgor
Jan 13, 2015
Jimmie Paul Kelgor, 76, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. He was born June 20, 1938, in Iowa City, Iowa. He was adopted at the age of 6 months by Woersaa and Ethel (Madsen) Kelgor from the Children's Home in Davenport, Iowa, and came to live in Elk...
Diana Pearson
Jan 5, 2015
Diana Sue Pearson, 67, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, January 5, 2015, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa. Sue was born May 6, 1947, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Henry Herman and Lillian Jean (Goff) Miller. She attended the Omaha Public schools. She also lived in Omaha, moving back to Atlantic and residing there for the last...
Florence Irene Staub
Jan 4, 2015
Florence Irene Staub, the daughter of Chris and Emma (Thygesen) Hansen was born on December 11, 1918, at her parents’ home near Kimballton, Iowa, and died January 4, 2015, at the Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa, at the age of 96 years and 23 days. Florence was baptized and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church northeast of Kimballton. She attended rural...
Betty Simpson
Jan 4, 2015
Betty Jean Simpson, 69, of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. In accordance with Betty's wishes, cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held in Burlington, Iowa at a later date.
Lyle Gene David
Jan 3, 2015
Lyle Gene David, the son of Clarence Reuben John and Beata Helena Dorthea (Schade) David was born May 31, 1933, at his parents’ home in Lincoln Township, Audubon County, Iowa and died January 3, 2015, at the Shady Oaks Care Center in Lake City, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 7 months, and 2 days. Lyle was baptized and...
Merlyn Walter Hansen
Jan 3, 2015
Merlyn Walter Hansen, the son of Walter and Katherine “Tina” (Hoegh) Hansen, was born April 3, 1925, at his parents’ home west of Brayton, Iowa and died January 3, 2015, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 89 years and 9 months. Merlyn was baptized and confirmed at the Oak Hill Lutheran Church, west...
Alice Boysen
Jan 1, 2015
Alice Lucile Boysen, 98, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Wiota, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2015, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Lucile was born December 31, 1916, the daughter of Peter and Florence (Gray) Skaug on a farm in Marne, Iowa. She grew up in Brighton Township and attended Brighton Township No. 6 country school through...
David Anderson
Jan 1, 2015
David B. Anderson, 73, of Omaha, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2015, at the Douglas County Health Center in Omaha. David Bruce Anderson was born December 14, 1941, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Victor and Marne Jorgina (Christiansen) Anderson. He attended schools in Atlantic and graduated from Atlantic High School with the class of 1959. He went on to...
Wayne Maas
Dec 27, 2014
Wayne Leroy Maas was born March 21, 1925, in Casey, Iowa, to Merle and Florence (Davis) Maas. He passed away at the age of 89 on December 27, 2014, at the Dobson Home - Hospice of the Valley in Chandler, Arizona. Wayne graduated from Casey High School and lived in the Casey and Adair area his entire life until...
Merle Hay Petersen
Dec 23, 2014
Merle Hay Petersen, the son of James Gordon and Clara (Olson) Petersen, was born December 13, 1918, at his parents’ home in Douglas Township Audubon County, Iowa and died December 23, 2014, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 96 years and 10 days. Merle was baptized and confirmed at the Merrill’s Grove Baptist...
Hugh Ross
Dec 21, 2014
Hugh P. Ross, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2014, at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Hugh was born May 25, 1925, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Walter and Marion (Pendleton) Ross. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois, where he attended and graduated from Morgan Park Military Academy in 1943. After graduation, he enlisted in the US...
Marvin Hockenberry
Dec 20, 2014
Marvin M. Hockenberry, 93, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2014, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Marvin McKinley Hockenberry was born July 24, 1921, in Exira, Iowa, to Scott Henry and Retta (Elwood) Hockenberry. The family lived south of Exira for 13 years before moving into Exira. Later on the family moved east...
V. Duane Hilsabeck
Dec 19, 2014
Virgil Duane Hilsabeck, the son of Virgil Clair and Mae Henrietta (Avey) Hilsabeck, was born June 11, 1934, at his parents’ home in Audubon County near Coon Rapids, Iowa and died December 19, 2014, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa at the age of 80 years, 6 months, and 8 days. Duane was baptized and confirmed at...
Emogene Fulk
Dec 15, 2014
Emogene " Emmy" Fulk, 86, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Monday, December 15, 2014, at Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center in Anita, Iowa. Emmy was born April, 29, 1928, in Red Oak, Iowa, to Boyd W. and Gertrude A. (Smith) Sims. She grew up in the Clarinda area and attended Clarinda High School. Emmy married Jack Fulk on...
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