John R. Smith
Nov 23, 2024
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John R. Smith, 69, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2024, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
John Raymond was born on January 1, 1955, in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Wayne Gale and Laura Ellen (James) Smith. He grew up on the family farm...
Diane Kay Esbeck Nichols
Nov 22, 2024
Diane Esbeck Nichols, 69, of Atlantic and Wiota, Iowa, passed away Friday, November 22, 2024, at Atlantic Specialty Care.
Diane Kay Esbeck was born on October 22, 1955, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Kenneth Milton and Elizabeth McGaffin (Helmts) Esbeck. She was baptized at and attended St. Paul's Lutheran Church. At age 10, she joined Benton Townships 4-H Club. The...
Craig Woodard
Nov 13, 2024
Craig Bruce Woodard, 55, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.
Craig was born January 24, 1969 to Donald Woodard and Shirley Dempsey in Fontana, California. At a young age of four, he and his father and brother moved to Arkansas where he was raised by his Aunt Joyce and Uncle Charles along...
George Oleson
Nov 9, 2024
George Wesley Oleson, 96, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at Wesley Heritage House in Atlantic.
He was born October 3, 1928, in Kingsley, Iowa, to Henry L. and F. Agnes (Knight) Oleson. George attended Kingsley Public Schools and graduated in the Class of 1948. Following graduation, he started working for a paving company, Boothe &...
Shirley Christensen
Nov 8, 2024
Shirley Christensen, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, November 8, 2024, at Allen Place in Atlantic.
Shirley Mae was born on July 3, 1935, in Walnut, Iowa, the daughter of Alva and Bertha (Jessen) Kite. She graduated from Walnut High School and went to work as a switchboard operator at AT&T in Atlantic.
On September 5, 1959, she was united in marriage...
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Audrey Nielsen
Nov 3, 2024
Audrey V. Nielsen, 95, of Lewis, Iowa, died Sunday, November 3, 2024, at the Greenfield Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Greenfield.
Audrey Verlee Bissell, the daughter of Charles Steven and Gertrude A. (Gordon) Bissell was born on September 13, 1929, in Massena, Iowa. She grew up on the family farm and attended rural school near Massena, graduating from Cumberland High...
Don Schlotzhauer
Oct 28, 2024
Don Schlotzhauer, 82 of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, October 28, 2024, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.
Donald John was born on the family farm near Massena, Iowa, on September 24, 1942, (his brother Bill’s birthday). He was the son of Arthur John and Pearl Agnes (Tracy) Schlotzhauer. His ornery spirit started at a young age and he seemed...
Joanne Pross
Oct 26, 2024
Joanne Pross, 81, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 26, 2024, at Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa.
The daughter of Roland “Rollie” and Margaret Mae (Hoden) Baker, Joanne Lynn was born August 8, 1943, in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduating from Atlantic High School in 1961, she was united in marriage to Frank Pross Jr. on August 12th, 1961. Together they...
Alice Shriver
Oct 25, 2024
Alice Jean Shriver of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday afternoon, October 25, 2024, at the Heritage House in Atlantic at the age of 93.
Alice was born February 2, 1931, in Shelby County, Iowa, to Ray and Ethel (Cunningham) Delph. She graduated from Shelby Consolidated Schools.
On November 16, 1952, Alice was united in marriage to Elmer Rudolph Shriver, the son of...
Doris Gude
Oct 23, 2024
Doris Gude, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Elk Horn, passed Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Doris Luella, the daughter of Fred Thomas and Agnes Caroline (Christensen) Jacobsen, was born on August 3, 1929, five miles south of Elk Horn, Iowa, on the family farm. She was baptized and confirmed at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church,...
Carl Yowell
Oct 11, 2024
Carl Yowell, 47, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, October 11, 2024, at his home.
Carl Albert was born on February 28, 1977, in Hamburg, Iowa, the son of Jean Peterson. Following graduation from high school in Sioux City in 1995 he moved to Atlantic. He worked in food service all his life and for the last 18 years at Pizza...
Muriel Kay
Oct 4, 2024
Muriel Kay, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, October 4, 2024, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 12th at the Atlantic Cemetery, with Reverend Dr. Rachelle McCalla of the First United Presbyterian church officiating.
Roland Funeral Service is caring for Muriel's family and her arrangements. Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
Marlene Pangburn
Oct 4, 2024
Marlene Pangburn, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, October 4, 2024, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic.
Marlene Kay, the daughter of Erwin Frederick and Eldren Catherina Orvilla (Ranniger) Popp was born on September 17, 1942, in Manilla, Iowa. She moved with her family to Walnut, Iowa, in 1943, where she grew up attending Walnut Community School, graduating with the class...
Barbara Wollenhaupt
Oct 3, 2024
Barbara Ann (Masteller) Wollenhaupt, age 96, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, October 3, 2024, at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Barbara was born on November 26, 1927, in Atlantic, to Curtis and Elsie (Campbell) Masteller. She grew up on a farm southeast of Atlantic with her sister, Mary Ellen and brother, Curtis Campbell Masteller.
Barbara attended Grove Country...
Bill Lillard
Sep 30, 2024
William “Bill” Lillard, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 30, 2024, at his home.
William Warren was born to Howard Anthony and Eva Christina (Parham) Lillard, March 1, 1936, in Laclede County, Missouri, near Lebanon. His family moved to Oakland, Iowa, when he was four years old, and at age 12 relocated to a farm south of Atlantic. He...
Betty Thompson
Sep 30, 2024
Betty Rose Thompson, age 98, of Atlantic, Iowa and formerly of Lewis, passed away Monday, September 30, 2024, under the compassionate care of staff at Heritage House and St. Croix Hospice.
Betty was born November 17, 1925, to Bill and Elsie (Cron) Bode on their farm near Lewis, Iowa; the youngest of three daughters. On October 11, 1945, she married her...
Lavonne Morgan
Sep 29, 2024
Lavonne Morgan, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2024, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.
Lavonne Lilly was born on February 24, 1942, three and a half miles northeast of Massena, Iowa, the daughter of Leslie Vernon and Mable Rosavera (Karas) Denney. She experienced the loss of loved ones early on; her dad at the age of...
Carolynn Blunk
Sep 28, 2024
Carolynn Blunk, 81, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Saturday, September 28, 2024, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Carolynn Harriet Wickey was born on November 20, 1942, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Harold Addison and Arlene Louise (Behrends) Wickey. She was baptized at the First Lutheran Church, south of Wiota, on February 7, 1943. Carolynn attended country school and was a member...
Christel Ann Nichols - Buskirk
Sep 24, 2024
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Christel Ann Nichols-Buskirk, 45, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2024.
Christel Ann was born on October 20, 1978, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Lawrence Edward and Lauri (Baier) Nichols. Some of her favorite memories of her childhood were going on the road with her dad in his truck (a...
