Loyd Andrew
Dec 11, 2023
Loyd Russell Andrew, age 82, of Dubuque, IA, formerly of Atlantic and Council Bluffs, IA, passed away Monday, December 11, 2023, at Harmony Dubuque.
Loyd was born in Cumberland, IA, on July 30, 1941, to Glen and Erma (Russell) Andrew. His education started at a country school south of Cumberland and later when the family moved to Council Bluffs he...
Cheryl (Dunlap) Sjolin
Dec 9, 2023
Cheryl (Dunlap) Sjolin, 75, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Saturday, December 9, 2023, at Lyon Specialty Care in Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Cheryl Ruth Akes was born in Leon, Iowa, on December 31, 1947, the daughter of Emmett Dean and Lila Gertrude (Heaton) Akes. Cheryl attended LeRoy Elementary School and graduated from Central Decatur High School in Leon with the Class of...
Trent Schroeder
Dec 8, 2023
Trent Schroeder, 63, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, December 8, 2023, at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
Trent Robert was born on March 9, 1960, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Lloyd Frederick and Janice Faye (Peters) Schroeder. He attended Atlantic High School.
Trent worked as an iron worker for many years and also did odd jobs...
Lola Hodge
Dec 3, 2023
Lola Hodge, 83, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, December 3, 2023, at Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center in Anita, Iowa.
Lola Louise Sieck was born February 3, 1940, on a farm in west Shelby County to John and Ella (Bramman Bunnell) Sieck. As a youngster, Lola was a jokester who always stayed busy just having fun. Her joyful disposition...
Douglas Bissell
Dec 3, 2023
Douglas Bissell, 59, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 3, 2023, at Cass County Memorial Hospital.
Douglas Allen Bissell was born June 9, 1964, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Gary and Karen (McKee) Bissell, joining his sister, Tammy. Doug grew up in the Atlantic, Wiota, and Anita area, and was involved in football, wrestling and track. He graduated from Anita...
Phyllis Pierce
Dec 3, 2023
Phyllis Pierce, 78, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, December 3, 2023, at Atlantic Specialty Care.
Phyllis was born in Atlantic, Iowa, on April 15, 1945, to Ralph and Blanche (Gearhardt) Frisbie. She graduated from Atlantic High School in 1963.
On April 19, 1969, she was united in marriage to Norman Fries at Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic. He died on...
Bob Camblin
Nov 29, 2023
Robert “Bob” Earl Camblin passed away peacefully at home on 11/29/23 at age 86.
Bob was born on Jan. 6th, 1937, the son of Wayne L. and Marjorie E. Camblin. Bob grew up in Atlantic Iowa. He attended Atlantic High School where he was active with football, basketball, track and band. He graduated from AHS in 1955. In 1959 Bob...
Jane Schwartz
Nov 29, 2023
Jane Schwartz, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at her home.
Cora Jane Nelson was born on November 2, 1926, on the family farm three miles southeast of Brayton, Iowa, the daughter of Sidney Christian and Viola Hazel (Cochran) Nelson. She joined brothers, Eugene and Bill and sister, Mary May.
She attended country school and later Exira High School....
Ralph Beck
Nov 23, 2023
Ralph Beck, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, November 23, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Ralph Dale Beck was born on November 18, 1938, in Lake City, Iowa, the son of Roy Charles and Nina Emma Alvina (Kruckenberg) Beck. He grew up on the farm and enjoyed reminiscing through the years about his horses. Ralph attended school in Guthrie...
Dennis Berge
Nov 20, 2023
Dennis Berge, 76, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, November 20, 2023, at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
Dennis Eugene was born on November 28, 1946, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Frank George and Dessie Pearl (Harter) Berge. He grew up in Lewis and was always on the go fishing or playing a pick-up game of baseball or...
Shirley Ferguson
Nov 19, 2023
* * * A recording of the service was previously found at the end of this write-up and at the family's request at the time of the service, has been removed, January 1, 2024. * * *
Shirley Ferguson, 85, of Atlantic, passed into her Eternal Home early Sunday morning, November 19, 2023, at Atlantic Specialty Care.
Lee and Ruth...
2023 Holiday Services & Slideshow
Nov 18, 2023
***Joy in the Morning Memorial Service,
Holiday Encouragement Recordings
& Memorial Slideshow
at the bottom of this page***
Roland Funeral Service
To Honor Those We Miss this Holiday Season
“JOY IN THE MOURNING”
Saturday, November 18th
Program Features
Words by Pastor James Roland
Music by Delaney Hinman & Phil Reinhardt
new this year…
"Holiday Encouragement"
Tues,...
Charlene Jespersen
Nov 9, 2023
Charlene Jespersen, 88, of Exira, Iowa, died Thursday, November 9, 2023, at the Exira Care Center.
Charlene was born December 1, 1934, in Harlan, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Mabel (Rasmussen) Mathisen. She attended rural school near Elk Horn, Iowa, and graduated from Elk Horn High School with the Class of 1953. Following graduation, she received her teletyping certificate...
Marjorie Smith
Nov 9, 2023
The family mourns the passing of Marjorie “Marge” E. (Morgan) Smith, age 89, on Thursday, November 9, 2023.
Marjorie was born April 22, 1934, on a farm north of Massena, IA; the third child and oldest daughter of Howard and Helen (Campbell) Morgan. She attended Denham Country School and Massena High School, graduating in the Class of 1951.
She married...
Phyllis Anderson
Nov 6, 2023
Phyllis Anderson, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, November 6, 2023, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.
Phyllis Ann was born on March 1, 1941, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Phillip and Elsie (Silvey) Most. She grew up and attended school in Atlantic. Phyllis worked at Husker and Publisher News prior to taking a position at Hy-Vee. She...
Gerhardt "Gary" Goeken III
Oct 27, 2023
Gerhardt Edward Goeken III (“Gary” to his friends and family) was born in Alhambra, CA on May 20, 1961 to Gerhardt and Wanda Goeken. Gary passed away on October 27, 2023 in Chicago, IL, at the age of 62. Gary was a 1979 graduate of Atlantic High School, and after high school Gary enlisted in the Army where he served until...
Robert "Bob" Straka
Oct 19, 2023
Robert "Bob" Straka, 76, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, October 19, 2023, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic.
Robert Joseph was born on February 22, 1947, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Edward and Irene (Nemec) Straka. Following graduation, he served in the United States Army Reserves.
On December 27, 1991, he was united in marriage to Suzanne Jones Haber at the...
Carol Hensley
Oct 6, 2023
Carol Ann Hensley, 86, a longtime resident of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Carol was born November 23, 1936, in Atlantic, Iowa to Claus Frederick Krambeck and Kathryn Lucille (Redman) Krambeck. She attended elementary and junior high school in Atlantic where she first met her future husband, Dick. Her family then...
Chet Moreland
Oct 4, 2023
Chet Moreland, 74, of Exira, Iowa, and formerly of Council Bluffs, died Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at his home on National Truckers Day, 10-4!
He was born on June 16, 1949, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Thomas and Rita (Guthrie) Horswill. To say he had an adventurous childhood with his siblings might be an understatement; they could be...
Jim Murphy
Oct 4, 2023
Jim Murphy, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
James Leroy was born on March 19, 1935, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Cecil Daniel and Kathryn Caroline (Kurtenbach) Murphy. He grew up on the family farm north of Wiota, Iowa, and graduated from Wiota High School in 1953. Jim served his country...
