Ronald "Ron" Paasch
Apr 26, 2023
Ronald “Ron” Paasch, 95, of Walnut, Iowa, died Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at CHI Health Mercy in Council Bluffs, IA.
Ronald Roy Paasch was born on April 2, 1928, to Hugo Lawrence and Mildred Myrtis (Burkey) Paasch on the Paasch farm north of Walnut, IA. At age 3, Ron moved to the Burkey farm southeast of Walnut where he attended...
Pat Mailander
Apr 25, 2023
Commander Patricia Mary Mailander was born and raised in Wiota, IA the daughter of Edward and Pearl (Rourick) Mailander. She is the oldest of seven children born to this union, arriving on January 19, 1946. Pat passed away at Pleasant Acres/Wesley Heritage House in Atlantic on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the age of 77.
Pat attended Wiota Elementary and...
Amy Lynn Christensen
Apr 12, 2023
Amy Lynn (Jackson) Christensen, 54, of Atlantic, died Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at her home.
Amy’s family is planning to have a Celebration of Life Memorial Service to be determined at a later date.
Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation.
Roland Funeral Service is caring for Amy’s family and her arrangements. Condolences may be left at...
Ed Angell
Apr 10, 2023
Edmund “Ed” Ray Angell, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away, April 10, 2023, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa after a short illness.
Edmund was born on February 27, 1938, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Henry and Alice (Law) Angell. He graduated in 1956 from Barnum High, excelling in basketball and baseball during those years.
While in...
Alberta Erickson
Mar 26, 2023
Alberta Erickson, 97, of Cumberland, Iowa, died Sunday, March 26, 2023, at the Exira Care Center.
Alberta Pearl and her twin brother Albert Merle, were born on May 2, 1925, in a sod house near Colby, Kansas, the daughter of Edmund Jesse and Minnie (Cecil) Merritt. The family moved to a farm in Edna Township, Cass County, Iowa, when she...
Duane Ellison
Mar 25, 2023
Duane Ellison, 44, of Avoca, Iowa died Saturday, March 25, 2023, at his home.
Duane Leroy Ellison was born on April 25, 1978, in Atlantic, Iowa the son of Larry and Nancy Ellison and Connie and Dan Grover. Growing up in rural Griswold, usually wearing blue jeans shorts and cowboy boots, he was a non-stop, unpredictable, high-energy kid that kept...
Deloris Bissell
Mar 24, 2023
Deloris Ann Bissell, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Friday, March 24, 2023, at Atlantic Specialty Care.
Born July 4, 1927, in Dodge County, Nebraska near Scribner, she was the daughter of Fred W. and Agnes Anna (Lahmann) Schellenberg. Deloris attended rural school and high school at Scribner until the family moved to the Anita/Adair, Iowa area in 1943....
Janet Aunan
Mar 11, 2023
Janet Aunan, 98, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Janet Elsie was born on December 10, 1924, at the Lutheran Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa, the daughter of Claude Brown and Sylvia Mary (Cook) Chilton. She grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, where she attended school, graduating Central High School in January...
Dale Ferguson
Mar 10, 2023
Dale A. Ferguson, 94, of Humboldt and formerly of Atlantic, passed away on Friday, March 10, 2023, at Long Term Care in Humboldt.
A Visitation Coffee will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 17th at the Faith United Methodist Church in Humboldt.
Services in Atlantic will include a visitation with the family present from 9:00 a.m. – 10:15...
Bill Bjorn
Mar 9, 2023
Horace William (Bill) Bjorn was born on September 24, 1927 to Anders and Thelma (Bartlett) Bjorn. He attended Oak Hill Lutheran Church in Brayton, Iowa, and graduated from Exira High School before serving in the U.S. Army at the end of WWII. He passed away on March 9, 2023 in Johnston, Iowa, surrounded by his family.
On July 15, 1951...
Charles "Charlie" Templeman
Mar 9, 2023
Charles “Charlie” Templeman, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, March 9, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Charles Franklin was born on June 11, 1936, on a farm near Casey, Iowa, the son of Max Albert and Florence Meta (Harris) Templeman. Some of his childhood was spent in Atlantic and the family lived on south Palm Street; he told the...
Debbie Pope
Mar 8, 2023
Debbie Pope, 58, of Lewis, Iowa, died Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.
Debra Ann was born on August 11, 1964, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Edward and Judy (Davis) Masker. Debbie grew up on a farm outside of Anita, Iowa with her two brothers, Douglas and Dwayne, and as child she treasured...
Clifford Eugene Carr
Mar 5, 2023
Clifford Eugene Carr, 80 years and one day, of Anita, Iowa, died Sunday, March 5, 2023, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa.
Clifford was born on March 4, 1943, in Atlantic, Iowa to Eugene and Dolores (Wahelleber) Carr of Anita. After beginning in a one room country school in rural Anita, he attended schools in Wiota, Casey...
Betty Albert
Feb 26, 2023
Betty Albert, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, February 26, 2023, at the Exira Care Center.
Betty Ann was born on November 17, 1930, in Mapleton, Iowa, the daughter of Carl and Helen (Larsen) Hansen. She graduated from Exira High School.
On July 31, 1949, she was united in marriage to Donald Maurice Albert in Exira, Iowa. The couple was...
Warren Burdette Roland
Feb 16, 2023
At home and surrounded by the love of his family, Warren B. Roland, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, saddled up and rode through Heaven's gates in a blaze of glory, the morning of Thursday, February 16, 2023.
The son of Burdette Leslie and Martha Elizabeth Linstrum Roland, Warren was born May 10, 1945, in Atlantic, Iowa, joining three older brothers,...
Joeash Clark "J.C." Stubbs
Feb 12, 2023
Joeash Clark "J.C." Stubbs, 70, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday February 12, 2023. He is survived by his children, Kait and Jay, his sisters, Glynis and Lou Ann, and their families. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert, and his mother, Joan. A Navy veteran and a lover of baseball, J.C. was a track repair foreman for the...
Kathleen "Cathy" Dennis
Feb 9, 2023
Cathy Dennis, 73, of Anita, passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter, Thursday February 9, 2023 surrounded by her loving family. Born September 11, 1949 in Battle Creek, Michigan, she was the oldest of seven children born to Roy F. and Maree K. (Beck) Westfall. She graduated from Atlantic High School with the class of 1967.
On October...
Mary Nichols Olsen
Feb 8, 2023
Mary (Arentson) Nichols Olsen, 89, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away at Accura Healthcare in Marshalltown, Iowa, on Wednesday, February 8, 2023.
Mary Evelyn was born to Eddie and Alice (Peterson) Arentson on February 7, 1934, at home in Shelby County, Iowa, near Harlan. Mary joined her twin brothers, Verl and Gene and a year and a half later a...
Elizabeth DeKay
Feb 8, 2023
Elizabeth Ann DeKay, 104, life-long Atlantic resident, passed peacefully in her sleep at Heritage House on February 8.
She was born July 20, 1918, the daughter of Carl E and Grace Hoffman. She had one sibling, Virginia May Hoffman, also of Atlantic.
Elizabeth graduated from Atlantic High School in 1935. She attended the two-year Ward-Belmont School (now Belmont University) in...
Robert Figgins
Feb 6, 2023
Robert “Bob” Burdette Figgins was born the fourth of nine children to Woodrow Harry and Beatrice Evelyn (Pieken) Figgins, on August 28, 1947, in Atlantic, Iowa and died February 6, 2023, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, at the age of 75 years, 5 months and 9 days.
Bob grew up in Atlantic and attended the Atlantic Community...
