Eunice Kemp
Jun 5, 2023
Eunice M. Kemp passed away peacefully on June 5, 2023, at CCMH in Atlantic after a life of 97 years filled with so many blessings, lifelong friendships, and a family she loved and continued to nurture until she took her last breath.
Eunice Mae Petersen was born January 13, 1926, on the family farm near Jacksonville, Iowa, the daughter of...
Robert "Bob" Miller
Jun 2, 2023
Robert “Bob” Miller, 89, of Greenfield, Iowa, died Friday, June 2, 2023 at the Greenfield Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.
Robert Leroy Miller, the son of Thomas and Florence (Whitmore) Miller was born on March 14, 1934, in Colfax, Iowa. Robert attended school in Colfax and thereafter enlisted in the United States Army for three years, 13 months of which...
Norman Knight
Jun 2, 2023
Norman Knight, 61, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, June 2, 2023, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.
Norman Ray was born on May 8, 1962, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Jackie Lee and Violet May (Anderson) Knight. As a kid Norman was shy, quiet, responsible and saved his money, often not going to the skating rink so...
Robert "Bobby" Moretti
May 30, 2023
Robert “Bobby” Moretti, 72, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at his home.
Robert “Bobby” Leonard Moretti was born June 8, 1950, in Oak Park, Illinois, to Albert and Francis (Lee) Moretti. Bobby was a hard-working, physical young man who enjoyed playing varsity football and boxing in Chicago before deciding to move to a warmer climate, Phoenix, Arizona,...
Joyce M. Libby
May 30, 2023
Joyce Libby, 76, of Lewis, died Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at Friendship Home in Audubon, Iowa.
Joyce Marie (Wright) Libby was born in Cass County, Iowa on May 23, 1947, to John and Elnora (Rexroat) Wright. Southwest Iowa, mainly Lewis and Atlantic, was her home for most of her life. She was the second youngest of five children, and the...
LeAnn Fry
May 30, 2023
LeAnn Fry, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
LeAnn was born on November 5, 1936, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Charles Lee and Florence Roberta (Carlson) Butler. She graduated from Atlantic High School and received her Master’s Degree from Minnesota State University at Mankato. She worked at a vocational rehabilitation center...
Danny Fletcher
May 28, 2023
Danny Fletcher, 78, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, May 28, 2023, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.
Danny Gene Fletcher was born July 25, 1944, in Massena, Iowa, the son of Howard Taft and Pearl Mildred (Maas) Fletcher. He was one of 11 children. Danny graduated from Massena High School in 1962. On June 18, 1963, he was united...
Roberta Stein
May 28, 2023
Roberta Stein, 81, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, May 28, 2023, at Atlantic Specialty Care.
Roberta Jean was born on April 5, 1942, in Woodbine, Iowa, the daughter of Robert Louis and Bertha Catherine (Felber) Clements. She was born on Easter Sunday and was therefore always called Bunny by her family. Roberta graduated from Kearney High School.
She was united...
LuElla Lassen
May 10, 2023
LuElla Dorothy Lassen, 95, of Griswold, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, Iowa.
LuElla was born to James and Ella (Schaaf) Leslie on January 5, 1928, in Cass County, Iowa. She attended Atlantic Public Schools and during her high school years she worked at Vaughn’s Beauty Salon and F.W. Woolworth...
Greg Christensen
May 2, 2023
Gregory “Greg” Christensen, 61, of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away at Unity Pointe Hospital in Des Moines on May 2, 2023.
Greg was born to Betty (Brown) Erisman in Greenfield, Iowa on January 12, 1962. In his early years, Greg was active in football, little league baseball, fishing, deer hunting, pheasant hunting, going to rodeos with his mother to compete in...
Sally (Johnson) Ketcham
May 1, 2023
Sally Ann Johnson Ketcham
March 11, 1928 – May 1, 2023
Sally Ann Johnson Ketcham, the only child of Sallie Marshall and William R. Johnson, was born March 11, 1928. She spent her happy childhood in Madison, Nebraska, sheltering stray cats, reading voraciously, and climbing apple trees. In 1946, she postponed her Regents Scholarship at the University of Nebraska to...
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...
