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...
Judy Alff
Feb 6, 2023
Judy Rhea Alff of Anita, Iowa passed away February 6, 2023, surrounded by loved ones, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic at the age of 73. Judy was born at home on April 17, 1949, the daughter of Bill and Lena Mae (Masching) Metheny. She was raised on a farm north of Anita in Audubon County, one of...
Tim Sellers
Feb 1, 2023
Tim Sellers, 76, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at his home.
Timothy (Tim) Arthur Sellers was born to Arthur and Ruth (Jewett) Sellers in Jackson, Michigan on November 22, 1946. While growing up in areas of the Midwest and West Coast, Tim developed a strong desire to play the guitar. By the time he became a teenager...
Lana Tanner
Jan 22, 2023
Lana Tanner, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, January 22, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Lana Rae was born on October 5, 1945, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Rollie and Laveta Helen (Scheef) Hoffman in Atlantic, Iowa. She graduated from Atlantic High School in 1963.
On August 24, 1963, she was united in marriage to Brooke Tanner in...
Donald "Pappy" and Geraldine "Jeri" Ward
Jan 19, 2023
Donald “Pappy” Ward, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, January 19, 2023, at the Exira Care Center and Geraldine “Jeri” Ward, 84, of Atlantic, died Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Caring Acres in Anita.
Geraldine Elva was born on April 14, 1935, in Carbon, Iowa, the daughter of Elvin John and Eliza Elizabeth (Robison) Cross of Atlantic, Iowa. She attended...
Mary Lou Clark
Jan 18, 2023
Mary Lou Clark, 88, of Atlantic, died Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at Atlantic Specialty Care.
Mary Lou was born on April 30, 1934, in Hastings, Nebraska, the daughter of Lloyd M. and Dorothy Janette (Sittner) Rhodes. On October 26, 1953, she was united in marriage to James Leroy Clark in Blair, Nebraska. The couple was blessed with seven children, Deb,...
Bart Blake
Jan 13, 2023
Bart Blake, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic, surrounded by family.
Bartlett Lee was born June 9, 1933, to Bruce and Violet (Spies) Blake on a farm near Norway Center, Cass County, Iowa. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1952. He was married to Janice Pieken on December 26,...
LiaRuth Miller
Jan 4, 2023
Lia Miller, 64, of Des Moines, Iowa, and formerly of Anita, died Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at MercyOne Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.
LiaRuth was born on December 19, 1958, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of James Burton and Jeannette May (Hood) Miller. She grew up in rural Anita and graduated from Anita High School in 1977. Following graduation, she...
Gail Lange
Dec 30, 2022
Gail Lange, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa died Friday, December 30th, 2022, at Allen Place in Atlantic, Iowa.
The son of John and Irma (Bramer) Lange, Gail was born November 29, 1935, in Atlantic and attended country school in Shelby County. He was united in marriage to Annabelle Walter, November 17, 1955, at Elk Horn Lutheran Parsonage in Elk Horn, Iowa. ...
Doug Howard
Dec 30, 2022
Doug A. Howard, age 65, passed away on December 30, 2022, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa.
Douglas Allan was born on November 4, 1957, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of George and Sharon (Dollen) Howard. He graduated from Atlantic High School in the Class of 1976. Doug received his insurance license in 1986, and worked...
Arma Re "Amy" Roby
Dec 29, 2022
Arma Re “Amy” Roby, 75, of Atlantic, Iowa passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.
Amy was born June 24, 1947, to Raymond William and Della (Nelson) Fouts in Dunlap, Iowa. During her early years, her family was very active in all church activities at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Dunlap. A lively...
Ray Erickson
Dec 26, 2022
Ray Erickson, 53, of Atlantic, IA, formerly of Jefferson, SD, passed away peacefully December 26, 2022, surrounded by family and friends at UNMC in Omaha, NE.
Raymond Harlon, Jr. was born on April 5, 1969, in Sydney, Australia, the eldest son of Raymond, Sr and Patricia (Hyland) Erickson. In June of 1970, the family moved to the United States. He...
Terry Bringleson
Dec 26, 2022
Terry Bringleson, 69, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, December 26, 2022, at CHI Health - Lakeside Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.
Terry Allen Bringleson was born on November 30, 1953, in Iowa City, Iowa the son on Mary Ann Bringleson. He lived most of his life in Atlantic. He worked at Midway Distributing for a few years and also kept busy...
