Dennis D. Anderson
Jan 8, 2026
Dennis D. Anderson, 75, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, January 8, 2026, at Atlantic Specialty Care.
Dennis Duane was born on August 14, 1950, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Reed Cantwell and Evangeline Marie (Feilinger) Anderson. He grew up in Atlantic and had to be careful with his activities due to a childhood illness. Dennis graduated from Atlantic High School...
Sandra (Schoenbohm) Bowers
Jan 5, 2026
Sandra (Schoenbohm) Bowers, 83, of Wichita, Kansas, formerly of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Monday, January 5, 2026, at her home in Wichita.
Sandra Kathleen was born on January 25, 1942, at home in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Gilbert Harold and Helen Lorraine (Spies) Schoenbohm. She grew up on a farm near Cumberland and graduated from C & M High...
Denise Hildebrand
Jan 3, 2026
Denise Florene Hildebrand, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, went to be with Jesus on January 3, 2026.
Born on February 13, 1948, in Griswold, Iowa, to Louis and Dorothy (Adams) Schaaf, Denise was the second of six children. The Schaaf family lived in both Lewis and Atlantic during her childhood. Denise married Cleo Cook on January 10, 1967. The couple was blessed...
Glenn Hemphill
Dec 23, 2025
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Glenn Hemphill, 87, of Griswold, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at Cass Health in Atlantic, Iowa.
Glenn Everett Hemphill was born on the farm south of Griswold, IA on October 13, 1938, to Leo & Mary (Railsback) Hemphill. Glenn was very active while helping his Dad raise cattle, hogs, soybeans, corn, and...
Randy Roberts
Dec 23, 2025
Randy Roberts, 64, of Linn Grove, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at his home.
The son of Glenn Wycoff and Evonia Marie (Kjar) Roberts, Randy Lee was born on February 28, 1961, in Audubon County, Iowa. During his early years, he grew up on a farm near Anita and attended school in Anita. He later moved with his family to...
Mark Anderson
Dec 21, 2025
Mark Anderson, 62, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, December, 21, 2025, surrounded by family at Cass Health in Atlantic.
Born the first son of Ralph and Marlene (Reed) Anderson, Mark Allen made his appearance on July 25, 1963, in Atlantic. He grew up and attended school in Atlantic and his nickname was “Sparky” because of his great speed running track. Model...
Kathryn "Kathy" Ostrus
Dec 13, 2025
Kathryn “Kathy” Ostrus, 71, of Wiota, Iowa, died Saturday, December 13, 2025, at the Exira Care Center.
Kathryn Ruth, the daughter of Ronald Everett and Beulah Mae (Cue) Ostrus was born in San Angelo, Texas while her father was stationed there in the United States Air Force on March 4, 1954. Being the only girl, while the boys were out playing...
Jenny Hamilton
Dec 13, 2025
Jenny Hamilton, 90, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2025, at Heritage House in Atlantic, surrounded by family.
Jenny Marie was born on November 23, 1935, at home in rural Oakland, Nebraska, the daughter of James C. and Hilda Marie (Dohse) Wallace. Some of her childhood memories included walking or riding her bike to school, riding her horse, chores...
Richard Pedersen
Dec 10, 2025
Richard Pedersen, 53, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, died Thursday, December 11th, 2025, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.
Richard was born to Lawrence Paul and Joann (Fudge) Pedersen on September 15, 1972 in Iowa City, Iowa. He grew up with his sister, Nancy, and parents in Oakland where he attended school and graduated in 1991 from Riverside High. He would spend...
Clint Humbert
Dec 7, 2025
Clint Humbert, 74, of Griswold, IA, and formerly of Cumberland, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2025, at Cass Health in Atlantic, IA.
Clinton Franklin Humbert was born January 18, 1951, in Clay Center, KS, to Hollis Oliver and Marjorie Ann (Knox) Humbert. Clint grew up in Clifton, KS and Des Moines, IA. During Clint's early years he attended school at Clifton-Clyde...
Fred Berge
Dec 7, 2025
Fred Berge, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, December 7, 2025, at Atlantic Specialty Care.
Frederick Allen was born at home north of Atlantic, Iowa on January 1, 1948, the son of Frank George and Dessie Pearl (Harter) Berge. He missed on all the “extras” for being the first baby born in the new year by 15 minutes. His sister Carol...
Karla Caltrider
Dec 5, 2025
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Karla Caltirder, 87, of Casey, Iowa, died Friday, December 5, 2025, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Karla Jane was born on May 7, 1938, at the Larson Hospital in Adair, Iowa, the daughter of Raymond Michael William and Lucille Marie (Hammond) Wesack. She grew up with her sister, Pat and they shared...
Larry Petersen
Dec 4, 2025
Larry Lewis Petersen, 71, of Exira, Iowa, died Thursday, December 4, 2025, at the Exira Care Center, surrounded by his family.
Larry was born on February 10, 1954, in Mason City, Iowa. At five weeks of age, he was adopted by Lewis and Marie (Wolff) Petersen and was baptized at Exira Lutheran Church. He grew up in the country south of...
Tracy Perkins
Nov 30, 2025
Tracy Perkins, 64, of Atlantic, Iowa, entered eternal rest with his Savior Sunday, November 30, 2025.
Tracy Lee Perkins was born on August 1, 1961, in Fort Collins, Colorado, to Claude and Sharon (Blunt) Perkins. The family spent one year in Colorado before moving back to Strahan, IA, then to Red Oak, and finally to Randolph. He graduated from Fremont-Mills High...
Eileen Sornson
Nov 17, 2025
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Eileen Sornson, 85, of Exira, Iowa, was welcomed to her Heavenly home by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Monday, November 17, 2025, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Eileen June was born on June 9, 1940, at home in Elk Horn, Iowa, the daughter of Harvey Peter and Karen “Carrie” Mathilda (Nielsen) Mathisen....
Holidays & Hope
Nov 10, 2025
“The Season Of Hope” is often hard to imagine after a loss, so we’re offering ideas that may help you to look forward to, pass the time a bit more gently or even begin healing in a new way. Watch Rolands’ Facebook for reminders.
Surviving the Holidays program by GriefShare now has an Expanded Version that can be used at home on...
Carol (Wolff) Knutsen
Nov 10, 2025
Carol Knutsen, 63, of Audubon, Iowa, passed away Monday, November 10, 2025, at her home surrounded by family.
Carol Ann was born on February 21, 1962, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Arnold George and Stella Katherine (Eggen) McCurdy. She grew up spending her days soaking up the sun with her brother, Esley and friends at the Audubon pool and helping...
Judy Rathman
Nov 5, 2025
Judy Rathman, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at the Exira Care Center.
Judith Ann was born on December 29, 1942, in Anita, Iowa, the daughter of Kenneth and Jessie (Gaines) Gipple. She married Duane Rathman in 1960 and from this union three children were born Jeana, Tracy and Duane, Jr.
Judy accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior...
Jack Burrows
Nov 1, 2025
Jack Burrows, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Saturday, November 1, 2025, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Jack Edward was born on November 11, 1937, in Bethany, Missouri, the son of Robert Romeo and Esther Anne (Wurtz) Burrows. He was the second youngest of seven siblings and they were all very close. He enjoyed fishing and riding horses with them. Jack attended...
Leland Nelsen
Oct 30, 2025
Leland Nelsen, 87, of Anita, Iowa, died Thursday, October 30, 2025, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
On May 17, 1938, Leland Leroy Nelsen was born to George William Nelsen and Bonnie Darlene (Chapman) Nelsen at their family home in rural Anita. He was baptized at the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Anita on April 4, 1943.
Leland grew...
