Alma Tallman
Jun 21, 2020
Alma Tallman, 84, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, June 21, 2020, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Alma Irene was born on January 13, 1936, in Sigourney, Iowa, the daughter of Verle Clifford and Blanche Elizabeth (Knox) Utterback. She grew up on the family’s dairy farm with her three sisters, and graduated from Sigourney High School in 1954. Following...
Linda Key (Hawthorne)
May 29, 2020
Linda Key, 100, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, May 29, 2020, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Linda Ferne Hawthorne was born on January 26th, 1920, near Afton, Iowa to Page Lemoine and Mary Muzetta (Gray) Hawthorne. She was the 5th child in a family of seven children. She graduated from Lenox High School and then was able to attend AIB...
Brandon Harry
May 28, 2020
Brandon Harry, 30, of Cumberland, Iowa, died Thursday, May 28, 2020. He was born on August 25, 1989, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Laureen Lynae Harry. Brandon was baptized at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic. He attended Cumberland Massena Community School District until the school merged with Anita and then...
Angela (Harris) McCuddin
May 20, 2020
Angela (Harris) McCuddin, 64, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Angela Raena was born on June 2, 1955, in Nebraska City, Nebraska, and later adopted by Earl Eugene and Barbara Ann (Goff) Harris with two of her sisters and one brother. Her other siblings were also adopted and they remained in...
Gerald Bert "Jerry" Behrens
May 18, 2020
Gerald (Jerry) Bert Behrens, 83, of Des Moines, Iowa, formerly of southwest Iowa, passed away May 18, 2020, at Ramsey Village in Des Moines, Iowa. Jerry was born January 25, 1937, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Bertus and Laura (Tiarks) Behrens. He graduated from Shelby Consolidated School with the class of 1955. Jerry held a multitude of jobs...
William "Bill" Lippincott
May 18, 2020
William “Bill” Lippincott, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, May 18, 2020, at Mercy One Hospice in Johnston, Iowa. William Ross was born on August 23, 1937, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of A.R. William and Rose (Stangl) Lippincott. He was baptized and confirmed at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic. Bill attended Atlantic Community Schools; graduating in...
Robert Mullen
May 14, 2020
Robert C. Mullen, 74, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Bob Mullen was born on February 27, 1946, in Cumberland, Iowa, the son of Carl LaVerne and Helen Mae (Anderson) Mullen. He graduated from Cumberland/Massena High School in 1964. After graduation he worked in Omaha before enlisting in...
Philip "Flip" Seddon
May 14, 2020
Philip "Flip" Seddon, 71, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away at home Thursday, May 14, 2020, after a courageous battle with prostate cancer. Philip Marshall Seddon was born on November 11, 1948, in Malden, Massachusetts, the son of Kenneth and Eula Jane (Marshall) Seddon. He grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and was active in swim team, ice skating, golf and bowling....
Susan A. Pinkerton
May 11, 2020
Susan A. Pinkerton, residing outside Griswold IA, formerly of Omaha, NE passed away peacefully on Monday, May 11, 2020, at her home. Susan Amelia (Risley) Pinkerton was born in Minneapolis, MN, on September 27, 1941, to Edna (Lund) and Max I. Risley. As a young child her family relocated to Omaha, NE. Susan attended Rosehill Elementary and graduated from Benson...
Ernest Thomsen
May 3, 2020
Ernest Henry Thomsen, 88, passed away on May 3, 2020 at his home near Cumberland. He was born August 24, 1931 to Nels and Henrietta “Hannah” (Rustman) Thomsen at his grandmother’s home in Cumberland. At age 4 Ernie started school at Custer Rural School in Edna Township. He graduated from Cumberland High School in 1948. After farming for a short...
Peggy H. Roland (Miller)
Apr 27, 2020
Peggy Roland, 74, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, April 27, 2020, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. Peggy Hight was born on January 26, 1946, in Creston, Iowa, the daughter of Albert James and Hazel Mildred (Hight) Miller. She grew up alongside her brother, Brian Newell, in Corning, Iowa; often reminiscing about spending time at her grandparents’ farm. She played...
Rosalie "Rosie" Masteller (Schaaf)
Apr 26, 2020
Rosalie “Rosie” E. Masteller, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away the 26th day of April, 2020, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Rosie was born in Atlantic, Iowa, on December 17, 1932, to Herman and Zeta Schaaf of Cumberland. She graduated from Atlantic High School in 1951, as the class salutatorian. Rosie then attended The Commercial Extension School of Commerce in...
Wayne Farley
Apr 23, 2020
Wayne Lee Farley was born October 2, 1942 in Hutchinson, Kansas and died on April 23, 2020 in Anita, IA at the age of 77. Wayne was one of 16 children born to Waldron and Sybil (Converse) Farley and grew up working on the farm in Kansas. He graduated from high school in Kincaid, Kansas, in the Class of 1961....
Natalie Wheatley Merritt
Apr 17, 2020
Natalie Wheatley Merritt, 53, of Platte City, Missouri, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, April 17, 2020, at her home. Natalie Jo was born on September 21, 1966, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Wayne L. and Donna M. (Sieck) Wheatley. She grew up on the family farm northwest of Atlantic; likely starting her love of the outdoors and adventure....
Dwayne L. Knop
Apr 9, 2020
Dwayne L. Knop, 98, formerly of Omaha, died Thursday, April 9, 2020, at Allen Place in Atlantic. He was born on December 27, 1921, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Emil John and Vina L. (Feldman) Knop. Dwayne grew up in southwest Iowa and graduated from Hancock High School in 1938. Following graduation, he helped on the family farm, and...
Dr. Kerry Sauser
Apr 6, 2020
Dr. Kerry Kay (Kister) Sauser, ARNP, ND, PhD, 72, went home to the arms of Jesus on Monday, April 6, 2020 after a short illness. Kerry was born July 2, 1947 to Arnold and Vernetta (Dietz) Kister in Lincoln, NE. She was raised in Lincoln and active in The Camp Fire program as a girl. In high school she was...
Guendata Dolch
Apr 6, 2020
Guendata Dolch, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, April 6, 2020, at Friendship Home in Audubon. Guendata May was born on January 7, 1925, in Auburn, Nebraska, the daughter of Willis Richard and Millie Fay (Vesper) Andrews. She lived in Omaha until she was 14 years old, when the family moved to Pacific Junction, and while there she enjoyed watching...
Geraldine "Jeri" Ward
Apr 4, 2020
Geraldine “Jeri” Ward, 84, of Atlantic, died Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Caring Acres in Anita. She was born April 14, 1935 in Carbon, Iowa, the daughter of John and Eliza (Robison) Cross of Atlantic, Iowa. She attended schools in Atlantic and Wiota and lived most of her life in Atlantic. She was a long-time member of the Zion Lutheran...
Aurel V. Brown
Mar 27, 2020
Aurel Brown, 96, of Anita, Iowa and formerly of the Berea, Iowa area, died Friday, March 27, 2020, and preceded in death by Freeman Brown, 95, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015, both at Caring Acres in Anita. Aurel was born on February 17, 1924, in Greenfield, Iowa, the daughter of Clifford and Vera (Brown) Harris. Freeman...
Glenn Livingston
Mar 27, 2020
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