Everett S. Britson
Sep 5, 2019
Everett Britson, 94, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, September 5, 2019, at his home. Everett Sidney Britson was born on November 26, 1924, at home in rural Radcliffe, Iowa, the son of Orvie Sigvald and Hattie Elida (Hinderaker) Britson. He was raised on the family farm with 4 brothers and 1 sister, and one of his fondest memories as a...
Carol A. Myers
Aug 30, 2019
Carol A. Myers, 72, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Anchorage, Alaska, New York City and Avoca, Iowa, died Friday, August 30, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Carol was born at the Atlantic Hospital on June 3, 1947 to Victor L. and Viola (Schmitt) Myers of Avoca. She grew-up on the family farm in the Avoca area and graduated...
Glenn Olsen
Aug 27, 2019
Glenn Olsen, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, was welcomed home by his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, August 27, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Glenn Robert Olsen was born February 1, 1924, on the family farm in Benton Township, northeast of Atlantic, Iowa. He was the first of four children to Johannes (John) Bernhardt and Anna Dorthea (Petersen) Olsen. Glenn...
Barbara "Bobbie" Harris
Aug 26, 2019
Barbara “Bobbie” Harris, 85, of Greenfield, Iowa, and formerly of Anita, passed away Monday, August 26, 2019, at the Greenfield Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Barbara M. was born on February 24, 1934, in Bridgewater, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Helen (Anthony) Barnhart. She attended school in Omaha for a short time during her childhood and later graduated from Bridgewater...
Barbara Lou Mewhirter
Aug 18, 2019
Barbara Lou Mewhirter, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, August 18, 2019, at Allen Place in Atlantic. Barbara was born February 11, 1934 south of Elliott, Iowa to Gerald Ivan and Lula "Lou" Mae (Edwards) Milner. She graduated from Elliott High School in 1951 and attended the Commercial Extension Business School in Omaha, Nebraska. On August 10, 1952, Barbara was...
Linda Osborn
Aug 17, 2019
Linda (Hansen) Osborn of Wiota, Iowa, was born July 1, 1960, in Denison, Iowa, to Eugene Harry and JoAnn Catherine (Smouse) Hansen. She passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, August 17, 2019, at the young age of 59 years. Linda graduated from Exira High School with the class of 1978, and as a young adult she traveled to California to visit...
Richard Tibken
Aug 12, 2019
Richard “Rich” Tibken, 78, of Atlantic, formerly of Cumberland, Iowa, died Monday, August 12, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Richard Lee Tibken was born on November 10, 1940, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Albert Henry and Eleanor Collier (Knop) Tibken. He was baptized at the Wiota First Evangelical Lutheran Church on December 29, 1940, and later confirmed on...
Wayne Kirchhoff
Aug 5, 2019
Wayne Kirchhoff, 84, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, August 5, 2019, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Wayne Johnny Kirchhoff was born on November 30, 1934, in Bear Grove Township, Cass County, Iowa, the son of Walter McKinley and Marie Hattie (Beisser) Kirchhoff. He was baptized at Fletcher Chapel. He was the youngest of three brothers, and was always happy to share...
Harold Goold
Jul 31, 2019
Harold “Bub” Goold, 90, lifelong resident of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at CHI Health Mercy in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Harold Gilbert Goold was born on October 16, 1928, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of John Charles and May Elizabeth (Geiger) Goold. During his childhood he grew up having a close relationship with his aunts, uncles and their...
Violet Huntley
Jul 29, 2019
Violet Elaine (Nelson) Huntley of Williston, ND, was born in Williston on August 20,1938, to Edward and Vivian Nelson of Alamo, ND. She passed away on July 29, 2019, at Atlantic Specialty Care, in Atlantic, Iowa, where she had resided the past three years. She married Herbert Dale Huntley on May 4, 1957. Together, they had two daughters, Pam and...
Violet J. Kardell
Jul 28, 2019
Violet Jensena Kardell, 96, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, July 28, 2019, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. She was born at home in rural Atlantic, Iowa, June 26, 1923, the third child born to Jens Jensen, and Anna Marie (Christensen) Juhler. She grew up on the farm, along with one brother and two sisters. She attended rural schools through...
Gladys Pauline McCrory
Jul 25, 2019
Gladys McCrory, 94, a lifelong resident of Cass County, Iowa, died Thursday, July 25, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Gladys Pauline Holland McCrory was born in Audubon County, Iowa to Danish immigrants Jens and Anna Lade Holland on Nov. 21, 1924. The family moved to a farm near Anita in 1929. Gladys and her four siblings attended Grant #4...
Freeman "Mike" H. Forrest
Jul 23, 2019
Freeman H. “Mike” Forrest, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Mike Forrest was born December 14, 1923 in Mankato, Minnesota, where he resided with his parents until 1930, when the family moved to Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Des Moines public school in 1941, and commenced college that fall at Iowa...
Howard Glen Reed
Jul 12, 2019
Howard Reed, 94, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, died Friday, July 12, 2019, at Midlands Living Center in Council Bluffs. The son of Frank Alford “Rusty” and Cecil Marie (Mailander) Reed, Howard Glen Reed was born October 15, 1924, in Wiota, Iowa. He attended Wiota Consolidated Schools, graduating in 1943. On June 8, 1943, he enlisted in...
Pearl Margaret Mailander (Rourick)
Jul 12, 2019
Pearl Margaret Mailander, 99, a lifelong resident of Cass County, died Friday, July 12, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. The daughter of Albert and Elizabeth (Beebe) Rourick, was born October 27, 1919, on the family farm north of Wiota, Iowa. She graduated from the Atlantic High School and Normal Training in 1940. She then taught country school in northern...
Chase Jones
Jul 11, 2019
Chase A. Jones, 22, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, July 11, 2019, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Chase Alexander Jones was born on August 14, 1996. In Denison, Iowa, the son of Dan and Bobbi (Yirkovsky) Jones. Chase graduated from Atlantic High School in 2014. He was currently employed at Waypoint Analytical. Chase was a kind soul who...
Todd K. Matthews
Jul 9, 2019
Todd Kasey Matthews, 56, of Sioux City, Iowa, died at his home on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. He was born on November 22, 1962, in Maquoketa, Iowa, the son of Donald Lee and Patty Joan (Rasmussen) Matthews. He grew up in Grinnell, Iowa, and graduated in the Class of 1981. In later years, he graduated from the University of Northern...
Dan "Deacon" Grover
Jul 9, 2019
Dan “Deacon” Grover, 71, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Danny Lee Grover was born on January 25, 1948, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Clifford Truman and Nicki Louise (Nichols) Grover. He was the oldest of his three siblings and there may have been a time or two that...
Mary Ludeman
Jul 6, 2019
Mary Louise (Franklin) Ludeman, 88, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. The only child of Gordon Leslie and Isabelle (Scott) Franklin, Mary was born January 24, 1931, in Dow City, IA. She graduated from Dunlap High School in 1948, and from Iowa State Teachers College (now UNI) in Cedar Falls, IA in 1951. Following graduation,...
Joan Lafrenz
Jul 1, 2019
Joan Lafrenz, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, July 1, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Joan was born on September 13, 1933, in Griswold, Iowa, the daughter of Frank W. and Vera E. (England) Ray. She graduated from Griswold High School in 1951. In 1954, she started her career as a clerk at the Cass County Auditor’s office, and...
