Shirley Warne
Apr 18, 2019
Shirley Warne, 85, of Atlantic, died Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Shirley Ann Bissell, the daughter of Charles Steven and Gertrude A. (Gordon) Bissell, was born on March 30, 1934, near Cumberland, Iowa. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Cumberland High School in 1950. On January 28, 1951, she was united in...
Larry Linn
Apr 17, 2019
Larry Linn, 78, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at his home. Larry Gene Linn was born on November 16, 1940, in Audubon, Iowa, the son of Elmer Stewart and Ollivene Ruth (Kelley) Linn. His interest in WWII and history started at an early age with his father and one of his best friends who was in the...
Marcella Hamann (Darling)
Apr 17, 2019
Marcella Hamann, 101, of Atlantic, died Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at the Heritage House. Mabel Marcella Hamann (Marcella), Atlantic, Iowa, was born October 9, 1917 on a farm southeast of Anita, the daughter of Grover and Mabel Bornholdt Darling. Marcella graduated from Wiota High in 1934. Marcella taught country school after graduating from normal training in Atlantic, Iowa. On May...
Carmen Lee Reagles
Apr 7, 2019
Carmen Lee Reagles, 76, of Marne, Iowa died Sunday, April 7, 2019, at her home. The daughter of Kenneth Leon and Katherine Captola (Wilson) Stroud, she was born July 20, 1942, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado, Kansas. She mainly grew up in Kansas, Texas and Colorado. Her father passed away at the end of WWII, when...
Deborah "Debi" Cross
Apr 6, 2019
Deborah “Debi” Cross, 63, of Atlantic, Iowa, died April 6, 2019, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Deborah Kay, the youngest daughter of Robert and Edwina (Wilhelm) Linfor was born in Atlantic, Iowa, on July 31, 1955. Debi was raised in the “Bucktown” neighborhood in Atlantic. It was there she fostered her love of animals and many lifelong...
W. Ardell Thompson
Mar 31, 2019
Ardell Thompson, 96, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, March 31, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Wilma Ardell was born on February 20, 1923, in Longmont, Colorado, the daughter of Arthur and Alma Rachael (Inhofe) Martens. She lived in Longmont 10 years, until her family moved to a farm in Edna Township, southeast of Lyman, Iowa. Ardell graduated from Atlantic...
Ron Almonrode
Mar 29, 2019
Ronald Almonrode, 74, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, March 29, 2019, at Allen Place in Atlantic. Ronald Lloyd Almonrode was born on January 18, 1945, to Lloyd and Irene (Rabe) Almonrode in Creston, Iowa. He grew up in rural Griswold, Iowa, and graduated from Griswold High School in 1964. Following graduation, Ron farmed with his dad for many years. He...
Rebecca Mack
Mar 28, 2019
Rebecca Mack, 65, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, March 28, 2019, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. The daughter of Walter Gast and Frank and Dorothy (Hollingsworth) Stormer, Rebecca was born May 4, 1953, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She grew up in Marne, Iowa and graduated from the Atlantic High School in 1971. When her children were growing up,...
Roger Nettz
Mar 25, 2019
Roger Nettz, 79, of Casey, Iowa and formerly of Lewis, died, Monday, March 25, 2019, at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Roger Edward Nettz was born on January 14, 1940, in Lewis, Iowa, the son of Chester and Bertha (Knapp) Nettz. He grew up in Lewis and attended Lewis High School, graduating in the Class of 1957....
Ardath Lorene Euken (Roesky)
Mar 22, 2019
Ardath Lorene Euken, 92, of Atlantic and formerly of rural Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 22, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. The daughter of Robert Henry and Minnie (Landwehrkamp) Roesky, Ardath was born October 31, 1926, in Omaha, Nebraska. She attended Saratoga Elementary School and North High School in Omaha, graduating with the Class of 1944. Ardath went...
Dennis G. Karstens
Mar 19, 2019
Dennis Karstens, 76, a resident of Osceola, Iowa and formerly of Atlantic, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Southern Hills Specialty Care in Osceola. The son of Orville and Thelma (Hoegh) Karstens, Dennis was born August 26, 1942, in Atlantic, Iowa. He was baptized in Walnut, Iowa and later confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Atlantic. After attending...
Robert "Bob" Voggesser
Mar 18, 2019
Bob Voggesser, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, died on Monday, March 18, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Robert Frank Voggesser was born on March 22, 1928, in Audubon, Iowa, the son of Mathias and Helene Johanna Rebecka (Koch) Voggesser. He grew up in Atlantic, Iowa, and graduated from Atlantic High School in 1946. Following graduation, he served in the United...
Lois Nelson
Mar 16, 2019
Lois Eileen Nelson, 79, a resident of Atlantic, passed away early Saturday morning March 16, 2019, at Penrose Main Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Daughter of Merle and Emma Chambers Garside, Lois was born, August 10, 1939, in Anita, Iowa. She lived south of Anita until the family moved to the Adair area where she attended school. Lois graduated from...
Mary J. Angell
Mar 13, 2019
Mary Jo Angell, 81, of 1903 Hillcrest Drive in Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019. She was born on January 5, 1938, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the daughter of Allan and Freda (Schuster) Connors of rural Barnum, Iowa. She resided on a farm near Barnum. Mary attended school in Barnum, and graduated from high school in 1956. In...
Ray Zellmer
Mar 13, 2019
Ray Zellmer, 76, of Wiota, Iowa, died Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Wiota. Raymond Ervin Zellmer was born on October 24, 1942, in Cass County, Iowa, the son of Ervin Edward and Lela Gertrude (Turner) Zellmer. As a child he became a member of 4-H, and from then on it was an important part of his life. Ray graduated from...
Daniel Joseph McLaren
Mar 9, 2019
Daniel McLaren, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Saturday, March 9, 2019, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Daniel Joseph McLaren was born on February 11, 1942, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Donald and Rosemary (Casey) McLaren. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Massena. Dan attended rural school, south of Cumberland,...
Richard "Rich" L. Swolley Jr.
Mar 5, 2019
Richard L. Swolley, Jr., 55, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Richard Lee Swolley, Jr. was born on June 7, 1963, in Atlantic, Iowa, the oldest of five children born to Richard Lee Sr. and Virginia Marie (Cerka) Swolley. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1983, and as any big...
Patricia "Pat" A. Dvorak
Feb 28, 2019
Patricia “Pat” Dvorak, 86, of Elk Horn, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, February 28, 2019, at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. Patricia Ann was born on March 17, 1932, in Scotia, Nebraska, the daughter of Edwin Steven and Irene Josephine (Sintek) Kaminski. She was raised in Columbus, Nebraska, with her two brothers, Donald and John, and graduated...
Daniel Kirk Schwarte
Feb 10, 2019
Daniel Kirk Schwarte, son of Kirk and Erin Schwarte, was born on Thursday, January 31, 2019, at Methodist West Hospital in West Des Moines and entered into Heaven Sunday, February 10, 2019, at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines. Daniel was the light of Kirk and Erin’s world – he was their sweet, perfect boy. He was a true blessing...
Grace Rathkamp (Lindeman)
Feb 1, 2019
Grace Rathkamp, 94, of Kansas City, Missouri, formerly of Griswold, Iowa, died Friday, February 1, 2019, at Addington Place in Kansas City. Grace was born on May 11, 1924, in rural Lyman, Iowa, the daughter of Calvin George and Alma Sophia (Wohlenhaus) Lindeman. She received normal training, graduated from Atlantic High School in 1942, and following graduation, taught in a...
