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Atlantic, IA Obituaries

Richard McCauley

Richard McCauley

Aug 31, 2014

Obituary for Richard E McCauley Richard Eugene McCauley passed away August 31, 2014, from injuries suffered in a tragic automobile accident on August 22, 2014. He was transferred from the Creighton Trauma Center to the Hospice Unit at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA, where he died peacefully "at home." Dick was the only child born to Ralph Eugene...

Rita Burke

Rita Burke

Aug 23, 2014

Obituary for Rita Burke Rita Kay (Hughes) Burke, 71, of Denver, Colorado, died Saturday, August 23, 2014, at the Village at Lowry in Denver from complications associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Rita Kay (Hughes) Burke was born on April 20, 1943, the daughter of Bill and Kate (Murray) Hughes of rural Casey, Iowa. She graduated from Adair-Casey High School in 1961...

Alice Mendenhall

Alice Mendenhall

Aug 17, 2014

Obituary for Alice Mendenhall Alice Leona Mendenhall, 100, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away August 17, 2014 at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. Alice was born January 16, 1914, to Hans and Matilda (Christensen) Rattenborg west of Hamlin, Iowa, in Audubon County. Around the age of nine she moved into Hamlin and her parents farmed an acreage on the...

Grover Lehmkuhl

Grover Lehmkuhl

Aug 9, 2014

Obituary for Grover R Lehmkuhl Grover R. Lehmkuhl, 93, of Villisca, Iowa, passed away peacefully Saturday, August 9, 2014, in Villisca. Grover Roy Lehmkuhl was born on March 12, 1921, in Noble Township, Cass County, Iowa, the son of Alvin John and Louise Dorothy (Wohlenhaus) Lehmkuhl. He attended country school and graduated from Atlantic High School in 1938. Following graduation...

Curtis Masteller

Curtis Masteller

Aug 7, 2014

Obituary for Curtis Campbell Masteller Curtis Campbell Masteller Curtis C. Masteller, 83, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, August 07, 2014 at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Curtis Campbell Masteller was born on November 10, 1930, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Curtis William and Elsie Ellen (Campbell) Masteller. He attended country school in Grove Township and graduated from Atlantic High...

Nancy Balch

Nancy Balch

Aug 5, 2014

Obituary for Nancy L Balch Nancy Balch, 63, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed peacefully into the loving arms of her Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, August 05, 2014, at Cass County Memorial Hospital. She was born to John and Edna Balch of Bedford, Iowa on August 3, 1951, the third of five children. The family moved to Atlantic, Iowa when Nancy...

Leonard "Penny" Tuel

Leonard "Penny" Tuel

Aug 5, 2014

Obituary for Leonard "Penny" Tuel Leonard H. "Penny" Tuel, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center. Leonard House Tuel, was born on December 16, 1918, in Coon Rapids, Iowa, the son of Leonard and Musetta (House) Tuel. He graduated from Coon Rapids High School in 1939. Following graduation he worked on...

William M Nichols

William M Nichols

Aug 2, 2014

Obituary for William M Nichols William Mark Nichols was born on September 30, 1986 to Dick and Cindy Nichols. He was the fourth of five in their tribe of original seven (that continues to expand) who grew up on the little dairy farm outside Lewis, Iowa. Mediocre did not exist in his vocabulary. From the time he could walk, William’s...

Henry "Clay" Belcher

Henry "Clay" Belcher

Jul 30, 2014

Obituary for Henry "Clay" Belcher Henry Clay Belcher, Jr., 94, of Atlantic, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab in Anita. Henry Clay Belcher was born on October 18, 1919, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the son of Henry Clay and Manty (Deel) Belcher. He worked on the family farm until enlisting in the United States...

Ross Bornholdt

Ross Bornholdt

Jul 29, 2014

Obituary for Ross E Bornholdt Ross E. Bornholdt, 83, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Ross Ernest Bornholdt was born on March 19, 1931, the son of Orville and Margaret (Brink) Bornholdt, on a farm west of Atlantic, Iowa. He was the fourth in a family of ten children. Ross...

June Andersen

June Andersen

Jul 21, 2014

Obituary for June Andersen June C. Andersen June C. Andersen, 58, of Waverly, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, passed away July 21, 2014, in Waverly. June Christine Petty was born on October 27, 1955, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Merrill Freeman and Mary Ann (Knutsen) Petty. She graduated from Atlantic High School in 1976. June was a CNA for...

Alice M Goold

Alice M Goold

Jul 20, 2014

Obituary for Alice M Goold Alice Goold, 83, of Atlantic, passed away Sunday, July 20 2014 at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. The daughter of Clarence Christian and Alma Christina (Andersen) Leander, she was born December 5, 1930, in Audubon County, IA. She attended country school at Oakfield #7, and graduated from Exira Public School in 1949, with honors....

Harriet Becker

Harriet Becker

Jul 13, 2014

Obituary for Harriet Ruth Becker (Hoegh) Harriet Ruth Hoegh Becker, 88, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 13, at the Renaissance Assisted Living facility in Dillon, Montana. Harriet (Hattie) was born on February 14, 1926, in Brayton, Iowa, to Bertha and George Hoegh. She grew up in Brayton for a short while, before moving to Atlantic, where her parents were...

Joan Sunderman

Joan Sunderman

Jul 6, 2014

Obituary for Joan Sunderman Joan Sunderman, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2014, at the Griswold Care Center. Marilyn Joan Sunderman was born on January 18, 1934, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph Andrew and Louise (Schaaf) Sunderman. She graduated from Griswold High School in 1954. Joan enjoyed working with relatives, the Auerbach Family at...

Johnie Ruhr

Johnie Ruhr

Jul 1, 2014

Obituary for Johnie J. Ruhr Johnie J. Ruhr, 96, of Atlantic, passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Johnie was born at home in Felton, Minnesota on June 16, 1918, to Henry and Mabel (LeFleur) Ruhr. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1939. Following graduation he enlisted in the United States Army on September...

Ruth L Waters

Ruth L Waters

Jun 29, 2014

Obituary for Ruth L Waters Ruth Louise Waters, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, died June 29, 2014, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. The daughter of Lars P. and Minnie Louise (Brehmer) Mikkelsen, she was born October 25, 1928, in Atlantic, Iowa. She graduated from the Atlantic High School in 1947. Ruth was united in marriage to Russell J....

Frederick Simpson

Frederick Simpson

Jun 28, 2014

Obituary for Frederick "Fritz" Simpson FREDERICK H. “FRITZ” SIMPSON Frederick H. (Fritz) Simpson died Saturday, June 28, 2014, at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha. He was 86. The son of Frederick D. (Ted) and Gladys H. Simpson, he was born Oct. 31, 1927, in Boone. Before he was a year old, the Simpson family moved from Jordan, to Ponca, Neb.,...

Dudley Paul

Dudley Paul

Jun 10, 2014

Obituary for Dudley Dee Paul DUDLEY DEE PAUL Dudley Dee Paul, 62, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away peacefully, June 10, 2014, at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville. The son of Norman Dudley & Norma Jeanne (Darrow) Paul, he was born December 5, 1951, in Red Oak, Iowa. The family lived in southwest Iowa during his early years, moving to Pompano Beach,...

Dorothy Ackerman

Dorothy Ackerman

Jun 9, 2014

Obituary for Dorothy Ackerman DOROTHY ACKERMAN Our wife, mother, mother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, grandma and friend. Dorothy came to us as the second child of Clair and Harriett (Drake) Darrow on November 28, 1918, in Atlantic, Iowa. She married Roland E. Ackerman on May 4, 1937, in Griswold, Iowa. Dorothy loved our country and waited anxiously for her husband to return...

Doris Lindeman

Doris Lindeman

Jun 1, 2014

Obituary for Doris Jane Lindeman (Worthington) DORIS JANE LINDEMAN Doris Jane (Worthington) Lindeman, 85, a lifetime resident of Cass County, passed away peacefully at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa, Sunday, June 1, 2014. The daughter of Lyman W. and Claudia (Rake) Worthington, she was born March 27, 1929, in Cumberland, Iowa. She graduated from Atlantic High School in 1947....

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