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Atlantic, IA Obituaries
Vada Willis
Feb 4, 2010
Obituary for Vada Faye Willis Vada Willis, age 75, formerly from McLeansboro, Illinois, passed away Thursday morning, February 4, 2010, at the Allen House in Atlantic, IA.Vada was born to William and Julia (Harrelson) Mitchell on December 28, 1934 in Hamilton County, Illinois. She worked for years as a bookkeeper for Nevlin Moving and Storage in Alton, Illinois. She was...
Emma Riggs
Jan 30, 2010
Obituary for Emma Louisa Riggs EMMA LOUISE RIGGS Emma Louise Riggs, of Atlantic and formerly of Cumberland, passed away Saturday, January 30, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. The daughter of Frank and Ada Lechner, Emma Louise was born January 8, 1925 in Cumberland, Iowa. 'Emalu' graduated from Cumberland High School. She was married to Max E. Query...
Betty Turk
Jan 29, 2010
Obituary for Betty Jean Turk BETTY JEAN TURKBetty Turk, 82, longtime resident of Atlantic, passed away at Heritage House Friday morning, January 29, 2010. Betty Jean Turk was born the daughter of Carl and Elsie (Elsberry) Avey in Audubon, Iowa on November 19, 1927. She grew up in Audubon and attended school at Audubon, Adair-Casey schools. Betty was married to...
Janis Andersen
Jan 25, 2010
Obituary for Janis May Andersen JANIS MAY ANDERSEN Janis Andersen, 85, lifelong resident of the Atlantic, Iowa area, passed away on Monday, January 25, 2010 in Atlantic. Janis May Andersen was born May 18, 1924, at her home in Fletcher Chapel, the daughter of Orville E. and Margaret (Brink) Bornholdt. She attended grade school at Fletcher Chapel and Rorbeck and...
Gilbert Merner
Jan 22, 2010
Obituary for Gilbert "Gil" Merner GILBERT "GIL&" MERNERGilbert, "Gil" Merner, 84, longtime resident and owner of Merner Motors Oldsmobile Cadillac Car Dealership of Atlantic, passed away at his home in Atlantic on Friday, January 22. He was preceded in death by his wife Jenny Merner. The couple was married in Eugene, Oregon and moved to Atlantic in 1960. Funeral InformationA...
Ada Preston
Jan 21, 2010
Obituary for Ada Katherine Preston ADA PRESTON Ada Preston, 89, formerly of Massena, Iowa Falls and Atlantic, currently of Allen House in Atlantic, passed away at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa on Thursday, January 21. Ada Katherine Spies was born the daughter of Henry J. and Phoebe Florence (Anstey) Spies in Massena, Iowa on January 29, 1920. She...
James Lilienthal
Jan 20, 2010
Obituary for James Lilienthal JAMES LILIENTHALJames Lilienthal, 55, of Oakland and formerly of north of Atlantic passed away at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 following a battle with cancer.James Lynn Lilienthal was born the son of Carl H. and Doris June Lilienthal on June 5, 1954. He attended school in Atlantic and graduated with the...
Oren Ashby
Jan 16, 2010
Obituary for Oren Ashby OREN THEO ASHBY Oren Ashby, two months young, passed away at Children"s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday, January 16, 2010. Oren Theo Ashby was born the son of Matthew D. Ashby and Beverly Sherree Todd in Atlantic, Iowa on November 19, 2009. He joined his two year old brother Aden Brockwell in their family. Oren...
Wilma Thomsen
Jan 15, 2010
Obituary for Wilma Arlene Thomsen Wilma Arlene Thomsen, age 93, passed away at her home at Cumberland on Friday, January 15, 2010. Wilma Arlene was born July 3, 1916 to Clyde and Hazel (Hebing) Drager. She was born at home which was a mile from where her home is now. She attended elementary and high school in Cumberland, Iowa. Wilma...
Ralph Crozier
Jan 14, 2010
Obituary for Ralph Crozier Ralph L. Crozier, 88, long time resident of Adair, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Ralph was born the son of Byron D. Crozier and Lena (Aupperle) Crozier on August 15, 1921 south east of Anita, Iowa. He grew up south of Anita, attending schools there and...
Thelma Rice
Jan 11, 2010
Obituary for Thelma Rice IN REMEMBRANCE OFTHELMA RICE Thelma Rice, 102, long time resident of Atlantic, Iowa passed away on Monday, January 2010 at Heritage House in Atlantic. Thelma was born on November 7, 1907, the daughter of Elmer Edwin and Inez (Dilley) Buckley, in Atlantic, Iowa. Other than living four years in Griswold, Iowa, she lived in Atlantic her...
Martin Stuetelberg
Jan 11, 2010
Obituary for Martin Dean Stuetelberg MARTIN STUETELBERG Martin Dean Stuetelberg, 60, of Omaha and formerly of Atlantic and Wiota, passed away at Hospice House in Omaha, Nebraska on Monday, January 11, 2010. Marty Stuetelberg was born the son of Harold and Delma Stuetelberg, in Atlantic, Iowa, on Nov 30, 1949. His family made their home on their farm east of...
Marie Mertz
Jan 10, 2010
Obituary for Marie Augusta Mertz MARIE A. MERTZ Marie Mertz, 95, long time resident of Walnut, Iowa passed away at Heritage House in Atlantic early on Sunday morning, January 10, 2010. Marie was born the daughter of Charles and Mary (Thiessen) Koll on April 26, 1914 in Walnut, Iowa. She grew up and attended country school in the Walnut area....
Irene Martens
Jan 7, 2010
Obituary for Irene Louise Martens Irene Louise Martens, a long time resident of the Atlantic area, passed away Thursday morning, January 7, 2010, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, where she resided for the past ten years, at the age of 97. Irene Louise Vetter Martens was born July 27, 1912 in Grant, Iowa the daughter of William and Sofia...
Helen Rabe
Jan 4, 2010
Obituary for Helen Rabe Helen Rabe, age 95, passed away early on Monday morning, January 4, 2010, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, Iowa where she had resided since 2001. Helen Mae Bonnet was born, weighing only three pounds, on May 19, 1914 to Albert & Eva (Brightman) Bonnet in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The family always kidded her that...
Elna Stadsvold
Jan 1, 2010
Obituary for Elna Stadsvold Elna Stadsvold passed away January 1. 2010 in Las Cruces, NM. She was born May 29, 1921 in Brayton, Iowa to Hans R. and Anna Larsen Hansen. She spent her adolescent years in the Brayton area. On March 21, 1945 she married Holger Wade Stadsvold. Preceding her in death were her husband, her parents, and 3...
Donald Griffith
Dec 6, 2009
Obituary for Donald Lyle Griffith Donald Lyle GriffithDonald "Bud" Lyle Griffith of Mound City, Missouri and formerly from Walnut, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2009, at the Community Hospital in Fairfax, Missouri at the age of 85. Bud was born to William Lyle and Marie (Rhiner) Griffith on June 26, 1924 in Walnut, Iowa. He grew up in the...
Boyd Dolch
Nov 29, 2009
Obituary for Boyd Wesley Dolch Boyd Dolch Boyd Dolch, of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away at his home on November 29, 2009 at the age of 76. Boyd was born near Lyman, Iowa on January 19, 1933 to Walter and Laura (Shaffer) Dolch. He grew up in the Lyman area and graduated from Griswold High School in 1951. He was united...
Ethel Gaylord
Nov 28, 2009
Obituary for Ethel Lois Gaylord Ethel Lois Gaylord, age 84, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2009 at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic. Lois was born in Davenport, Iowa on July 3, 1925 to Walter William Weicker and Alice Lela (Cornwell) Weicker. She was united in marriage to Jack Byron Gaylord on December 17, 1955...
Pernes Eram
Nov 28, 2009
Obituary for Pernes Eram Pernes Eram, 29, of Atlantic, passed away Saturday November 28 at his home in Atlantic. Pernes was born the son of Karnes Narios and Pansy (Ruben) Eram on August 14, 1980, in Losap Chuuk State in Micronesia. He attended high school there and lived his entire life there until coming to the United States four years...
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