Virginia Maas
Aug 6, 2024
Virginia Maas, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, August 7, 2024, at Caring Acres in Anita.
Virginia Mae was born on August 16, 1934, at the old motel in Massena, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Bertha Bell (Taylor) Fickel. She grew up in the Massena and Cumberland areas and attended Crossroads school house, which she tried to save prior to...
Karen Thomsen
Aug 5, 2024
Karen Thomsen, 88, of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away Monday, August 5, 2024 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA.
Karen Louise (Peterson) Thomsen was born to Louis and Bessie (VanSyoc) Peterson in Sioux City, Iowa, on August 1, 1936. She grew up in Lawton, Iowa, and was known as a very active young member of her community; a trait she...
Larry Nisson
Jul 31, 2024
Larry Nisson, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at Atlantic Specialty Care.
Larry Fredrick Nisson was born on November 12, 1938, to Victor and Vera (Fredricksen) Nisson at their farm north of Atlantic, in Audubon County, Iowa. This same farm will be honored as a Century Farm at the upcoming Iowa State Fair. Larry attended Smoky Hill...
Becky Juhler
Jul 26, 2024
Becky Juhler, 70 of Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, July 26, 2024, at Atlantic Specialty Care.
Becky Lee was born on July 13, 1954, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Hubert and Erma Marie (Christensen) Brown. The family lived on a farm southeast of Wiota for a short time after she was born and then moved into town. She grew up with...
Leroy Maas
Jul 19, 2024
Leroy Maas, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, July 19, 2024, at Caring Acres in Anita.
Leroy Ernest was born on May 10, 1934, three miles southwest of Wiota, Iowa, the son of Clifford Ernest and Ruth Geneva (Smith) Maas. He grew up in the same area and reminisced about helping his dad on the farm as a boy. Leroy recalled...
Karen "Susie" Campbell
Jul 19, 2024
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Karen "Susie" Campbell, 83, of Lewis, Iowa, died Friday, July 19, 2024, at Atlantic Specialty Care, in Atlantic, Iowa.
Karen Sue was born on January 5, 1941, in Lewis, Iowa, the daughter of Isaac Oscar and Lela Iola (Putnam) Syvertsen. She enjoyed telling the childhood story of convincing her dad at some point they...
David Bock
Jul 18, 2024
David Bock, 71, of Atlantic, died Thursday, July 18, 2024, while fishing with best friend, Scott Small. He was taken to Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa.
The son of Kennith John and Eleanor Sophie (Brehmer) Bock, David Lynn, was born January 20, 1953, in Atlantic, Iowa. His early years were spent running around Atlantic with his brother, Howard, doing...
Michael "Mike" Scott Bell
Jul 17, 2024
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Michael Scott “Mike” Bell, son of John P. and Doris J. (Myers) Bell, was born on February 21, 1961, in Atlantic, Iowa. He passed away on the family farm on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at the age of 63.
Mike graduated from Atlantic High School in 1979. Following graduation, he worked at the...
Dean P. Eilts
Jul 9, 2024
Well-known Cass County auctioneer and farmer, Dean P. Eilts, aged 84, died July 9, 2024, at his home near Wiota, Iowa.
Dean Paul Eilts was born in Atlantic, Iowa on March 26, 1940, son of Lois Elsie (Smith) and Paul Henry Eilts of Wiota. He grew up on their family farm south of Wiota and was baptized and confirmed at First...
Linda Dolch
Jul 7, 2024
Linda Dolch, 69, of Wiota, Iowa, died Sunday, July 7, 2024, at her home.
Linda Jane was born the daughter of Wallace Ernest and Dora Jean (Lewis) Dolch on September 1, 1954, in Sacramento, California, while her dad was stationed there in the service. She grew up with four siblings, riding horses on a farm outside of Mt. Etna, Iowa until...
Sonie Casson
Jul 6, 2024
Sonie Casson, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, died with her family by her side Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Sonie Jacquelene was born on March 13, 1932, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was the youngest of ten children born to George Doumis, who immigrated from Greece and Frieda (Carsten) Doumis, who immigrated from Germany. One of Sonie’s favorite...
Edwin Jensen
Jun 13, 2024
Edwin “Eddie” Ronald Jensen, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, died June 13, 2024, at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Eddie was born on January 8, 1937, on a farm near Marne, Iowa. He was the son of Wolmer and Ruth (Gardner) Jensen and one of six children. Eddie graduated from Atlantic High School in 1955. On June 23, 1968,...
Carol Meyer
Jun 12, 2024
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Carol Meyer, 79, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at Northridge Village in Ames, Iowa. She will always be remembered for her nurturing, patience, and kindness.
Carol Naomi was born on January 30, 1945, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Charles Leonard Jr. and Eula Garnet (Chester) Mills. She attended the...
Barbara Wyscarver
Jun 3, 2024
Barbara Wyscarver, 82, of rural Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, June 3, 2024, at Allen Place in Atlantic.She was born on May 10, 1942, in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Albert Edward and Agnes Marie (Andersen) Olsen. Barbara worked as a secretary for an auto body shop in Papillion, Nebraska and after moving back to Atlantic in 1990, at CDS...
Rickey Lee Meyer
May 29, 2024
Rickey Lee Meyer, 68, of Atlantic, died Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at his home in Atlantic.
Rickey was born on December 22, 1955 to Duane and Cora (Chapman) Meyer in Atlantic, Iowa. He grew up in Lewis with his brother, Raymond, and sister, Connie. He and his brother were on the go day and night and were very hard to keep...
Duane Steffens
May 25, 2024
Duane L. Steffens, 79, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Wiota, died Saturday, May 25, 2024, at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Duane was born on July 2, 1944, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of George Albert and Alberta Louise (Vanderwater) Steffens, and attended school at C&M.
He was united in marriage to Sharon Kay Moore on...
Norma Jean Ronfeldt-Reed
May 23, 2024
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Norma Jean Ronfeldt-Reed, 85, of Atlantic, died Thursday, May 23, 2024, at Heritage House in Atlantic, IA. She was born at home in Grant Township, Monona County, Iowa on March 8, 1939, the daughter of Russell and Florence (Ferdig) Uhl. Norma graduated from Smithland High School in the Class of 1958....
Stephen Williams
May 22, 2024
Stephen Williams, 71, of Grant, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at Greater Regional Health in Creston, Iowa.
Stephen Robert was born to Wilbur Robert and Lorraine Lucille (Thomas) Williams on May 10, 1953 in Red Oak, Iowa. During his early years, his family lived in Hastings, Iowa. When Stephe was 8 years old, the family relocated to the Grant,...
Daryle Moeller
May 19, 2024
Daryle Dean Moeller, 77, of Elk Horn, IA, died Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Daryle was born on October 8, 1946, to Walter and Lenora (Juelsgaard) Moeller in Atlantic, Iowa. He grew up as the only child on the farm learning the value of a full day’s work from his Dad, a trait he would teach his son and...
Dale Elmquist
May 17, 2024
Dale Elmquist, 81, of Atlantic, died Friday, May 17, 2024, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic.
Dale Elvin was born to Elvin Oscar and Robina Nora (Nelson) Elmquist, June 14, 1942, in Cass County, Iowa. He was raised on the farm to work hard and play hard. After graduating from Atlantic High School in 1961, he worked in maintenance for Lloyd...
