Obituary for Cecil Erickson Cecil Loyd Erickson, 87, a former resident of Cumberland, Iowa passed away Sunday, April 20, 2003, at the Exira Care Center.The son of Loyd and Rose Erickson, Cecil was born in Mitchell, Nebraska on November 12, 1915. The family moved south of Cumberland when Cecil was one year old where he attended Cumberland rural school.Cecil was...
Obituary for Guelda Jones Guelda Jones, 95 years, passed away on April 17, 2003 at her residence in the Colonial Manor in Anita.The daughter of Isaac F. and Lois L. (Callen) Tharp, Guelda was born August 9, 1907, in Delphos, Iowa which is in Ringgold County. When Guelda was about 16, she moved to Des Moines with her family. She...
Obituary for Frankie Marie Jave Frankie Marie Jave, 98, a resident of the Heritage House in Atlantic passed away Sunday, April 13, 2003 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.The daughter of Frank and Fannie (Boiler) Schmitt, Frankie was born west of Lewis on December 8, 1904. The family moved north of Atlantic when Frankie was one year old...
Obituary for Francis Bud Johnson Francis "Bud&" Johnson, 68 a resident of Atlantic died Monday, April 7, 2003 at St. Joseph Hospital at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.The son of Frank and Evelyn (Hood) Johnson, Francis was born in Mason City, Iowa on February 18, 1935. They moved to Council Bluffs while he was a child, and...
Obituary for Verna Hastings Verna Hastings, 93, passed away at the Cass County Memorial Hospital April 3, 2003. She was a resident of the Heritage House in Atlantic and lived with Gary and Jackie Muller of rural Griswold the past several years.The daughter of John and Rose Kaiser Winkle, Verna was born on March 10, 1910 near Sanborn, Iowa. She...
Obituary for Deane Leroy Layland Deane LeRoy Layland, son of Alice Layland in the late LeRoy Layland, passed away due to liver failure, April 2, 2003 at Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas at the age of 52 years, 4 months and 4 days.He graduated from Exira High School in 1969 and attended Northwest Missouri State College at Maryville. After...
Obituary for Dorothea Ruth Dorothea Ruth, 91, longtime resident of Atlantic, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, April 2, 2003 at the Stuart Community Care Center.Dorothea was born in rural Adair, June 24, 1911, the daughter of Henry and Matilda (Marten) Kimm. Dorothea was married to Roy Ruth who managed a gas station and tank wagon service in Atlantic. They farmed...
Obituary for Zeta Iola Alexander Zeta Iola Alexander, age 91, a resident of Brookridge in Atlantic, passed on at the Heritage House on Tuesday morning, April 1, 2003. Zeta was born the daughter of Raymond and Myrtle (Berry) Neal on September 25, 1911, in Randolph County, Nebraska. She grew up in Atlantic and graduated from the Atlantic High School here.Zeta...
Obituary for Elinor L. Blakely Elinor L. Blakely, 84, a longtime resident of Lewis, Iowa passed away on Friday, March 28, 2003 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.Elinor was born the daughter of Fay and Marguerite (Steller) Johnson on July 27, 1918 in Hugo, Colorado. She and her family moved back to Griswold while she was quite young....
Obituary for Norma Jean Vollmuth Norma Jean Vollmuth, 76, longtime resident of Atlantic, passed away in her home on Friday, March 28, 2003. The daughter of Elmer and Elsie Cook, Norma was born in Atlantic on November 5, 1926.She married Ferd Vollmuth on September 5, 1943 in Oakland, Iowa. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who...