Mary Nichols Olsen
Feb 8, 2023
Mary (Arentson) Nichols Olsen, 89, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away at Accura Healthcare in Marshalltown, Iowa, on Wednesday, February 8, 2023.
Mary Evelyn was born to Eddie and Alice (Peterson) Arentson on February 7, 1934, at home in Shelby County, Iowa, near Harlan. Mary joined her twin brothers, Verl and Gene and a year and a half later a...
Elizabeth DeKay
Feb 8, 2023
Elizabeth Ann DeKay, 104, life-long Atlantic resident, passed peacefully in her sleep at Heritage House on February 8.
She was born July 20, 1918, the daughter of Carl E and Grace Hoffman. She had one sibling, Virginia May Hoffman, also of Atlantic.
Elizabeth graduated from Atlantic High School in 1935. She attended the two-year Ward-Belmont School (now Belmont University) in...
Judy Alff
Feb 6, 2023
Judy Rhea Alff of Anita, Iowa passed away February 6, 2023, surrounded by loved ones, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic at the age of 73. Judy was born at home on April 17, 1949, the daughter of Bill and Lena Mae (Masching) Metheny. She was raised on a farm north of Anita in Audubon County, one of...
Robert Figgins
Feb 6, 2023
Robert “Bob” Burdette Figgins was born the fourth of nine children to Woodrow Harry and Beatrice Evelyn (Pieken) Figgins, on August 28, 1947, in Atlantic, Iowa and died February 6, 2023, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, at the age of 75 years, 5 months and 9 days.
Bob grew up in Atlantic and attended the Atlantic Community...
Tim Sellers
Feb 1, 2023
Tim Sellers, 76, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at his home.
Timothy (Tim) Arthur Sellers was born to Arthur and Ruth (Jewett) Sellers in Jackson, Michigan on November 22, 1946. While growing up in areas of the Midwest and West Coast, Tim developed a strong desire to play the guitar. By the time he became a teenager...
Lana Tanner
Jan 22, 2023
Lana Tanner, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, January 22, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Lana Rae was born on October 5, 1945, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Rollie and Laveta Helen (Scheef) Hoffman in Atlantic, Iowa. She graduated from Atlantic High School in 1963.
On August 24, 1963, she was united in marriage to Brooke Tanner in...
Donald "Pappy" and Geraldine "Jeri" Ward
Jan 19, 2023
Donald “Pappy” Ward, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, January 19, 2023, at the Exira Care Center and Geraldine “Jeri” Ward, 84, of Atlantic, died Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Caring Acres in Anita.
Geraldine Elva was born on April 14, 1935, in Carbon, Iowa, the daughter of Elvin John and Eliza Elizabeth (Robison) Cross of Atlantic, Iowa. She attended...
Mary Lou Clark
Jan 18, 2023
Mary Lou Clark, 88, of Atlantic, died Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at Atlantic Specialty Care.
Mary Lou was born on April 30, 1934, in Hastings, Nebraska, the daughter of Lloyd M. and Dorothy Janette (Sittner) Rhodes. On October 26, 1953, she was united in marriage to James Leroy Clark in Blair, Nebraska. The couple was blessed with seven children, Deb,...
Bart Blake
Jan 13, 2023
Bart Blake, 89, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic, surrounded by family.
Bartlett Lee was born June 9, 1933, to Bruce and Violet (Spies) Blake on a farm near Norway Center, Cass County, Iowa. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1952. He was married to Janice Pieken on December 26,...
LiaRuth Miller
Jan 4, 2023
Lia Miller, 64, of Des Moines, Iowa, and formerly of Anita, died Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at MercyOne Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.
LiaRuth was born on December 19, 1958, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of James Burton and Jeannette May (Hood) Miller. She grew up in rural Anita and graduated from Anita High School in 1977. Following graduation, she...