Alberta Erickson
Mar 26, 2023
Alberta Erickson, 97, of Cumberland, Iowa, died Sunday, March 26, 2023, at the Exira Care Center.
Alberta Pearl and her twin brother Albert Merle, were born on May 2, 1925, in a sod house near Colby, Kansas, the daughter of Edmund Jesse and Minnie (Cecil) Merritt. The family moved to a farm in Edna Township, Cass County, Iowa, when she...
Duane Ellison
Mar 25, 2023
Duane Ellison, 44, of Avoca, Iowa died Saturday, March 25, 2023, at his home.
Duane Leroy Ellison was born on April 25, 1978, in Atlantic, Iowa the son of Larry and Nancy Ellison and Connie and Dan Grover. Growing up in rural Griswold, usually wearing blue jeans shorts and cowboy boots, he was a non-stop, unpredictable, high-energy kid that kept...
Deloris Bissell
Mar 24, 2023
Deloris Ann Bissell, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away on Friday, March 24, 2023, at Atlantic Specialty Care.
Born July 4, 1927, in Dodge County, Nebraska near Scribner, she was the daughter of Fred W. and Agnes Anna (Lahmann) Schellenberg. Deloris attended rural school and high school at Scribner until the family moved to the Anita/Adair, Iowa area in 1943....
Janet Aunan
Mar 11, 2023
Janet Aunan, 98, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Janet Elsie was born on December 10, 1924, at the Lutheran Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa, the daughter of Claude Brown and Sylvia Mary (Cook) Chilton. She grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, where she attended school, graduating Central High School in January...
Dale Ferguson
Mar 10, 2023
Dale A. Ferguson, 94, of Humboldt and formerly of Atlantic, passed away on Friday, March 10, 2023, at Long Term Care in Humboldt.
A Visitation Coffee will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 17th at the Faith United Methodist Church in Humboldt.
Services in Atlantic will include a visitation with the family present from 9:00 a.m. – 10:15...
Bill Bjorn
Mar 9, 2023
Horace William (Bill) Bjorn was born on September 24, 1927 to Anders and Thelma (Bartlett) Bjorn. He attended Oak Hill Lutheran Church in Brayton, Iowa, and graduated from Exira High School before serving in the U.S. Army at the end of WWII. He passed away on March 9, 2023 in Johnston, Iowa, surrounded by his family.
On July 15, 1951...
Charles "Charlie" Templeman
Mar 9, 2023
Charles “Charlie” Templeman, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, March 9, 2023, at Heritage House in Atlantic.
Charles Franklin was born on June 11, 1936, on a farm near Casey, Iowa, the son of Max Albert and Florence Meta (Harris) Templeman. Some of his childhood was spent in Atlantic and the family lived on south Palm Street; he told the...
Debbie Pope
Mar 8, 2023
Debbie Pope, 58, of Lewis, Iowa, died Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.
Debra Ann was born on August 11, 1964, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Edward and Judy (Davis) Masker. Debbie grew up on a farm outside of Anita, Iowa with her two brothers, Douglas and Dwayne, and as child she treasured...
Clifford Eugene Carr
Mar 5, 2023
Clifford Eugene Carr, 80 years and one day, of Anita, Iowa, died Sunday, March 5, 2023, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa.
Clifford was born on March 4, 1943, in Atlantic, Iowa to Eugene and Dolores (Wahelleber) Carr of Anita. After beginning in a one room country school in rural Anita, he attended schools in Wiota, Casey...
Betty Albert
Feb 26, 2023
Betty Albert, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, February 26, 2023, at the Exira Care Center.
Betty Ann was born on November 17, 1930, in Mapleton, Iowa, the daughter of Carl and Helen (Larsen) Hansen. She graduated from Exira High School.
On July 31, 1949, she was united in marriage to Donald Maurice Albert in Exira, Iowa. The couple was...