Keith Esbeck

Jul 15, 2021

Keith Esbeck, 62, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, July 15, 2021, at his home. Keith Nolan was born on May 18, 1959, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Roger Owen and Marian Lee (Young) Esbeck. He grew up north of Marshalltown in Conrad, Iowa and attended BCL schools. He exceled on the football field; playing on varsity as a freshman...

Betty Jean Sunderman (Beckendorf)

Jul 11, 2021

Betty Sunderman, 86, of Walnut, Iowa, died Sunday, July 11, 2021, at Allen Place in Atlantic. Betty Jean was born on July 17, 1934, at home in Hancock, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Dorothy Irene (Croghan) Beckendorf. She graduated from Lewis High School in 1952. On August 22, 1954, she was united in marriage to Darrell Dean Sunderman at...

Stanley Embree

Jul 4, 2021

Stanley Evans Embree of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of the Grant and Griswold areas, passed away Sunday, July 4, 2021, at Atlantic Specialty Care, one day after his 100th birthday. The son of Guy and Lucile (Mullen) Embree, he was born southeast of Grant, Iowa, on July 3, 1921. He attended Science Vale country school east of Grant and...

Doreen Knop

Jun 27, 2021

Doreen Knop, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa died on Sunday, June 27, 2021, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha. The daughter of Theodore John Henry and Dorothy Edith (Hough) Brockman, she was born August 3, 1932, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Growing up on an Iowa farm, she milked cows both before and after walking to school. From the...

Marilyn Miller

Jun 21, 2021

Marilyn Miller, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, June 21, 2021, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. Marilyn Kay was born on November 12, 1940, in Atlantic, Iowa, the only daughter of Clarence “Bud” and Christine Emelia (Pedersen) Miller. She grew up on the family farm, attended Washington Country School #4, and graduated from Lewis High School in 1958....

Lois S. Coomes

Jun 16, 2021

Lois Shirley Coomes, 93, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, June 16, 2021, at 7:40 p.m., at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Lois was born on July 16, 1927, in the family farmhouse north of Atlantic, the daughter of Louis Leonard and Bertha Wilhelmina (Goettsch) Helbourg. As a child she and her sister, Donnis often rode to school on their...

Hyla M. Nash

Jun 14, 2021

Hyla Nash, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, June 14, 2021, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Hyla Mae (Babbitt) Nash was born November 6, 1923, northeast of Marne, Iowa, to Hazel (Franklin) and Glenn Babbitt. She attended country school and graduated from Walnut High School in 1941 as Salutatorian. She taught school in Brighton Township. Hyla was...

Theresa Capouch

Jun 6, 2021

Theresa Marie Capouch, 68, of Atlantic, Iowa, entered into rest on Sunday, June 6, 2021, at her home. She was born on September 2, 1952, in Independence, Iowa, the daughter of Melvin Clyde and Patricia Lucille (Denehy) Rasmussen. She was the oldest of six children and grew up in Northwood, Iowa. Later in life Theresa made Atlantic, Iowa, her home....

Sondra Neary

Jun 4, 2021

Sondra Neary, 87, longtime resident of Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, June 4, 2021, in Omaha. She was the daughter of Orville and Ruth (Swanson) Bridges. Sondra was born in Klemme, IA on February 1, 1934. She grew up in Klemme and during high school she clerked part time at the local grocery store. Sondra graduated high school in 1951. Following...

Paul Witzman

Jun 4, 2021

Paul Witzman, 70, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Friday, June 4, 2021, at his home. Paul Clifford Witzman was born on June 24, 1950, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Merritt Harold and Kathryn Fay (Mewhirter) Witzman. Paul was baptized at the Atlantic First United Methodist Church. Growing up he was active in 4-H and Cub Scouts. Paul enjoyed...