Doris Hensel
Oct 1, 2020
Doris Hensel, 82, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, October 1, 2020, at her home. Doris Jean was born on June 4, 1938, in Bristow, Oklahoma, the daughter of Adam and Bessie Bell (Walker) Hutchings. She was the baby of the family and was told as an infant she was laid on a blanket in the field while her family picked...
Joey Weihs
Sep 29, 2020
Joey Weihs, 46, of Marne, Iowa, died Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Joseph Dean was born on November 28, 1973, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Harold "Sonny" J.J. and Letha L. (Ward) Weihs. He grew up in the Atlantic and Marne areas and attended Atlantic High School. As the youngest child he enjoyed...
Max DeWitt
Sep 22, 2020
Max DeWitt, 90, of Casey, Iowa, died Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Max Earl was born on March 21, 1930, north of Guthrie Center, Iowa, the son of Charley and Hazel (Duke) DeWitt. The family moved south of Guthrie Center where he attended Thompson Township Country School and helped with daily chores...
Delbert W. Kirchhoff
Sep 15, 2020
Delbert Kirchhoff, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at his home. Delbert Walter Kirchhoff was born on February 14, 1928, in Bear Grove Township, Cass County, Iowa, the son of Walter McKinley and Marie Hattie (Beisser) Kirchhoff. He grew up with two brothers and there were multiple and varying accounts on who got picked on the most....
Colleen Shumaker (Kerr)
Sep 3, 2020
Colleen M. Shumaker, 61, of Des Moines, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, died Thursday, September 3, 2020, at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, following health complications due to COVID-19. Colleen Marie was born on July 10, 1959, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the daughter of Raymond and Mildred (Stuetelberg) Kerr. While she was a child, the family moved to Atlantic....
Mark Johnson
Sep 3, 2020
Mark Johnson, 63, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, September 3, 2020, at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines. Mark Alan Johnson was born on October 30, 1956, in Creighton, Nebraska, the son of Kenneth Arland and Charlene Ann (Moore) Johnson. As a kid Mark was a little mischievous and schemed up ways to get his younger brothers in trouble. It...
Nancy Lee Farley (Alff)
Aug 31, 2020
Nancy Farley, born to Henry and Harriet (Clausen) Alff in Atlantic, Iowa on February 17, 1949, died Monday, August 31, 2020, at her daughter’s home in Anita, Iowa at the age of 71. Nancy grew up on a farm near Anita, and graduated from Anita High School in 1967. Following graduation, she worked for the State of Iowa in Des...
Lorraine Williams
Aug 28, 2020
Lorraine L. Williams, 97, of Grant, Iowa, died Friday, August 28, 2020, at Atlantic Specialty Care. She trusted Jesus as her Lord and Savior when 24 years old and that decision shaped the rest of her life. We will miss her beautiful smile and loving hand. Lorraine Lucille was born on October 6, 1922, the daughter of Lester Lionel and...
Deb Baker
Aug 16, 2020
Deb Baker, 60, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, August 16, 2020, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Debra Jo was born on September 23, 1959, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Johnnie E. and Talena B. (Cook) Wheatley. She grew up in Lewis and enjoyed snowmobiling, playing in the town softball league and being a part of 4-H,...
Mable (Amy) Earhart
Aug 13, 2020
Mable (Amy) Earhart, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Altoona, died Thursday, August 13, 2020, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Mable was born on November 9, 1927, on a farm south of Fonda, Iowa, the daughter of Clyde August and Alvina Alma (Ohrtman) Geisinger. Mable was the sixth of eight children born to Clyde and Alvina. Mable...