G. Varel Holaday
Dec 10, 2019
G. Varel Holaday, 86, of Atlantic, Iowa, and formerly of Lewis, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. The son of Clifford Arthur and Reba (King) Holaday, he was born July 3, 1933, at the family home in rural Massena, Iowa. He was the middle in a family of seven children and attended country...
LaDonna Rae Mullen
Dec 8, 2019
LaDonna Rae Mullen, 71, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, December 8, 2019, at Bergan Mercy Medical Center in Omaha. LaDonna Rae was born on April 5, 1948, in Raglan Township, Harrison County, Iowa, the daughter of Herman Henry and Leona Agnes (Flaharty) Evers. She graduated from Logan High School in 1966. Following graduation, Rae lived in Omaha and worked at...
LaVern P. Martens (Petersen)
Nov 29, 2019
LaVern P. Martens, 79, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, November 29, 2019, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. The daughter of Anton and Velma (Dorsey) Petersen, she was born on October 2, 1940, in Audubon County, Iowa. She was baptized at St. John’s United Church of Christ south of Lyman, Iowa. She attended the Atlantic Community Schools in Atlantic....
Sharadee Angell
Nov 28, 2019
Sharadee Ann Angell, age 58, passed away after an illness on Thursday, November 28, 2019, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She was born June 25, 1961, in Fort Dodge, Iowa to Edmund and Mary (Connors) Angell. She moved to Atlantic, Iowa as a young child and attended Atlantic High School. Sharadee lived in Atlantic her entire...
Marian Finnell
Nov 20, 2019
Marian J. Finnell, 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Marian June Finnell was born at her parents’ home on June 1, 1927, west of Lewis, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence and Rhoda (Lane) Ward. Marian attended country school, and graduated from Lewis High School in 1945. Following graduation, she received educational training and...
John H. Yokimishyn
Nov 15, 2019
John H. Yokimishyn, 75, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Friday, November 15, 2019, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The son of John Harles, Sr. and Kathleen Schrader Yokimishyn, he was born February 8, 1944, in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from high school in Boonesboro, MD in 1962. He then went into missionary training in Waukesha, WI, for four...
Lucille Alff
Nov 6, 2019
Lucille Beth (Krause) Alff, long-time Lewis resident, passed away November 6, 2019. The daughter of Theodore W. and Grace A. (Lackey) Krause, she was born on the family home place southeast of Lewis on February 13, 1926. She graduated from the Lewis Consolidated School in 1943. Lucille was united in marriage to Henry O. Alff, at her parents’ home on...
Helen L. Schoenbohm
Nov 4, 2019
Helen L. Schoenbohm, 97, of Atlantic, formerly of Wiota, passed away November 4, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Helen Lorraine was born on August 30, 1922, at home northeast of Cumberland, Iowa, the daughter of Roy Harold and Gladys (Tracy) Spies. She was baptized and confirmed at the Pine Grove Methodist Church in Massena. Helen attended rural school near...
Janet (Jobe) Kunze
Nov 3, 2019
Janet (Jobe) Kunze, 73, of Lewis, Iowa, died Sunday, November 3, 2019, at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Janet Lynne Jobe was born on June 23, 1946, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of John “Jack” Arthur and Virgil Dean (Starr) Jobe. She grew up in Lewis and as a teenager worked at local truck stops as a waitress. Janet...
Christie A. Boysen
Oct 31, 2019
Christie “Chrissa” Boysen, 61, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, October 31, 2019, at her home. Christie Ann was born on March 23, 1958, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur and Evelyn Lorraine (Kuhl) Boysen. She grew up on the family farm south of Wiota, the youngest of three girls. Christie was always a free spirit. She was baptized and...