Harold Goold
Jul 31, 2019
Harold “Bub” Goold, 90, lifelong resident of Atlantic, Iowa, died Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at CHI Health Mercy in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Harold Gilbert Goold was born on October 16, 1928, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of John Charles and May Elizabeth (Geiger) Goold. During his childhood he grew up having a close relationship with his aunts, uncles and their...
Violet Huntley
Jul 29, 2019
Violet Elaine (Nelson) Huntley of Williston, ND, was born in Williston on August 20,1938, to Edward and Vivian Nelson of Alamo, ND. She passed away on July 29, 2019, at Atlantic Specialty Care, in Atlantic, Iowa, where she had resided the past three years. She married Herbert Dale Huntley on May 4, 1957. Together, they had two daughters, Pam and...
Violet J. Kardell
Jul 28, 2019
Violet Jensena Kardell, 96, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, July 28, 2019, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. She was born at home in rural Atlantic, Iowa, June 26, 1923, the third child born to Jens Jensen, and Anna Marie (Christensen) Juhler. She grew up on the farm, along with one brother and two sisters. She attended rural schools through...
Gladys Pauline McCrory
Jul 25, 2019
Gladys McCrory, 94, a lifelong resident of Cass County, Iowa, died Thursday, July 25, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Gladys Pauline Holland McCrory was born in Audubon County, Iowa to Danish immigrants Jens and Anna Lade Holland on Nov. 21, 1924. The family moved to a farm near Anita in 1929. Gladys and her four siblings attended Grant #4...
Freeman "Mike" H. Forrest
Jul 23, 2019
Freeman H. “Mike” Forrest, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Mike Forrest was born December 14, 1923 in Mankato, Minnesota, where he resided with his parents until 1930, when the family moved to Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Des Moines public school in 1941, and commenced college that fall at Iowa...
Howard Glen Reed
Jul 12, 2019
Howard Reed, 94, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic, died Friday, July 12, 2019, at Midlands Living Center in Council Bluffs. The son of Frank Alford “Rusty” and Cecil Marie (Mailander) Reed, Howard Glen Reed was born October 15, 1924, in Wiota, Iowa. He attended Wiota Consolidated Schools, graduating in 1943. On June 8, 1943, he enlisted in...
Pearl Margaret Mailander (Rourick)
Jul 12, 2019
Pearl Margaret Mailander, 99, a lifelong resident of Cass County, died Friday, July 12, 2019, at Heritage House in Atlantic. The daughter of Albert and Elizabeth (Beebe) Rourick, was born October 27, 1919, on the family farm north of Wiota, Iowa. She graduated from the Atlantic High School and Normal Training in 1940. She then taught country school in northern...
Chase Jones
Jul 11, 2019
Chase A. Jones, 22, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, July 11, 2019, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Chase Alexander Jones was born on August 14, 1996. In Denison, Iowa, the son of Dan and Bobbi (Yirkovsky) Jones. Chase graduated from Atlantic High School in 2014. He was currently employed at Waypoint Analytical. Chase was a kind soul who...
Todd K. Matthews
Jul 9, 2019
Todd Kasey Matthews, 56, of Sioux City, Iowa, died at his home on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. He was born on November 22, 1962, in Maquoketa, Iowa, the son of Donald Lee and Patty Joan (Rasmussen) Matthews. He grew up in Grinnell, Iowa, and graduated in the Class of 1981. In later years, he graduated from the University of Northern...
Dan "Deacon" Grover
Jul 9, 2019
Dan “Deacon” Grover, 71, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Danny Lee Grover was born on January 25, 1948, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Clifford Truman and Nicki Louise (Nichols) Grover. He was the oldest of his three siblings and there may have been a time or two that...