Obituary for Gerald L. Wheatley Gerald Wheatley, 82, of Massena, Iowa, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017 at Atlantic Specialty Care. Gerald Lester Wheatley was born on September 12, 1935, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Lester and Mildred (Petersen) Wheatley. He attended rural school near Marne and high school in Atlantic. After his schooling, he helped on the family...
Obituary for Agnes I. Waggoner (Christensen) Agnes Waggoner, 93, passed away Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Heritage House, in Atlantic, Iowa. Agnes Irene was born August 24, 1924, north of Wiota, Iowa, the daughter of Chris B. and Lillian Andersen Christensen. She attended grade school at Grant #9, west of Anita and Anita High School for a year and a...
Obituary for Tyler Jade Brix Tyler Brix, 40, of Marne, Iowa, passed away Friday, September 15, 2017, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Tyler Jade was born August 14, 1977, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Danny Gene and Mary Jo (Hoilien) Brix. He attended Atlantic Community Schools, graduating with the High School Class of 1996. He then attended...
Obituary for Jeanette Larsen Jeanette Larsen, 94, a long-time resident of Atlantic, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Jeanette was born in Chicago to Frank and Louise Gurskey, on February 25, 1923, one of seven children; Adolph, Clarence, Florence, Bernice, Frank, and Earl. While a clerk for Woolworths in Chicago she met stock boy Henry...
Obituary for Irma R. Frisbie Irma R. Frisbie, 85, of Atlantic, passed away, Monday, September 11, 2017, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Irma Ruth was born on December 9, 1931, in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of George Stanley and Myrtle Blanche (Jones) Wood. She grew up on the family farm, and at the age of five when...
Obituary for Henry L. Walter Henry Walter, 85, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Henry LeRoy, son of Fred and Pauline (Harmsen) Walter, was born on June 4, 1932, in Cass County, Iowa. He attended Brighton #6 school, and was later drafted in the United States Army at...
Obituary for William "Bill" B. Wright William “Bill” B. Wright, 84, of Newton died on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Bill, the son of William Willis and Madge Estella (Bates) Wright, was born on May 18, 1933 in Des Moines. He had fond memories of his childhood days working on Howard Moore’s farm...
Obituary for Ann C Nelsen (Peters) Ann Nelsen, 66, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at her home. Ann Carol Peters was born on June 23, 1951, in Gregory, South Dakota, the daughter of Eugene Paul and Virginia Joanna (Viereck) Peters. She graduated from Huron High School where both her parents were teachers. Ann attended South...
Obituary for Helen P Johnson Helen P. Johnson, 94, of Lewis, Iowa, and formerly of Atlantic passed away Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at the Exira Care Center. Helen Pauline was born on June 17, 1923, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Lars and Minnie (Brehmer) Mikkelsen. She attended school in a one room school house south of Elk Horn, and...
Obituary for Arnold K. Petersen Arnold K. Petersen, 98, of Atlantic, and formerly of Elk Horn, passed away Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Arnold K. Petersen was born on April 14, 1919, at the home place in Sharon Township, Audubon County, Iowa, the son of Hans P. and Emma Katrina (Esbeck) Petersen. He attended rural school...