Obituary for Verlain M Rathkamp Verlain Mueller Rathkamp, 94, a lifelong resident of Griswold, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. The son of William Frederick and Leora Rose (Mueller) Rathkamp, he was born April 5, 1920, at the family home South of Cumberland. Verlain was united in marriage to, Mary Anne Grace Lindeman,...
Obituary for Helen Maxine Marxen (Bornholdt) HELEN M. MARXEN Helen M. Marxen, 92, a long-time Atlantic resident, passed away late Monday, March 2, 2015, at her home. Helen Maxine was born in southwest Iowa, on June 1, 1922, the daughter of Orville and Margaret (Brink) Bornholdt. She grew up on a farm, and at the age of three she was...
Obituary for Myrtle L Morris (Bishop) MYRTLE MORRIS Myrtle Lorene Morris, 79, formerly of Atlantic, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2015, at her home in Adair. The daughter of Earl Bishop and Jessie (Wing) Bishop, she was born August 12, 1935, in the Stockton, Missouri area, where she grew up and graduated from high school. Myrtle was united in marriage...
Obituary for Karen M. Casey Karen M. Casey, 62, of Oskaloosa and formerly of Atlantic, died Friday, February 27, 2015, at the MHP Hospital in Oskaloosa. She was born in Greenfield, Iowa, on April 21, 1952, the daughter of Oluf and Dorothy Petersen Neilsen. She grew up on the Circle N Ranch in Messina and Cumberland, Iowa. She graduated from...
Obituary for Wava B. Bell Wava Bernice Plummer Bell, 100, longtime Atlantic resident passed away Sunday, February 1, 2015, at Heritage House. She was born September 18, 1914, at Massena, Iowa the daughter of Omer and Ethel (Wilson) Plummer. She grew up in Cass County and graduated from Anita High School in 1932. She was a grade school teacher at...
Obituary for Arlene Gladys Jahnke (Bode) ARLENE GLADYS JAHNKE Arlene G. Jahnke, 95, of Atlantic and formerly of Lewis, passed away Saturday morning, January 24, 2015, in the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Arlene Gladys Bode was born on April 23, 1919, the daughter of William "Bill" and Elsie (Cron) Bode in Lewis, Iowa. She played high school...
Obituary for Dorothy Beckendorf Dorothy H. Beckendorf, 93 of Oakland, and formerly of rural Walnut, Iowa, passed away Monday, January 5, 2015, at the Oakland Manor. Dorothy Helen was born on August 30, 1921, in Walnut, Iowa, the daughter of Jerry and Nora (Linkletter) Glissmann. She was the second born of four daughters. Dorothy attended country school and graduated from...
Obituary for Rosemary Heuss Rosemary Heuss, 84, of Atlantic, went to be with the Lord, Monday, January 5, 2015, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Rosemary was born on November 10, 1930, in Exira Township, Iowa, the daughter of Max L. and Ella L. (Ballou) Parrott. She grew up in Exira and moved from there to Audubon after her marriage...
Obituary for Helen Lou Westphal (Woods) Helen Lou Westphal Helen Lou Woods Westphal was born March 29, 1935, to Helen (Tanner) and Lewis Woods at home in Adair County Iowa. She and her husband have lived in Johnston, for the past four years and were formerly of Wiota. She went home to be with her Lord and Savior on January...
Obituary for Dorothy A Young Dorothy A. Young, 84, of Anita and formerly of Walnut, Marne and Atlantic, passed away Friday, January 2, 2015, at Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center. The daughter of Walter and Elsie Walters Christensen, Dorothy Arlene Christensen was born February 19, 1930, north of Atlantic, Iowa. She attended country school. At age 20, Dorothy was...