Obituary for Lenora E. Maas Lenora Eileen Wolford was born January 21, 1926, the daughter of Randall and Gladys Wolford and passed away March 28, 2015, at Atlantic Nursing & Rehab. She grew up near Massena and attended country schools. She worked as a nurse for Dr. Dirlam helping deliver many new babies into the world. On September 22, 1946,...
Obituary for Walt Ambrose Walt Ambrose, 68, of Walnut, passed away Tuesday, March 24, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha. Walter Joseph Ambrose, Jr. was born in Missouri Valley, Iowa on October 13, 1946 to Walter Sr. and Thelma Ambrose. During his younger years he helped his parents raise cattle, hogs, milk cows and did chores. Walt attended country school during...
Obituary for Margaret Reimer Dorothy Margaret (McDole) Reimer was born December 6, 1924, to Asa and Bessie (Gorham) McDole at their farm home in Monona County. She was the youngest of five children. Margaret passed away March 22, 2015, at the age of 90. Margaret graduated from Dunlap High School in 1942 after attending eight years in a one-room Monona...
Obituary for Steven Cross STEVEN CROSS Steven Curtiss Cross, 64, of Atlantic, passed away early Friday, March 20, 2015, at Cass County Memorial Hospital. The son of Estel Curtis Cross and Betty Jean (Yearington) Cross, he was born January 23, 1951, in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Steve grew up in Atlantic and joined the U.S. Army in 1968. He spent three...
Obituary for Soren Peter Petersen SOREN PETERSEN Soren Peter Petersen, 74, of Atlantic, passed away Thursday, March 12, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center. The son of Soren Peter & Johanna Katherine Carlsen Petersen, he was born May 10, 1940, in Mason City, Iowa. He attended the Iowa School for the Deaf, and graduated in 1960. While there, he...
Obituary for Ray E. Euken RAY EUKEN Ray Euken, 88, a lifelong resident of the Cumberland area, passed away Monday, March 9, 2015, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. The son of Edward Herman and Marie Caroline Eilts Euken, he was born February 12, 1927, in Franklin Township, rural Wiota. He graduated from Wiota High School in 1944; remaining on...
Obituary for Barbara Bargo Barbara Eileen Bargo, youngest daughter of Erna Marie (Bonneson) Strandskov and Thorvald Richard Strandskov, was born in Carroll, IA on February 27, 1951. Barbara was confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton, IA in 1965. She attended Elk Horn Elementary School and graduated from Elk Horn Community High School with the class of 1969. On July...
Obituary for Roger Sandhorst Roger W. Sandhorst, 65, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2015, at his home. Roger was born June 9, 1949, to Ralph and Pauline (Waldau) Sandhorst of Wiota, IA. He was raised on the farm and attended school in Wiota. He also attended two years in Anita, which is where he met his wife...
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...