Richard McCauley

Aug 31, 2014

Obituary for Richard E McCauley Richard Eugene McCauley passed away August 31, 2014, from injuries suffered in a tragic automobile accident on August 22, 2014. He was transferred from the Creighton Trauma Center to the Hospice Unit at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA, where he died peacefully "at home." Dick was the only child born to Ralph Eugene...

Rita Burke

Aug 23, 2014

Obituary for Rita Burke Rita Kay (Hughes) Burke, 71, of Denver, Colorado, died Saturday, August 23, 2014, at the Village at Lowry in Denver from complications associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Rita Kay (Hughes) Burke was born on April 20, 1943, the daughter of Bill and Kate (Murray) Hughes of rural Casey, Iowa. She graduated from Adair-Casey High School in 1961...

Alice Mendenhall

Aug 17, 2014

Obituary for Alice Mendenhall Alice Leona Mendenhall, 100, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away August 17, 2014 at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. Alice was born January 16, 1914, to Hans and Matilda (Christensen) Rattenborg west of Hamlin, Iowa, in Audubon County. Around the age of nine she moved into Hamlin and her parents farmed an acreage on the...

Grover Lehmkuhl

Aug 9, 2014

Obituary for Grover R Lehmkuhl Grover R. Lehmkuhl, 93, of Villisca, Iowa, passed away peacefully Saturday, August 9, 2014, in Villisca. Grover Roy Lehmkuhl was born on March 12, 1921, in Noble Township, Cass County, Iowa, the son of Alvin John and Louise Dorothy (Wohlenhaus) Lehmkuhl. He attended country school and graduated from Atlantic High School in 1938. Following graduation...

Curtis Masteller

Aug 7, 2014

Obituary for Curtis Campbell Masteller Curtis Campbell Masteller Curtis C. Masteller, 83, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Thursday, August 07, 2014 at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Curtis Campbell Masteller was born on November 10, 1930, in Atlantic, Iowa, to Curtis William and Elsie Ellen (Campbell) Masteller. He attended country school in Grove Township and graduated from Atlantic High...

Nancy Balch

Aug 5, 2014

Obituary for Nancy L Balch Nancy Balch, 63, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed peacefully into the loving arms of her Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, August 05, 2014, at Cass County Memorial Hospital. She was born to John and Edna Balch of Bedford, Iowa on August 3, 1951, the third of five children. The family moved to Atlantic, Iowa when Nancy...

Leonard "Penny" Tuel

Aug 5, 2014

Obituary for Leonard "Penny" Tuel Leonard H. "Penny" Tuel, 95, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center. Leonard House Tuel, was born on December 16, 1918, in Coon Rapids, Iowa, the son of Leonard and Musetta (House) Tuel. He graduated from Coon Rapids High School in 1939. Following graduation he worked on...

William M Nichols

Aug 2, 2014

Obituary for William M Nichols William Mark Nichols was born on September 30, 1986 to Dick and Cindy Nichols. He was the fourth of five in their tribe of original seven (that continues to expand) who grew up on the little dairy farm outside Lewis, Iowa. Mediocre did not exist in his vocabulary. From the time he could walk, William’s...

Henry "Clay" Belcher

Jul 30, 2014

Obituary for Henry "Clay" Belcher Henry Clay Belcher, Jr., 94, of Atlantic, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab in Anita. Henry Clay Belcher was born on October 18, 1919, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the son of Henry Clay and Manty (Deel) Belcher. He worked on the family farm until enlisting in the United States...

Ross Bornholdt

Jul 29, 2014

Obituary for Ross E Bornholdt Ross E. Bornholdt, 83, of Walnut, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Ross Ernest Bornholdt was born on March 19, 1931, the son of Orville and Margaret (Brink) Bornholdt, on a farm west of Atlantic, Iowa. He was the fourth in a family of ten children. Ross...