Category Archives: Obituaries
Obituary Announcements from across Western iowa.

David Michael Mortensen Obituary
A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, August 28, 2025, at 10:30 AM, at the Griswold Central Church of Christ for 35-year-old David Mortensen. Visitation with the family will...
Tom Robinson Aug 25, 2025

Linda Smith Obituary
Linda Kay Smith (Koob), age 71 of Anita, died on Sunday, August 24, at MercyOne hospital in Des Moines. She was born on November 16, 1953, in Atlantic, Iowa to Virgil and Catherine Koob (Byrum). Linda...
Jack McKee Aug 25, 2025

Eric John Christensen Obituary
Eric John Christensen, a beloved husband, father, brother, and friend, passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at his home outside of Audubon, Iowa, at the age of 55. Eric was born in Harlan, IA, on...
Jack McKee Aug 25, 2025

Dennis Briles Obituary
Dennis (Denny) Ray Briles, 72, of Lewis, Iowa, died Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dennis Ray was born on May 10, 1953, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of...
Tom Robinson Aug 24, 2025

Keith Harlan Obituary
Robert Keith Harlan, 87, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away at home on Thursday, August 21, 2025, surrounded by family. Keith was born February 16, 1938, to Ralph and Faye Burley Harlan in Dexter, Iowa. H...
Tom Robinson Aug 21, 2025

Alyssa Annette Welsch Obituary
Alyssa Welsch, 24, of Fontanelle, Iowa, passed away on Monday, August 18, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. Alyssa Annette Welsch was born on August 3rd, 2001 in Des Moines, IA, and is the beloved daughter o...
Mandy Billings Aug 20, 2025

Barb South Obituary
Barb South, 92, of Omaha, NE, formerly of Atlantic, IA, died Sunday, August 17, 2025, at St. Joseph Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation, in Omaha. Barbara Ann was born on November 17, 1932, in Audubon, I...
Jack McKee Aug 20, 2025

Kenny Hess Obituary
Kenneth Herman Hess, the son of Herman and Blanche Elsberry Hess, was born June 27, 1936, at his parents' home in Shelby County, southwest of Jacksonville, Iowa, and died August 18, 2025, at the Audub...
Jack McKee Aug 20, 2025

Dan Erbes Obituary
Daniel Louis Erbes was born on October 13, 1960, in Greenfield, Iowa, to Max and Helen (Peters) Erbes. On Monday, August 18, 2025, at the age of 64, Dan passed away at Grundy County Memorial Hospital ...
Mandy Billings Aug 19, 2025

George Fiebelkorn Obituary
George W. Fiebelkorn, age 89, formerly of Audubon, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at the Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa. Born on July 21, 1936, in his grandmother's ...
Tom Robinson Aug 18, 2025







