Category Archives: Obituaries

Colton was born to Morgan Cook (Wiederin) in Iowa city at the University of Iowa Hospital. In 2020 Joe Cook came into Colton's life and stepped into the role as Colton's dad. Colton was the second old...

Phyllis L Bruun, the daughter of William and Mildred (Kempf) Murray, was born July 22, 1938, in Carroll, Iowa, and died February 13, 2026, at Copperwood Senior Living in Ankeny, Iowa, at the age of 87...

Thomas Joseph Schmitz was born to Vincent Schmitz and Dolores (Leinen) Schmitz on June 6, 1946 at their home in Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Panama,...

Samantha Christensen, 36, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, February 5, 2026, at Cass Health. Samantha Jo Christensen was born on March 27, 1989, in Atlantic, Iowa the daughter of Rick and Amy (Fieble...

Donald Edward Scheffler, son of Herman and Olga (Jacobsen) Scheffler, was born on July 31, 1928, on a farm east of Hancock. He graduated from Hancock High School with the class of 1945, where he was a...

Robert Eugene Jensen was born to Niels "Nels" Jensen and Kirsten "Katherine" (Hjornet) Jensen on October 25, 1930 at a farmhouse in James Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa. He grew up alongside his five s...

Father Leonard Anthony Kenkel was born on May 28, 1934, in Panama, Iowa, to William and Anna (Wingert) Kenkel. He grew up with his sisters, Lauretta and Sister Sylvia, OSB, and his brothers Michael, S...

Terry Lynn Munch, son of Darrell Leon Munch and Marilyn Darlene (Sorensen) Munch, was born on March 10, 1957, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa, and died there at the age of 68....

Jean Gearheart, age 98 of Atlantic, passed away on Monday, February 9, 2026, at the Exira Care Center. Jean was born on August 5, 1927, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas and Ethel (Paulson) Br...

Walter "Walt" Ferdinand Sonksen, was born on April 22, 1932, at the family farm in Mapleton, Iowa to Richard and Frances (Ruchti) Sonksen. He attended country school through the 8th grade and graduate...