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Kate Getty Obituary

Mrs. Kate Getty, age 50, of Cedar Rapids, IA, a native of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at her home in Cedar Rapids. Public visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 22, 2026, at St. Pius X Catholic Church (4949 Council St NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402) with Vigil Service a...

Ricky Johnson Obituary

Ricky Johnson, 71, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. Services are pending with Roland Funeral Service. Roland Funeral Service is caring for Ricky's family and his arrangements. Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

Harry Porter Obituary

Harry Alan Porter, the son of Hugh Charles and Greta Lorraine (Tye) Porter, was born October 21, 1945, in Atlantic, IA. Harry died March 16, 2026, at his home, east of Griswold, IA, at the age of 80 years, 4 months, and 26 days. Harry attended school at Griswold, graduating with the class of 1964. After graduation, he ...

Tim Sickels Obituary

Timothy Jon Sickels was born September 29, 1949, the son of Kenneth and Fern Catherine (Dory) Sickels in Adair County, Iowa. He passed away Sunday, March 1, 2026, at his home in Thornton Colorado at the age of 76 years, 5 months. Tim attended Bridgewater-Fontanelle Community School District and graduated in 1967. He ma...

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Shari Renee (Lewis) Brooks Obituary

Shari Renee (Lewis) Brooks, 63, a resident of Peace Haven in Walnut, Iowa, (formerly of Council Bluffs, IA and Bellevue, NE) died Monday, March 16, 2026, at Cass Health in Atlantic. Shari Renee was born on September 1, 1962, the daughter of Robert and Margaret Lewis. She graduated from Ralston High School in 1980 and l...

Jody Bruck Obituary

Full obituary pending. He is survived by his children, Joey Bruck of Shelby, IA; Sara Bruck of Harlan, IA; 7 grandchildren; siblings, Jerry (Aline) Bruck of Harlan, IA; Colleen Spinler of Papillion, NE; Vernon (Pat) Bruck of Denison, IA; Robin (Carolyn) Bruck of Denison, IA; brother-in-law Curt Slater of Defiance, IA; ...

Shirley Bylund Obituary

Shirley Fredine Bylund, 97, of Audubon, passed away Friday, March 13, 2026, at the Exira Care Center in Exira. Shirley F Bylund, daughter of Fred and Oma (Harsha) Gardner, was born October 3, 1928, in Fredericksburg, Iowa. She attended school in Rhodes, Iowa, before the family moved to a farm near Nevada, Iowa, in her ...

Lowell Harris Obituary

Lowell E. Harris, 90, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Saturday, March 14, 2026, at Heritage House in Atlantic. A Celebration of Life Visitation and Luncheon will be held on May 30th at Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic followed by burial in the SS Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery. Additional service details will be available in...

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Sharon Kay Kearney Obituary

Sharon Kay Kearney, the daughter of Allen Eugene and Thelma Loree (Carlisle) Hamilton, was born February 17, 1950, in Council Bluffs, IA. Sharon passed away on March 12, 2026, at her home in Oakland, IA, at the age of 76 years and 23 days. A Celebration of Life Service for 76-year-old Sharon Kay Kearney of Oakland, wil...

Mr. Richard Leslie Watson Obituary

Mr. Richard Leslie Watson, age 80, of Anita, IA, passed away at his home in Anita on Thursday, March 12, 2026. Richard Leslie Watson was born on November 2, 1945 to William (Bill) Henry and Ruby Itol (Harrison) Watson of Anita, Iowa. Richard, commonly known as Rich, lost his father at age 11 in 1956. Ruby eventually re...

Alan Williamson Obituary

Alan LeRoy Williamson, 92, passed away on March 12, 2026, at Atlantic Specialty Care. He was born in Benton Township, Cass County on July 29, 1933, to LeRoy Henry and Clara Louise (Husmann) Williamson and joined three older siblings: Paul, Marilyn and Marjorie. He attended country school before graduating from Wiota Hi...

Todd Koch Obituary

Funeral services with military rites for 55 year old Todd Koch of Harlan will be held on Tuesday March 17th at 11 AM at the Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. Visitation will be held on Monday March 16th from 4 to 7 PM at the funeral home. Burial will be held in the Harlan Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Jenna ...

Lila Kunze Obituary

Lila Kunze, 98, of Lewis, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 9, 2026, at Heritage House in Atlantic. A visitation is planned for Tuesday March 17th, 10 a.m., at the Lewis Church of Christ in Lewis, Iowa. Funeral services will be held immediately following, Tuesday March 17th 11 a.m., also at the Lewis Church of Christ. In...

Larry Watson Obituary

Larry Allan Watson was born on December 26, 1938, on a farm northwest of Persia, Iowa, to Milton A. Watson and Velma (Harmsen) Watson. He grew up alongside his younger sister Lynette - riding horses, playing baseball, and spending time with his grandfather. Raised on the land he would spend his life caring for, Larry l...

Linda Weaver Obituary

Linda Weaver, 76, of Atlantic, Iowa, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Sunday, March 8, 2026, at Cass Health in Atlantic. Linda Lou, or 'Short' to her beloved sister Barb, or 'Aunt Lindy' to her treasured niece and nephew, or 'Gigi' to her precious granddaughters, was born on February 27th, 1950, in Co...

Margaret Marckmann Obituary

Margaret Jennie (Meisenheimer) Marckmann was born April 4, 1933, to Frederick W & Agnes (Miller) Meisenheimer on the farm in Summerset Township in Adair County, Iowa. She passed away on February 26, 2026, at the Greenfield Rehabilitation & Health Center, at the age of 92. Margaret graduated from Greenfield High...

Waldean Hargis Obituary

Waldean Anna Lois Hargis, age 91, died on Monday morning, March 9, 2026, at Friendship Home, Audubon, Iowa. She was born on September 3, 1934, in Manning, Iowa, to George and Elsie (Reichart) Jackson, and graduated from Manning High School in Manning, Iowa. In 1952, Waldean married Ernest L. Kaiser and four children we...

Gregory Joseph Monahan Obituary

Gregory Joseph Monahan was born on October 7, 1957, to Charles Monahan and Marie Miller Monahan. He grew up in the country in the Panama/Portsmouth area. Greg was baptized at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended grade school there, too. Greg moved to Harlan around junior high age and graduated from Har...

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Harry James Sawyer Obituary

Full obituary pending. Time of sharing for Harry James Sawyer age 62 of Harlan will be Saturday March 14th 2026 at 4PM at the Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. Visitation will be Saturday March 14th 2026 at the Funeral home from 2PM to 4 PM. Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan is in charge of arrangements.

Wayne Ewing Obituary

Wayne Ewing, 80, from Griswold, Iowa passed away March 7, 2026. At the Exira Care Center with family by his side. Per his wishes he will be cremated, with a celebration of life at a later date.

Jimmie Steffens Obituary

Jimmie David Steffens was born February 16, 1955, in Creston, IA. Jimmie passed away on March 1, 2026, peacefully at his home in Pocahontas, Iowa. Jimmie is a 1973 graduate of Atlantic High School. He worked at SKelgas in Denison, attended Webster City Community College, where he earned his Aviation Degree, and then th...

Teresa Kruse Obituary

Teresa Clara (Pfeifer) Kruse, the 10th of 13 children of Clara (Weber) and Leo Pfeifer was born on November 29, 1925, on the family's homestead near Spalding, Nebraska. Teresa attended 1st through 8th grade at a country schoolhouse near Spalding, earning straight A's. Following graduation in the midst of the Great Depr...

Larry Jacobsen Obituary

Larry was born June 16, 1939 to Harold and Orpha (Kay) Jacobsen. He attended school in Hancock and graduated with the last Hancock High School class, the Class of 1957. He married Jane Harris on December 29, 1961, shortly before he enlisted in the United States Navy. He served as a helicopter mechanic aboard the aircra...

Kimberly Gipple Obituary

Kimberly Jo Gipple, the daughter of Roy and Maree (Beck) Westfall, was born January 19, 1965, in Atlantic, IA. She died March 4, 2026, at UNMC in Omaha, NE, at the age of 61 years, 1 month, and 16 days. Kim graduated from Atlantic High School with the class of 1983. She worked at several jobs, including selling World B...

Bonnie Ray Argotsinger Obituary

Bonnie Rae Argotsinger, the daughter of Walter Alfred and Marjorie Ione (Taylor) Sorenson, was born on April 8, 1941, in Onawa, IA. Bonnie passed away on March 1, 2026, at Prairie Gate Retirement Center in Council Bluffs, IA, at the age of 84 years, 10 months, and 23 days. Bonnie attended school at Woodbine, graduating...

Theresa Grote obituary

Theresa Mildred Kramer, the daughter of Frank and Cecelia (Schechinger) Kramer, was born on September 2, 1928, and was the middle child of 17 children. The family lived on a farm near Defiance, IA. Theresa was baptized, had first communion, confession, and confirmation at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance. Theres...

Carole Thraen Obituary

Carole Thraen was born on November 1, 1945, in Harlan, Iowa, to Gerald and Gladys (Knudsen) Grabill. She attended Shelby-Tennant School and graduated in 1964. Though only 4'11", Carole was a forward for the basketball team and was known for her quickness. She also served as a baton majorette for the marching band....

Carl Eldon Shaffer Obituary

Carl Eldon Shaffer, 53, of Griswold, Iowa, died Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at his home. He was born in Denver, Colorado on June 20, 1972, and was named after his paternal uncle, Carl Albert Shaffer and maternal great-uncle, William Eldon McGonagill. Carl served in the United States Army and was stationed initially in ...

Christopher Melanson Obituary

Christopher Scott Melanson, son of Jodi Gries (Melanson) and Mark Melanson, was born on December 17, 1987, in Massachusetts. In 1998, Chris moved to Iowa with his family and attended school at Elk Horn-Kimballton Community School. He later earned his GED in June of 2005. Chris worked as a janitor for Atlantic Community...

Pamela Schechinger Obituary

Pam was born February 1st, 1950 to Ralph and Ellen Trout in Logan Iowa. At 10 years old Pam was Baptized into the Christian church. Pam had many memories from her grandmother Grace and her beloved aunt Marge who taught her to play the piano. Pam enjoyed many lifelong friends graduating from Lo Ma Highschool in 1968. Pa...

Karla Roecker Obituary

Karla Georgette (Hartvigsen) Roecker was born on June 25, 1955, in Harlan, Iowa, to George and Sharon (Wohlhutter) Hartvigsen. She grew up alongside her three brothers-Tim, Dan, and Kevin-and held especially fond memories of time spent at her grandparents' family farm near Kimbalton, IA, as well as playing in the Laure...

John Christensen Obituary

John Christensen, 51, of Greenfield passed away on Thursday, February 26, 2026, at his home. Funeral services are pending at the Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, March 6, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the Green...

Charlotte Acker Obituary

Charlotte Acker, 69, of Des Moines, Iowa, (formerly of Greenfield) passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at the Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. Celebration of Life Services will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. at the Greenfield United Methodist Church. Everyone can wear jeans to the service...

Michael (Mike) Herbert Wagner Obituary

Michael (Mike) Herbert Wagner, 68, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Monday October 27, 2025, at his home surrounded by family. Mike is survived by his wife, Pam of Atlantic; daughters, Nicole Wagner and Lacy Crall and husband, Shannon all of Atlantic; and 3 grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held from 6:00 p.m....

Dale Retallic Obituary

Dale Retallic, 72, of Atlantic, Iowa, was welcomed into his Heavenly Home, Sunday, February 22, 2026, at home. He is survived by his wife, Vickie Retallic; daughter, Whitney (Erica Labb) Retallic; sons, Justin (Kallie) Retallic and Troy (Laura) Retallic; 6 grandchildren; and siblings, Barb (Lowell) Reams and Marcella (...

Dennis Brix Obituary

Dennis Brix, 86, of Walnut, Iowa, went to be home with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Sunday, February 22, 2026, at Eden Acres Lutheran Home in Perry, Iowa. Dennis is survived by sister, Nerita (Robert) Sorensen of Walnut; ex-wife, Linda (Richard d.) Weaver of Atlantic; sons, Sean Brix of Perry; Shane (Karen) Brix o...

Michael Kaufman Obituary

Michael Joseph Kaufman was born on March 15, 1937, in Sioux City, Iowa, to Cecelia (Mueller) and Henry Kaufman. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa, and graduated from St. Joseph's Catholic School, where he built the strong foundation of faith and values that guided him throug...

Peggy Hansen Obituary

Peggy Lou (Andersen) Hansen, daughter of Earl "Speenie" and Leota (Harris) Andersen was born on March 16, 1937. Later a brother Jerry completed their family. Baptized and confirmed at Jacksonville Lutheran Church, Peggy's strong foundation of faith guided her throughout her life and shaped the way she cared f...

Sheila Weis Mikkelsen Obituary

Sheila Weis Mikkelsen, age 73, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2026, surrounded by the love of her family and her devoted companion, Ron. Born on September 8, 1952, in Earling, Iowa, Sheila was the daughter of Robert "Bob" and Ruth (Schaben) Weis. Raised in Defiance, she was a proud 1970 graduate of Ha...

Jean A. Bireline Obituary

Jean Bireline, age 85 of Adair, died on Thursday, February 19, 2026, at Exira Care Center in Exira, IA. She was born Jean Annette Noland on March 16, 1940, at the Adair Hospital to Charles and Dora (Hall) Noland. She grew up on a farm south of Adair and attended schools in the Adair area and in 1957, was crowned the fi...

Robert Wherrett Obituary

Robert "Bob" Owen Wherrett was born on May 19, 1942, in Lebanon, Ohio, to Owen Ellis Wherrett and Elva Marjorie (Krauss) Wherrett. He attended grade school in Aurora, Illinois, and later graduated from Truman Community High School in Truman, Minnesota, with the Class of 1961. Throughout his life, Bob held a v...

JoAnn Barten Obituary

Visitation with the Family of 83 year old JoAnn Barten will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2026 from 4 to 7 pm at St. Patrick's Parish Center in Audubon. The Ohde Funeral Home in Manning is assisting the family with arrangements. JoAnn died on Feb. 8 at the Friendship Home in Audubon. A Funeral Service for JoAnn will ...

Joyce Spangenberg Obituary

Joyce Elaine Spangenberg, age 95, of Red Oak, Iowa formerly of Clarinda, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at Arlington Place in Red Oak. Joyce was born November 4, 1930, in Oakland, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Mildred (Hays) LeRette. The family lived in various places throughout southwest Iowa includi...

Larry Argotsinger Obituary

Larry Eugene Argotsinger, the son of Kenneth Barnard and Betty Lou (Riddle) Argotsinger, was born January 27, 1940, in Dow City, IA. Larry died January 25, 2026, at Prairie Gate Retirement Center in Council Bluffs, IA, at the age of 85 years, 11 months, and 29 days. Larry moved to a farm near Woodbine, IA, when he was ...

Colton Wiederin Obituary

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 oldest of six kids. Colton was born with multiple diagnoses including agenesis of the corpus callosum, colpocephaly, and ep...

Phyllis Bruun Obituary

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 years, 6 months, 22 days. Phyllis was baptized and confirmed at the Presbyterian Church in Audubon. She attended a rura...

Thomas Schmitz Obituary

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, IA. Tom attended school in Panama from grade school until high school graduation. After graduating, he attended a 2 yea...

Samantha Christensen Obituary

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 (Fieblecorn) Christensen. She grew up in Kimballton and Lewis until she was 16 years old, and then moved to Atlantic while rais...

Donald Scheffler Obituary

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 student athlete playing basketball. He attended Iowa State University and then came home to start farming. He married h...

Robert Jensen Obituary

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 siblings: Elsie, Elmer, Betty, Carl, and Ellen. On December 19, 1954, Robert was united in marriage t...

Fr. Leonard Kenkel Obituary

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, Sylvan, David, Damian, and Eugene. He was educated at St. Mary's School in Panama, graduating from grade school in 1948 a...

Terry Munch Obituary

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. Terry was baptized at the Hamlin Lutheran Church in Hamlin, Iowa, and confirmed at the Exira Lutheran Church in Exira, ...

Jean Gearheart Obituary

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) Brindley. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Floyd; son Timothy Mark and son-in-law, Andrew Fredrickson. L...

Walter Sonksen Obituary

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 graduated from Mapleton High School in 1950 and was united in 65+ years of marriage to Marilyn Schluter on November 27...

Ronald Templeman Obituary

Ronald "Ron" Templeman, age 92, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2026 at Cass Health in Atlantic. Visitation with the family will be from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Exira. A Prayer Service with Military Honors will be at 4:00 p...

Marjorie Sublett Obituary

Marjorie Sublett, age 93 of Adair, passed away on Friday, February 6, 2026 at her home. Visitation with the family will be from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Monday, February 16, 2026 at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Adair. Private family burial will be at the Sunnyhill Cemetery in Adair. In lieu of flowers memorial ...

Roger Sharp Obituary

Roger Sharp was born on April 15th, 1941 and passed away on January 15, 2026 at 84 years old. He is survived by his long-time companion Mary Albano. He is preceded in death by his parents, Helen and Donald Sharp; siblings, Dorothy Stanosek and Donald Sharp. No services are planned. The Pauley Jones Funeral Home is in c...

James Wheeler Obituary

James Wheeler, 86, formerly of Audubon, peacefully passed away on February 7th in Clarion. Jim was born on July 12, 1939, in Leon, Iowa, to Herbert and Marie Wheeler. He married his first wife and had five children: Jennifer, Lionel, Kim, Allen, and Jason. He later married Connie in 1983 and went on to have three child...

Bill Mains Obituary

Bill Mains, 81, of rural Redfield passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2026, at his home. Funeral Services: Will be held on Saturday, February 14, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at the Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield with burial in the Monteith Cemetery, rural Guthrie County. A luncheon will follow the burial at the Community Buil...

Freeda Guthrie Obituary

Freeda Marion Pittman was the first born child to Emit Talbot Pittman and Hannah Margaret Simpson on June 4th, 1941 in Moab Utah. In 1941 Moab was a very small community and the Pittman family stood out for a significant reason. Hannah worked at the local hospital, gave the shots, delivered the babies, and worked with ...

Terry Young Obituary

Terry Young, age 73 of Adair, passed away on Friday morning, January 23, 2026, at his home, with his wife and family at his side. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m, on Saturday, February 07, at the First Presbyterian Church in Adair. A committal will take place following the funeral at Sunnyhill cemetery in Ada...

Janet Tinker Obituary

Janet Tinker, age 73, of Audubon, Iowa, passed away on January 31, 2026, at the Friendship Home in Audubon. Janet Lynn Tinker was born on March 1, 1952, to Bert and Joyce (Miller) Gustafson. From her earliest days, faith was woven into her life. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, I...

Barbara Jean Sorensen Obituary

Barbara Jean Sorensen, 85, formerly of Corley, Iowa died on Friday, January 30, 2026 at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. Barb was born to John and Johanna (Andersen) Madsen on June 29, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. She was married to Christian Peter Sorensen. She is survived by her children, Ann Hammer of Harlan, IA...

Patricia Lee Schmidt Obituary

Patricia L. Schmidt was born on May 27, 1943, to Dell and Ruth (Hartwig) O'Day in Dunlap, Iowa. She began her education at a country school in Grove Township and later attended Dunlap Public School starting in the fifth grade. Pat graduated from Dunlap High School in May of 1961. Following high school, she worked at Bo...

Carey Phillip Ballou Obituary

Mr. Carey Phillip Ballou, age 74, of Exira, IA, passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2026, at his home in Exira. Carey Philip Ballou was born on October 11th, 1951, in Caroll, Iowa, to Francis and Margaret (Thielen) Ballou. He grew up in Exira, Iowa, on the family farm and participated in 4-H, played trumpet in the ban...

Joyce Stroud Obituary

Joyce Eileen Stroud (Hutchison) lived in Lenox, Iowa. She had previously lived in Aurora, MO for 31 years, but moved closer to family after her husband passed. She was born on May 19, 1941. She passed away on January 30, 2026 peacefully surrounded by family. Joyce was born and raised in Martensdale, Iowa. She graduated...

Dennis "Chester" Johnson Obituary

Dennis "Chester" Earl Johnson was born on April 2, 1947, in Exira, Iowa, the son of Earl and Bertha Johnson. He passed away at his farm near Fontanelle, Iowa, on January 29, 2026. Dennis was raised in Exira until 1960, when his family moved to rural Fontanelle. He was confirmed at Fontanelle Lutheran Church. ...

Charles "Gene" Hansen Obituary

Charles "Gene" Hansen - January 23, 1940 - January 28, 2026 Charles "Gene" Hansen was born on January 23, 1940, in Logan, Iowa, to Charlie and Vivian (Berger) Hansen. He grew up in the area and graduated from Woodbine High School in 1958. On August 24, 1961, he was united in marriage to Judith Kay B...

Marilyn Louise Ketcham Newman Obituary

Marilyn Louise Ketcham Newman of Adair died December 16, 2025, at the Exira Care Center and went to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ. Marilyn was born August 29, 1938, in Council Bluffs, IA to William Michael Raymond Ketcham and Hilda Victorine (Lenfant) Ketcham. She was baptized on October 2, 1938, and confirmed her f...

Lynn Riesenberg Obituary

Lynn Ann Riesenberg passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. Born on November 5, 1965, to Richard and Sharon Gamage, Lynn was known for her loving and gentle spirit. She was a true beacon of kindness and quiet strength to all who knew her. Lynn's life was forever changed when she met the love of her life,...

Shirley Neal Obituary

Shirley Earlene Neal was born on August 6, 1936, the daughter of Earl and Maxine (Craven) Gleason in Guide Rock, Nebraska. She passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at her home in Orient, Iowa, at the age of 89. When Shirley was six months old, the family moved to rural Casey, Iowa. Later they moved to the rural ...

Patryce Ballew Lester Obituary

Patryce Ballew Lester, 71, of Audubon, IA, passed away peacefully at home on December 8, 2025, surrounded by family and friends. Patty was born on February 4, 1954, to the late Robert (Bob) and Marguerite (Margie) Ballew, in Kirksville, MO. She was a graduate of Abraham Lincoln high school. She then went to college to ...

Geraldine Russman Obituary

Geraldine "Jerry" Mary (Hicks) Russmann, beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend, was born in Omaha, Nebraska on August 9, 1936, to Ivan J. and Ruth (Johnson) Hicks. She passed away on January 25th at the age of 89. She is survived by her life partner, Dennis Loland; children Ellen Holtz, Judy Griffin,...

Beverly Jean Barratt Obituary

Beverly Jean (Duke) Barratt, lovingly known as Bev - and to so many simply as Grandma Farmer - was born on February 14, 1931, in Harlan, Iowa, to Max and Fern (Fick) Duke. From the very beginning, her life was rooted in family, faith, and quiet devotion. Bev grew up attending Douglas Country School through fifth grade ...

Roberta "Bobbie" Putney Obituary

Roberta "Bobbie" Putney, 101, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Thursday, January 22, 2026, at Allen Place in Atlantic. Roberta Josephine was born on September 17, 1924, in Atlantic, Iowa, the daughter of William Carl and Nellie Helen (Dickinson) Jones. She attended school in Atlantic until moving at the age of 17 to S...

Alice Jameson Obituary

Alice Jameson, 88, of Greenfield passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at the Homestead Assisted Living & Memory Care in Osceola, Iowa. Funeral Services: Will be held on Saturday, January 31, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the Greenfield United Methodist Church with burial following in the Greenfield Cemeter...

Lois Ihnken Obituary

Lois Ihnken, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Tuesday, January 27th, 2026, at Cass Health in Atlantic. Lois is survived by her sons, Brian Ihnken and Scott (LuAnn) Ihnken; two grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; and sisters, Ruth Walker and Jean Smith. Visitation with the family present will begin at 10 a.m., Saturday...

Linda Kay Jones Obituary

Linda Kay Clute was born on February 20, 1961 in Fort Madison, Iowa, the daughter of Verle and Diana (Swink) Clute. Linda entered into eternal peace on January 21, 2026, at her home in Oakland. Her early years were spent in Burlington, Iowa, where she graduated from high school. She later lived in Ottumwa before settli...