OBITUARIES
Candise Bea Rink
Jan 29, 2017
Candise Bea Rink, the daughter of Harley Burdette and Bernice Pearl (Heiny) Nelson, was born August 4, 1948 in Albert Lee, Minnesota. She died January 24, 2017 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 68 years, 5 months, and 25 days.
Candise attended school at Lake Mills, IA, graduating from Lake...
Hazel Snider
Jan 24, 2017
Hazel Marie Snider, the daughter of John Peter and Minnie May (Kemling) Silk, was born on a farm west of Griswold, IA. She died January 24, 2017 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA at the age of 90 years, 2 months, and 19 days.
Hazel attended Alexander Country School and graduated from Griswold High...
Lavetta Mary Hansen
Jan 18, 2017
LaVetta Mary Hansen, the daughter of James Clifton and Maude Ethel (Eckert) Whiteaker, was born February 24, 1924 in rural Griswold, Iowa. She died January 18, 2017 at the Griswold Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Griswold, Iowa, at the age of 92 years, 10 months, and 25 days. LaVetta attended rural school near Griswold and then attended Griswold High...
Coralyn Virginia Scott
Jan 14, 2017
Coralyn Virginia Scott, daughter of Clarence and Hazel Carspecken born on May 14, 1925, died on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at the age of 91 years and 8 months.
Coralyn and Robert were united into marriage on October 23, 1944 in Oakland, California. To this union, two children were born, Kenneth and Kathlene.
Coralyn was...
Ruby Catherine Thompson
Jan 12, 2017
Ruby Catherine Thompson, the daughter of Ernest LeRoy and Ethel Benna (Zimmerman) Osler, was born May 11, 1923 on a farm west of Griswold, Iowa. She died January 12, 2017 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, at the age of 93 years, 8 months, and 1 day.
Ruby attended Flint Country School, Walnut Creek...
Lorene Eppelsheimer
Jan 11, 2017
Lorene Eppelsheimer, the daughter of Ross and Alma (Meyer) Eppelsheimer, was born on a farm in Nobel Township on June 3, 1930. She died January 10, 2017 at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic, IA at the age of 96 years, 7 months, and 8 days.
Lorene attended Pringey rural school to receive her elementary education. She then...
David D. Bishop
Jan 10, 2017
David D. Bishop, the son of George Earnest and Mette Marie (Eastergaurd) Bishop, was born September 24, 1946 in Griswold, IA. He died January 10, 2017 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA at the age of 70 years, 3 months, and 16 days. David attended school in Griswold, graduating from Griswold High School with the class of...
Lindsey Kay Curtis
Jan 7, 2017
Lindsey Kay Curtis was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, November 13, 1987. She died January 7, 2017 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital at the age of 29 years, 1 month and 25 days.
Lindsey attended Lewis Central High School where she loved soccer and sports in general and received several medals for her achievements. She also...
Clara Mae Kearney
Jan 2, 2017
Clara Mae (Bailey) Kearney, the daughter of Harold Sam and Leona Reta (Morris) Bailey, was born October 23, 1930 at Carson, IA. She died January 2, 2017 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 86 years, 2 months, and 10 days. Clara Mae attended school at Macedonia until the fifth grade and then graduated...
Kent Roger Muller
Dec 31, 2016
Kent Roger Muller was born in Atlantic, Iowa, on April 2, 1942, to Willard and Gladys (Retz) Muller. He was the eldest of three sons.
He attended Noble Center country school until 8 th grade and graduated salutatorian from Griswold High School in 1960. While majoring in Animal Science at Iowa State University, Kent was an active...
Joseph Feigenbutz
Dec 23, 2016
Joseph Feigenbutz, the son of Anton and Marie Elizabeth (Strauss) Feigenbutz, was born December 20, 1922 on a farm near Oakland, IA. He died December 23, 2016 at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, IA at the age of 94 years and 3 days. Joseph graduated from Minden High School in Minden, IA in 1941. After graduating, he...
Sharon Kay Oles
Dec 12, 2016
Sharon Kay Oles, the daughter of Leon and Dorothy (DeWitt) Putnam, was born August 10, 1942 in Griswold, IA. She died December 12, 2016 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, Iowa at the age of 74 years, 4 months, and 2 days. Sharon attended school in Elliott, graduating from Elliott High School in 1960. After graduating, she worked at...
Darrell Ross Adams
Dec 4, 2016
Darrell Ross Adams, the son of Ross and Beatrice (Hines) Adams, was born in Montgomery County, near Elliott, IA, on February 22, 1938. He died December 4, 2016 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA at the age of 78 years, 9 months, and 10 days. Darrell attended country school until the eighth grade. He attended Griswold High...
Gerald Leroy Schueman
Nov 27, 2016
Gerald "George" Leroy Schueman, was born on January 20, 1931, to Rudolph and Grace (Garrison) Schueman, in Avoca, Iowa. He died, on November 27, 2016, at his home in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 85 years, 10 months and 7 days. George attended school in Avoca and started driving a truck at a young age. He was united in...
Opal M. Palmer
Nov 21, 2016
Opal M. Palmer, the daughter of Lloyd Rufus and Maude Emma (Higgins) Putnam, was born on a farm east of Oakland, IA on February 2, 1915. She died November 21, 2016 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA at the age of 101 years, 9 months, and 19 days. Opal attended school in the Oakland area until the...
Phyllis Laber
Nov 11, 2016
Phyllis Laber, born in 1921, the granddaughter of Scottish immigrants, (family: Lees, Clan: Macpherson) was the youngest daughter of Flossie and Joseph Lees. Her twin sister, Alice, who maintained a presence throughout mom's life, died at birth. She had two brothers, John and Gordon and a sister Esther who preceded her to heaven. She married her late husband Victor Laber...
Marta Lynn Fender Key
Nov 10, 2016
Marta Lynn Fender Key, the daughter of Stanley Wendall and Wanda Mabyn (Core) Fender, was born October 13, 1956 in Council Bluffs, IA. She died November 10, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 60 years and 28 days. Marta attended school in Oakland, graduating from Oakland High School with the class of 1974. She...
Ilene Lucy Smith
Nov 8, 2016
Ilene Smith was born in Griswold, Iowa to Donald and Gwendoline Wright on May 24, 1930. She died November 8, 2016 in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 86 years, 5 months and 15 days. Ilene attended school in Oakland, Iowa, graduating with the class of 1948. She was united into marriage on February, 15, 1959 to Orville Smith at...
Robyn Lynn Hoye
Oct 9, 2016
Robyn Lynn Hoye, the daughter of Wallace John Arnold and Kay Marie (Adams) Hoye, was born November 29, 1962 in Council Bluffs, IA. Robyn died, October 9, 2016 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA at the age of 53 years, 10 months, and 10 days. Robyn attended school in Grant and then Elliott, before graduating from Griswold...
Marilyne Kay Steinbeck
Oct 3, 2016
Marilyne Kay Steinbeck, the daughter of Chester Dale and Florence Emily (Dean) Towne was born March 6, 1941 in Red Oak, Iowa and died October 3, 2016 at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 75 years, 6 months, and 27 days. Marilyne attended rural school through the seventh grade near Griswold and then attended Griswold High...
