Blaine was born on April 19, 1928, in Oakland, Iowa the son of Frank Kearney and Mona (Bates) Kearney, and passed away June 28, 2022, at the Audubon Memorial Hospital in Audubon, Iowa. He grew up in Oakland, Iowa, and graduated from Oakland High School in 1946. He attended the College of Pharmacy at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, graduating in 1951 with a BSPh degree. On Feb. 4, 1951, he married Mary Lou Rattenborg at the Oakland Christian Church in Oakland, Iowa. Blaine and...

Lloyd "Butch" Keith Small, age 80, of Atlantic, IA passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022 at his residence in Atlantic, IA. Butch was born on May 6, 1942 in Guthrie County, IA to William and Faye (Burger) Small. As a family, they moved to Audubon County in 1945. Butch attended country school in Viola through eighth grade and then later went to high school in Audubon. On September 4, 1959 he was united in marriage to Colleen Jessen in the Exira Lutheran Church. Butch worked at Talbot...

Lavern M. Pauley, age 63 of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2022, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA. Celebration of life services is held at a later date. The staff of Schmidt Family Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Joan (Huffstodt) Reed, age 93, of Atlantic, formerly of Cumberland, Iowa, passed away from natural causes, Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Heritage House Pleasant Acres, with her loving family at her bedside. Joan was born January 4, 1929, to Reed Forrest Huffstodt and Harriet “Hallie” (Antrim) Huffstodt in Atlantic Iowa. She had one older sister Betty Jane. Joan graduated from Cumberland High School in 1946 and Simpson College in 1950. She met Arnold “Arnie” Reed at Simpson and they...

Mary Lou Phillips, age 78, of Anita, IA, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at her residence under the brief care of St. Croix Hospice. Mary Lou Christensen was born November 6, 1943, to parents Arlo and Frances (Briles) Christensen. She was the last surviving of six children. She was raised in the Anita area where she attended country school and Anita High School with the class of 1961. She joined the Armed Services at the age of 18. After serving her country she returned to Anita...

On May 23, 2022, Jeremy Carl Heath, a loving father of two and an overall family man, passed away at the age of 52 in CHI Bergan Hospital in Omaha, NE. In 2011 Jeremy was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease, Scleroderma. After having numerous complications over the years, Jeremy tragically passed away unexpectedly due to complications from surgery. Jeremy was born on August 5, 1969, at the Atlantic Hospital. He attended and graduated high school from Walnut, Iowa. After graduation,...

Francis "Danny" Daniel Kirchner, age 31, of Atlantic, IA, passed away Friday, May 20, 2022. Celebration of Life services will be held at a later date.  Danny is survived by his mother Angela Kirchner of Atlantic, IA, and many more family members.  Condolences may be left at www.schmidtfamilyfh.com

Barbara Lee Drake, 93 of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away December 10, 2021, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. She was born April 17, 1928, in Atlantic, Iowa the daughter of Rollie and Anna (Michaelson)Hoffman. Barbara lived in Atlantic her entire life attending Atlantic High School there and graduating with the class of 1947. On June 18, 1950, she was united in marriage to Claude O. Drake in Atlantic. In March of 1952, Claude joined the U.S. Navy and Claude and Barb lived in Hawaii for a...

Jeffrey H. Jensen, age 62 of Anita, IA, died on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, IA. He was born the son of Dale H. and Connie (Cooper) Jensen on July 19, 1959 in Atlantic, Iowa. He graduated from Anita High School and later attended classes online for William Penn University. Jeff worked for many companies in the area, including the local grocery store in Anita; and also an insurance company in Des Moines, Iowa area as well as Walmart. His is survived by: his...

Darrel E. Andersen was born to Earl and Lily (Greve) Andersen on the 5th of February, 1935. He was a Korean War vet and farmer extraordinaire. He loved his Anita Legion brotherhood (Post 210) and working in the field or with cattle. He was a Christian man who loved our Lord and Savior and was a part of the pack of Earl and Lily’s, which included Eugene, Lois, Doris, Verlee, Roger, and little “sissy” Diane. But he would always say his proudest accomplishment was who God blessed him with...