Atlantic Local Chronology for 1979 - Deaths
Deaths extracted from
"Local Chronology of 1979", Atlantic News Telegraph, Tuesday, January 30, 1980, pg. 7:
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| 2 | John Steffens, 79, and Fred H. Baier, 83, died |
| 3 | Mrs. Cora Christensen, 75, died |
| 6 | Earl Guttenfelder, 75, died |
| 10 | Kevin Anstey of Cumberland killed in auto accident; Clarence Petersen, 69, died |
| 15 | Janie Kewin, 81, Nellie Butler, 78, and Mrs. Pearl Doolittle, 92, died |
| 17 | Mrs. Margueritte Ross, 64, died |
| 20 | Mrs. Minnie Watson, 91, died |
| 25 | Mrs. Wilma Moon, 61, died |
| 26 | Robert Dalton, 66, died |
| 29 | Douglas Polkingharn, 79, died |
| 31 | Mrs. Beatrice Gittens, 101, died |
| 7 | Walter Kolb, 95, died |
| 8 | Mrs. Charlotte Sandhorst, 85, died |
| 10 | Mrs. Louise Pieken, 89, died |
| 14 | Harley J. Miller, 76, died |
| 2 | James Pelzer, 80, died |
| 5 | Hans O. Jepsen, 84, died |
| 6 | Egbert Nelson, 78, died |
| 9 | Zoe Norris, 83, died |
| 15 | Mrs. Anna Hart, 90, died |
| 19 | Mrs. Emma Dreager, 75, died |
| 21 | Glenn Weirich, 53, Lewis farmer, killed in accident |
| 22 | Mrs. Towy Baxter, 77, died |
| 2 | Fred Taylor, 65, died |
| 4 | Mrs. Etta Craun, 93, died |
| 7 | Cecil Miller, 57, died |
| 9 | Martin Hansen, 76, died |
| 25 | Harvey Weatherby, 75, died |
| 30 | Minnie Bonnesen, 78, and Christy Knudsen, 84, died |
| 2 | Wilbur Dallinger, 87, died |
| 3 | Cecil Loghry, 69, died |
| 4 | Glenn Coon, 67, died |
| 14 | Council Bluffs woman dies of injuries received in interstate 80 accident near Wiota interchange |
| 16 | Alfred Remien, 88, died |
| 22 | Gustaf Schwartz, 61, died |
| 24 | Loretta Jones, 80, died |
| 25 | Zelia R. Waters, 86, and Ralph Anderson, 58, died |
| 29 | Mark Waters, Atlantic police officer, died in accidental shooting |
| 2 | Glen Porch, 84, died |
| 7 | Roy Preston, 89, died |
| 8 | Hart Green, 59, died; Juanita Wittmuss, 40, died from injuries in auto accident at Lincoln, Neb. |
| 11 | Joseph Lawton, 86, died |
| 13 | Stanley Overton, 67, died |
| 21 | Harold Lane, 65, died |
| 29 | Olaf Olsen, 88, died |
| 2 | Mrs. Ethel M. South, 76, died |
| 5 | Paul Earl, 68, died |
| 20 | Paul Waldau, 89, and Fred Lauritsen, 68, died |
| 25 | Myrtle Neal, 94, died; California woman killed near Anita interchange |
| 28 | Truby Bell, 71, died |
| 6 | Wilbur Hendrix of Griswold, 74, died in truck accident |
| 8 | Vena Vawter, 80, died |
| 9 | Gretchen Kuhr, 78, died |
| 13 | Nell Quinlen, 88, Mrs. Mildred Nelson, 74, and Tim Saunders, 72, died |
| 17 | Mrs. Irene Reese, 82, died |
| 24 | Mrs. Pearl Brown, 89, died |
| 29 | Perry Ward, 82, died |
| 1 | William McVey, 92, died |
| 4 | E. C. Henningsen, 80, and Emma Pilmer, 90, died |
| 10 | Mary Saunders, 103, and Raymond Grulke, 78, died; Ralph Cockshoot, retired Atlantic attorney, died |
| 14 | Mrs. Gladys Brown, 90, died |
| 17 | Mrs. Martha Hansen, 85, died |
| 21 | Frank Auerbach, 86, died |
| 25 | John Gauvreau, 84, and Mary E. Miller, 86, died |
| 27 | Lucille Vick, 50, died |
| 29 | Cuba Graham, 81, died |
| 1 | Roy F. Wohlenhaus, 78, died |
| 3 | Ada Walter, 94, died |
| 12 | John Quinn, 90, died |
| 15 | Bessie Neff, 89, died |
| 22 | Marie B. Jorgensen, 92, died; Jerry Dorsey, formerly of Anita and two daughters killed in Missouri auto accident |
| 23 | Bertha Baxter, 94, died |
| 26 | Mrs. Grace Schuler, 82, died |
| 29 | Two killed in fiery crash near Casey; Donald Conroy, 61, died |
| 30 | Mrs. Duane Orton, 69, died |
| 1 | Mrs. Pearle Vetter, 79, and Mrs. Maxine Taylor, 66, died |
| 2 | Floyd Young, 83, died |
| 16 | Maude Goff, 79, died |
| 19 | Michael Kirby, 21, and David Jayne, 19, of Exira killed in auto accident at Anita; Mrs. Eleanor Johnson, 62, died |
| 26 | Francis Miller, 60, died |
| 28 | Mrs. Irene West, 69, died |
| 30 | James Tierney, 82, of Walnut killed in accident near Marne |
| 3 | Mrs. Jackie Petersen, 57, died |
| 11 | Mrs. Mary Andrews, 35, and D. Earl Johnson, 97, died |
| 24 | Mrs. Theo Udo, 84, died |
| 31 | Sophia Sanny, 88, and Mrs. Isabel Slepsky, died |
Contributed by Cheryl Siebrass, May 23, 2020.
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