Robert Lee Bladt, 85, of Elk Horn, Iowa, died June 11, 2012, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa.

He was born February 11, 1927 in Kimballton, Iowa to Ole and Alna Bladt. He was a member of the Elk Horn Lutheran Church.

Robert is survived by his daughters Diane Hines and her husband Jim of Morse Bluff, Nebraska and Carol Ewing and her husband John of Elk Horn, IA; four grandchildren: Amy Butler of Ocean Shores, WA, Allen Butler and wife Angie of Kimballton, IA, Michael Hines of Prague, NE and Jill Hines of Denver, CO; two great-grandchildren; two sisters Norma Jean Meyers and husband Larry of Austin, TX and Romona Mae Andersen and husband Delbert of Elk Horn, IA.

He was preceded in death by his parents Ole and Alna Bladt, his son Robert Allen Bladt, his wife Maxine Bladt and his brother Donald Bladt.

A graveside service will be held at Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery in Elk Horn, Iowa, at 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, 2012.

The family requests memorials to the Danish Immigrant Museum or the Elk Horn Lutheran Church.

Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic, Iowa, is in charge of the arrangements.