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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Grace Ann Knudsen
Jul 11, 2013
Grace Ann Knudsen was born on June 26, 1930, to Thomas Lee and Alta Grace (Plumb) Evans in Sibley, Iowa. She was baptized at the Methodist Church. Grace Ann graduated eighth grade from Lincoln Township #8 school and Harlan High School with the Class of 1948. On October 10, 1948, she was united in marriage to Jack Russel Knudsen at...
Delmar L. Conrad
Jul 10, 2013
Delmar “Del” Lynn Conrad, the son of Alvin and Delores (Bristol) Conrad was born on April 6, 1946 in Harlan, Iowa. He attended country school at Lincoln Township #4 in Harlan near his family’s farm until eighth grade then graduated from Harlan Community High School with the Class of 1964. Del excelled both academically and athletically in high school participating...
Patricia Jean Meseck
Jul 8, 2013
Visitation: 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Thursday, July 11, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home in Denison Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 12, 2013 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hanover Township, Charter Oak, Iowa Burial: St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Hanover Township, Charter Oak, Iowa Patricia Jean Meseck was born in Denison, Iowa, December 31, 1946, the daughter of Joseph and Bernice...
Daniel D. Teckenburg
Jul 6, 2013
Daniel Dean Teckenburg was born in Denison, Iowa, April 1, 1943, the son of Joseph and Erna Summerfield Teckenburg. He was raised at Deloit and graduated from Denison High School with the class of 1961. Dan was a lifelong resident of Deloit, purchasing his present farm in 1973. Following high school he began his career in maintenance at Farmland Foods...
Eugene John Sibenaller
Jul 2, 2013
Eugene John Sibenaller was born on May 11, 1934 to Michael and Frances (Hoffman) Sibenaller in Carroll, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Roselle and attended Holy Angels grade school. He graduated from Carroll High School with the Class of 1952. On June 9, 1956, he was united in marriage to Lois Brinker at...
William Frank Webster
Jul 2, 2013
Visitation: 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Friday, July 5, 2013, at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa. Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 6, 2013, at First Baptist Church, Kiron, Iowa. Inurnment: Kiron Cemetery, Kiron, Iowa William Frank Webster was born January 6, 1927, in Greensboro, North Carolina, the second of three sons, to Dewey and Dorothy Bates Webster. He attended...
Edwin H. Nihsen
Jul 1, 2013
Edwin H. Nihsen was born on December 18, 1920 to Christen and Anna (Thies) Nihsen in Minden, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Minden United Church of Christ where he remained a life-long member. He attended country school in York Township until the eighth grade when he left to begin farming with his dad. While in school, he...
Louis "Ed" Myers
Jun 30, 2013
Louis Edwin “Ed” Myers, Jr. was born on July 28, 1950 to Louis Sr. and Jean (Horacek) Myers in Walnut, Iowa. He was baptized at the First Presbyterian Church where he remained a lifelong member. He graduated from Walnut High School and attended one year of college at the University of Iowa before enlisting in the United States Navy and...
Howard E. Iversen
Jun 28, 2013
Remembrance Service:11:00 A.M. Monday, September 2, 2013 at Vail Community Building, Vail, Iowa Please bring a memory or a story of Howard to share. Food and drink will be served. Memorials to Crawford County Home Health Hospice Howard Edward Iversen was born in Schleswig, Iowa, July 19, 1920, the son of Hans and Sidsel Marie Jensen Iversen. He was raised...
Deloris Ellen Sonnichsen
Jun 27, 2013
Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 1, 2013 at Zion Lutheran Church, Denison, Iowa Visitation: 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Denison, Iowa DeLoris Ellen Lamp Sonnichsen, the daughter of Edward and Laura Friedrichsen Lamp, was born December 19, 1919, on a farm in Carroll County, Iowa. She received...
Helen R. Petsche
Jun 26, 2013
Helen Rose (Muschitz) Petsche was born on September 19, 1919, to Michael and Katherine (Schneider) Musich in rural Harlan, Iowa. Helen was the seventh of eleven children. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia and attended St. Boniface School. On September 16, 1941, she was united in marriage to Lawrence Petsche at St. Boniface, and...
Gregg J Borkowski
Jun 14, 2013
Funeral Services: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Denison, Iowa Visitation: 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Denison, Iowa Burial: Westside Cemetery, Westside, Iowa Gregg Jay Borkowski was born in Carroll, Iowa, April 25, 1958, the son of Earl and Margaret Vetter Borkowski. He was raised in...
Vernon Reis
Jun 9, 2013
Mass of Christian Burial: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Denison, Iowa Visitation: 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Denison, Iowa Rosary at 4:00 p.m. and Parish Vigil at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church Burial: St. Rose of...
Ruth Elmerie Gallentine Davis
Jun 7, 2013
Ruth Elmerie (Gallentine) Davis, daughter of Elmer and Inez (Teeter) Gallentine, was born on March 19, 1919 in Van Cleve, IA, near Marshalltown. She attended school in Green Mountain, IA and graduated there with the class of 1936. During her grammar school years she was a 4-H member, and during her high school years she was a running center on...
Jane Elaine Myers
Jun 6, 2013
Jane Elaine Myers was born on June 25, 1931 to Roy Kirkpatrick and Alma Jensen in rural Avoca. She was baptized at Lutheran Church in Avoca and has since been a long time member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Jane attended country school in the France School House outside of Shelby, Iowa and graduated from Shelby High School in 1950. On...
Elsie L. Cadwell
Jun 4, 2013
Elsie L. Cadwell, age 76, of Defiance, Iowa, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Bergan Mercy Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Per her wishes cremation rites will be accorded and private inurnment will be held at a later date. The Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa, is in charge of arrangements. She is survived by siblings: Karen Plagman of Irwin, Iowa,...
Jean M. Doran
Jun 3, 2013
Jean Marilyn Doran was born on August 1, 1927 to Edwin and Mary (Petersen) Christensen in Harlan, Iowa. She attended Harlan Schools and graduated with the Class of 1944. She continued her education at the Colorado Women�s College in Denver for two years and graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in education in 1948. On June 26,...
Carol R. Musich
Jun 1, 2013
Carol Rose Musich was born on June 28, 1955 to Walter and Mary Ellen (Leinen) Reisz in Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth and graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1973. On August 10 of that same year, Carol was united in marriage to Randy...
Anna Marie Arkfeld
May 31, 2013
Anna Marie Arkfeld was born on December 6, 1922 to Henry and Anna (Walters) Schmieding on the family farm near Panama, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama and received her Holy Communion and was confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. She attended country school in Dunlap, Iowa. On January 10, 1944, Anna...
Randall Williams
May 30, 2013
Randall Royce Williams, son of Laverne D. And Darlene (Lyons) Williams, was born on March 28, 1949 in Logan, Iowa. He attended country school at the Sunny Slope Elementary School in rural Woodbine, Iowa through the seventh grade. He then attended Woodbine Community Schools and graduated with the class of 1967. Randy grew up helping on the family farm between...
Grace Ann Knudsen
Jul 11, 2013
Grace Ann Knudsen was born on June 26, 1930, to Thomas Lee and Alta Grace (Plumb) Evans in Sibley, Iowa. She was baptized at the Methodist Church. Grace Ann graduated eighth grade from Lincoln Township #8 school and Harlan High School with the Class of 1948. On October 10, 1948, she was united in marriage to Jack Russel Knudsen at...
Delmar L. Conrad
Jul 10, 2013
Delmar “Del” Lynn Conrad, the son of Alvin and Delores (Bristol) Conrad was born on April 6, 1946 in Harlan, Iowa. He attended country school at Lincoln Township #4 in Harlan near his family’s farm until eighth grade then graduated from Harlan Community High School with the Class of 1964. Del excelled both academically and athletically in high school participating...
Patricia Jean Meseck
Jul 8, 2013
Visitation: 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Thursday, July 11, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home in Denison Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 12, 2013 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hanover Township, Charter Oak, Iowa Burial: St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Hanover Township, Charter Oak, Iowa Patricia Jean Meseck was born in Denison, Iowa, December 31, 1946, the daughter of Joseph and Bernice...
Daniel D. Teckenburg
Jul 6, 2013
Daniel Dean Teckenburg was born in Denison, Iowa, April 1, 1943, the son of Joseph and Erna Summerfield Teckenburg. He was raised at Deloit and graduated from Denison High School with the class of 1961. Dan was a lifelong resident of Deloit, purchasing his present farm in 1973. Following high school he began his career in maintenance at Farmland Foods...
Eugene John Sibenaller
Jul 2, 2013
Eugene John Sibenaller was born on May 11, 1934 to Michael and Frances (Hoffman) Sibenaller in Carroll, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Roselle and attended Holy Angels grade school. He graduated from Carroll High School with the Class of 1952. On June 9, 1956, he was united in marriage to Lois Brinker at...
William Frank Webster
Jul 2, 2013
Visitation: 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Friday, July 5, 2013, at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa. Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 6, 2013, at First Baptist Church, Kiron, Iowa. Inurnment: Kiron Cemetery, Kiron, Iowa William Frank Webster was born January 6, 1927, in Greensboro, North Carolina, the second of three sons, to Dewey and Dorothy Bates Webster. He attended...
Edwin H. Nihsen
Jul 1, 2013
Edwin H. Nihsen was born on December 18, 1920 to Christen and Anna (Thies) Nihsen in Minden, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Minden United Church of Christ where he remained a life-long member. He attended country school in York Township until the eighth grade when he left to begin farming with his dad. While in school, he...
Louis "Ed" Myers
Jun 30, 2013
Louis Edwin “Ed” Myers, Jr. was born on July 28, 1950 to Louis Sr. and Jean (Horacek) Myers in Walnut, Iowa. He was baptized at the First Presbyterian Church where he remained a lifelong member. He graduated from Walnut High School and attended one year of college at the University of Iowa before enlisting in the United States Navy and...
Howard E. Iversen
Jun 28, 2013
Remembrance Service:11:00 A.M. Monday, September 2, 2013 at Vail Community Building, Vail, Iowa Please bring a memory or a story of Howard to share. Food and drink will be served. Memorials to Crawford County Home Health Hospice Howard Edward Iversen was born in Schleswig, Iowa, July 19, 1920, the son of Hans and Sidsel Marie Jensen Iversen. He was raised...
Deloris Ellen Sonnichsen
Jun 27, 2013
Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 1, 2013 at Zion Lutheran Church, Denison, Iowa Visitation: 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2013 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Denison, Iowa DeLoris Ellen Lamp Sonnichsen, the daughter of Edward and Laura Friedrichsen Lamp, was born December 19, 1919, on a farm in Carroll County, Iowa. She received...
Helen R. Petsche
Jun 26, 2013
Helen Rose (Muschitz) Petsche was born on September 19, 1919, to Michael and Katherine (Schneider) Musich in rural Harlan, Iowa. Helen was the seventh of eleven children. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia and attended St. Boniface School. On September 16, 1941, she was united in marriage to Lawrence Petsche at St. Boniface, and...
Gregg J Borkowski
Jun 14, 2013
Funeral Services: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Denison, Iowa Visitation: 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Denison, Iowa Burial: Westside Cemetery, Westside, Iowa Gregg Jay Borkowski was born in Carroll, Iowa, April 25, 1958, the son of Earl and Margaret Vetter Borkowski. He was raised in...
Vernon Reis
Jun 9, 2013
Mass of Christian Burial: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Denison, Iowa Visitation: 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Denison, Iowa Rosary at 4:00 p.m. and Parish Vigil at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church Burial: St. Rose of...
Ruth Elmerie Gallentine Davis
Jun 7, 2013
Ruth Elmerie (Gallentine) Davis, daughter of Elmer and Inez (Teeter) Gallentine, was born on March 19, 1919 in Van Cleve, IA, near Marshalltown. She attended school in Green Mountain, IA and graduated there with the class of 1936. During her grammar school years she was a 4-H member, and during her high school years she was a running center on...
Jane Elaine Myers
Jun 6, 2013
Jane Elaine Myers was born on June 25, 1931 to Roy Kirkpatrick and Alma Jensen in rural Avoca. She was baptized at Lutheran Church in Avoca and has since been a long time member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Jane attended country school in the France School House outside of Shelby, Iowa and graduated from Shelby High School in 1950. On...
Elsie L. Cadwell
Jun 4, 2013
Elsie L. Cadwell, age 76, of Defiance, Iowa, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Bergan Mercy Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Per her wishes cremation rites will be accorded and private inurnment will be held at a later date. The Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa, is in charge of arrangements. She is survived by siblings: Karen Plagman of Irwin, Iowa,...
Jean M. Doran
Jun 3, 2013
Jean Marilyn Doran was born on August 1, 1927 to Edwin and Mary (Petersen) Christensen in Harlan, Iowa. She attended Harlan Schools and graduated with the Class of 1944. She continued her education at the Colorado Women�s College in Denver for two years and graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in education in 1948. On June 26,...
Carol R. Musich
Jun 1, 2013
Carol Rose Musich was born on June 28, 1955 to Walter and Mary Ellen (Leinen) Reisz in Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth and graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1973. On August 10 of that same year, Carol was united in marriage to Randy...
Anna Marie Arkfeld
May 31, 2013
Anna Marie Arkfeld was born on December 6, 1922 to Henry and Anna (Walters) Schmieding on the family farm near Panama, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama and received her Holy Communion and was confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. She attended country school in Dunlap, Iowa. On January 10, 1944, Anna...
Randall Williams
May 30, 2013
Randall Royce Williams, son of Laverne D. And Darlene (Lyons) Williams, was born on March 28, 1949 in Logan, Iowa. He attended country school at the Sunny Slope Elementary School in rural Woodbine, Iowa through the seventh grade. He then attended Woodbine Community Schools and graduated with the class of 1967. Randy grew up helping on the family farm between...
Cara grew up in Tipton, Iowa, and graduated from Tipton High School in 2006. After high school, she attended Buena Vista University where she played volleyball and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design and Communications. Following college, she worked various design jobs and management positions and began working for Pauley Jones Funeral Home in October of 2017, where she utilized her caring personality to build relationships with families during their time of need and she also “man’s” the office duties in our Avoca location.
Cara and her husband G.G. currently live in Oakland with their four children: Boston, Jersey, Jensyn, and Jovie. Whenever she has free time she enjoys attending sporting activities that her kids are involved in, crafting, gardening, and being outside. She values time with her family and friends. Whenever she gets a free moment she loves to binge-watch series on Netflix and have a much-needed girls night.
