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Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Grace Pauley
Dec 20, 2023
Grace Elizabeth (Schoemann) Pauley Grace Elizabeth (Schoemann) Pauley, daughter of Chris and Sophia (Blum) Schoemann was born on April 17th , 1930 in Harrison County. She was the third child in a family of eight children. She was baptized, received her First Communion, and confirmed at St. Mary’s Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth. Grace attended Pleasant Ridge...
Denise Ann Holloway
Dec 19, 2023
Denise was born October 16th, 1968 to David and Charlotte (Saunders) Boeck of rural Denison, Iowa. At age four, the family moved to Manilla, where she attended Manilla Community School. She attended Trinity Lutheran Church and was confirmed there in 1985. She graduated from Irwin-Kirkman Manilla High School in 1988. She graduated from Iowa Western Community College with a degree...
Sandra Randall
Dec 17, 2023
Sandra Lee Randall, daughter of Murray and Gertrude (Brammann) Randall, was born on April 4, 1936, in Avoca, Iowa. She attended school in Avoca and graduated from Avoca High School in 1954. She was a longtime member of the United Church of Avoca. Sandra spent most of her days helping people at the Avoca Courthouse. She was a Clerk of...
Patricia Lorraine Gaer
Dec 16, 2023
Patricia Lorraine Gaer Patricia Lorraine (White) Gaer was born at home in Oakland, Iowa on July 14, 1939 to Gordon and Dorothy (Lembke) White. Growing up people knew her by Patsy. Pat grew up and graduated in Oakland. When she was a teenager her family moved to California, but Pat really wanted to graduate with her class and be close...
Michael Ulysses Gifford
Dec 14, 2023
Michael Ulysses Gifford was born on March 19th, 1983 at Waterman Hospital in Eustis, Florida. He passed away on December 14th, 2023. His survivors include his children, Anthonie Newcomb, Easton Haggerty, Rainy Husted; brothers, Connor Gifford, Chris Gifford, Sean Gifford; mothers, Lorraine Gifford and Diana Gifford; other relatives and many friends. He was preceded in death by his Father, Michael...
Calvin Peterson
Dec 13, 2023
Calvin "Cal" Ray Peterson was born February 22, 1943, in Vermillion, South Dakota, to Clarence and Zelia (Scott) Peterson. Calvin was baptized and confirmed at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Burbank, South Dakota. He attended Rockfield School in Clay County from 1st - 8th grade, and graduated with the class of 1961 from Alcester High School in South Dakota ....
Leann Viola Klein
Dec 12, 2023
A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date for LeAnn Klein. Leann Viola (Herbst) Klein was born to Leonard and Constance (Schleisman) Herbst on October 4, 1967 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa. While in grade school, she attended New Park Elementary and she eventually graduated from Harlan High...
John Martin Potter
Dec 11, 2023
John Martin Potter was born on February 23, 1958 in Manning, Iowa to Vivian (Volkmann) Potter and Martin Potter. He attended school and graduated from Harlan High School in Harlan, Iowa in 1976. After graduation, John attended college at University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He then transferred to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa where he graduated...
Kenny Peter Kaufmann
Dec 8, 2023
Kenneth Peter Kaufmann Kenneth Peter Kaufman was born on December 14, 1942 to George and Marie (Stein) Kaufmann. He had a typical childhood life on the farm with his three siblings: Cleo, Rose and Lee. He attended school at St. Boniface School in Westphalia, Iowa and was active in the sports that were offered, until he was seriously injured in...
Donald Kaufman
Dec 8, 2023
Donald Henry Kaufman was born the second child of Tony and Rosalia (Fuhs) Kaufman, on November 5th, 1940, near Westphalia Iowa. He grew up on the family farm, and was a “born farmer.” Don attended Westphalia Catholic School (St. Boniface) for 12 grades. His grandfather, Jacob Fuhs, gave Don the opportunity to farm 120 acres near Portsmouth, Iowa, and he...
Rosemarie Hitt
Dec 6, 2023
Rosemarie Wollny Hitt Rosemarie was born in Klosterle (Sudentenland) Germany on June 23, 1932. The second daughter of Anton and Margaret Wollny. Her early years were spent in Klosterle until the end of World War II. Her family along with all the other Germans were put in a Czechoslovakian concentration camp until December 1945. The family was then sent to...
Sharon L. Fitzgerald
Dec 6, 2023
No Services will be held. A burial will be held at a later date. Sharon was preceded in death by her husband, William Raymond Fitzgerald Jr. She is survived by her children, LaNaya (Glenn) Reed of Peoria, AZ, Shelly (Mark) Tearney of Tennant, IA, John Fitzgerald of Persia, IA, and Jason Fitzgerald (fiancé Sheila Sorey) of Persia, IA; 2 grandchildren;...
Suzanne "Sue" Gross
Dec 6, 2023
Suzanne (Sue) Gross, 78, of Westphalia, Iowa, passed away on December 6, 2023. Sue was born in Holly, MI on April 19, 1945. When Sue's father passed away, they moved to Dedham, Iowa to be near family. Her mother remarried and the family moved to Irwin, Iowa She graduated from Manning High School in 1963 after attending school at Irwin-Kirkman...
John Warren Hillwick
Dec 2, 2023
John Warren Hillwick was born on April 27, 1945 to Mary Alice Hillwick in St. Charles, Illinois. As a child, John was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in West Chicago, Illinois. When John was 18 years old, he enlisted in the Marine Corps. After completing two tours in Vietnam, John came home and was reunited with Sara...
2023 Remembrance Service - Avoca
Nov 29, 2023
Our service of remembrance is a meaningful and healing way to honor and remember loved ones who are no longer with us. We invite you and your family to join us on Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 2:00 PM - Pauley Jones Funeral Home, 1304 N. Sawmill Drive, Avoca, Iowa. We will provide a special service and come together as...
Susan Kay Greer
Nov 29, 2023
Susan Kay Greer, daughter of Edward and Edythe Schweiso, was born May 15, 1956 at St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll, lowa. She attended grade school in Manilla and then in Irwin after the family moved. Susan graduated from Irwin-Kirkman High School in 1974. Shortly thereafter she met her soul mate Gary Greer on a blind date arranged by friends. Gary...
2023 Remembrance Service - Harlan
Nov 29, 2023
Our service of remembrance is a meaningful and healing way to honor and remember loved ones who are no longer with us. We invite you and your family to join us on Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM - C G Therkildsen Activity Center, 706 Victoria Street - Harlan, Iowa. We will provide a special service and come together...
Richard Grant Plumb
Nov 26, 2023
Richard "Rich" Grant Plumb, son of Francis Benton and Ruth Gretchen (Parker) Plumb was born on February 7, 1947 in Harlan, Iowa. He grew up learning the family business, Plumb & Sons Tiling and Trenching, along side his father and siblings. Rich graduated from Irwin-Kirkman High School in 1965. Following graduation, Rich met the love of his life, Janet Fischer....
Mary "Prue" Frederickson
Nov 26, 2023
Mary Prudentia Frederickson Prue was born March 13, 1925, at Child Savings Institute in Omaha, Nebraska and was adopted at 3 weeks old by Hazel and Cline Tinsley. When Prue was 10, her mother, Hazel, passed away and a few years later her father married Louise Cook, who raised and loved Prue as her own daughter. Prue grew up on...
Sharon Wharton
Nov 23, 2023
Sharon Dale Wharton, of Avoca, Iowa, died Thursday, November 23, 2023, at home. Sharon was born on March 16, 1943, in Gentry County, Missouri. The daughter of Retha and Veryl McCall. Sharon graduated high school in Albany, Missouri. On May 26, 1962, Sharon married Jim Wharton in Albany, Missouri. They spent their first night in Marshalltown, Iowa and had Taylor's...
Grace Pauley
Dec 20, 2023
Grace Elizabeth (Schoemann) Pauley Grace Elizabeth (Schoemann) Pauley, daughter of Chris and Sophia (Blum) Schoemann was born on April 17th , 1930 in Harrison County. She was the third child in a family of eight children. She was baptized, received her First Communion, and confirmed at St. Mary’s Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth. Grace attended Pleasant Ridge...
Denise Ann Holloway
Dec 19, 2023
Denise was born October 16th, 1968 to David and Charlotte (Saunders) Boeck of rural Denison, Iowa. At age four, the family moved to Manilla, where she attended Manilla Community School. She attended Trinity Lutheran Church and was confirmed there in 1985. She graduated from Irwin-Kirkman Manilla High School in 1988. She graduated from Iowa Western Community College with a degree...
Sandra Randall
Dec 17, 2023
Sandra Lee Randall, daughter of Murray and Gertrude (Brammann) Randall, was born on April 4, 1936, in Avoca, Iowa. She attended school in Avoca and graduated from Avoca High School in 1954. She was a longtime member of the United Church of Avoca. Sandra spent most of her days helping people at the Avoca Courthouse. She was a Clerk of...
Patricia Lorraine Gaer
Dec 16, 2023
Patricia Lorraine Gaer Patricia Lorraine (White) Gaer was born at home in Oakland, Iowa on July 14, 1939 to Gordon and Dorothy (Lembke) White. Growing up people knew her by Patsy. Pat grew up and graduated in Oakland. When she was a teenager her family moved to California, but Pat really wanted to graduate with her class and be close...
Michael Ulysses Gifford
Dec 14, 2023
Michael Ulysses Gifford was born on March 19th, 1983 at Waterman Hospital in Eustis, Florida. He passed away on December 14th, 2023. His survivors include his children, Anthonie Newcomb, Easton Haggerty, Rainy Husted; brothers, Connor Gifford, Chris Gifford, Sean Gifford; mothers, Lorraine Gifford and Diana Gifford; other relatives and many friends. He was preceded in death by his Father, Michael...
Calvin Peterson
Dec 13, 2023
Calvin "Cal" Ray Peterson was born February 22, 1943, in Vermillion, South Dakota, to Clarence and Zelia (Scott) Peterson. Calvin was baptized and confirmed at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Burbank, South Dakota. He attended Rockfield School in Clay County from 1st - 8th grade, and graduated with the class of 1961 from Alcester High School in South Dakota ....
Leann Viola Klein
Dec 12, 2023
A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date for LeAnn Klein. Leann Viola (Herbst) Klein was born to Leonard and Constance (Schleisman) Herbst on October 4, 1967 in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa. While in grade school, she attended New Park Elementary and she eventually graduated from Harlan High...
John Martin Potter
Dec 11, 2023
John Martin Potter was born on February 23, 1958 in Manning, Iowa to Vivian (Volkmann) Potter and Martin Potter. He attended school and graduated from Harlan High School in Harlan, Iowa in 1976. After graduation, John attended college at University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He then transferred to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa where he graduated...
Kenny Peter Kaufmann
Dec 8, 2023
Kenneth Peter Kaufmann Kenneth Peter Kaufman was born on December 14, 1942 to George and Marie (Stein) Kaufmann. He had a typical childhood life on the farm with his three siblings: Cleo, Rose and Lee. He attended school at St. Boniface School in Westphalia, Iowa and was active in the sports that were offered, until he was seriously injured in...
Donald Kaufman
Dec 8, 2023
Donald Henry Kaufman was born the second child of Tony and Rosalia (Fuhs) Kaufman, on November 5th, 1940, near Westphalia Iowa. He grew up on the family farm, and was a “born farmer.” Don attended Westphalia Catholic School (St. Boniface) for 12 grades. His grandfather, Jacob Fuhs, gave Don the opportunity to farm 120 acres near Portsmouth, Iowa, and he...
Rosemarie Hitt
Dec 6, 2023
Rosemarie Wollny Hitt Rosemarie was born in Klosterle (Sudentenland) Germany on June 23, 1932. The second daughter of Anton and Margaret Wollny. Her early years were spent in Klosterle until the end of World War II. Her family along with all the other Germans were put in a Czechoslovakian concentration camp until December 1945. The family was then sent to...
Sharon L. Fitzgerald
Dec 6, 2023
No Services will be held. A burial will be held at a later date. Sharon was preceded in death by her husband, William Raymond Fitzgerald Jr. She is survived by her children, LaNaya (Glenn) Reed of Peoria, AZ, Shelly (Mark) Tearney of Tennant, IA, John Fitzgerald of Persia, IA, and Jason Fitzgerald (fiancé Sheila Sorey) of Persia, IA; 2 grandchildren;...
Suzanne "Sue" Gross
Dec 6, 2023
Suzanne (Sue) Gross, 78, of Westphalia, Iowa, passed away on December 6, 2023. Sue was born in Holly, MI on April 19, 1945. When Sue's father passed away, they moved to Dedham, Iowa to be near family. Her mother remarried and the family moved to Irwin, Iowa She graduated from Manning High School in 1963 after attending school at Irwin-Kirkman...
John Warren Hillwick
Dec 2, 2023
John Warren Hillwick was born on April 27, 1945 to Mary Alice Hillwick in St. Charles, Illinois. As a child, John was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in West Chicago, Illinois. When John was 18 years old, he enlisted in the Marine Corps. After completing two tours in Vietnam, John came home and was reunited with Sara...
2023 Remembrance Service - Avoca
Nov 29, 2023
Our service of remembrance is a meaningful and healing way to honor and remember loved ones who are no longer with us. We invite you and your family to join us on Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 2:00 PM - Pauley Jones Funeral Home, 1304 N. Sawmill Drive, Avoca, Iowa. We will provide a special service and come together as...
Susan Kay Greer
Nov 29, 2023
Susan Kay Greer, daughter of Edward and Edythe Schweiso, was born May 15, 1956 at St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll, lowa. She attended grade school in Manilla and then in Irwin after the family moved. Susan graduated from Irwin-Kirkman High School in 1974. Shortly thereafter she met her soul mate Gary Greer on a blind date arranged by friends. Gary...
2023 Remembrance Service - Harlan
Nov 29, 2023
Our service of remembrance is a meaningful and healing way to honor and remember loved ones who are no longer with us. We invite you and your family to join us on Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM - C G Therkildsen Activity Center, 706 Victoria Street - Harlan, Iowa. We will provide a special service and come together...
Richard Grant Plumb
Nov 26, 2023
Richard "Rich" Grant Plumb, son of Francis Benton and Ruth Gretchen (Parker) Plumb was born on February 7, 1947 in Harlan, Iowa. He grew up learning the family business, Plumb & Sons Tiling and Trenching, along side his father and siblings. Rich graduated from Irwin-Kirkman High School in 1965. Following graduation, Rich met the love of his life, Janet Fischer....
Mary "Prue" Frederickson
Nov 26, 2023
Mary Prudentia Frederickson Prue was born March 13, 1925, at Child Savings Institute in Omaha, Nebraska and was adopted at 3 weeks old by Hazel and Cline Tinsley. When Prue was 10, her mother, Hazel, passed away and a few years later her father married Louise Cook, who raised and loved Prue as her own daughter. Prue grew up on...
Sharon Wharton
Nov 23, 2023
Sharon Dale Wharton, of Avoca, Iowa, died Thursday, November 23, 2023, at home. Sharon was born on March 16, 1943, in Gentry County, Missouri. The daughter of Retha and Veryl McCall. Sharon graduated high school in Albany, Missouri. On May 26, 1962, Sharon married Jim Wharton in Albany, Missouri. They spent their first night in Marshalltown, Iowa and had Taylor's...
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.
