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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Esther Christiansen
Apr 22, 2008
Esther Catharine Christiansen was born in Charter Oak Township, Crawford County, Iowa, March 8, 1919, the daughter of Fritz and Louise Timm Brandenburg. She was baptized at St. John?s Lutheran Church in Charter Oak by Pastor A. Amstein on March 30, 1919, and confirmed June 12, 1932. On December 15, 1940, Esther was united in marriage with Earl J. Christiansen...
Raymond N. Thomsen
Apr 21, 2008
Raymond Neve Thomsen, the son of Hans and Mary Neve Thomsen, was born on March 25, 1918 on a farm near Avoca, Iowa. He graduated from Avoca High School and then attended Van Sant School of Business in Omaha, Nebraska. Raymond was united in marriage to Jeanette Ives on November 9, 1941 in Maryville, Missouri. After their marriage they moved...
James L. Petersen
Apr 19, 2008
James Lloyd Petersen, the son of Lloyd and Gladys Mickel Petersen, was born on April 23, 1957 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was baptized at the Lutheran Church in Walnut and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca. He attended school in Avoca and graduated from AvoHa High School in 1975. Jim then attended Iowa State University and graduated in...
Wayne A. Yates
Apr 16, 2008
Wayne Arlo Yates, the son of Richard and Ellen Hite Yates, was born on September 13, 1921 in Red Oak, Iowa. He graduated from Harlan High School in 1941. After graduation Wayne enlisted into the United States Army on October 7, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He served in the European Theater from December 16, 1943 until his return to the...
Bernadine A. Hayes
Apr 15, 2008
Bernadine Ann Hayes, daughter of Leo and Louisa (Schmitz) Pauley, was born on June 2, 1930, in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized, confirmed, and attended school at St. Mary�s of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama. On June 7, 1950, Bernadine was united in marriage to Charles Hayes at St. Mary�s in Panama. Five children were born to this union:...
Harvey Schrum
Apr 5, 2008
Harvey L. Schrum was born on a farm in Hayes Township, Crawford County, Iowa, September 30, 1919, the son of Gustav and Elsie Wegner Schrum. He was received into God?s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at Eagan, South Dakota, August 29, 1926 and confirmed in his Christian Faith at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning, Iowa, December...
Maybelle L. Kammeyer
Mar 31, 2008
Maybelle Kammeyer gave her whole self to everything she did. Because she was curious, she approached life with optimism and delight and found the world a marvelous place. Her smile was her trademark. She was a woman of great faith, intelligence, grace, compassion and determination ¬- a storyteller, lover of books, laughter and music, a generous hostess and inveterate bridge...
Michael R. Schwarte
Mar 31, 2008
Michael Robert Schwarte was born on August 30, 1940, to Joseph and Helen (Ratigan) Schwarte in Earling, Iowa. He attended grade school in Defiance, Iowa. He lived at home with his parents until 1972 when he went to live at Handicap Village in Clear Lake, Iowa. He moved to New Hope Village in Carroll, Iowa, when that facility opened. Michael...
Eugene L. Barry
Mar 29, 2008
Eugene L. Barry, son of William H. and Emma (Hoffman) Barry, was born on December 8, 1924, in Woodbine, Iowa. He attended country school near Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School with the Class of 1942. After high school, Eugene began working for a seed company in Woodbine until his entrance into the United States Navy where he served...
Zeno Lefty N. Loehr
Mar 29, 2008
Zeno "Lefty" Loehr was born on November 29, 1910, to Jacob and Josephine (Petsche) Loehr in Westphalia, Iowa. The Loehr family moved to Defiance in 1919 where Lefty attended the Defiance Public School. He played baseball for high school and the town team, earning his nickname. Lefty graduated from Defiance with the Class of 1929 and went on to enroll...
Jay E. Rosenberg
Mar 28, 2008
Jay Edward Rosenberg was born on July 9, 1967, to Paul and Anna Marie (Zavorka) Rosenberg in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from South High School in Omaha with the Class of 1984. He worked at Casio�s before working for his father. Jay always worked hard and had three jobs when he went to school. In 1990, he moved to Florida...
Jeannette K. Havick
Mar 28, 2008
Jeannette Havick was born on December 16, 1917, in Jackson Township to George and Anna (Willesen) Sorensen. She attended Jackson No. 9 country school, as three generations of her family, starting with her mother. She graduated with the Class of 1934 from Harlan High School. During her last two years of education, she studied teaching and taught at Jackson No....
Henry R. Neve
Mar 27, 2008
Henry Robert Neve, the son of Henry J. and Anna C. Hinrichsen Neve, was born in Shelby, Iowa on January 13, 1917. He attended town school in Avoca until the seventh grade and at the age of fourteen went to work with Fritz Oehlertz on his farm, living with him and doing day work. A short while later he started...
Ina E. Peyton
Mar 26, 2008
- Age 98 Ina Ella Peyton, the daughter of Earl & Margaret Gross Zimmerman, was born on November 14, 1909 on a farm outside of Oakland, Iowa. Her father died when she was 4 and the family moved to Avoca. Ina was baptized in the Presbyterian Church in Avoca. She went to school here until she was sixteen when her...
Thomas Christiansen
Mar 24, 2008
Thomas A. Christiansen was born on a farm in rural Vail, Iowa, November 2, 1928, the son of Ludwig and Agnes Brogan Christiansen. He was raised in Crawford County receiving his early education in the rural schools before being graduated from the Deloit High School. Following high school he farmed with his parents. During the Korean War, from March of...
Ralph J. Kruse
Mar 23, 2008
Ralph John Kruse was born at Mapleton, Iowa, October 11, 1926, the son of Henry and Freda Meyer Kruse. He was received into God?s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at St. Mathew Lutheran Church in Mapleton October 31, 1926 and confirmed in his Christian Faith there May 12, 1940. He was raised on the farm at...
Lenuel Richard Lollis
Mar 23, 2008
Lenuel Richard Lollis was born on September 19, 1932 in Waleetkoa, Oklahoma. Len was the youngest of three children. He lived at home with his father until the age of twenty, at which time Len moved to Glenwood, Iowa, where he resided until 1979. On March 1, 1979, Len moved to REM Leadway in Shelby, Iowa where he resided in...
Alvin L. Wiese
Mar 22, 2008
Alvin L. Wiese, son of Albert and Lillie Pagel Wiese, was born December 13, 1926 in Scott County, Iowa. He passed away March 22, 2008 at the age of 81 years at the Odebolt Nursing and Rehab Center in Odebolt, Iowa. He received his education in the Hickory Grove Township rural schools and grew up on the family farm near...
Wanda O. Jacobsen
Mar 20, 2008
Wanda Olga Jacobsen, the daughter of Walter, Sr. and Polly Etta Stephenson Rieck, was born on February 9, 1910 in Guernsey, Iowa. She attended school in Guernsey until the third grade when the family moved to Walnut, Iowa. She graduated from Walnut High School and then attended Northwest Missouri State University. Wanda was united in marriage to Melvin Jacobsen on...
Rose Marie Coenen
Mar 17, 2008
Rose Marie Coenen was born on August 14, 1937 to Charles Beran and Mildred Darnell in Verdigre, Nebraska at the home of her grandparents. She was baptized at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, Iowa, and baptized in the Catholic Church in 1958. She attended grade school in Audubon County and Jacksonville, Iowa, graduating from Harlan High School with the Class...
Esther Christiansen
Apr 22, 2008
Esther Catharine Christiansen was born in Charter Oak Township, Crawford County, Iowa, March 8, 1919, the daughter of Fritz and Louise Timm Brandenburg. She was baptized at St. John?s Lutheran Church in Charter Oak by Pastor A. Amstein on March 30, 1919, and confirmed June 12, 1932. On December 15, 1940, Esther was united in marriage with Earl J. Christiansen...
Raymond N. Thomsen
Apr 21, 2008
Raymond Neve Thomsen, the son of Hans and Mary Neve Thomsen, was born on March 25, 1918 on a farm near Avoca, Iowa. He graduated from Avoca High School and then attended Van Sant School of Business in Omaha, Nebraska. Raymond was united in marriage to Jeanette Ives on November 9, 1941 in Maryville, Missouri. After their marriage they moved...
James L. Petersen
Apr 19, 2008
James Lloyd Petersen, the son of Lloyd and Gladys Mickel Petersen, was born on April 23, 1957 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was baptized at the Lutheran Church in Walnut and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca. He attended school in Avoca and graduated from AvoHa High School in 1975. Jim then attended Iowa State University and graduated in...
Wayne A. Yates
Apr 16, 2008
Wayne Arlo Yates, the son of Richard and Ellen Hite Yates, was born on September 13, 1921 in Red Oak, Iowa. He graduated from Harlan High School in 1941. After graduation Wayne enlisted into the United States Army on October 7, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He served in the European Theater from December 16, 1943 until his return to the...
Bernadine A. Hayes
Apr 15, 2008
Bernadine Ann Hayes, daughter of Leo and Louisa (Schmitz) Pauley, was born on June 2, 1930, in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized, confirmed, and attended school at St. Mary�s of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama. On June 7, 1950, Bernadine was united in marriage to Charles Hayes at St. Mary�s in Panama. Five children were born to this union:...
Harvey Schrum
Apr 5, 2008
Harvey L. Schrum was born on a farm in Hayes Township, Crawford County, Iowa, September 30, 1919, the son of Gustav and Elsie Wegner Schrum. He was received into God?s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at Eagan, South Dakota, August 29, 1926 and confirmed in his Christian Faith at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning, Iowa, December...
Maybelle L. Kammeyer
Mar 31, 2008
Maybelle Kammeyer gave her whole self to everything she did. Because she was curious, she approached life with optimism and delight and found the world a marvelous place. Her smile was her trademark. She was a woman of great faith, intelligence, grace, compassion and determination ¬- a storyteller, lover of books, laughter and music, a generous hostess and inveterate bridge...
Michael R. Schwarte
Mar 31, 2008
Michael Robert Schwarte was born on August 30, 1940, to Joseph and Helen (Ratigan) Schwarte in Earling, Iowa. He attended grade school in Defiance, Iowa. He lived at home with his parents until 1972 when he went to live at Handicap Village in Clear Lake, Iowa. He moved to New Hope Village in Carroll, Iowa, when that facility opened. Michael...
Eugene L. Barry
Mar 29, 2008
Eugene L. Barry, son of William H. and Emma (Hoffman) Barry, was born on December 8, 1924, in Woodbine, Iowa. He attended country school near Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School with the Class of 1942. After high school, Eugene began working for a seed company in Woodbine until his entrance into the United States Navy where he served...
Zeno Lefty N. Loehr
Mar 29, 2008
Zeno "Lefty" Loehr was born on November 29, 1910, to Jacob and Josephine (Petsche) Loehr in Westphalia, Iowa. The Loehr family moved to Defiance in 1919 where Lefty attended the Defiance Public School. He played baseball for high school and the town team, earning his nickname. Lefty graduated from Defiance with the Class of 1929 and went on to enroll...
Jay E. Rosenberg
Mar 28, 2008
Jay Edward Rosenberg was born on July 9, 1967, to Paul and Anna Marie (Zavorka) Rosenberg in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from South High School in Omaha with the Class of 1984. He worked at Casio�s before working for his father. Jay always worked hard and had three jobs when he went to school. In 1990, he moved to Florida...
Jeannette K. Havick
Mar 28, 2008
Jeannette Havick was born on December 16, 1917, in Jackson Township to George and Anna (Willesen) Sorensen. She attended Jackson No. 9 country school, as three generations of her family, starting with her mother. She graduated with the Class of 1934 from Harlan High School. During her last two years of education, she studied teaching and taught at Jackson No....
Henry R. Neve
Mar 27, 2008
Henry Robert Neve, the son of Henry J. and Anna C. Hinrichsen Neve, was born in Shelby, Iowa on January 13, 1917. He attended town school in Avoca until the seventh grade and at the age of fourteen went to work with Fritz Oehlertz on his farm, living with him and doing day work. A short while later he started...
Ina E. Peyton
Mar 26, 2008
- Age 98 Ina Ella Peyton, the daughter of Earl & Margaret Gross Zimmerman, was born on November 14, 1909 on a farm outside of Oakland, Iowa. Her father died when she was 4 and the family moved to Avoca. Ina was baptized in the Presbyterian Church in Avoca. She went to school here until she was sixteen when her...
Thomas Christiansen
Mar 24, 2008
Thomas A. Christiansen was born on a farm in rural Vail, Iowa, November 2, 1928, the son of Ludwig and Agnes Brogan Christiansen. He was raised in Crawford County receiving his early education in the rural schools before being graduated from the Deloit High School. Following high school he farmed with his parents. During the Korean War, from March of...
Ralph J. Kruse
Mar 23, 2008
Ralph John Kruse was born at Mapleton, Iowa, October 11, 1926, the son of Henry and Freda Meyer Kruse. He was received into God?s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at St. Mathew Lutheran Church in Mapleton October 31, 1926 and confirmed in his Christian Faith there May 12, 1940. He was raised on the farm at...
Lenuel Richard Lollis
Mar 23, 2008
Lenuel Richard Lollis was born on September 19, 1932 in Waleetkoa, Oklahoma. Len was the youngest of three children. He lived at home with his father until the age of twenty, at which time Len moved to Glenwood, Iowa, where he resided until 1979. On March 1, 1979, Len moved to REM Leadway in Shelby, Iowa where he resided in...
Alvin L. Wiese
Mar 22, 2008
Alvin L. Wiese, son of Albert and Lillie Pagel Wiese, was born December 13, 1926 in Scott County, Iowa. He passed away March 22, 2008 at the age of 81 years at the Odebolt Nursing and Rehab Center in Odebolt, Iowa. He received his education in the Hickory Grove Township rural schools and grew up on the family farm near...
Wanda O. Jacobsen
Mar 20, 2008
Wanda Olga Jacobsen, the daughter of Walter, Sr. and Polly Etta Stephenson Rieck, was born on February 9, 1910 in Guernsey, Iowa. She attended school in Guernsey until the third grade when the family moved to Walnut, Iowa. She graduated from Walnut High School and then attended Northwest Missouri State University. Wanda was united in marriage to Melvin Jacobsen on...
Rose Marie Coenen
Mar 17, 2008
Rose Marie Coenen was born on August 14, 1937 to Charles Beran and Mildred Darnell in Verdigre, Nebraska at the home of her grandparents. She was baptized at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, Iowa, and baptized in the Catholic Church in 1958. She attended grade school in Audubon County and Jacksonville, Iowa, graduating from Harlan High School with the Class...
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.
