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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Maude M. Bauer
Mar 13, 2008
Maude Marie Bauer was born on July 30, 1907, to William and Edna (McKeighan) Gardner in Burke, South Dakota. She attended grade school in Naper, Nebraska, and high school in Tennant, Iowa, before graduating from Amity High School in College Springs, Iowa. She attended Wayne State Teachers College in Wayne, Nebraska. After graduation, she became superintendent of a two year...
Edwin M. Rife
Mar 13, 2008
Edwin Monty Rife, the son of Cecil and Ethel Petit Rife, was born on February 6, 1921 in Avoca, Iowa. He and his three sisters: Doyne, Bessie and Ruby lived with their parents on "the flat" in Avoca on an acreage where they had milk cows and other livestock. Eddie learned to care for the animals at an early age...
Evelyn B. Whiteing
Mar 13, 2008
Evelyn "Bern" Whiteing was born at Dunlap, Iowa, October 27, 1925, the daughter of William Noel and Elizabeth Lucille Pearl McCoid. The family resided at Dunlap until Evelyn was age 11 when they moved to Arion, Iowa. She received her early education in Arion before attending Denison High School. On June 7, 1947, Evelyn was united in marriage with Albert...
Joseph Schomer
Mar 9, 2008
Joseph Schomer, son of Jacob and Mary (Petsche) Schomer, was born on February 6, 1916 outside of Westphalia, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa and graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School. On June 22, 1943, Joe was united in marriage to Bernice Buman at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in...
Robert A. Mortensen
Mar 7, 2008
Robert A. Mortensen, son of Carl and Nora Jane (Moore) Mortensen, was born on September 20, 1921, in Shelby, Iowa. Robert was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church of Shelby and graduated from the Shelby Consolidated School. Bob was a pilot and advanced instrument instructor in the Naval Air Corps during World War II, stationed in Pensacola, Florida....
George F. Petersen
Mar 7, 2008
George F. Petersen, son of Everett and Linda (Hartwig) Petersen, was born on February 4, 1940 in Jacksonville, Iowa. He attended school in Coon Rapids, Iowa and Irwin, Iowa and graduated from high school in Harlan, Iowa with the class of 1958. On April 12, 1959, George was united in marriage to Karma Strandskov in Kimballton, Iowa. Three children were...
Louree A. Petersen
Mar 6, 2008
Louree Ann Petersen was born on January 28, 1943, to Gerald and Mena (Andersen) Greiner in Harlan, Iowa. She graduated from Harlan Community High School in 1961 and, at the age of 40, attended Iowa Western Community College where she earned her LPN degree. Louree was united in marriage to Glen Petersen on April 26, 1962, in Omaha, Nebraska. Two...
Alma M. Mathiasen
Mar 5, 2008
Alma Marie Mathiasen was born on August 26, 1919, to Hans and Elsie (Petersen) Christensen in Audubon County, Iowa. She attended country school in the Poplar, Iowa, area. On March 2, 1937, she was united in marriage to George Mathiasen in Atlantic, Iowa. Two children were born to this union: Janis and Darrel. Alma was a good farm wife; able...
Edna M. Thomsen
Mar 3, 2008
Edna Maria (Holst) Thomsen was born December 8, 1910 in Shelby County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Henry and Doris (Plagman) Holst and grew up on the family farm two miles east of Shelby, Iowa. She was the oldest of five children. Edna attended country school until the third grade, then went to the Shelby Public school, graduating with...
Peter Mcalpin
Mar 1, 2008
Peter F. McAlpin, 71, of Park Rapids, Minnesota, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2008, at St. Mary?s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. He was born May 11, 1936, in Coronado, California to Gladys (Templer) and Vincent McAlpin. He was raised in Southern California, attending school there and graduating from college in Santa Monica, California. As a building contractor he began working...
Genevieve Oppold
Mar 1, 2008
Genevieve Oppold was the youngest of the twelve children of Theodore and Bertha (Huetteman) Stessman. She was born on a farm about one mile north of Panama, Iowa on July 30, 1914. Genevieve was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary�s Catholic Church in Panama. She attended St. Mary�s Catholic schools, graduating from high school in 1932. Genevieve attended Mt. St....
Helen B. Nielsen
Feb 22, 2008
Helen Bernice Nielsen was born on March 31, 1912 to Raymond and Myrtle (Hunt) Tryon in Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at Defiance Christian Church and remained a member there until 1925, when she became a member of Defiance Evangelical Church. Helen attended all twelve years of schooling at Defiance Consolidated School. She graduated from high school with...
Robert E. Langer
Feb 19, 2008
Robert Eugene Langer was born southeast of Walnut, Iowa on August 26, 1931. He was the son of Milton and Esther (Jacobsen) Langer. He attended schools through the eighth grade in Minden, Pleasant, Layton and Valley townships. He then graduated from Avoca High School in 1950. While in high school, Robert played football for four years and was captain of...
Donald Eugene Doc Deatherage
Feb 17, 2008
Donald Eugene "Doc" Deatherage was born on March 27, 1930, in Hancock, Iowa, to William and Martha (Krueger) Deatherage. Doc died on Sunday, February 17, 2008, having attained the age of seventy-seven years, ten months, and twenty-one days. Doc is survived by his sister, Mary Lou Emken, of Avoca, Iowa. Please call the Avoca Chapel 1-800-447-2588 for more information ________________________________________...
Lawrence Coyle
Feb 16, 2008
Pete Coyle was born at Piggott, Arkansas, February 27, 1945, the son of Clarence and Nina Marie Harden Coyle. He was baptized in Martin?s Creek at Hardy, Arkansas by the New Hope Baptist minister in his youth. He was raised in Arkansas where he received his education. Following his education Pete moved to Iowa and farmed for a time at...
Horace Westcott
Feb 14, 2008
Survivors: Wife-Mare Westcott-Stockton, California Daugher-Coleen Allen-Goodwin and husband, Howard of California Daughter-Donna Baugh and husband, Dale of Virginia Four grandchildren, Three great grandchildren.
Irene Sharp
Feb 11, 2008
Irene M. Sharp was born on a farm at Dow City, Iowa, June 21, 1921, the daughter of Hans and Jessie Wendt Flagmann. She was raised on the farm and received her education in the Paradise Township rural school. On May 6, 1938, Irene was united in marriage with Vernon Sharp in Denison, Iowa. They made their home on the...
James R. Schroeder
Feb 10, 2008
James R. Schroeder was born at Arcadia, Iowa, June 21, 1932, the son of John and Stella Muenchow Schroeder. He was raised on the farm there and was graduated from St. John?s Catholic High School with the class of 1950. Following high school James was employed at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Office in Washington, D.C. In 1951, James was...
Fred J. Mckee
Feb 10, 2008
Fredrick Jacob McKee was born on July 14th, 1917, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the son of Howard and Ann (Ott) McKee. He attended grade school in Oakville, Iowa, where his father had a movie theater and feed store (and sold Purina Chow). In 1929, they moved to Mediapolis, Iowa, to run a feed and farm supply store (again selling Purina Chows)....
Erma B. Rosenbeck
Feb 10, 2008
Erma Bnetta Rosenbeck was born on May 19, 1909, to Warner and Marie (Paulsen) Doyle on the family farm east of Persia, Iowa. In 1930, the family moved from the farm into town. After her schooling, Erma worked for a number of years as a switchboard operator at the Mutual Telephone office in Persia. On March 10, 1938, she was...
Maude M. Bauer
Mar 13, 2008
Maude Marie Bauer was born on July 30, 1907, to William and Edna (McKeighan) Gardner in Burke, South Dakota. She attended grade school in Naper, Nebraska, and high school in Tennant, Iowa, before graduating from Amity High School in College Springs, Iowa. She attended Wayne State Teachers College in Wayne, Nebraska. After graduation, she became superintendent of a two year...
Edwin M. Rife
Mar 13, 2008
Edwin Monty Rife, the son of Cecil and Ethel Petit Rife, was born on February 6, 1921 in Avoca, Iowa. He and his three sisters: Doyne, Bessie and Ruby lived with their parents on "the flat" in Avoca on an acreage where they had milk cows and other livestock. Eddie learned to care for the animals at an early age...
Evelyn B. Whiteing
Mar 13, 2008
Evelyn "Bern" Whiteing was born at Dunlap, Iowa, October 27, 1925, the daughter of William Noel and Elizabeth Lucille Pearl McCoid. The family resided at Dunlap until Evelyn was age 11 when they moved to Arion, Iowa. She received her early education in Arion before attending Denison High School. On June 7, 1947, Evelyn was united in marriage with Albert...
Joseph Schomer
Mar 9, 2008
Joseph Schomer, son of Jacob and Mary (Petsche) Schomer, was born on February 6, 1916 outside of Westphalia, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa and graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School. On June 22, 1943, Joe was united in marriage to Bernice Buman at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in...
Robert A. Mortensen
Mar 7, 2008
Robert A. Mortensen, son of Carl and Nora Jane (Moore) Mortensen, was born on September 20, 1921, in Shelby, Iowa. Robert was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church of Shelby and graduated from the Shelby Consolidated School. Bob was a pilot and advanced instrument instructor in the Naval Air Corps during World War II, stationed in Pensacola, Florida....
George F. Petersen
Mar 7, 2008
George F. Petersen, son of Everett and Linda (Hartwig) Petersen, was born on February 4, 1940 in Jacksonville, Iowa. He attended school in Coon Rapids, Iowa and Irwin, Iowa and graduated from high school in Harlan, Iowa with the class of 1958. On April 12, 1959, George was united in marriage to Karma Strandskov in Kimballton, Iowa. Three children were...
Louree A. Petersen
Mar 6, 2008
Louree Ann Petersen was born on January 28, 1943, to Gerald and Mena (Andersen) Greiner in Harlan, Iowa. She graduated from Harlan Community High School in 1961 and, at the age of 40, attended Iowa Western Community College where she earned her LPN degree. Louree was united in marriage to Glen Petersen on April 26, 1962, in Omaha, Nebraska. Two...
Alma M. Mathiasen
Mar 5, 2008
Alma Marie Mathiasen was born on August 26, 1919, to Hans and Elsie (Petersen) Christensen in Audubon County, Iowa. She attended country school in the Poplar, Iowa, area. On March 2, 1937, she was united in marriage to George Mathiasen in Atlantic, Iowa. Two children were born to this union: Janis and Darrel. Alma was a good farm wife; able...
Edna M. Thomsen
Mar 3, 2008
Edna Maria (Holst) Thomsen was born December 8, 1910 in Shelby County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Henry and Doris (Plagman) Holst and grew up on the family farm two miles east of Shelby, Iowa. She was the oldest of five children. Edna attended country school until the third grade, then went to the Shelby Public school, graduating with...
Peter Mcalpin
Mar 1, 2008
Peter F. McAlpin, 71, of Park Rapids, Minnesota, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2008, at St. Mary?s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. He was born May 11, 1936, in Coronado, California to Gladys (Templer) and Vincent McAlpin. He was raised in Southern California, attending school there and graduating from college in Santa Monica, California. As a building contractor he began working...
Genevieve Oppold
Mar 1, 2008
Genevieve Oppold was the youngest of the twelve children of Theodore and Bertha (Huetteman) Stessman. She was born on a farm about one mile north of Panama, Iowa on July 30, 1914. Genevieve was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary�s Catholic Church in Panama. She attended St. Mary�s Catholic schools, graduating from high school in 1932. Genevieve attended Mt. St....
Helen B. Nielsen
Feb 22, 2008
Helen Bernice Nielsen was born on March 31, 1912 to Raymond and Myrtle (Hunt) Tryon in Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at Defiance Christian Church and remained a member there until 1925, when she became a member of Defiance Evangelical Church. Helen attended all twelve years of schooling at Defiance Consolidated School. She graduated from high school with...
Robert E. Langer
Feb 19, 2008
Robert Eugene Langer was born southeast of Walnut, Iowa on August 26, 1931. He was the son of Milton and Esther (Jacobsen) Langer. He attended schools through the eighth grade in Minden, Pleasant, Layton and Valley townships. He then graduated from Avoca High School in 1950. While in high school, Robert played football for four years and was captain of...
Donald Eugene Doc Deatherage
Feb 17, 2008
Donald Eugene "Doc" Deatherage was born on March 27, 1930, in Hancock, Iowa, to William and Martha (Krueger) Deatherage. Doc died on Sunday, February 17, 2008, having attained the age of seventy-seven years, ten months, and twenty-one days. Doc is survived by his sister, Mary Lou Emken, of Avoca, Iowa. Please call the Avoca Chapel 1-800-447-2588 for more information ________________________________________...
Lawrence Coyle
Feb 16, 2008
Pete Coyle was born at Piggott, Arkansas, February 27, 1945, the son of Clarence and Nina Marie Harden Coyle. He was baptized in Martin?s Creek at Hardy, Arkansas by the New Hope Baptist minister in his youth. He was raised in Arkansas where he received his education. Following his education Pete moved to Iowa and farmed for a time at...
Horace Westcott
Feb 14, 2008
Survivors: Wife-Mare Westcott-Stockton, California Daugher-Coleen Allen-Goodwin and husband, Howard of California Daughter-Donna Baugh and husband, Dale of Virginia Four grandchildren, Three great grandchildren.
Irene Sharp
Feb 11, 2008
Irene M. Sharp was born on a farm at Dow City, Iowa, June 21, 1921, the daughter of Hans and Jessie Wendt Flagmann. She was raised on the farm and received her education in the Paradise Township rural school. On May 6, 1938, Irene was united in marriage with Vernon Sharp in Denison, Iowa. They made their home on the...
James R. Schroeder
Feb 10, 2008
James R. Schroeder was born at Arcadia, Iowa, June 21, 1932, the son of John and Stella Muenchow Schroeder. He was raised on the farm there and was graduated from St. John?s Catholic High School with the class of 1950. Following high school James was employed at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Office in Washington, D.C. In 1951, James was...
Fred J. Mckee
Feb 10, 2008
Fredrick Jacob McKee was born on July 14th, 1917, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the son of Howard and Ann (Ott) McKee. He attended grade school in Oakville, Iowa, where his father had a movie theater and feed store (and sold Purina Chow). In 1929, they moved to Mediapolis, Iowa, to run a feed and farm supply store (again selling Purina Chows)....
Erma B. Rosenbeck
Feb 10, 2008
Erma Bnetta Rosenbeck was born on May 19, 1909, to Warner and Marie (Paulsen) Doyle on the family farm east of Persia, Iowa. In 1930, the family moved from the farm into town. After her schooling, Erma worked for a number of years as a switchboard operator at the Mutual Telephone office in Persia. On March 10, 1938, she was...
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.
