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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Sue Kelly
Feb 8, 2008
Sue Kelly was born in Bellflower, California, July 14, 1949, the daughter of Marlin and Betty Bales Herbert. She was raised in Chino, California where she received her education. In 1966, Sue was united in marriage with John Kelly at Chino, California and their union was blessed with two children, Brenda and Jason. The family resided in California until moving...
Leonard P. Greiner
Feb 7, 2008
Leonard Peter Greiner was born on March 26, 1918, one of six children to John and Mary (Stiver) Greiner on the family farm near Panama, Iowa. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic Schools for elementary and high school in Panama, graduating with the Class of 1936, the same year he was a member of the state championship basketball team. After graduation,...
Dalmer Lorenzen
Feb 2, 2008
Dalmer H. Lorenzen, the son of George and Hulda Baasch Lorenzen, was born on October 11, 1912 in Shelby County, Iowa and was one of three children in the family. Dalmer farmed with his father until 1936. On his twenty-fourth birthday, he married Mabel E. Johnson in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and to this union one daughter, Shari, was born....
Roger F. Hanson
Jan 28, 2008
Roger Frederick Hanson was born on October 28, 1945, to Arthur and Mildred (Morlok) Hanson. He was confirmed at St. Paul�s Lutheran Church in Irwin and remained a member there. Roger attended country school in Botna and graduated from Irwin High School. He spent one year at Dana College in Blair, Nebraska. On November 16, 1965, Roger enlisted in the...
Rachel C. Lilleholm
Jan 23, 2008
Rachel Caroline Anderson Lilleholm was born on a farm in Goodrich Township, near Deloit, Iowa, October 16, 1915, the daughter of Samuel and Tabitha Winey Anderson. She was raised on the farm and graduated from the Deloit High School with the class of 1933. On October 27, 1945, Rachel was united in marriage with Richard Blaine Lilleholm at the Methodist...
Alvin Beck
Jan 20, 2008
Alvin R. Beck was born October 27, 1926, to Chris and Gertrude Hutchison Beck, in Swea City, Iowa. Alvin had a great love for flying and at age 16 he received his pilot?s license. He graduated from Swea City High School two years later. Alvin served his country during World War II in the United States Army Air Corps. Upon...
Joshua Malcolm
Jan 17, 2008
Joshua Dean Malcolm, the son of Stan and Vanessa (Bridegroom) Malcolm, was born on May 7, 1977, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 1986, the family made their home in Shelby. Joshua attended grade school in Shelby and graduated from A-H-S-T in Avoca with the Class of 1996. He was baptized at the Denison Aquatic Center through the Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom...
Doris Sorensen
Jan 13, 2008
Doris E. Schelldorf Sorensen was born on a farm in Hayes Township, Ida County, Iowa, July 3, 1916, the daughter of Axel and Selma Carlson Bloom. She was raised on the farm attending the rural schools before being graduated from the Kiron High School with the class of 1934. On December 23, 1936, Doris was united in marriage with LeRoy...
Gary Russmann
Jan 13, 2008
Gary Lee Russmann, the seventh child born to Albert A. and Lisle Harris Russmann, was born on August 10, 1942 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Gary attended country school Pleasant Ridge #6. Five weeks into his third grade year, Gary contracted polio in the 1950 polio outbreak and spent seven months at Mercy Hospital. When he returned home the family moved...
Louis Popp
Jan 12, 2008
Louis Popp was born at Carroll, Iowa, August 7, 1928, the son of Louis Adam and Blanche Robinson Popp. He was raised at Vail where he received his education being graduated from the Vail High School with the class of 1947. On December 28, 1947, Louis was united in marriage with Audrey Kathleen Ewoldt at Vail, Iowa. They made their...
Gerda Christensen
Jan 10, 2008
Gerda Christensen was born on March 17, 1916, to Soren and Petrea (Christensen) Nielsen in Harlan, Iowa. She attended school in Harlan and after graduating from Harlan High School, she went on to receive her normal training as a teacher. She taught for a short while in Shelby County country schools. She became a caretaker of children for various families...
Lee W. Mclaughlin
Jan 9, 2008
Lee William McLaughlin, son of Willard and Emma Caroline (Robinson) McLaughlin, was born on December 4, 1941 in Council Bluffs, Iowa and baptized at the Tennant Methodist Church. Lee was a member of the last class to graduate from Tennant High School in 1960. On August 24, 1962, Lee was united in marriage to Marie Nielsen at the Evangelical United...
Walter Raymond Jones
Jan 2, 2008
Walter Raymond Jones, son of Oliver and Edith (Harold) Jones, was born on February 6, 1912, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. When he was eight months old, his family traveled by covered wagon to Rooks County, Kansas. The journey took six weeks. There he lived in a sod house and attended school. After the Dust Bowl days, Walter's family moved to...
Jim R. Christensen
Jan 1, 2008
James Robert Christensen of Loveland passed away at his home on January 1, 2008, after a three year battle against Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was comforted by the presence of his loving family. Jim was born in Harlan, Iowa, on January 5, 1942, to Lehman and Edith Christensen. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa in...
Lenora M. Conrad
Dec 31, 2007
Lenora Maxine Conrad, daughter of Andrew and Sadie (Benson) Flug, was born on May 2, 1926, north of Red Line, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin, Iowa. Lenora attended country grade school and was a member of the class of 1944 from Irwin High School. On August 20, 1949, Lenora was united in...
Pauline C. Ohlinger
Dec 31, 2007
Pauline Christine Ohlinger, daughter of John and Lena (Plambeck) Huebner, was born on May 5, 1922, in Harrison County, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa and attended St. Mary�s Catholic School through the twelfth grade. On October 7, 1940, Pauline was united in marriage to Lawrence Ohlinger at...
Noi Lovan
Dec 27, 2007
Noi Lovan was born January 14, 1931 in Sonla, North Vietnam, the daughter of Neuy and Da Luong. She was raised there until moving to Laos. In 1950 she was married to Mouane Lovan and resided in Laos until moving to Keokuk, Iowa in 1980. Due to Mr. Lovan?s failing health Mouane and Noi moved to Denison in 1987 to...
Myrtle I. Gearhart
Dec 22, 2007
Myrtle Irene Gearhart, daughter of Jacob and Gustava (Strand) Thompson, was born in Irwin, Iowa on March 29, 1913. She attended school in Irwin and graduated with the class of 1930. After high school, Myrtle was united in marriage to Orrell Gearhart in Yankton, South Dakota, and to this union, four children were born. A few years after their marriage,...
Orvis Behrens
Dec 18, 2007
Orvis K. Behrens, son of John C. and Alma C. Behrens, born on a farm in Lincoln Township in East Pottawattamie County near Walnut, Iowa, October 10, 1916. He was baptized at First Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa and attended country school in East Pottawattamie County. When he reached adulthood, he continued to work in the area until 1936 at...
Donald L. Yankey
Dec 17, 2007
Donald L. Yankey was born on the farm at Denison, Iowa, April 12, 1921, the son of Ira J. and Mabel Shives Yankey. He was raised on the farm receiving his elementary education in the rural schools before being graduated from the Denison High School with the class of 1938. Following high school he farmed. On July 29, 1941, Donald...
Sue Kelly
Feb 8, 2008
Sue Kelly was born in Bellflower, California, July 14, 1949, the daughter of Marlin and Betty Bales Herbert. She was raised in Chino, California where she received her education. In 1966, Sue was united in marriage with John Kelly at Chino, California and their union was blessed with two children, Brenda and Jason. The family resided in California until moving...
Leonard P. Greiner
Feb 7, 2008
Leonard Peter Greiner was born on March 26, 1918, one of six children to John and Mary (Stiver) Greiner on the family farm near Panama, Iowa. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic Schools for elementary and high school in Panama, graduating with the Class of 1936, the same year he was a member of the state championship basketball team. After graduation,...
Dalmer Lorenzen
Feb 2, 2008
Dalmer H. Lorenzen, the son of George and Hulda Baasch Lorenzen, was born on October 11, 1912 in Shelby County, Iowa and was one of three children in the family. Dalmer farmed with his father until 1936. On his twenty-fourth birthday, he married Mabel E. Johnson in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and to this union one daughter, Shari, was born....
Roger F. Hanson
Jan 28, 2008
Roger Frederick Hanson was born on October 28, 1945, to Arthur and Mildred (Morlok) Hanson. He was confirmed at St. Paul�s Lutheran Church in Irwin and remained a member there. Roger attended country school in Botna and graduated from Irwin High School. He spent one year at Dana College in Blair, Nebraska. On November 16, 1965, Roger enlisted in the...
Rachel C. Lilleholm
Jan 23, 2008
Rachel Caroline Anderson Lilleholm was born on a farm in Goodrich Township, near Deloit, Iowa, October 16, 1915, the daughter of Samuel and Tabitha Winey Anderson. She was raised on the farm and graduated from the Deloit High School with the class of 1933. On October 27, 1945, Rachel was united in marriage with Richard Blaine Lilleholm at the Methodist...
Alvin Beck
Jan 20, 2008
Alvin R. Beck was born October 27, 1926, to Chris and Gertrude Hutchison Beck, in Swea City, Iowa. Alvin had a great love for flying and at age 16 he received his pilot?s license. He graduated from Swea City High School two years later. Alvin served his country during World War II in the United States Army Air Corps. Upon...
Joshua Malcolm
Jan 17, 2008
Joshua Dean Malcolm, the son of Stan and Vanessa (Bridegroom) Malcolm, was born on May 7, 1977, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 1986, the family made their home in Shelby. Joshua attended grade school in Shelby and graduated from A-H-S-T in Avoca with the Class of 1996. He was baptized at the Denison Aquatic Center through the Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom...
Doris Sorensen
Jan 13, 2008
Doris E. Schelldorf Sorensen was born on a farm in Hayes Township, Ida County, Iowa, July 3, 1916, the daughter of Axel and Selma Carlson Bloom. She was raised on the farm attending the rural schools before being graduated from the Kiron High School with the class of 1934. On December 23, 1936, Doris was united in marriage with LeRoy...
Gary Russmann
Jan 13, 2008
Gary Lee Russmann, the seventh child born to Albert A. and Lisle Harris Russmann, was born on August 10, 1942 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Gary attended country school Pleasant Ridge #6. Five weeks into his third grade year, Gary contracted polio in the 1950 polio outbreak and spent seven months at Mercy Hospital. When he returned home the family moved...
Louis Popp
Jan 12, 2008
Louis Popp was born at Carroll, Iowa, August 7, 1928, the son of Louis Adam and Blanche Robinson Popp. He was raised at Vail where he received his education being graduated from the Vail High School with the class of 1947. On December 28, 1947, Louis was united in marriage with Audrey Kathleen Ewoldt at Vail, Iowa. They made their...
Gerda Christensen
Jan 10, 2008
Gerda Christensen was born on March 17, 1916, to Soren and Petrea (Christensen) Nielsen in Harlan, Iowa. She attended school in Harlan and after graduating from Harlan High School, she went on to receive her normal training as a teacher. She taught for a short while in Shelby County country schools. She became a caretaker of children for various families...
Lee W. Mclaughlin
Jan 9, 2008
Lee William McLaughlin, son of Willard and Emma Caroline (Robinson) McLaughlin, was born on December 4, 1941 in Council Bluffs, Iowa and baptized at the Tennant Methodist Church. Lee was a member of the last class to graduate from Tennant High School in 1960. On August 24, 1962, Lee was united in marriage to Marie Nielsen at the Evangelical United...
Walter Raymond Jones
Jan 2, 2008
Walter Raymond Jones, son of Oliver and Edith (Harold) Jones, was born on February 6, 1912, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. When he was eight months old, his family traveled by covered wagon to Rooks County, Kansas. The journey took six weeks. There he lived in a sod house and attended school. After the Dust Bowl days, Walter's family moved to...
Jim R. Christensen
Jan 1, 2008
James Robert Christensen of Loveland passed away at his home on January 1, 2008, after a three year battle against Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was comforted by the presence of his loving family. Jim was born in Harlan, Iowa, on January 5, 1942, to Lehman and Edith Christensen. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa in...
Lenora M. Conrad
Dec 31, 2007
Lenora Maxine Conrad, daughter of Andrew and Sadie (Benson) Flug, was born on May 2, 1926, north of Red Line, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin, Iowa. Lenora attended country grade school and was a member of the class of 1944 from Irwin High School. On August 20, 1949, Lenora was united in...
Pauline C. Ohlinger
Dec 31, 2007
Pauline Christine Ohlinger, daughter of John and Lena (Plambeck) Huebner, was born on May 5, 1922, in Harrison County, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa and attended St. Mary�s Catholic School through the twelfth grade. On October 7, 1940, Pauline was united in marriage to Lawrence Ohlinger at...
Noi Lovan
Dec 27, 2007
Noi Lovan was born January 14, 1931 in Sonla, North Vietnam, the daughter of Neuy and Da Luong. She was raised there until moving to Laos. In 1950 she was married to Mouane Lovan and resided in Laos until moving to Keokuk, Iowa in 1980. Due to Mr. Lovan?s failing health Mouane and Noi moved to Denison in 1987 to...
Myrtle I. Gearhart
Dec 22, 2007
Myrtle Irene Gearhart, daughter of Jacob and Gustava (Strand) Thompson, was born in Irwin, Iowa on March 29, 1913. She attended school in Irwin and graduated with the class of 1930. After high school, Myrtle was united in marriage to Orrell Gearhart in Yankton, South Dakota, and to this union, four children were born. A few years after their marriage,...
Orvis Behrens
Dec 18, 2007
Orvis K. Behrens, son of John C. and Alma C. Behrens, born on a farm in Lincoln Township in East Pottawattamie County near Walnut, Iowa, October 10, 1916. He was baptized at First Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa and attended country school in East Pottawattamie County. When he reached adulthood, he continued to work in the area until 1936 at...
Donald L. Yankey
Dec 17, 2007
Donald L. Yankey was born on the farm at Denison, Iowa, April 12, 1921, the son of Ira J. and Mabel Shives Yankey. He was raised on the farm receiving his elementary education in the rural schools before being graduated from the Denison High School with the class of 1938. Following high school he farmed. On July 29, 1941, Donald...
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.
