Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Mary Jean Zimmerman
Dec 13, 2007
Mary Jean Zimmerman was born to Frances Payor Andersen and Joseph Holister of Omaha, Nebraska on May 25, 1927. Several weeks after her birth, she was placed in Saint James Orphanage where she was baptized and remained until John and Theresa Schechinger of Westphalia, Iowa, adopted her on February 5, 1929. She grew to maturity on her parents� farm, attended...
Marie A. Gubbels
Dec 11, 2007
Marie Ann Gubbels was born on March 30, 1913, to Nicholas and Anna (Weihs) Gubbels on a farm near Westphalia, Iowa. She attended school at St. Boniface Catholic School in Westphalia and graduated with the Class of 1932. After her schooling, she worked as a midwife delivering babies. She also worked as a caregiver and cared for many families in...
Phyllis C. Gross
Dec 9, 2007
Phyllis Charlotte (Stuhr) Gross was born on June 13, 1924 to John H and Opal (Voge) Stuhr on their farm south of Minden, Iowa. She attended Valley View country school south of her farm for eight years and then graduated from Minden High School. She then went to a teachers college in Red Oak, Iowa where she got her teaching...
Gerald J. Zimmerman
Dec 8, 2007
Gerald Joseph Zimmerman was born on December 30, 1953, in Harlan, Iowa to Roman and Patricia (Sullivan) Zimmerman. He was one of six boys born in the family. Gerald attended school in Manilla, Iowa. Gerald left the farm in 1973 and moved to the Omaha area and started working as a cashier at a gas station in Papillion, Nebraska. Gerald...
Florence A. Johnk
Dec 8, 2007
Florence Arline Johnk, daughter of William and Edith (Dieatrick) Lehnhardt, was born on December 11, 1927, in Anita, Iowa. She attended country school in Lincoln Township and graduated from Lewis, Iowa high school with the class of 1945. After graduating from high school, Florence started teaching country school. On December 12, 1946, Florence was united in marriage to Virgil Schaaf...
Edna C. Sampson
Dec 4, 2007
Edna Christine Sampson, the daughter of William and Marie Noelek Thies, was born on October 13, 1915 on her parents farm outside of Denison, Iowa. She was baptized on November 7, 1915 and confirmed on January 28, 1935 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Denison, Iowa. She attended country school near Denison and worked on her parents farm helping her...
Louis Osterlund
Dec 2, 2007
Louis L. Osterlund was born at Vail, Iowa, September 1, 1926, the son of Louis and Leta Mae Westcott Osterlund. He was raised there where he received his education, graduating from the Vail High School. In 1945 Louis was united in marriage with Margaret "Muggy" Higgins and their union was blessed with five children, Marilyn, Sammi, Robert, Steven and Chris....
Kathryn E. Fink
Nov 26, 2007
Kathryn E. Fink was born on a farm near Vail, Iowa, February 8, 1921, the daughter of Jess C. and Cora E. Chapman Nielsen. She was raised at Deloit, Iowa, where she received her education graduating from the Deloit High School with the class of 1939. On May 12, 1940, Kathryn was united in marriage with Donald E. Fink at...
Leroy James Rose
Nov 26, 2007
LeRoy James Rose was born at North Grove in Crawford County, Iowa, on April 23, 1933, the son of LeRoy E. and Catherine (Kline) Rose. When Jim was 4 years old the family moved to a farm in the Gallands Grove area where he was raised and attended a country school, receiving his elementary education. As a teen, he drove...
Dale Richard Miller Sr
Nov 20, 2007
Of Canon City , Colorado Who Died On - Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Graveside Service Tuesday, November 20, 2007 -1:00 P.M. St. Mary's Cemetery -Portsmouth, Iowa Survivors include his son Rick Miller of California PDF Printable Version
Jack E. Gaskill
Nov 19, 2007
Jack was born on a farm east of Hamlin in Audubon County on November 10, 1921 to Oscar and Margaret (Anderson) Gaskill. He attended school at country school near Hamlin and later in Gray, Iowa. Jack met his wife, Opal Richards, in Irwin, Iowa. They were later married in Springfield, Nebraska on February 27, 1943. Three children were born to...
Dorothy Boldin
Nov 14, 2007
Dorothy Mae Boldin was born on a farm near Fairfield, Iowa, May 9, 1920, the daughter of Harry and Launa Eagle Riley. In 1931 the family moved to Deloit, Iowa where she was raised, receiving her education in the Stockholm Township #8 rural school. On November 25, 1940 Dorothy was united in marriage with Edward Eggers and he was killed...
Paul Blume
Nov 12, 2007
Paul Arnold Blume was born at Ames, Iowa, July 13, 1939, the son of Arnold J. and Martha Stoltz Blume. When he was young the family moved to the Dow City and Dunlap areas where he was raised and received his education being graduated from the Dow City High School. From April 30, 1956, until his discharge July 31, 1962,...
Donald G. Schechinger
Nov 8, 2007
Donald Gerard Schechinger, son of Elmer and Margaret (Stessman) Schechinger was born on December 7, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa. He was one of fifteen children and had a twin brother, Ron. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa. Don attended school in Harlan, Iowa, and graduated from Harlan Community High School in 1980. He...
Darrell J. Barrett
Nov 2, 2007
Darrell John Barrett, the son of John and Helen L. Holdsworth Barrett, was born on November 3, 1950 in Manning, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Tennant Methodist Church. Darrell attended grade school in Tennant and graduated from Shelby High School. Darrell was united in marriage to Becky Nielsen on April 15, 1972 in Shelby. To this union...
Viola Oneill
Oct 31, 2007
Viola O�Neill was born on February 10, 1916, to Peter and Ane Marie "Mary" (Jensen) Petersen in Harlan, Iowa. She was the second of eight children born to that union. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, Iowa. She attended country school at Jackson No. 8. Viola had moved to Denver, Colorado, and it was there...
Ruth V. Christensen
Oct 22, 2007
Ruth Virginia Christensen, the daughter of Ralph and Karolina (Dethlefs) Brown, was born in James Township, Iowa on March 29, 1919. She was baptized and confirmed in the Avoca Lutheran Church. Ruth attended school in the Hancock area. After her schooling she was employed by the Hancock Telephone Company. Ruth was united in marriage to Milton "Chris" Christensen on August...
Karen J. Resh
Oct 17, 2007
Karen Jean Resh was born on December 28, 1942, in Red Oak, Iowa, to Robert and Flossie (Wheeler) Resh. She attended elementary and high school in Corning, Iowa, graduating with the Class of 1960. After graduation, she began employment at Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company in Omaha, Nebraska, and remained there for twenty years. She later continued her schooling by...
Norma Sommer
Oct 15, 2007
Norma Elizabeth Sommer was born on the farm north of Wall Lake, Iowa, May 20, 1924, the daughter of Edward J. and Ella Kowalke Albrecht. She was raised there and received her education in the Wall Lake Schools from which she graduated with the class of 1941. She furthered her education for two years at Cedar Falls, Iowa, receiving her...
Alice Stedman Longnecker
Oct 13, 2007
daughter of George and Rose Leiting Maneman. She spent her early years there until the family moved to Varina, Iowa, in the late 1930?s where Alice was graduated from St. Columbkille Catholic High School. Following high school Alice and her sister Rae owned and operated a café in Varina where Alice met her future husband, Henry. On August 20, 1946,...
Mary Jean Zimmerman
Dec 13, 2007
Mary Jean Zimmerman was born to Frances Payor Andersen and Joseph Holister of Omaha, Nebraska on May 25, 1927. Several weeks after her birth, she was placed in Saint James Orphanage where she was baptized and remained until John and Theresa Schechinger of Westphalia, Iowa, adopted her on February 5, 1929. She grew to maturity on her parents� farm, attended...
Marie A. Gubbels
Dec 11, 2007
Marie Ann Gubbels was born on March 30, 1913, to Nicholas and Anna (Weihs) Gubbels on a farm near Westphalia, Iowa. She attended school at St. Boniface Catholic School in Westphalia and graduated with the Class of 1932. After her schooling, she worked as a midwife delivering babies. She also worked as a caregiver and cared for many families in...
Phyllis C. Gross
Dec 9, 2007
Phyllis Charlotte (Stuhr) Gross was born on June 13, 1924 to John H and Opal (Voge) Stuhr on their farm south of Minden, Iowa. She attended Valley View country school south of her farm for eight years and then graduated from Minden High School. She then went to a teachers college in Red Oak, Iowa where she got her teaching...
Gerald J. Zimmerman
Dec 8, 2007
Gerald Joseph Zimmerman was born on December 30, 1953, in Harlan, Iowa to Roman and Patricia (Sullivan) Zimmerman. He was one of six boys born in the family. Gerald attended school in Manilla, Iowa. Gerald left the farm in 1973 and moved to the Omaha area and started working as a cashier at a gas station in Papillion, Nebraska. Gerald...
Florence A. Johnk
Dec 8, 2007
Florence Arline Johnk, daughter of William and Edith (Dieatrick) Lehnhardt, was born on December 11, 1927, in Anita, Iowa. She attended country school in Lincoln Township and graduated from Lewis, Iowa high school with the class of 1945. After graduating from high school, Florence started teaching country school. On December 12, 1946, Florence was united in marriage to Virgil Schaaf...
Edna C. Sampson
Dec 4, 2007
Edna Christine Sampson, the daughter of William and Marie Noelek Thies, was born on October 13, 1915 on her parents farm outside of Denison, Iowa. She was baptized on November 7, 1915 and confirmed on January 28, 1935 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Denison, Iowa. She attended country school near Denison and worked on her parents farm helping her...
Louis Osterlund
Dec 2, 2007
Louis L. Osterlund was born at Vail, Iowa, September 1, 1926, the son of Louis and Leta Mae Westcott Osterlund. He was raised there where he received his education, graduating from the Vail High School. In 1945 Louis was united in marriage with Margaret "Muggy" Higgins and their union was blessed with five children, Marilyn, Sammi, Robert, Steven and Chris....
Kathryn E. Fink
Nov 26, 2007
Kathryn E. Fink was born on a farm near Vail, Iowa, February 8, 1921, the daughter of Jess C. and Cora E. Chapman Nielsen. She was raised at Deloit, Iowa, where she received her education graduating from the Deloit High School with the class of 1939. On May 12, 1940, Kathryn was united in marriage with Donald E. Fink at...
Leroy James Rose
Nov 26, 2007
LeRoy James Rose was born at North Grove in Crawford County, Iowa, on April 23, 1933, the son of LeRoy E. and Catherine (Kline) Rose. When Jim was 4 years old the family moved to a farm in the Gallands Grove area where he was raised and attended a country school, receiving his elementary education. As a teen, he drove...
Dale Richard Miller Sr
Nov 20, 2007
Of Canon City , Colorado Who Died On - Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Graveside Service Tuesday, November 20, 2007 -1:00 P.M. St. Mary's Cemetery -Portsmouth, Iowa Survivors include his son Rick Miller of California PDF Printable Version
Jack E. Gaskill
Nov 19, 2007
Jack was born on a farm east of Hamlin in Audubon County on November 10, 1921 to Oscar and Margaret (Anderson) Gaskill. He attended school at country school near Hamlin and later in Gray, Iowa. Jack met his wife, Opal Richards, in Irwin, Iowa. They were later married in Springfield, Nebraska on February 27, 1943. Three children were born to...
Dorothy Boldin
Nov 14, 2007
Dorothy Mae Boldin was born on a farm near Fairfield, Iowa, May 9, 1920, the daughter of Harry and Launa Eagle Riley. In 1931 the family moved to Deloit, Iowa where she was raised, receiving her education in the Stockholm Township #8 rural school. On November 25, 1940 Dorothy was united in marriage with Edward Eggers and he was killed...
Paul Blume
Nov 12, 2007
Paul Arnold Blume was born at Ames, Iowa, July 13, 1939, the son of Arnold J. and Martha Stoltz Blume. When he was young the family moved to the Dow City and Dunlap areas where he was raised and received his education being graduated from the Dow City High School. From April 30, 1956, until his discharge July 31, 1962,...
Donald G. Schechinger
Nov 8, 2007
Donald Gerard Schechinger, son of Elmer and Margaret (Stessman) Schechinger was born on December 7, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa. He was one of fifteen children and had a twin brother, Ron. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa. Don attended school in Harlan, Iowa, and graduated from Harlan Community High School in 1980. He...
Darrell J. Barrett
Nov 2, 2007
Darrell John Barrett, the son of John and Helen L. Holdsworth Barrett, was born on November 3, 1950 in Manning, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Tennant Methodist Church. Darrell attended grade school in Tennant and graduated from Shelby High School. Darrell was united in marriage to Becky Nielsen on April 15, 1972 in Shelby. To this union...
Viola Oneill
Oct 31, 2007
Viola O�Neill was born on February 10, 1916, to Peter and Ane Marie "Mary" (Jensen) Petersen in Harlan, Iowa. She was the second of eight children born to that union. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, Iowa. She attended country school at Jackson No. 8. Viola had moved to Denver, Colorado, and it was there...
Ruth V. Christensen
Oct 22, 2007
Ruth Virginia Christensen, the daughter of Ralph and Karolina (Dethlefs) Brown, was born in James Township, Iowa on March 29, 1919. She was baptized and confirmed in the Avoca Lutheran Church. Ruth attended school in the Hancock area. After her schooling she was employed by the Hancock Telephone Company. Ruth was united in marriage to Milton "Chris" Christensen on August...
Karen J. Resh
Oct 17, 2007
Karen Jean Resh was born on December 28, 1942, in Red Oak, Iowa, to Robert and Flossie (Wheeler) Resh. She attended elementary and high school in Corning, Iowa, graduating with the Class of 1960. After graduation, she began employment at Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company in Omaha, Nebraska, and remained there for twenty years. She later continued her schooling by...
Norma Sommer
Oct 15, 2007
Norma Elizabeth Sommer was born on the farm north of Wall Lake, Iowa, May 20, 1924, the daughter of Edward J. and Ella Kowalke Albrecht. She was raised there and received her education in the Wall Lake Schools from which she graduated with the class of 1941. She furthered her education for two years at Cedar Falls, Iowa, receiving her...
Alice Stedman Longnecker
Oct 13, 2007
daughter of George and Rose Leiting Maneman. She spent her early years there until the family moved to Varina, Iowa, in the late 1930?s where Alice was graduated from St. Columbkille Catholic High School. Following high school Alice and her sister Rae owned and operated a café in Varina where Alice met her future husband, Henry. On August 20, 1946,...
