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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Johnnie J. Erlbacher
Feb 8, 2007
Johnnie J. Erlbacher was born on March 16, 1922, to John and Rose (Wilwerding) Erlbacher in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph�s Catholic Church in Earling and remained a member there throughout his life. He attended St. Joseph Catholic School in Earling through the eighth grade. After his schooling, he began farming in the Earling area....
Inez I. Nielsen
Feb 7, 2007
Inez Irene Nielsen was born on July 26, 1930 on the family farm southwest of Avoca. She was the youngest of four children born to Harry and Edith (Wasser) Pond. She attended Pleasant Township #5 country school and graduated from Shelby High School with the class of 1948. Following high school, Inez worked at the Avoca State Bank. Inez was...
Bernice Buman Schomer
Feb 7, 2007
Bernice Buman Schomer was born on June 14, 1914, in rural Tennant, Iowa, to John and Helen (Rosman) Buman. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima in Portsmouth, Iowa. She attended grade school and graduated from high school in Tennant, Iowa. She went on to attend college at St. Mary�s, Notre Dame in Indiana, and...
Cheryl Ann Musich
Feb 6, 2007
Cheryl Ann Musich was born on April 4, 1944, to Laverne and Josephine (Kohles) Goetzinger in Buck Grove, Iowa. She attended country school near Buck Grove. After moving to the Defiance area, she attended school in Manilla, Iowa, graduating in 1962. She moved to Westphalia, Iowa, in September 1962 where she worked and met the love of her life, Dennis...
Ruth Schmidt
Feb 6, 2007
Ruth M. Schmidt was born on the farm west of Vail, Iowa, where she lived all of her life, November 10, 1928, the daughter of John Robert and Celinda Frances North Algoe. She was baptized at the United Presbyterian Church in Vail December 9, 1928, and confirmed there March 22, 1940. She received her early education, through the third grade,...
Verdell Brus
Feb 5, 2007
Verdell Brus was born at Denison, Iowa, April 1, 1938, the son of Hugo and Elvera Wiedemann Brus. On May 29, 1938, he was baptized at Frieden Evangelical Church in Schleswig and later confirmed at the United Church of Christ in Schleswig. He was raised on the farm and received his early education in the rural schools before being graduated...
Margaret L. Russell
Jan 31, 2007
Margaret Lucille Russell was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 14, 1906. She was the daughter of Frank and Catherine (Coan) Russell and was one of two children in the family. She attended school in Avoca, Iowa and graduated with the class of 1924. Margaret taught in rural schools in Shelby and Pottawattamie County for 29 years and then taught...
Ambrose Gubbels
Jan 30, 2007
Ambrose Nicholas Gubbels was born on March 9, 1925, to Peter and Clara (Bock) Gubbels on a farm near Westphalia, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia where he remained a member until 1984. Ambrose attended St. Boniface Catholic School in Westphalia. In April of 1945, Ambrose was enlisted in the United States Army...
Dean Franken
Jan 27, 2007
Dean Franken was born at Sac City, Iowa, May 18,1922, the son of Walter Henry and Neva Wells Franken. He was raised at Schaller where he received his elementary education at the Eden #3 grade school before being graduated from Hayes High School in Storm Lake, Iowa, with the class of 1937. While in high school he was employed at...
Dewey E. Hansen
Jan 24, 2007
Dewey Ernest Hansen, the son of Ernest and Mamie Ingwers Hansen, was born on November 28, 1918 in Fairview Township, Shelby County, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in the First Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. Dewey attended country school Fairview Township School #1. On September 19, 1945, Dewey was united in marriage to Alta Berniece Hamdorf in Council Bluffs,...
Esther M. Jacobsen
Jan 23, 2007
Esther M. (Rogers) Jacobsen was born on May 1, 1909 in Hancock, Iowa to Edgar and Bertha (Crouch) Rogers. She lived her entire life in Hancock. She graduated from Hancock High School in 1928 and has been active in the Hancock Alumni Association, being the oldest graduate. Esther married Alfred C. Jacobsen on February 6, 1929 in Oakland, Iowa. They...
Dorothy Nadine Reid
Jan 22, 2007
Dorothy Nadine Reid was born on July 11, 1923 to Robert and Ruth (Sargent) Larson in Glenwood, Minnesota, where she spent the first four years of her life. After moving to Harlan, Iowa, she attended the Harlan Community Schools and graduated with the Class of 1941. Upon graduation, Dorothy was united in marriage to Malvern Reid on June 14, 1941...
Marcia Jean Lucke
Jan 21, 2007
Marcia Jean Lucke was born on March 4, 1950 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was the daughter of William and Scena (Nielsen) Lucke and was one of four children in the family. She was baptized at the Congregational Church in Minden, Iowa and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. Marcia attended grade school in the Minden Public...
Dorothy H. Schechinger
Jan 19, 2007
Dorothy Helen Schechinger was born in Earling, Iowa, on February 13, 1909, to Joseph and Mayme (Glawinski) Stephany. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She grew up in Earling and attended the St. Joseph Catholic School in Earling. She was united in marriage to Joseph J. Schechinger on November 20, 1927, at St. Joseph’s...
Patricia Pettus
Jan 15, 2007
Patricia Annette Pettus was born at Ironton, Missouri, November 7, 1956, the daughter of Dale and Barbara Freeland Guinn. Following high school she received training in the health care field. She was united in marriage to Eber Pettus and their union was blessed with three children, Jennifer, Kristopher and Alexis. Patricia died at her home in Denison, Iowa, Monday, January...
Muriel Frances Olsen
Jan 13, 2007
Muriel Frances Olsen was born on October 8, 1916 in the Corley, Iowa area to Thomas and Martha (Rold) Christensen. She graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1933 and attended Ottawa University in Kansas for two years. She taught in country schools in the Cuppy's Grove area. Muriel was united in marriage to Erik A. Olsen on...
Alvin Jensen
Jan 12, 2007
Wilson Alvin Jensen, the son of Jens and Jennie Damgaard Jensen, was born on January 21,1913 in Shelby, Iowa. Alvin and his siblings grew up on his grandfather Jensen's farm northeast of Shelby. He was baptized in the Danish Lutheran Church and later confirmed in the United Lutheran Church in Shelby. Alvin attended country school and Shelby Community School until...
Linda Lou Ahrenholtz
Jan 9, 2007
Linda Lou Ahrenholtz was born on January 10, 1944, to Gaylord and Loretta (Abel) Doonan at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at Monroe Chapel United Methodist Church near Walnut, Iowa. She attended Monroe Township #1 and graduated from Harlan High School in 1962. Linda continued her education at the University of Nebraska Nursing...
Richard R. Schneckloth
Jan 6, 2007
Richard Rudolph Schneckloth, the son of Carl H. �Charley� and Margaret (Schutt) Schneckloth, was born on July 9, 1917 in Benson, Minnesota. Their family moved to the Council Bluffs, Iowa area near Lake Manawa. He attended school at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs. After school, he moved to the Minden area and farmed with his parents and worked...
Irene Marie Reinig
Jan 3, 2007
Irene Marie Reinig was born on February 27, 1930, on a farm near Panama, Iowa, one of nine children born to John and Margaret (Schwery) Reinig. She was baptized, received her first communion, and was confirmed at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama. She remained a member of St. Mary�s Catholic Church until moving to Harlan, Iowa...
Johnnie J. Erlbacher
Feb 8, 2007
Johnnie J. Erlbacher was born on March 16, 1922, to John and Rose (Wilwerding) Erlbacher in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph�s Catholic Church in Earling and remained a member there throughout his life. He attended St. Joseph Catholic School in Earling through the eighth grade. After his schooling, he began farming in the Earling area....
Inez I. Nielsen
Feb 7, 2007
Inez Irene Nielsen was born on July 26, 1930 on the family farm southwest of Avoca. She was the youngest of four children born to Harry and Edith (Wasser) Pond. She attended Pleasant Township #5 country school and graduated from Shelby High School with the class of 1948. Following high school, Inez worked at the Avoca State Bank. Inez was...
Bernice Buman Schomer
Feb 7, 2007
Bernice Buman Schomer was born on June 14, 1914, in rural Tennant, Iowa, to John and Helen (Rosman) Buman. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima in Portsmouth, Iowa. She attended grade school and graduated from high school in Tennant, Iowa. She went on to attend college at St. Mary�s, Notre Dame in Indiana, and...
Cheryl Ann Musich
Feb 6, 2007
Cheryl Ann Musich was born on April 4, 1944, to Laverne and Josephine (Kohles) Goetzinger in Buck Grove, Iowa. She attended country school near Buck Grove. After moving to the Defiance area, she attended school in Manilla, Iowa, graduating in 1962. She moved to Westphalia, Iowa, in September 1962 where she worked and met the love of her life, Dennis...
Ruth Schmidt
Feb 6, 2007
Ruth M. Schmidt was born on the farm west of Vail, Iowa, where she lived all of her life, November 10, 1928, the daughter of John Robert and Celinda Frances North Algoe. She was baptized at the United Presbyterian Church in Vail December 9, 1928, and confirmed there March 22, 1940. She received her early education, through the third grade,...
Verdell Brus
Feb 5, 2007
Verdell Brus was born at Denison, Iowa, April 1, 1938, the son of Hugo and Elvera Wiedemann Brus. On May 29, 1938, he was baptized at Frieden Evangelical Church in Schleswig and later confirmed at the United Church of Christ in Schleswig. He was raised on the farm and received his early education in the rural schools before being graduated...
Margaret L. Russell
Jan 31, 2007
Margaret Lucille Russell was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 14, 1906. She was the daughter of Frank and Catherine (Coan) Russell and was one of two children in the family. She attended school in Avoca, Iowa and graduated with the class of 1924. Margaret taught in rural schools in Shelby and Pottawattamie County for 29 years and then taught...
Ambrose Gubbels
Jan 30, 2007
Ambrose Nicholas Gubbels was born on March 9, 1925, to Peter and Clara (Bock) Gubbels on a farm near Westphalia, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia where he remained a member until 1984. Ambrose attended St. Boniface Catholic School in Westphalia. In April of 1945, Ambrose was enlisted in the United States Army...
Dean Franken
Jan 27, 2007
Dean Franken was born at Sac City, Iowa, May 18,1922, the son of Walter Henry and Neva Wells Franken. He was raised at Schaller where he received his elementary education at the Eden #3 grade school before being graduated from Hayes High School in Storm Lake, Iowa, with the class of 1937. While in high school he was employed at...
Dewey E. Hansen
Jan 24, 2007
Dewey Ernest Hansen, the son of Ernest and Mamie Ingwers Hansen, was born on November 28, 1918 in Fairview Township, Shelby County, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in the First Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. Dewey attended country school Fairview Township School #1. On September 19, 1945, Dewey was united in marriage to Alta Berniece Hamdorf in Council Bluffs,...
Esther M. Jacobsen
Jan 23, 2007
Esther M. (Rogers) Jacobsen was born on May 1, 1909 in Hancock, Iowa to Edgar and Bertha (Crouch) Rogers. She lived her entire life in Hancock. She graduated from Hancock High School in 1928 and has been active in the Hancock Alumni Association, being the oldest graduate. Esther married Alfred C. Jacobsen on February 6, 1929 in Oakland, Iowa. They...
Dorothy Nadine Reid
Jan 22, 2007
Dorothy Nadine Reid was born on July 11, 1923 to Robert and Ruth (Sargent) Larson in Glenwood, Minnesota, where she spent the first four years of her life. After moving to Harlan, Iowa, she attended the Harlan Community Schools and graduated with the Class of 1941. Upon graduation, Dorothy was united in marriage to Malvern Reid on June 14, 1941...
Marcia Jean Lucke
Jan 21, 2007
Marcia Jean Lucke was born on March 4, 1950 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was the daughter of William and Scena (Nielsen) Lucke and was one of four children in the family. She was baptized at the Congregational Church in Minden, Iowa and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. Marcia attended grade school in the Minden Public...
Dorothy H. Schechinger
Jan 19, 2007
Dorothy Helen Schechinger was born in Earling, Iowa, on February 13, 1909, to Joseph and Mayme (Glawinski) Stephany. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She grew up in Earling and attended the St. Joseph Catholic School in Earling. She was united in marriage to Joseph J. Schechinger on November 20, 1927, at St. Joseph’s...
Patricia Pettus
Jan 15, 2007
Patricia Annette Pettus was born at Ironton, Missouri, November 7, 1956, the daughter of Dale and Barbara Freeland Guinn. Following high school she received training in the health care field. She was united in marriage to Eber Pettus and their union was blessed with three children, Jennifer, Kristopher and Alexis. Patricia died at her home in Denison, Iowa, Monday, January...
Muriel Frances Olsen
Jan 13, 2007
Muriel Frances Olsen was born on October 8, 1916 in the Corley, Iowa area to Thomas and Martha (Rold) Christensen. She graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1933 and attended Ottawa University in Kansas for two years. She taught in country schools in the Cuppy's Grove area. Muriel was united in marriage to Erik A. Olsen on...
Alvin Jensen
Jan 12, 2007
Wilson Alvin Jensen, the son of Jens and Jennie Damgaard Jensen, was born on January 21,1913 in Shelby, Iowa. Alvin and his siblings grew up on his grandfather Jensen's farm northeast of Shelby. He was baptized in the Danish Lutheran Church and later confirmed in the United Lutheran Church in Shelby. Alvin attended country school and Shelby Community School until...
Linda Lou Ahrenholtz
Jan 9, 2007
Linda Lou Ahrenholtz was born on January 10, 1944, to Gaylord and Loretta (Abel) Doonan at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at Monroe Chapel United Methodist Church near Walnut, Iowa. She attended Monroe Township #1 and graduated from Harlan High School in 1962. Linda continued her education at the University of Nebraska Nursing...
Richard R. Schneckloth
Jan 6, 2007
Richard Rudolph Schneckloth, the son of Carl H. �Charley� and Margaret (Schutt) Schneckloth, was born on July 9, 1917 in Benson, Minnesota. Their family moved to the Council Bluffs, Iowa area near Lake Manawa. He attended school at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs. After school, he moved to the Minden area and farmed with his parents and worked...
Irene Marie Reinig
Jan 3, 2007
Irene Marie Reinig was born on February 27, 1930, on a farm near Panama, Iowa, one of nine children born to John and Margaret (Schwery) Reinig. She was baptized, received her first communion, and was confirmed at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama. She remained a member of St. Mary�s Catholic Church until moving to Harlan, Iowa...
