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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
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Dorothy Ella Katherine Salmon
Sep 2, 2022
Dorothy Ella Katherine Salmon, daughter of Fred and Emma (Spahn) Schramm, was born on October 26th, 1922 in Arthur, Iowa. Dorothy was baptized November 26th, 1922 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Iowa. She was confirmed on March 21st, 1937 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Iowa. Dorothy graduated from the Arthur High School with the...
Raiya Jeanne Christensen
Aug 28, 2022
My name is Raiya but mom and dad like to call me Raiya Jeanne. I was born at 1:24 pm on August 15, 2022 at the Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska and weighed 7lbs and 12 ounces. Although, from the start, I faced many obstacles entering this world, I came into this world welcomed by my loving parents and...
Lois Joan Zacharias
Aug 25, 2022
Lois Joan Zacharias was born January 18, 1927 in Persia, Iowa to John and Emma Gramkow. She was a lifetime member at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Persia, Iowa. Lois attended country school for most of her childhood. When she started high school, she went to Persia High School. After graduation, she raised her children. Lois raised her three kids...
Darline Walsh
Aug 22, 2022
HER JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN Darline Wickham Walsh was born on August 23, 1926, the daughter of Ervin O. and Jeanette Uhlenhopp Wickham. She died Monday, August 22, 2022, at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of 95. Darline was born in Dumont, Iowa. She was baptized in the United Brethren Church in Dumont. On April...
Shirley Marie Brensel
Aug 21, 2022
Shirley Marie Brensel, daughter of Raymond and Rosella (Daniel) Kasperbauer was born August 6, 1952. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Church in Audubon, Iowa. She attended school in Gray, Audubon, and Irwin. On November 14, 1970, Shirley was united in marriage to Ricky Ray Brensel. The couple made their home in Irwin. A short time later they...
Phyllis Jean Plumb
Aug 18, 2022
Phyllis Jean Plumb was born on January 12, 1951 to Francis Benton and Ruth Gretchen (Parker) Plumb in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Phyllis was born a twin alongside her brother, Philip John Plumb. Phyllis was born into a growing family and would help raise and nurture more siblings in the years to come. Phyllis followed in her parents love for gardening...
Darla Mcginnis
Aug 17, 2022
Full obituary pending Survivors include her children Katrina McKeever of Des Moines, IA; Bradley (Sierra) McGinnis of Mitchellville, IA; 4 grandchildren: Katie and Matthew McKeever; Ryker and Cooper McGinnis; mother Carol Kyle of Avoca, IA; brother Daryl Danker of Charleston, SC
Larry Dean Mikels
Aug 13, 2022
Larry Dean Mikels was born on May 30th, 1943 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Edward and Ileine (Ulfers) Mikels. He was baptized and completed his first communion at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa. As for school, he would tell everyone he was too good for it as he only managed to make it to sixth grade. Larry would...
Kevin Rasmussen
Aug 12, 2022
Kevin Earl Rasmussen Kevin Earl Rasmussen was born on July 17, 1968, in Harlan, IA to Michael E. and Suzanne M. (Greer) Rasmussen of rural Kirkman. He was born one week before his father was sent to Vietnam to serve his country in the Army. During his father’s service, Kevin and his mother lived with his grandparents, Marvin & Iva...
Mike James Mikels
Aug 12, 2022
Mike James Mikels, son of Michael and Sanda (Beauchamp) Mikels was born on December 17, 1965 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. He attended Harlan Community High School, graduating with the class of 1984. After high school, Mike joined the United States Army, he served his country honorably until April 1986....
Mary I. Schmitz
Aug 11, 2022
Mary I. Schmitz Mary Isabelle Schmitz was born September 18, 1926 to George and Anna (Gau) Weihs on a farm in Lincoln Township, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa. She graduated with the class of 1944 from St. Boniface Catholic Schools. On November 22, 1950, Mary was united in marriage to Leland...
Darlene Schuster
Aug 8, 2022
Darlene Joyce (Goshorn) Schuster was born on January 22, 1935, to Glenn and Bernadeen (Albertus) Goshorn in Avoca, Iowa. She attended Puder Country School near Oakland, Iowa until 1945, and then attended Shelby High School and graduated in 1952. After high school, she attended Commercial Extension School of Business in Omaha from June of 1952 to June of 1953. Darlene...
David Arthur Kohl
Aug 4, 2022
David Arthur Kohl, son of William and Rosemarie (Miner) Kohl, was born on April 27, 1957 in Harlan, Iowa. He was a member of the Living Church of God in Omaha and attended grade school and high school in Woodbine, graduating with the class of 1975. On June 6, 1981, David was united in marriage to Tami Petersen in Kimballton,...
Douglas Langer
Aug 4, 2022
Douglas Brian Langer, son of Donald and Betty (Carroll) Langer, was born on March 26, 1948 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended grade school in Walnut, Hancock and Avoca, and graduated from Avo-Ha in 1966. After graduation he attended Iowa State University for a year and played baseball. In 1967, he was united in marriage to Barbara Stevens. To this...
Ruth Mary Henkelman
Aug 4, 2022
Ruth Henkelman, daughter of Francis and Mary Jane (Culotta) Henkelman was born June 29, 1952 in Harlan, Iowa. As a child, she attended catholic school in Defiance through the 10th grade before attending Harlan Community Schools graduating with the class of 1970. After graduation, Ruth attended St. Mary’s where she double majored in Music and double minored in English. While...
Eileen Denning
Jul 31, 2022
Eileen Frances (Murphy) Denning was the eighth child born to J.P. and Sophie (Kaup) Murphy on June 4, 1939 at home in Stuart, NE. She was a faithful member of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Stuart. Eileen and her siblings rode a horse to a one-room country school for their elementary education; except for the years they made their First...
Katherine Irene Nielsen
Jul 30, 2022
Katherine Irene (Swanson) Nielsen was born in Storm Lake, Iowa on November 7th, 1961, as the fifth child of nine to Darrell and Elizabeth (Blume) Swanson. She was raised in Fonda, Iowa until 1966 when the family moved to Denison, IA to the first house built by Darrell on 24th Street. In 1976, the family relocated to the second home...
Donald Leroy Wright
Jul 28, 2022
Donald (LeRoy) Wright was born on December 4, 1942 at the Porath Clinic in Storm Lake, Iowa, to Mary Robinson Wright and Donald Wright. He was raised on a farm near Schaller, Iowa. He attended elementary school at Cook #3 Country School near Schaller and high school at Schaller Community School. After graduating high school in 1961, he attended University...
Marie Elaine Suhr
Jul 28, 2022
Marie Elaine Suhr, daughter of Theodore and Mildred (Vern) Zurek Filipowicz, was born in Omaha, NE, on August 26th, 1942. She was baptized, and confirmed at St. Bridgets, located in South Omaha. She both attended, and graduated from South High in Omaha, Nebraska. She then went to work at Bell Telephone Company. It was there that one of her co-workers...
Arlene Adams
Jul 25, 2022
Arlene Adams was born November 12, 1924 in Jacksonville, Iowa, Shelby County to Andrew and Emma Andersen. She was the youngest of 13 children and was baptized and later confirmed at Jacksonville Lutheran Church. Arlene attended Jackson #5 country school and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1942. She married Forrest Adams on July 21, 1943 at...
Dorothy Ella Katherine Salmon
Sep 2, 2022
Dorothy Ella Katherine Salmon, daughter of Fred and Emma (Spahn) Schramm, was born on October 26th, 1922 in Arthur, Iowa. Dorothy was baptized November 26th, 1922 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Iowa. She was confirmed on March 21st, 1937 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Iowa. Dorothy graduated from the Arthur High School with the...
Raiya Jeanne Christensen
Aug 28, 2022
My name is Raiya but mom and dad like to call me Raiya Jeanne. I was born at 1:24 pm on August 15, 2022 at the Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska and weighed 7lbs and 12 ounces. Although, from the start, I faced many obstacles entering this world, I came into this world welcomed by my loving parents and...
Lois Joan Zacharias
Aug 25, 2022
Lois Joan Zacharias was born January 18, 1927 in Persia, Iowa to John and Emma Gramkow. She was a lifetime member at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Persia, Iowa. Lois attended country school for most of her childhood. When she started high school, she went to Persia High School. After graduation, she raised her children. Lois raised her three kids...
Darline Walsh
Aug 22, 2022
HER JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN Darline Wickham Walsh was born on August 23, 1926, the daughter of Ervin O. and Jeanette Uhlenhopp Wickham. She died Monday, August 22, 2022, at Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of 95. Darline was born in Dumont, Iowa. She was baptized in the United Brethren Church in Dumont. On April...
Shirley Marie Brensel
Aug 21, 2022
Shirley Marie Brensel, daughter of Raymond and Rosella (Daniel) Kasperbauer was born August 6, 1952. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Church in Audubon, Iowa. She attended school in Gray, Audubon, and Irwin. On November 14, 1970, Shirley was united in marriage to Ricky Ray Brensel. The couple made their home in Irwin. A short time later they...
Phyllis Jean Plumb
Aug 18, 2022
Phyllis Jean Plumb was born on January 12, 1951 to Francis Benton and Ruth Gretchen (Parker) Plumb in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Phyllis was born a twin alongside her brother, Philip John Plumb. Phyllis was born into a growing family and would help raise and nurture more siblings in the years to come. Phyllis followed in her parents love for gardening...
Darla Mcginnis
Aug 17, 2022
Full obituary pending Survivors include her children Katrina McKeever of Des Moines, IA; Bradley (Sierra) McGinnis of Mitchellville, IA; 4 grandchildren: Katie and Matthew McKeever; Ryker and Cooper McGinnis; mother Carol Kyle of Avoca, IA; brother Daryl Danker of Charleston, SC
Larry Dean Mikels
Aug 13, 2022
Larry Dean Mikels was born on May 30th, 1943 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Edward and Ileine (Ulfers) Mikels. He was baptized and completed his first communion at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa. As for school, he would tell everyone he was too good for it as he only managed to make it to sixth grade. Larry would...
Kevin Rasmussen
Aug 12, 2022
Kevin Earl Rasmussen Kevin Earl Rasmussen was born on July 17, 1968, in Harlan, IA to Michael E. and Suzanne M. (Greer) Rasmussen of rural Kirkman. He was born one week before his father was sent to Vietnam to serve his country in the Army. During his father’s service, Kevin and his mother lived with his grandparents, Marvin & Iva...
Mike James Mikels
Aug 12, 2022
Mike James Mikels, son of Michael and Sanda (Beauchamp) Mikels was born on December 17, 1965 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. He attended Harlan Community High School, graduating with the class of 1984. After high school, Mike joined the United States Army, he served his country honorably until April 1986....
Mary I. Schmitz
Aug 11, 2022
Mary I. Schmitz Mary Isabelle Schmitz was born September 18, 1926 to George and Anna (Gau) Weihs on a farm in Lincoln Township, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa. She graduated with the class of 1944 from St. Boniface Catholic Schools. On November 22, 1950, Mary was united in marriage to Leland...
Darlene Schuster
Aug 8, 2022
Darlene Joyce (Goshorn) Schuster was born on January 22, 1935, to Glenn and Bernadeen (Albertus) Goshorn in Avoca, Iowa. She attended Puder Country School near Oakland, Iowa until 1945, and then attended Shelby High School and graduated in 1952. After high school, she attended Commercial Extension School of Business in Omaha from June of 1952 to June of 1953. Darlene...
David Arthur Kohl
Aug 4, 2022
David Arthur Kohl, son of William and Rosemarie (Miner) Kohl, was born on April 27, 1957 in Harlan, Iowa. He was a member of the Living Church of God in Omaha and attended grade school and high school in Woodbine, graduating with the class of 1975. On June 6, 1981, David was united in marriage to Tami Petersen in Kimballton,...
Douglas Langer
Aug 4, 2022
Douglas Brian Langer, son of Donald and Betty (Carroll) Langer, was born on March 26, 1948 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended grade school in Walnut, Hancock and Avoca, and graduated from Avo-Ha in 1966. After graduation he attended Iowa State University for a year and played baseball. In 1967, he was united in marriage to Barbara Stevens. To this...
Ruth Mary Henkelman
Aug 4, 2022
Ruth Henkelman, daughter of Francis and Mary Jane (Culotta) Henkelman was born June 29, 1952 in Harlan, Iowa. As a child, she attended catholic school in Defiance through the 10th grade before attending Harlan Community Schools graduating with the class of 1970. After graduation, Ruth attended St. Mary’s where she double majored in Music and double minored in English. While...
Eileen Denning
Jul 31, 2022
Eileen Frances (Murphy) Denning was the eighth child born to J.P. and Sophie (Kaup) Murphy on June 4, 1939 at home in Stuart, NE. She was a faithful member of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Stuart. Eileen and her siblings rode a horse to a one-room country school for their elementary education; except for the years they made their First...
Katherine Irene Nielsen
Jul 30, 2022
Katherine Irene (Swanson) Nielsen was born in Storm Lake, Iowa on November 7th, 1961, as the fifth child of nine to Darrell and Elizabeth (Blume) Swanson. She was raised in Fonda, Iowa until 1966 when the family moved to Denison, IA to the first house built by Darrell on 24th Street. In 1976, the family relocated to the second home...
Donald Leroy Wright
Jul 28, 2022
Donald (LeRoy) Wright was born on December 4, 1942 at the Porath Clinic in Storm Lake, Iowa, to Mary Robinson Wright and Donald Wright. He was raised on a farm near Schaller, Iowa. He attended elementary school at Cook #3 Country School near Schaller and high school at Schaller Community School. After graduating high school in 1961, he attended University...
Marie Elaine Suhr
Jul 28, 2022
Marie Elaine Suhr, daughter of Theodore and Mildred (Vern) Zurek Filipowicz, was born in Omaha, NE, on August 26th, 1942. She was baptized, and confirmed at St. Bridgets, located in South Omaha. She both attended, and graduated from South High in Omaha, Nebraska. She then went to work at Bell Telephone Company. It was there that one of her co-workers...
Arlene Adams
Jul 25, 2022
Arlene Adams was born November 12, 1924 in Jacksonville, Iowa, Shelby County to Andrew and Emma Andersen. She was the youngest of 13 children and was baptized and later confirmed at Jacksonville Lutheran Church. Arlene attended Jackson #5 country school and graduated from Harlan High School with the class of 1942. She married Forrest Adams on July 21, 1943 at...
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.
