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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Stacy Lynn Rock
Apr 14, 2022
Another star was added as Stacy Lynn Rock unexpectedly passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, having attained the age of 53 years, 3 months and 7 days. She will now be reunited with her grandparents and favorite cousin Amy Heffernan. Stacy was born January 7, 1969 to Jim and Phyllis (Anderson) Fouts in...
Faye Jacobsen
Apr 13, 2022
Faye Lauree (Backhaus) Jacobsen passed away on April 13, 2022, at her home in Harlan, Iowa, on her 80th birthday. She was born in Manilla, Iowa, on April 13, 1942, to the late Clarence and Irene Backhaus. She attended Manilla High School and Commercial Extension in Omaha. Faye lived and worked in Harlan for over 55 years. On December 20,...
Steve Allen Purdy
Apr 9, 2022
Steve Allen Purdy was born in Saugus, California on March 24, 1969, to Howard Purdy Jr. and Kathleen (Wollesen) Hunt. He attended Denison School in Denison, Iowa from elementary through high school, graduating with the class of 1988. On July 21, 2018 Steve was united in marriage to Denise Hjuler. To this union 6 children joined the family: PJ, Taylor,...
Gerald Reinig
Apr 8, 2022
Gerald John Reinig was born November 30, 1923, on a farm near Panama, Iowa, to John and Margaret (Schwery) Reinig. Gerald attended country school house #7 in Washington Township, which is now displayed as a museum in Panama, Iowa. He finished 8th grade and then worked on the family’s farm and planting checked corn, picking corn by hand, thrashing crops,...
Verda Johnson
Apr 8, 2022
Verda was born on a farm, near Redline, in Shelby County, Iowa in 1925 and her parents moved the family to Omaha in 1930. Verda met Folmer Johnson on her uncle’s farm and they were married in 1947. They welcomed 3 children to their family, Kent, Kevin, and Cindy. Folmer and Verda farmed in Southwest Iowa until Folmer’s retirement in...
Diane Marie Hess
Apr 6, 2022
Diane Marie Hess, daughter of Alfred and Joan (Schmidt) Leinen, was born on June 17, 1960 in Manning, Iowa. She was part of Harlan Community High School's Graduating Class of 1978. Diane was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Earling, lowa. On December 31, 1977, Diane was united in marriage to Rodney Hess at St. Joseph's Catholic...
Evelyn Marie Staller
Apr 3, 2022
Evelyn Marie Staller was born January 19, 1914, the daughter of Carsten and Marie Christiansen. She passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2022 at Eventide at the age of 108 years and 3 months. Evelyn was born in Crofton, Nebraska and baptized. At the age of 4 her family moved to Denison, Iowa. She was confirmed at Zion Lutheran. She...
William David Roberts
Apr 2, 2022
W. David Roberts was born on September 14, 1938, to Durward and Lois Rogers Roberts in Loveland, Iowa. He passed away on April 2, 2022, at age 83. Dave graduated from Missouri Valley High School in 1956. Following graduation, he began a successful life-long career in the insurance industry and was also an active southwestern Iowa real estate investor. For...
Anna Margaret Kenney
Mar 30, 2022
Anna M. Kenney Anna Margaret Kenney, born December 9, 1923 at the Leinen farmstead a couple miles east of Portsmouth, Iowa. The fifth child of ten, born to Peter Frances and Mary (Thielen) Leinen. Baptized, confirmed, schooled, and married at St. Mary’s Church in Portsmouth. Married to Phillip David Kenney of Persia, Iowa. Six sons: Patrick, Michael, Timothy, Donald, Daniel,...
William John Erlbacher
Mar 29, 2022
William John Erlbacher was born on November 24,1938 on the family farm three miles north of Earling, he was the youngest of six children of Leonard and Valeria. Bill attended St. Joseph's Catholic School where he enjoyed playing basketball and baseball, graduating in 1957. In 1962 Bill married Joan Gross, also from rural Earling, where they raised six children, Michelle,...
Donald V. Nielsen
Mar 27, 2022
Donald Virgil Nielsen, age 91, died on March 27, 2022, at the Avoca Specialty Care facility. Donald was born on December 27, 1930, to Harold P. Nielsen and Maren (Christensen) Nielsen on his grandfather Christian Martin Nielsen’s farm in Knox Township. Donald was baptized and confirmed at the English Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. He attended his early school days...
Donald Wayne Hoemann
Mar 26, 2022
Donald Hoemann was born July 15, 1929, the son of Herman and Winifred (Breyfogle) Hoemann. He was born at home with twin sister Dorothy in Grant Township, O’Brien County, near Sutherland, Iowa. In 1938 the family moved to Crawford County where his parents purchased a farm. While helping his parents with the farming operations, Don completed his elementary education in...
Clinton D. Kienast
Mar 25, 2022
Clinton Dale Kienast, son of Arthur and Gwendolyn (Gaskill) Kienast was born on July 24, 1941 in Audubon, Iowa. He attended country school near Gray and Manning. He graduated from Irwin High School. On September 7, 1963, Clint was united in marriage to Kathryn Rasmussen in Harlan, Iowa. To this union two children were born: Julie and Michael. Clint worked...
Donald J. Dahlof
Mar 20, 2022
Donald James Dahlof, 94, died Sunday, March 20, in Harlan, IA at Elm Crest Senior Living Community. He was born to James Earl and Ella Petersen Dahlof on Sept. 20, 1927, on the family farm in Polk Township, Shelby County, joining brother, Howard, and sister, Arlene. Donald attended country school at Polk No. 4 and graduated from Kirkman High School...
Delores Ann Holihan
Mar 17, 2022
Delores Ann Holihan, daughter of Alfred and Elsie (Busskohl) Stehr, was born on March 21, 1936, in Boyer, Iowa. She attended the Deloit school all the way from grade school through high school in Deloit, graduating with the class of 1954. On March 25, 1956, Delores was united in marriage to Richard Holihan, at the First United Methodist Church in...
Lowell Grant Jensen
Mar 14, 2022
Lowell Grant Jensen was born December 8, 1928 in Logan, IA (Hardscratch) to Grant and Mildred (Davis) Jensen. Lowell grew up attending Mount Hope country school until the family moved to Harlan where he continued country school in Shelby County. While farming with his father, Lowell also worked as a postal carrier in rural Iowa because he had the right...
Charles G. Grabill
Mar 12, 2022
Charles Galen Grabill, son of Gale and Martha (Ericksen) Grabill was born on February 6, 1932 on a farm east of Harlan. Charles attended Center Township Country School and graduated in 1950 from the Harlan High School. On August 14, 1950 Charles married Twyla Plagmann at the Little Brown Church in the Vale at Nashua, Iowa. They lived on on...
Mildred Clara Reinig
Mar 12, 2022
Mildred Clara Reinig (Millie) was born on September 3, 1929, to George and Clara Buman. Because Clara Buman was recovering from an emergency appendectomy a few days earlier, Millie was born at the Harlan Hospital. The fourth of ten children, she was the only one not to be born at home. Millie grew up on her father's farm north of...
Richard Alan Jorgensen
Mar 12, 2022
Richard Jorgensen, son of Gary and Camelia (Olsen) Jorgensen was born January 17, 1964 in Davenport, Iowa. As a child he enjoyed playing with his sisters Rachelle and Christy in the big blue house, spending countless hours with his grandparents and great-grandparents, shenanigans with the neighborhood boys, family trips, and weeks at Bible Camp. Here, Richard was baptized and we...
Arden Hargens
Mar 11, 2022
Arden Lowell Hargens, son of Louie John Peter Hargens and Elsie Catherine Sophia Sinow, was born on April 10, 1940 in Carroll County, Iowa. He attended his first year of public school in Manning, IA until his family moved to a farm west of Manning where he attended country school. He received an Iowa High School admission certificate from Crawford...
Stacy Lynn Rock
Apr 14, 2022
Another star was added as Stacy Lynn Rock unexpectedly passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, having attained the age of 53 years, 3 months and 7 days. She will now be reunited with her grandparents and favorite cousin Amy Heffernan. Stacy was born January 7, 1969 to Jim and Phyllis (Anderson) Fouts in...
Faye Jacobsen
Apr 13, 2022
Faye Lauree (Backhaus) Jacobsen passed away on April 13, 2022, at her home in Harlan, Iowa, on her 80th birthday. She was born in Manilla, Iowa, on April 13, 1942, to the late Clarence and Irene Backhaus. She attended Manilla High School and Commercial Extension in Omaha. Faye lived and worked in Harlan for over 55 years. On December 20,...
Steve Allen Purdy
Apr 9, 2022
Steve Allen Purdy was born in Saugus, California on March 24, 1969, to Howard Purdy Jr. and Kathleen (Wollesen) Hunt. He attended Denison School in Denison, Iowa from elementary through high school, graduating with the class of 1988. On July 21, 2018 Steve was united in marriage to Denise Hjuler. To this union 6 children joined the family: PJ, Taylor,...
Gerald Reinig
Apr 8, 2022
Gerald John Reinig was born November 30, 1923, on a farm near Panama, Iowa, to John and Margaret (Schwery) Reinig. Gerald attended country school house #7 in Washington Township, which is now displayed as a museum in Panama, Iowa. He finished 8th grade and then worked on the family’s farm and planting checked corn, picking corn by hand, thrashing crops,...
Verda Johnson
Apr 8, 2022
Verda was born on a farm, near Redline, in Shelby County, Iowa in 1925 and her parents moved the family to Omaha in 1930. Verda met Folmer Johnson on her uncle’s farm and they were married in 1947. They welcomed 3 children to their family, Kent, Kevin, and Cindy. Folmer and Verda farmed in Southwest Iowa until Folmer’s retirement in...
Diane Marie Hess
Apr 6, 2022
Diane Marie Hess, daughter of Alfred and Joan (Schmidt) Leinen, was born on June 17, 1960 in Manning, Iowa. She was part of Harlan Community High School's Graduating Class of 1978. Diane was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Earling, lowa. On December 31, 1977, Diane was united in marriage to Rodney Hess at St. Joseph's Catholic...
Evelyn Marie Staller
Apr 3, 2022
Evelyn Marie Staller was born January 19, 1914, the daughter of Carsten and Marie Christiansen. She passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2022 at Eventide at the age of 108 years and 3 months. Evelyn was born in Crofton, Nebraska and baptized. At the age of 4 her family moved to Denison, Iowa. She was confirmed at Zion Lutheran. She...
William David Roberts
Apr 2, 2022
W. David Roberts was born on September 14, 1938, to Durward and Lois Rogers Roberts in Loveland, Iowa. He passed away on April 2, 2022, at age 83. Dave graduated from Missouri Valley High School in 1956. Following graduation, he began a successful life-long career in the insurance industry and was also an active southwestern Iowa real estate investor. For...
Anna Margaret Kenney
Mar 30, 2022
Anna M. Kenney Anna Margaret Kenney, born December 9, 1923 at the Leinen farmstead a couple miles east of Portsmouth, Iowa. The fifth child of ten, born to Peter Frances and Mary (Thielen) Leinen. Baptized, confirmed, schooled, and married at St. Mary’s Church in Portsmouth. Married to Phillip David Kenney of Persia, Iowa. Six sons: Patrick, Michael, Timothy, Donald, Daniel,...
William John Erlbacher
Mar 29, 2022
William John Erlbacher was born on November 24,1938 on the family farm three miles north of Earling, he was the youngest of six children of Leonard and Valeria. Bill attended St. Joseph's Catholic School where he enjoyed playing basketball and baseball, graduating in 1957. In 1962 Bill married Joan Gross, also from rural Earling, where they raised six children, Michelle,...
Donald V. Nielsen
Mar 27, 2022
Donald Virgil Nielsen, age 91, died on March 27, 2022, at the Avoca Specialty Care facility. Donald was born on December 27, 1930, to Harold P. Nielsen and Maren (Christensen) Nielsen on his grandfather Christian Martin Nielsen’s farm in Knox Township. Donald was baptized and confirmed at the English Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. He attended his early school days...
Donald Wayne Hoemann
Mar 26, 2022
Donald Hoemann was born July 15, 1929, the son of Herman and Winifred (Breyfogle) Hoemann. He was born at home with twin sister Dorothy in Grant Township, O’Brien County, near Sutherland, Iowa. In 1938 the family moved to Crawford County where his parents purchased a farm. While helping his parents with the farming operations, Don completed his elementary education in...
Clinton D. Kienast
Mar 25, 2022
Clinton Dale Kienast, son of Arthur and Gwendolyn (Gaskill) Kienast was born on July 24, 1941 in Audubon, Iowa. He attended country school near Gray and Manning. He graduated from Irwin High School. On September 7, 1963, Clint was united in marriage to Kathryn Rasmussen in Harlan, Iowa. To this union two children were born: Julie and Michael. Clint worked...
Donald J. Dahlof
Mar 20, 2022
Donald James Dahlof, 94, died Sunday, March 20, in Harlan, IA at Elm Crest Senior Living Community. He was born to James Earl and Ella Petersen Dahlof on Sept. 20, 1927, on the family farm in Polk Township, Shelby County, joining brother, Howard, and sister, Arlene. Donald attended country school at Polk No. 4 and graduated from Kirkman High School...
Delores Ann Holihan
Mar 17, 2022
Delores Ann Holihan, daughter of Alfred and Elsie (Busskohl) Stehr, was born on March 21, 1936, in Boyer, Iowa. She attended the Deloit school all the way from grade school through high school in Deloit, graduating with the class of 1954. On March 25, 1956, Delores was united in marriage to Richard Holihan, at the First United Methodist Church in...
Lowell Grant Jensen
Mar 14, 2022
Lowell Grant Jensen was born December 8, 1928 in Logan, IA (Hardscratch) to Grant and Mildred (Davis) Jensen. Lowell grew up attending Mount Hope country school until the family moved to Harlan where he continued country school in Shelby County. While farming with his father, Lowell also worked as a postal carrier in rural Iowa because he had the right...
Charles G. Grabill
Mar 12, 2022
Charles Galen Grabill, son of Gale and Martha (Ericksen) Grabill was born on February 6, 1932 on a farm east of Harlan. Charles attended Center Township Country School and graduated in 1950 from the Harlan High School. On August 14, 1950 Charles married Twyla Plagmann at the Little Brown Church in the Vale at Nashua, Iowa. They lived on on...
Mildred Clara Reinig
Mar 12, 2022
Mildred Clara Reinig (Millie) was born on September 3, 1929, to George and Clara Buman. Because Clara Buman was recovering from an emergency appendectomy a few days earlier, Millie was born at the Harlan Hospital. The fourth of ten children, she was the only one not to be born at home. Millie grew up on her father's farm north of...
Richard Alan Jorgensen
Mar 12, 2022
Richard Jorgensen, son of Gary and Camelia (Olsen) Jorgensen was born January 17, 1964 in Davenport, Iowa. As a child he enjoyed playing with his sisters Rachelle and Christy in the big blue house, spending countless hours with his grandparents and great-grandparents, shenanigans with the neighborhood boys, family trips, and weeks at Bible Camp. Here, Richard was baptized and we...
Arden Hargens
Mar 11, 2022
Arden Lowell Hargens, son of Louie John Peter Hargens and Elsie Catherine Sophia Sinow, was born on April 10, 1940 in Carroll County, Iowa. He attended his first year of public school in Manning, IA until his family moved to a farm west of Manning where he attended country school. He received an Iowa High School admission certificate from Crawford...
