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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Janice Niemann
Mar 9, 2022
Janice Helen (Osborne) Niemann was born on July 18, 1933 in Mason City, Iowa, to Edgar and Helen (Brudevold) Osborne. She grew up in Mason City, Iowa and graduated from Mason City High School with the class of 1951. After graduation she attended Iowa State University for 1 year. On February 25, 1956, Janice united in marriage to David Niemann...
Ramona Yates
Mar 8, 2022
Ramona Agnes Olson Yates daughter of Art and Leana (Windeshausen) Olson, was born February 9, 1939 in Panama, Iowa. She was the 11th of 14 children. Monie grew up in Harlan, Iowa and later moved to Glenwood in 1957 when she married Donald L. Yates. They had 8 children together. Throughout her years living in Glenwood, Ramona was a stay...
Charles "Bud" Kyle
Mar 6, 2022
Charles “Bud” Kyle was born to Charles and Frances (Hester) Kyle in Des Moines, Iowa on June 4, 1931. He was the eldest of ten siblings. Everyone knew Charles as “Bud” or “Buddy”. He was a proud father of four children: Christy, Craig, Cary and Carla. In 1971, Bud met Carol Danker, and they added Daryl and Arla to their...
William Roof
Mar 3, 2022
William Henry Roof, son of Carl and Cora (Plate) Roof, was born on October 14, 1935, in Searsboro, Iowa. Upon graduation from high school, Bill was inducted into the United States Air Force where he was stationed in Germany and served from 1955-1959. After being discharged from the Air Force, Bill attended the American Institute of Business in Des Moines...
Ricky Taylor,
Mar 3, 2022
Ricky Lynn Taylor, son of Sharon and Donald Taylor was born on May 19, 1966 in Atlantic Iowa. He attended Anita Schools and graduated from Anita High School in 1984. Ricky had a life-long love for cars. He had a 1968 Pontiac Firebird and a GMC pickup that he and a few of his friends enjoyed working on. Ricky liked...
Zachary Robin Freese
Feb 28, 2022
Zachary Robin Freese was born on March 27, 1994 at Manning Regional Healthcare Center in Manning, Iowa to Kathy Meier Freese and Rob Freese. When Zach was little he loved to spend time with his cousins Alex and Anthony. Alex and Zach would spend endless hours playing Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon cards. They dressed up as Dragon Ball Z...
Patricia Alyce Duistermars
Feb 27, 2022
Patricia A. Duistermars, 84, Avoca, Iowa, formerly of Alton, Iowa, died February 27, 2022, at the Avoca Care Initiatives, Specialty Care Center. A private family service is being planned for the interment of her ashes. Patti was born on May 26, 1937, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the daughter of Elmer J. Lund and Florence (Boyd) Lund. Following graduation from...
Kimberly Jene Carrier
Feb 27, 2022
Kimberly Jene Carrier daughter of Mary Ann (Porter) Trierweiler and Gerry Dean Ballantyne, Sr. was born July 15, 1970 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She was baptized in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Hinsdale, Massachusetts. Kimberly attended the Harlan Community Schools. She started nursing school at Iowa Western Community College in Harlan, Iowa. Kimberly married Travis Carrier April 22, 1989 in...
Delores Ann Krummel
Feb 26, 2022
DeLores Ann Krummel was born on April 1, 1933 in Rural Hancock, Iowa to Harry and Edna (Brandes) Grobe. She was baptized at the Silver Creek Church in Hancock and was a long time member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca. DeLores attended grade school at the country school in Rural Hancock and then graduated from Minden High School...
Laverne Dale Will
Feb 24, 2022
LaVerne Dale Will, son of Emil and Bernyce (Constable) Will was born on November 16, 1943. LaVerne attended school in Irwin. After high school LaVerne enlisted into the US Army. He entered the service on December 16, 1962 and served until December 6, 1965 when he got an honorable discharge for early release as an overseas return. After his discharge,...
Anna Rueschenberg
Feb 23, 2022
Anna Marie Rueschenberg daughter of August and Mary Frances (Kaufmann) Hastert was born January 20, 1927, in Westphalia. Her parents met while working as hired hands for Charles and Barbara Wageman. Anna was born on the John Wageman homestead. She was baptized in Westphalia, moved as an infant to the Engle farm her parents purchased in Panama, and was confirmed...
Bernie E Mann
Feb 21, 2022
Bernie E Mann, son of Wilma Hull and Bernard Mann, was born on March 23, 1931, in Treynor, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at a church in Treynor and graduated from Treynor High School with the class of 1949. After graduation, Bernie attended Iowa State University and majored in Ag Education, was member of the fraternity Phi Gamma Delta...
Lynn Sandquist
Feb 19, 2022
Lynn (Weberg) Sandquist peacefully passed away in her sleep at 7:30AM Saturday, February 19, 2022 at the Pillars Hospice Home in Oakdale, MN. Lynn and her husband Ron have been residents of Woodbury, MN since 1970. Lynn was born in Denison, Iowa on April 29,1942. Her youth was spent at the Weberg family farm in Kiron, Iowa and then the...
George T. Schwery
Feb 15, 2022
George Theodore Schwery was born June 25, 1930, in Panama, Iowa, the first born son of Anton and Alexia (Hoffman) Schwery. He died February 15, 2022, at the age of 91, in the company of family and staff in Hansen House, Harlan, Iowa. George and Maxine Book met at the last dance before Lent, and were married January 21, 1956,...
Matthew Summers
Feb 13, 2022
Matthew Bernard Summers, son of Charlie and Judy Summers was born May 6, 1970 in Harlan, Iowa. He graduated from Harlan High School in 1988 and went on to get an associates degree from Iowa Western Community College in 1990. Matt loved playing the guitar and was in the band Dead End with Gary Petersen and Jamie and Jason Burmeister...
Marie Arentson
Feb 12, 2022
Marie Arentson passed away on February 12th, 2022 at the Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan, Iowa. Marie Emma Steenbock Arentson and her twin sister Eunice were born to Henry and Meta Ehlers Steenbock on August 8th, 1929 on a farm near Persia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Persia. Marie attended school in...
Connie Jean Witt
Feb 11, 2022
Connie Jean Witt, the tenth of eleven children, was born to Glen Witt and Blanche Marie (Kruse) Witt Husted on April 18, 1939 in Oskaloosa Iowa. She attended Fremont Early Elementary until the family moved to Illinois. Connie married Lloyd Hagerman in 1953, they divorced in 1957. Following the divorce Connie lived with Zeno (Jiggs) Neubauer for thirty three years...
Emma Lou Mccomb
Feb 11, 2022
Emma Lou McComb, daughter of Henry and Hilda (Gregosches) Schneller, was born May 31, 1932 near Schleswig, Iowa. She was the third of 6 children. Emma was baptized as a baby, and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in 1949 at St. John’s Church near Kiron, Iowa. She spent her youth in the Schleswig and Deloit area, where she attended school....
Paul Kruse
Feb 9, 2022
Paul Harley Kruse, son of Harley Paul and Teresa (Pfeifer) Kruse was born May 13, 1953 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized at St. Anne Catholic Church in Logan, Iowa and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa, where he’s been a member since the 2nd grade. Paul graduated from Harlan High School with the class of...
V. Gary Olsen
Feb 7, 2022
Vern Gary Olsen (Gary) was born at home in Marquette, Nebraska on August 24, 1937. He was the second child of Fred and Ruby Olsen. His older brother, Fredrick, Jr., died shortly after birth. His childhood adventures in Central City with his younger brother, Ron, shaped his life. It was a life full of family and peppered with the unique...
Janice Niemann
Mar 9, 2022
Janice Helen (Osborne) Niemann was born on July 18, 1933 in Mason City, Iowa, to Edgar and Helen (Brudevold) Osborne. She grew up in Mason City, Iowa and graduated from Mason City High School with the class of 1951. After graduation she attended Iowa State University for 1 year. On February 25, 1956, Janice united in marriage to David Niemann...
Ramona Yates
Mar 8, 2022
Ramona Agnes Olson Yates daughter of Art and Leana (Windeshausen) Olson, was born February 9, 1939 in Panama, Iowa. She was the 11th of 14 children. Monie grew up in Harlan, Iowa and later moved to Glenwood in 1957 when she married Donald L. Yates. They had 8 children together. Throughout her years living in Glenwood, Ramona was a stay...
Charles "Bud" Kyle
Mar 6, 2022
Charles “Bud” Kyle was born to Charles and Frances (Hester) Kyle in Des Moines, Iowa on June 4, 1931. He was the eldest of ten siblings. Everyone knew Charles as “Bud” or “Buddy”. He was a proud father of four children: Christy, Craig, Cary and Carla. In 1971, Bud met Carol Danker, and they added Daryl and Arla to their...
William Roof
Mar 3, 2022
William Henry Roof, son of Carl and Cora (Plate) Roof, was born on October 14, 1935, in Searsboro, Iowa. Upon graduation from high school, Bill was inducted into the United States Air Force where he was stationed in Germany and served from 1955-1959. After being discharged from the Air Force, Bill attended the American Institute of Business in Des Moines...
Ricky Taylor,
Mar 3, 2022
Ricky Lynn Taylor, son of Sharon and Donald Taylor was born on May 19, 1966 in Atlantic Iowa. He attended Anita Schools and graduated from Anita High School in 1984. Ricky had a life-long love for cars. He had a 1968 Pontiac Firebird and a GMC pickup that he and a few of his friends enjoyed working on. Ricky liked...
Zachary Robin Freese
Feb 28, 2022
Zachary Robin Freese was born on March 27, 1994 at Manning Regional Healthcare Center in Manning, Iowa to Kathy Meier Freese and Rob Freese. When Zach was little he loved to spend time with his cousins Alex and Anthony. Alex and Zach would spend endless hours playing Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon cards. They dressed up as Dragon Ball Z...
Patricia Alyce Duistermars
Feb 27, 2022
Patricia A. Duistermars, 84, Avoca, Iowa, formerly of Alton, Iowa, died February 27, 2022, at the Avoca Care Initiatives, Specialty Care Center. A private family service is being planned for the interment of her ashes. Patti was born on May 26, 1937, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the daughter of Elmer J. Lund and Florence (Boyd) Lund. Following graduation from...
Kimberly Jene Carrier
Feb 27, 2022
Kimberly Jene Carrier daughter of Mary Ann (Porter) Trierweiler and Gerry Dean Ballantyne, Sr. was born July 15, 1970 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She was baptized in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Hinsdale, Massachusetts. Kimberly attended the Harlan Community Schools. She started nursing school at Iowa Western Community College in Harlan, Iowa. Kimberly married Travis Carrier April 22, 1989 in...
Delores Ann Krummel
Feb 26, 2022
DeLores Ann Krummel was born on April 1, 1933 in Rural Hancock, Iowa to Harry and Edna (Brandes) Grobe. She was baptized at the Silver Creek Church in Hancock and was a long time member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca. DeLores attended grade school at the country school in Rural Hancock and then graduated from Minden High School...
Laverne Dale Will
Feb 24, 2022
LaVerne Dale Will, son of Emil and Bernyce (Constable) Will was born on November 16, 1943. LaVerne attended school in Irwin. After high school LaVerne enlisted into the US Army. He entered the service on December 16, 1962 and served until December 6, 1965 when he got an honorable discharge for early release as an overseas return. After his discharge,...
Anna Rueschenberg
Feb 23, 2022
Anna Marie Rueschenberg daughter of August and Mary Frances (Kaufmann) Hastert was born January 20, 1927, in Westphalia. Her parents met while working as hired hands for Charles and Barbara Wageman. Anna was born on the John Wageman homestead. She was baptized in Westphalia, moved as an infant to the Engle farm her parents purchased in Panama, and was confirmed...
Bernie E Mann
Feb 21, 2022
Bernie E Mann, son of Wilma Hull and Bernard Mann, was born on March 23, 1931, in Treynor, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at a church in Treynor and graduated from Treynor High School with the class of 1949. After graduation, Bernie attended Iowa State University and majored in Ag Education, was member of the fraternity Phi Gamma Delta...
Lynn Sandquist
Feb 19, 2022
Lynn (Weberg) Sandquist peacefully passed away in her sleep at 7:30AM Saturday, February 19, 2022 at the Pillars Hospice Home in Oakdale, MN. Lynn and her husband Ron have been residents of Woodbury, MN since 1970. Lynn was born in Denison, Iowa on April 29,1942. Her youth was spent at the Weberg family farm in Kiron, Iowa and then the...
George T. Schwery
Feb 15, 2022
George Theodore Schwery was born June 25, 1930, in Panama, Iowa, the first born son of Anton and Alexia (Hoffman) Schwery. He died February 15, 2022, at the age of 91, in the company of family and staff in Hansen House, Harlan, Iowa. George and Maxine Book met at the last dance before Lent, and were married January 21, 1956,...
Matthew Summers
Feb 13, 2022
Matthew Bernard Summers, son of Charlie and Judy Summers was born May 6, 1970 in Harlan, Iowa. He graduated from Harlan High School in 1988 and went on to get an associates degree from Iowa Western Community College in 1990. Matt loved playing the guitar and was in the band Dead End with Gary Petersen and Jamie and Jason Burmeister...
Marie Arentson
Feb 12, 2022
Marie Arentson passed away on February 12th, 2022 at the Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan, Iowa. Marie Emma Steenbock Arentson and her twin sister Eunice were born to Henry and Meta Ehlers Steenbock on August 8th, 1929 on a farm near Persia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Persia. Marie attended school in...
Connie Jean Witt
Feb 11, 2022
Connie Jean Witt, the tenth of eleven children, was born to Glen Witt and Blanche Marie (Kruse) Witt Husted on April 18, 1939 in Oskaloosa Iowa. She attended Fremont Early Elementary until the family moved to Illinois. Connie married Lloyd Hagerman in 1953, they divorced in 1957. Following the divorce Connie lived with Zeno (Jiggs) Neubauer for thirty three years...
Emma Lou Mccomb
Feb 11, 2022
Emma Lou McComb, daughter of Henry and Hilda (Gregosches) Schneller, was born May 31, 1932 near Schleswig, Iowa. She was the third of 6 children. Emma was baptized as a baby, and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in 1949 at St. John’s Church near Kiron, Iowa. She spent her youth in the Schleswig and Deloit area, where she attended school....
Paul Kruse
Feb 9, 2022
Paul Harley Kruse, son of Harley Paul and Teresa (Pfeifer) Kruse was born May 13, 1953 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized at St. Anne Catholic Church in Logan, Iowa and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa, where he’s been a member since the 2nd grade. Paul graduated from Harlan High School with the class of...
V. Gary Olsen
Feb 7, 2022
Vern Gary Olsen (Gary) was born at home in Marquette, Nebraska on August 24, 1937. He was the second child of Fred and Ruby Olsen. His older brother, Fredrick, Jr., died shortly after birth. His childhood adventures in Central City with his younger brother, Ron, shaped his life. It was a life full of family and peppered with the unique...
