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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
James "Jim" Alan Lueth
Oct 9, 2024
James Alan Lueth passed away peacefully on Wednesday October 9th surrounded by family at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, NE following a hard-fought battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Jim was the fifth of six children born to Harold and Laura Jean Lueth and grew up on a farm southeast of Manilla. Jim loved to compete in high school sports. Some...
Karl Axel Sandberg
Oct 8, 2024
Karl Axel Sandberg was born on July 17, 1952, in Ida Grove, Iowa and passed away peacefully on October 8, 2024, at Gracewell in Denison, Iowa. He was the youngest of the two boys of William Sandberg and Frances (Carlson) Sandberg. He was Baptized at Odebolt Lutheran Church, Odebolt on September 7, 1952, and Confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church, Odebolt...
Tracy Ann Johnson
Oct 5, 2024
Tracy Ann Johnson, of Avoca, IA, beloved mother, Grammy, sister, and friend, passed away at the age of 61 on October 5, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Born on September 20, 1963, the youngest of the Stanionis sisters was born to Joseph and Melva Stanionis. Tracy Ann Johnson, TAS to her classmates and close friends. Her roots began in...
Jack Claussen
Oct 4, 2024
John Henry (Jack) Claussen Jr. November 13, 1924 - October 4, 2024 Jack was born on the family farm near Harlan, Iowa (Lincoln Township) to John and Hazel (Carlyle) Claussen. He attended Lincoln Township School #8 and graduated from Harlan Community High School in 1942. After high school he farmed with his parents. He served in the Army from 1945...
Miss Delores Lavonne Wangler
Oct 4, 2024
Delores LaVonne Wangler, daughter of James E. Wangler and Florence Lena (Schultz) Wangler was born March 1, 1942, at her farm home near Odebolt, Iowa. She attended Kiron Public School through 8th grade and then attended Denison Community School for her high school years graduating with the class of 1960. Following graduation she attended Commercial Extension in Omaha. On November...
Margit Paulsen
Sep 30, 2024
Margit Ruth (Madsen) Paulsen, who died on September 30, 2024 at her home in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was born on a farm near Marne, Iowa on October 3, 1935. She was the second child of Oga and Ella Madsen, who immigrated from Denmark in 1931. Her earliest education took place in a one-room country school, to which she walked every...
Helen Juelsgaard
Sep 29, 2024
Helen Ann Juelsgaard was born on October 24, 1922, on the family farm near Defiance, Iowa, the second oldest of ten children to Nicholas and Mary (Eckerman) Kenkel. Her family and her faith were the mainstay of her life. She attended St. Paul Catholic School in Defiance, graduating with the Class of 1939, and attended one year of college at...
Susan E. Ronnfeldt
Sep 28, 2024
On July 23, 1947, Susan E. Ronnfeldt, was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa to John and Clara (Schuttloffel) Scheffler. Susan was baptized at the Methodist Church in Hancock and confirmed at the First Lutheran Church in Avoca. She attended grade school and high school in Avoca and graduated from AvoHa High School in 1965. After high school, she attended beauty...
Angela Griffen
Sep 28, 2024
Angela Marie Griffen, born on June 9, 1973, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. Her parents were Burton and Peggy (Olive) Simms. Angie graduated from college with a Licensed Practical Nursing degree. She was united in marriage to Rodney Griffen on January 7, 1995 in Harlan, Iowa. Together they raised Cassandra and Joshua. Angie touched the...
Thomas Edward True
Sep 27, 2024
Thomas Edward True, son of Warren and Joyce (Schuning) True, was born on September 20, 1951, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended grade school and high school in Avoca, Iowa. On December 1, 1989, Tom was united in marriage to Cheryl Alderson in Walnut, Iowa. Tom owned and operated his own trucking company and for the last 20 years he...
Jennifer Holtz
Sep 25, 2024
Jennifer Anne Holtz was born at Jennie Ed hospital in Council Bluffs 3/29/79 to Dale and Debra Holtz. She grew up on a farm outside of Harlan, Iowa. Was a member of the Monroe Merry Makers 4H Club and the Harlan FFA. Graduated from Harlan in 1997. Her years on the farm gave her a love of animals so she...
Beverly Nelson
Sep 24, 2024
Beverly Nelson, daughter of Walter F. And Jean (Gibson) Kuster was born August 11, 1939, in Harlan, Iowa. She attended and graduated from Persia High School in Persia, Iowa. Bev loved reading books and baking. She loved visiting with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She always had great neighbors that stopped by often for a visit and a snack....
Russell Dean Hansen
Sep 18, 2024
Russell Dean Hansen, 65, of Avoca, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, leaving behind a legacy of love, laughter, and hard work. Born on December 28, 1958 in Harlan, Iowa to Bernard and Elizabeth (Allerton) Hansen. Dean grew up on a farm near Tennant, Iowa, where he spent his childhood raising hogs and cattle alongside his father. This...
Clarence Joseph Coenen
Sep 18, 2024
On February 2, 1932, Godfrey "Shorty" and Agnes (Michalski) Coenen welcomed Clarence Joseph Coenen into the world. He was born in the same house as his father, located 1.5 miles west of Westphalia, IA, where his grandparents Martin and Regina (Zimmerman) had originally lived. Clarence was the fifth of eight children. He was baptized at St. Boniface Catholic Church in...
Douglas Burmeister
Sep 17, 2024
Douglas Henry Burmeister was born May 27, 1955 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, IA to Raymond Martin Burmeister and Ina Rock Burmeister. He was raised in Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, IA, growing up and attending elementary school in Hancock, IA and graduating from AvoHa High School in 1973. After graduation, he attended Northwest Missouri State University, majored in...
William "Bill" Stuhr
Sep 16, 2024
Bill was born on February 3, 1937, to Milda Errett and Edward Stuhr. He attended Harlan Schools until he left at a young age to help with the family farm. In 1954, he joined the United States Air Force. He was medically discharged after a Jeep accident. He owned several body shops and loved working on cars. He also loved...
Delores Schaben
Sep 15, 2024
Delores Johanna Schaben, daughter of David and Agnes (Sturm) Wiederin, was born on September 8, 1932, on her parents' farm in rural Scranton, Iowa. As a young child, her family moved to a farm near Mt. Carmel, Iowa, where she was educated at Mt. Carmel Catholic School. Delores met Charlie Schaben at a dance in Arcadia, Iowa in February 1955....
Adam Croghan
Sep 9, 2024
Adam Croghan, son of Christine (Cooperrider) and husband Bob Madsen and Michael Croghan, was born on May 11, 2002 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He graduated high school from Woodward Granger High School in 2023. He loved power rangers, superman, puzzles, going camping and on walks. He loved attending school and was so proud to graduate. He loved and cherished his...
Linda Zimmerman
Sep 6, 2024
Linda Zimmerman was born to Bessie and Sherman Haas on February 7, 1950 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She attended school and graduated from Shelby Tennant High School in 1968. Linda found the love of her life when she met Del Zimmerman. They were united in marriage on November 25, 1972. To this union two children were born, Shane and Karen....
Ronald Jensen
Sep 3, 2024
Ronald David Jensen was born February 4, 1930 in Logan (Hardscratch) Iowa to Grant and Mildred (Davis) Jensen. Ron attended school at Mount Hope country school until the family moved to their farm in 1941 near Harlan where he continued country school at Lincoln No 1. He and his brothers and sister would ride the family's pony "Daisy" to school...
James "Jim" Alan Lueth
Oct 9, 2024
James Alan Lueth passed away peacefully on Wednesday October 9th surrounded by family at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, NE following a hard-fought battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Jim was the fifth of six children born to Harold and Laura Jean Lueth and grew up on a farm southeast of Manilla. Jim loved to compete in high school sports. Some...
Karl Axel Sandberg
Oct 8, 2024
Karl Axel Sandberg was born on July 17, 1952, in Ida Grove, Iowa and passed away peacefully on October 8, 2024, at Gracewell in Denison, Iowa. He was the youngest of the two boys of William Sandberg and Frances (Carlson) Sandberg. He was Baptized at Odebolt Lutheran Church, Odebolt on September 7, 1952, and Confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church, Odebolt...
Tracy Ann Johnson
Oct 5, 2024
Tracy Ann Johnson, of Avoca, IA, beloved mother, Grammy, sister, and friend, passed away at the age of 61 on October 5, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Born on September 20, 1963, the youngest of the Stanionis sisters was born to Joseph and Melva Stanionis. Tracy Ann Johnson, TAS to her classmates and close friends. Her roots began in...
Jack Claussen
Oct 4, 2024
John Henry (Jack) Claussen Jr. November 13, 1924 - October 4, 2024 Jack was born on the family farm near Harlan, Iowa (Lincoln Township) to John and Hazel (Carlyle) Claussen. He attended Lincoln Township School #8 and graduated from Harlan Community High School in 1942. After high school he farmed with his parents. He served in the Army from 1945...
Miss Delores Lavonne Wangler
Oct 4, 2024
Delores LaVonne Wangler, daughter of James E. Wangler and Florence Lena (Schultz) Wangler was born March 1, 1942, at her farm home near Odebolt, Iowa. She attended Kiron Public School through 8th grade and then attended Denison Community School for her high school years graduating with the class of 1960. Following graduation she attended Commercial Extension in Omaha. On November...
Margit Paulsen
Sep 30, 2024
Margit Ruth (Madsen) Paulsen, who died on September 30, 2024 at her home in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was born on a farm near Marne, Iowa on October 3, 1935. She was the second child of Oga and Ella Madsen, who immigrated from Denmark in 1931. Her earliest education took place in a one-room country school, to which she walked every...
Helen Juelsgaard
Sep 29, 2024
Helen Ann Juelsgaard was born on October 24, 1922, on the family farm near Defiance, Iowa, the second oldest of ten children to Nicholas and Mary (Eckerman) Kenkel. Her family and her faith were the mainstay of her life. She attended St. Paul Catholic School in Defiance, graduating with the Class of 1939, and attended one year of college at...
Susan E. Ronnfeldt
Sep 28, 2024
On July 23, 1947, Susan E. Ronnfeldt, was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa to John and Clara (Schuttloffel) Scheffler. Susan was baptized at the Methodist Church in Hancock and confirmed at the First Lutheran Church in Avoca. She attended grade school and high school in Avoca and graduated from AvoHa High School in 1965. After high school, she attended beauty...
Angela Griffen
Sep 28, 2024
Angela Marie Griffen, born on June 9, 1973, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. Her parents were Burton and Peggy (Olive) Simms. Angie graduated from college with a Licensed Practical Nursing degree. She was united in marriage to Rodney Griffen on January 7, 1995 in Harlan, Iowa. Together they raised Cassandra and Joshua. Angie touched the...
Thomas Edward True
Sep 27, 2024
Thomas Edward True, son of Warren and Joyce (Schuning) True, was born on September 20, 1951, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended grade school and high school in Avoca, Iowa. On December 1, 1989, Tom was united in marriage to Cheryl Alderson in Walnut, Iowa. Tom owned and operated his own trucking company and for the last 20 years he...
Jennifer Holtz
Sep 25, 2024
Jennifer Anne Holtz was born at Jennie Ed hospital in Council Bluffs 3/29/79 to Dale and Debra Holtz. She grew up on a farm outside of Harlan, Iowa. Was a member of the Monroe Merry Makers 4H Club and the Harlan FFA. Graduated from Harlan in 1997. Her years on the farm gave her a love of animals so she...
Beverly Nelson
Sep 24, 2024
Beverly Nelson, daughter of Walter F. And Jean (Gibson) Kuster was born August 11, 1939, in Harlan, Iowa. She attended and graduated from Persia High School in Persia, Iowa. Bev loved reading books and baking. She loved visiting with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She always had great neighbors that stopped by often for a visit and a snack....
Russell Dean Hansen
Sep 18, 2024
Russell Dean Hansen, 65, of Avoca, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, leaving behind a legacy of love, laughter, and hard work. Born on December 28, 1958 in Harlan, Iowa to Bernard and Elizabeth (Allerton) Hansen. Dean grew up on a farm near Tennant, Iowa, where he spent his childhood raising hogs and cattle alongside his father. This...
Clarence Joseph Coenen
Sep 18, 2024
On February 2, 1932, Godfrey "Shorty" and Agnes (Michalski) Coenen welcomed Clarence Joseph Coenen into the world. He was born in the same house as his father, located 1.5 miles west of Westphalia, IA, where his grandparents Martin and Regina (Zimmerman) had originally lived. Clarence was the fifth of eight children. He was baptized at St. Boniface Catholic Church in...
Douglas Burmeister
Sep 17, 2024
Douglas Henry Burmeister was born May 27, 1955 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, IA to Raymond Martin Burmeister and Ina Rock Burmeister. He was raised in Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, IA, growing up and attending elementary school in Hancock, IA and graduating from AvoHa High School in 1973. After graduation, he attended Northwest Missouri State University, majored in...
William "Bill" Stuhr
Sep 16, 2024
Bill was born on February 3, 1937, to Milda Errett and Edward Stuhr. He attended Harlan Schools until he left at a young age to help with the family farm. In 1954, he joined the United States Air Force. He was medically discharged after a Jeep accident. He owned several body shops and loved working on cars. He also loved...
Delores Schaben
Sep 15, 2024
Delores Johanna Schaben, daughter of David and Agnes (Sturm) Wiederin, was born on September 8, 1932, on her parents' farm in rural Scranton, Iowa. As a young child, her family moved to a farm near Mt. Carmel, Iowa, where she was educated at Mt. Carmel Catholic School. Delores met Charlie Schaben at a dance in Arcadia, Iowa in February 1955....
Adam Croghan
Sep 9, 2024
Adam Croghan, son of Christine (Cooperrider) and husband Bob Madsen and Michael Croghan, was born on May 11, 2002 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He graduated high school from Woodward Granger High School in 2023. He loved power rangers, superman, puzzles, going camping and on walks. He loved attending school and was so proud to graduate. He loved and cherished his...
Linda Zimmerman
Sep 6, 2024
Linda Zimmerman was born to Bessie and Sherman Haas on February 7, 1950 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She attended school and graduated from Shelby Tennant High School in 1968. Linda found the love of her life when she met Del Zimmerman. They were united in marriage on November 25, 1972. To this union two children were born, Shane and Karen....
Ronald Jensen
Sep 3, 2024
Ronald David Jensen was born February 4, 1930 in Logan (Hardscratch) Iowa to Grant and Mildred (Davis) Jensen. Ron attended school at Mount Hope country school until the family moved to their farm in 1941 near Harlan where he continued country school at Lincoln No 1. He and his brothers and sister would ride the family's pony "Daisy" to school...
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.
