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Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home

In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones

Karla Jean Pauley

Karla Jean Pauley

May 29, 2019

Karla Jean Kirby Pauley was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on March 15, 1933. She was the third and only surviving child of Edgar Franklin Kirby and Lucy Irene May Kirby. Karla attended country school, eventually earning her high school diploma from Harlan High School in 1950. After high school, she worked for Bud and Bruce Ouren of Ouren Title...

Doyle Eugene Gilland, Jr.

Doyle Eugene Gilland, Jr.

May 28, 2019

Doyle Eugene Gilland, Jr., was born on July 8th, 1957 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to the late Doyle Gilland Sr. and Dorothy J. Davis (Blankenship). Doyle was the owner of Gilland Trucking and operated mainly in the Western Iowa area. After his ownership of over 25 years, he began working at the Menard's Distribution Center in Shelby. Doyle was the...

Julie Kay Bruck

Julie Kay Bruck

May 28, 2019

Julie Kay Bruck, daughter of Randall and Vivian (Sorensen) Lytle, was born September 10, 1955 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Tennant, Iowa and later joined the Catholic Church. She attended Harlan High School , where she graduated with the class of 1974. She then attended college at St....

Charlotte Jean Frank

Charlotte Jean Frank

May 27, 2019

Charlotte Jean Frank, daughter of Charles and Evelyn (Cory) Moore, was born on June 20, 1933 in Coon Rapids, Iowa. She was baptized at Coon Rapids Annunciation Church and later confirmed at St. Ann’s Church in Vail, Iowa and grew up attending the Coon Rapids Community Schools. On November 11, 1950, Charlotte was united in marriage to Harold Joseph Frank...

Anna Mae Leuschen

Anna Mae Leuschen

May 24, 2019

Anna Mae Leuschen, daughter of Joe and Mayme (Kobold) Blum was born April 14, 1919 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized, received her First Holy Communion, and was confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School where she graduated with the class of 1937. In the summer of 1937, Anna Mae attended Normal Training...

Joanne Hanson

Joanne Hanson

May 21, 2019

Joanne Mae Page Hanson was born December 31, 1941 to Edward Page and Gladys Metcalf at Choate Memorial Hospital in Woburn, Massachusetts. She spent her life in Massachusetts and then moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. She married and had two children Janet and Jeff. They later divorced. She moved to California in the mid 60's and began work at Continental...

Madeline Mae Ehlers

Madeline Mae Ehlers

May 21, 2019

Madeline Mae Ehlers, daughter of Melvin and Bernice (Zolck) Coontz was born on March 9, 1928 in Logan, Iowa. When Madeline was five and her sister Reva was two, Bernice answered an advertisement placed by Albert Zolck for a housekeeper at his family farm. Bernice came to the interview with the two girls and was given the job. It was...

Robert "Bob" Lee Jacobsen

Robert "Bob" Lee Jacobsen

May 18, 2019

Robert “Bob” Lee Jacobsen, son of Fred and LaVerne (Kahl) Jacobsen was born on November 8, 1931, at the Jacobsen family farm southeast of Hancock, Iowa. He was one of 4 children born. He was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa and is a member of the Hancock Methodist Church. Bob attended Valley No. 5 country...

Robert Lee Meier

Robert Lee Meier

May 15, 2019

Robert Lee Meier, son of Fred and Edna (Dobernecker) Meier, was born May 20, 1941 on the family farm near Persia, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Persia. He attended Persia High School, where he graduated with the class of 1959. In February of 1964, Robert entered the US Army Reserves before serving active...

Marvin J. Kenkel

Marvin J. Kenkel

May 15, 2019

Marvin Joseph Kenkel was born on May 30, 1928 on a farm near Earling, Iowa to Herman and Katherine (Kobold) Kenkel. He attended Earling schools up until 8th grade when he left to help his parents farm. Marvin and his family moved to a farm in Portsmouth in 1942. In 1952, Marvin married Dorothy Frederick. She passed away on March...

Michael Christensen

Michael Christensen

May 12, 2019

Michael Jeffery Christensen, son of Gerald and Rita (Ditzler) Christensen, was born on February 28, 1962 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended school at Tri-Center Schools in Pottawattamie County, Iowa through the tenth grade. When his family moved to Portsmouth, Iowa, Michael began his career in the construction business. On July 23, 1985, Michael was united in marriage to June...

Lavina Blum

Lavina Blum

May 11, 2019

Lavina Ann Schwarte Blum, daughter of Nick and Agnes (Kenkel) Leinen was born in Portsmouth, Iowa on August 25, 1917. She was baptized in Portsmouth and confirmed in Earling, Iowa. She moved with her parents to Earling when she was a little girl. She attended country school for several years then went to St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling. On...

Shirley Boysen

Shirley Boysen

May 9, 2019

Full Obituary Pending Survivors include Jim (Janice) Boysen of Shelby, IA; Tom (Nancy) Boysen of Council Bluffs, IA; JoAnn (Steve) Schauer of Park Rapids, MN; Marsha (Brad) Larson of Sioux Center, IA; Ron (Linda) Boysen of Harlan, IA; Greg (Connie) Boysen of Harlan, IA; 12 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren

Clyde Ellis Kohl

Clyde Ellis Kohl

May 8, 2019

Clyde E. Kohl, son of Julius and Georgia (Nixon) was born on November 29, 1938 in Koch Ridge, Arkansas. He was baptized at the Christian Church and attended church in both Harlan and Audubon over the years. Clyde went to 11 schools throughout his childhood; starting in Arkansas and finishing in Oakland. On June 11, 1960 Clyde was united in...

Kenneth Thielen

Kenneth Thielen

May 6, 2019

Kenneth Louis Thielen, son of Bernard Joseph and Viola Crescentia (Stoll) Thielen, was born February 12, 1935 in Kirkman, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa. He attended grade school at Polk Township #9 Country School, Park Elementary and junior high and high school at Harlan Community School. After high school, he attended...

Donald "Slim" Keith Langer

Donald "Slim" Keith Langer

May 4, 2019

Donald Keith "Slim" Langer was born to Esther (Jacobsen) and Milton Langer on October 7, 1929 at their home in Minden, Iowa. He attended country schools in Minden, Walnut, Avoca and Hancock. He graduated from Avoca High School in 1947. He played football and baseball, and his high school football coach nicknamed him "Slim." One of his classmates, Betty Carroll,...

Wilfred Weihs

Wilfred Weihs

May 4, 2019

Wilfred Casper Weihs, son of Anton and Catherine (Stinn) Weihs, was born on March 27, 1923 on the family farm in Grove Township near Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance and was an active Catholic throughout his life. Wilfred acquired his alias nickname, Tub, as a small child. He attended Grove Township...

Dale L. Feser

Dale L. Feser

Apr 27, 2019

Dale Leo Feser was born July 25, 1952 in Manning, Iowa, the second son of Leo and Bernice (Schulte) Feser. Dale attended both Elementary and High School in Irwin, Iowa. He was the right hand to his mother in helping on the family farm near Defiance, Iowa. Dale was very shy and quiet as a teen. He loved animals, and...

Gertrude Hull

Gertrude Hull

Apr 26, 2019

No obituary found for this tribute.

Jeffery Otis Stokes

Jeffery Otis Stokes

Apr 21, 2019

Jeffery Otis Stokes Romans 5 begins: Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our...

Karla Jean Pauley

Karla Jean Pauley

May 29, 2019

Karla Jean Kirby Pauley was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on March 15, 1933. She was the third and only surviving child of Edgar Franklin Kirby and Lucy Irene May Kirby. Karla attended country school, eventually earning her high school diploma from Harlan High School in 1950. After high school, she worked for Bud and Bruce Ouren of Ouren Title...

Doyle Eugene Gilland, Jr.

Doyle Eugene Gilland, Jr.

May 28, 2019

Doyle Eugene Gilland, Jr., was born on July 8th, 1957 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to the late Doyle Gilland Sr. and Dorothy J. Davis (Blankenship). Doyle was the owner of Gilland Trucking and operated mainly in the Western Iowa area. After his ownership of over 25 years, he began working at the Menard's Distribution Center in Shelby. Doyle was the...

Julie Kay Bruck

Julie Kay Bruck

May 28, 2019

Julie Kay Bruck, daughter of Randall and Vivian (Sorensen) Lytle, was born September 10, 1955 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Tennant, Iowa and later joined the Catholic Church. She attended Harlan High School , where she graduated with the class of 1974. She then attended college at St....

Charlotte Jean Frank

Charlotte Jean Frank

May 27, 2019

Charlotte Jean Frank, daughter of Charles and Evelyn (Cory) Moore, was born on June 20, 1933 in Coon Rapids, Iowa. She was baptized at Coon Rapids Annunciation Church and later confirmed at St. Ann’s Church in Vail, Iowa and grew up attending the Coon Rapids Community Schools. On November 11, 1950, Charlotte was united in marriage to Harold Joseph Frank...

Anna Mae Leuschen

Anna Mae Leuschen

May 24, 2019

Anna Mae Leuschen, daughter of Joe and Mayme (Kobold) Blum was born April 14, 1919 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized, received her First Holy Communion, and was confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School where she graduated with the class of 1937. In the summer of 1937, Anna Mae attended Normal Training...

Joanne Hanson

Joanne Hanson

May 21, 2019

Joanne Mae Page Hanson was born December 31, 1941 to Edward Page and Gladys Metcalf at Choate Memorial Hospital in Woburn, Massachusetts. She spent her life in Massachusetts and then moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. She married and had two children Janet and Jeff. They later divorced. She moved to California in the mid 60's and began work at Continental...

Madeline Mae Ehlers

Madeline Mae Ehlers

May 21, 2019

Madeline Mae Ehlers, daughter of Melvin and Bernice (Zolck) Coontz was born on March 9, 1928 in Logan, Iowa. When Madeline was five and her sister Reva was two, Bernice answered an advertisement placed by Albert Zolck for a housekeeper at his family farm. Bernice came to the interview with the two girls and was given the job. It was...

Robert "Bob" Lee Jacobsen

Robert "Bob" Lee Jacobsen

May 18, 2019

Robert “Bob” Lee Jacobsen, son of Fred and LaVerne (Kahl) Jacobsen was born on November 8, 1931, at the Jacobsen family farm southeast of Hancock, Iowa. He was one of 4 children born. He was baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa and is a member of the Hancock Methodist Church. Bob attended Valley No. 5 country...

Robert Lee Meier

Robert Lee Meier

May 15, 2019

Robert Lee Meier, son of Fred and Edna (Dobernecker) Meier, was born May 20, 1941 on the family farm near Persia, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Persia. He attended Persia High School, where he graduated with the class of 1959. In February of 1964, Robert entered the US Army Reserves before serving active...

Marvin J. Kenkel

Marvin J. Kenkel

May 15, 2019

Marvin Joseph Kenkel was born on May 30, 1928 on a farm near Earling, Iowa to Herman and Katherine (Kobold) Kenkel. He attended Earling schools up until 8th grade when he left to help his parents farm. Marvin and his family moved to a farm in Portsmouth in 1942. In 1952, Marvin married Dorothy Frederick. She passed away on March...

Michael Christensen

Michael Christensen

May 12, 2019

Michael Jeffery Christensen, son of Gerald and Rita (Ditzler) Christensen, was born on February 28, 1962 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended school at Tri-Center Schools in Pottawattamie County, Iowa through the tenth grade. When his family moved to Portsmouth, Iowa, Michael began his career in the construction business. On July 23, 1985, Michael was united in marriage to June...

Lavina Blum

Lavina Blum

May 11, 2019

Lavina Ann Schwarte Blum, daughter of Nick and Agnes (Kenkel) Leinen was born in Portsmouth, Iowa on August 25, 1917. She was baptized in Portsmouth and confirmed in Earling, Iowa. She moved with her parents to Earling when she was a little girl. She attended country school for several years then went to St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling. On...

Shirley Boysen

Shirley Boysen

May 9, 2019

Full Obituary Pending Survivors include Jim (Janice) Boysen of Shelby, IA; Tom (Nancy) Boysen of Council Bluffs, IA; JoAnn (Steve) Schauer of Park Rapids, MN; Marsha (Brad) Larson of Sioux Center, IA; Ron (Linda) Boysen of Harlan, IA; Greg (Connie) Boysen of Harlan, IA; 12 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren

Clyde Ellis Kohl

Clyde Ellis Kohl

May 8, 2019

Clyde E. Kohl, son of Julius and Georgia (Nixon) was born on November 29, 1938 in Koch Ridge, Arkansas. He was baptized at the Christian Church and attended church in both Harlan and Audubon over the years. Clyde went to 11 schools throughout his childhood; starting in Arkansas and finishing in Oakland. On June 11, 1960 Clyde was united in...

Kenneth Thielen

Kenneth Thielen

May 6, 2019

Kenneth Louis Thielen, son of Bernard Joseph and Viola Crescentia (Stoll) Thielen, was born February 12, 1935 in Kirkman, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa. He attended grade school at Polk Township #9 Country School, Park Elementary and junior high and high school at Harlan Community School. After high school, he attended...

Donald "Slim" Keith Langer

Donald "Slim" Keith Langer

May 4, 2019

Donald Keith "Slim" Langer was born to Esther (Jacobsen) and Milton Langer on October 7, 1929 at their home in Minden, Iowa. He attended country schools in Minden, Walnut, Avoca and Hancock. He graduated from Avoca High School in 1947. He played football and baseball, and his high school football coach nicknamed him "Slim." One of his classmates, Betty Carroll,...

Wilfred Weihs

Wilfred Weihs

May 4, 2019

Wilfred Casper Weihs, son of Anton and Catherine (Stinn) Weihs, was born on March 27, 1923 on the family farm in Grove Township near Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance and was an active Catholic throughout his life. Wilfred acquired his alias nickname, Tub, as a small child. He attended Grove Township...

Dale L. Feser

Dale L. Feser

Apr 27, 2019

Dale Leo Feser was born July 25, 1952 in Manning, Iowa, the second son of Leo and Bernice (Schulte) Feser. Dale attended both Elementary and High School in Irwin, Iowa. He was the right hand to his mother in helping on the family farm near Defiance, Iowa. Dale was very shy and quiet as a teen. He loved animals, and...

Gertrude Hull

Gertrude Hull

Apr 26, 2019

No obituary found for this tribute.

Jeffery Otis Stokes

Jeffery Otis Stokes

Apr 21, 2019

Jeffery Otis Stokes Romans 5 begins: Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our...

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