Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Marlene Joyce Renfeld
Nov 5, 2018
Marlene Joyce Renfeld, daughter of Delbert and Leone (Densmore) Leslie was born on August 27, 1936 in Harlan, Iowa. She was the oldest of four children. Marlene was baptized and confirmed at United Church of Avoca in Avoca, Iowa. She graduated from Avoca High School with the class of 1954. Marlene was a lifetime member of United Church of Avoca....
Randolph Keith Wellman
Nov 4, 2018
Survivors include his children, Lisa Farr of Harlan, IA; Kari (Corey) Franks of Neola, IA; 6 grandchildren; siblings, David Wellman of Elk Horn, IA; Rita Flora of Eagle, NE Full obituary pending
Shirley Ann Hoffmann
Oct 30, 2018
Shirley Ann Hoffmann, daughter of Harry and Edna (Neighbors) Piittmann, was born on June 10, 1937 in Hancock, Iowa. She passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at the Oakland Manor in Oakland, Iowa having attained the age of eighty-one years, four months and twenty days. Shirley married Robert Herbert Hoffmann on April 18, 1959. To this union four children...
Roxanne Marie Martin
Oct 28, 2018
Roxanne Marie Martin, daughter of Donald Andersen and Lorraine Gundy was born on July 26, 1956 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was baptized at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca. Roxanne received her high school diploma in Harlan with the class of 1975. After graduation, she was united in marriage to Rick Martin on October 25, 1975 at Immanuel Lutheran...
Norma Rowedder
Oct 26, 2018
Norma Charlotte (Roecker) Rowedder, daughter of Frank and Anna (Stoltz) Roecker, was born October 12,1926, in Crawford County, Iowa. She was baptized into the catholic faith. Norma completed eight years in rural schools and then graduated from Manilla High School in 1944. On December 27, 1945, she was united in marriage to Ivan Rowedderby Father Casey at the Sacred Heart...
Sheryl A. Bohlmann
Oct 26, 2018
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Hanover Township, Ricketts, Iowa.
Lowell D Young
Oct 22, 2018
Lowell Duane Young, son of Raymond and Albena (Blazek) Young, was born on December 6, 1930 in Prescott, Iowa. He attended school in Prescott where he graduated with the class of 1948. On May 3, 1952, Lowell was united in marriage to Naomi Dudley in Morgan Field, Kentucky. They both became members of First Christian Church which is now the...
Thomas Henrich
Oct 20, 2018
Thomas Lawrence Henrich, son of Lawrence and Rita (Bernholtz) Henrich, was born on December 29, 1959 in Carroll, Iowa. Tom was baptized and confirmed at St. Francis Catholic Church in Carroll and attended grade school at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel also in Carroll. He went on to attend Kuemper Catholic High School in Carroll and graduated with the class...
Ruth Irene Moen
Oct 19, 2018
Ruth Irene (Jensen) Moen was born August 16, 1932 in Eagle Grove, IA to Thorvald and Margaret (Sorensen) Jensen. She went to school in Eagle Grove until after her 8th grade year. Ruth and her family moved to Newell, IA where she would graduate high school in 1950. She started working at First National Bank in Newell after her graduation...
Helen Frederick
Oct 17, 2018
Helen Marie Frederick, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Kohl) Tremel, was born July 10, 1927, in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. Helen attended country school and also St. Mary’s in Panama. On May 7, 1947, Helen was united in marriage to Albert Frederick...
Ronald Gene Blaine
Oct 11, 2018
“Within our hearts and in our memories, those we love remain with us always.” Remembering the life of Ronald Gene Blaine Ronald G. Blaine, age 74, passed away October 11, 2018 in Sacramento, California. He was born May 7, 1944 in Harlan, Iowa to the late John and Mildred Blaine. He was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather. Ron worked...
Hilda Christiansen
Oct 9, 2018
Hilda Elsie Christiansen, daughter of Gustav and Lizzie (Bladt) Sindt, was born on February 10, 1921 near Shelby, Iowa. She attended school in Shelby and graduated from Shelby High School. On November 14, 1942, Hilda was united in marriage to Lester Christiansen in Omaha, Nebraska. After their marriage, they farmed near Shelby area and later near Jacksonville. In addition to...
Marion North
Oct 7, 2018
Marion (Carleton) North was born November 14, 1926, to Clayton Carleton and Lillian (Dawkins) Carleton. She was raised on a farm in the tiny town of Orkney, Saskatchewan, during the Great Depression, living without electricity and hauling water, tending and butchering chickens for the family, shooting prairie dogs for the money by the tail, and attending a little schoolhouse by...
Roger Egan
Oct 6, 2018
Roger Frederick Egan was born Feb 1, 1937 in New York City, New York, to James Joseph Egan and Ellen Tanner Egan. Roger left school at sixteen, working (and playing) in New York, Miami and Los Angeles before finding both a calling and his future wife, Beverly, as a computer operator and programmer at Montefiore Hospital in New York. Roger...
Robert Jensen
Oct 5, 2018
Robert Alvin Jensen, son of Wilson Alvin and Elma (Rohrs) Jensen, was born on October 26, 1951 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was raised on the Rohrs family farm outside of Shelby, Iowa that was established in 1875 after their homesteaded wheat farm in Knox County, Nebraska was destroyed in three hours by the sand hill grasshoppers and the family...
E.E. "Gene" Champion
Oct 4, 2018
Edwin E. “Gene” Champion was born July 24, 1926, in Oto Township, Woodbury County, Iowa, the youngest child of Edwin G. and Katherine Null Champion. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Methodist Church in Mapleton. Gene was raised in Monona County where he attended country school. He graduated from Mapleton High School with the class of 1944 where...
Shirley Lavon Bladt
Oct 3, 2018
Shirley LaVon Bladt, the daughter of Herbert and Verna (Suhr) Jacobsen, was born on July 7, 1935 in Walnut, Iowa. She graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1954. After graduation she was united into marriage to Donald Bladt on June 20, 1954 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. Four children were born to this marriage: Debra...
Ludwig Buman
Oct 2, 2018
Ludwig C. Buman died of colon cancer on October 2, 2018 at his home in Harlan Iowa, surrounded by his family. A loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Lud demonstrated a kind and compassionate spirit each day of his 91 years. Ludwig C. Buman was born on August 1, 1927 to Will and Sidonia (Book) Buman near Tennant, Iowa. He...
Steven Beckman
Oct 2, 2018
Steven Bradley Beckman, 57, of Boone, Iowa, passed away on October 2, 2018. He was born to Doug and Jeanette Beckman in Brookings, South Dakota, on May 1, 1961. He graduated from Glenwood Community High School in 1979, and attended Iowa State University. Steve married Paula Lynn Nickles on August 15, 1992, in Glenwood. They were blessed with two sons,...
Isabel Marie Feldman
Sep 29, 2018
Isabel Marie Feldman, daughter of Benedict Leonard and Mary Rosa (Kwapiszeski) Blum, was born December 11, 1921 on a farm near Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama, where she remained a lifetime member. In 1939 she graduated from St. Mary's Catholic High School in Panama. After high school she...
Marlene Joyce Renfeld
Nov 5, 2018
Marlene Joyce Renfeld, daughter of Delbert and Leone (Densmore) Leslie was born on August 27, 1936 in Harlan, Iowa. She was the oldest of four children. Marlene was baptized and confirmed at United Church of Avoca in Avoca, Iowa. She graduated from Avoca High School with the class of 1954. Marlene was a lifetime member of United Church of Avoca....
Randolph Keith Wellman
Nov 4, 2018
Survivors include his children, Lisa Farr of Harlan, IA; Kari (Corey) Franks of Neola, IA; 6 grandchildren; siblings, David Wellman of Elk Horn, IA; Rita Flora of Eagle, NE Full obituary pending
Shirley Ann Hoffmann
Oct 30, 2018
Shirley Ann Hoffmann, daughter of Harry and Edna (Neighbors) Piittmann, was born on June 10, 1937 in Hancock, Iowa. She passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at the Oakland Manor in Oakland, Iowa having attained the age of eighty-one years, four months and twenty days. Shirley married Robert Herbert Hoffmann on April 18, 1959. To this union four children...
Roxanne Marie Martin
Oct 28, 2018
Roxanne Marie Martin, daughter of Donald Andersen and Lorraine Gundy was born on July 26, 1956 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was baptized at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca. Roxanne received her high school diploma in Harlan with the class of 1975. After graduation, she was united in marriage to Rick Martin on October 25, 1975 at Immanuel Lutheran...
Norma Rowedder
Oct 26, 2018
Norma Charlotte (Roecker) Rowedder, daughter of Frank and Anna (Stoltz) Roecker, was born October 12,1926, in Crawford County, Iowa. She was baptized into the catholic faith. Norma completed eight years in rural schools and then graduated from Manilla High School in 1944. On December 27, 1945, she was united in marriage to Ivan Rowedderby Father Casey at the Sacred Heart...
Sheryl A. Bohlmann
Oct 26, 2018
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Hanover Township, Ricketts, Iowa.
Lowell D Young
Oct 22, 2018
Lowell Duane Young, son of Raymond and Albena (Blazek) Young, was born on December 6, 1930 in Prescott, Iowa. He attended school in Prescott where he graduated with the class of 1948. On May 3, 1952, Lowell was united in marriage to Naomi Dudley in Morgan Field, Kentucky. They both became members of First Christian Church which is now the...
Thomas Henrich
Oct 20, 2018
Thomas Lawrence Henrich, son of Lawrence and Rita (Bernholtz) Henrich, was born on December 29, 1959 in Carroll, Iowa. Tom was baptized and confirmed at St. Francis Catholic Church in Carroll and attended grade school at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel also in Carroll. He went on to attend Kuemper Catholic High School in Carroll and graduated with the class...
Ruth Irene Moen
Oct 19, 2018
Ruth Irene (Jensen) Moen was born August 16, 1932 in Eagle Grove, IA to Thorvald and Margaret (Sorensen) Jensen. She went to school in Eagle Grove until after her 8th grade year. Ruth and her family moved to Newell, IA where she would graduate high school in 1950. She started working at First National Bank in Newell after her graduation...
Helen Frederick
Oct 17, 2018
Helen Marie Frederick, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Kohl) Tremel, was born July 10, 1927, in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. Helen attended country school and also St. Mary’s in Panama. On May 7, 1947, Helen was united in marriage to Albert Frederick...
Ronald Gene Blaine
Oct 11, 2018
“Within our hearts and in our memories, those we love remain with us always.” Remembering the life of Ronald Gene Blaine Ronald G. Blaine, age 74, passed away October 11, 2018 in Sacramento, California. He was born May 7, 1944 in Harlan, Iowa to the late John and Mildred Blaine. He was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather. Ron worked...
Hilda Christiansen
Oct 9, 2018
Hilda Elsie Christiansen, daughter of Gustav and Lizzie (Bladt) Sindt, was born on February 10, 1921 near Shelby, Iowa. She attended school in Shelby and graduated from Shelby High School. On November 14, 1942, Hilda was united in marriage to Lester Christiansen in Omaha, Nebraska. After their marriage, they farmed near Shelby area and later near Jacksonville. In addition to...
Marion North
Oct 7, 2018
Marion (Carleton) North was born November 14, 1926, to Clayton Carleton and Lillian (Dawkins) Carleton. She was raised on a farm in the tiny town of Orkney, Saskatchewan, during the Great Depression, living without electricity and hauling water, tending and butchering chickens for the family, shooting prairie dogs for the money by the tail, and attending a little schoolhouse by...
Roger Egan
Oct 6, 2018
Roger Frederick Egan was born Feb 1, 1937 in New York City, New York, to James Joseph Egan and Ellen Tanner Egan. Roger left school at sixteen, working (and playing) in New York, Miami and Los Angeles before finding both a calling and his future wife, Beverly, as a computer operator and programmer at Montefiore Hospital in New York. Roger...
Robert Jensen
Oct 5, 2018
Robert Alvin Jensen, son of Wilson Alvin and Elma (Rohrs) Jensen, was born on October 26, 1951 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was raised on the Rohrs family farm outside of Shelby, Iowa that was established in 1875 after their homesteaded wheat farm in Knox County, Nebraska was destroyed in three hours by the sand hill grasshoppers and the family...
E.E. "Gene" Champion
Oct 4, 2018
Edwin E. “Gene” Champion was born July 24, 1926, in Oto Township, Woodbury County, Iowa, the youngest child of Edwin G. and Katherine Null Champion. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Methodist Church in Mapleton. Gene was raised in Monona County where he attended country school. He graduated from Mapleton High School with the class of 1944 where...
Shirley Lavon Bladt
Oct 3, 2018
Shirley LaVon Bladt, the daughter of Herbert and Verna (Suhr) Jacobsen, was born on July 7, 1935 in Walnut, Iowa. She graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1954. After graduation she was united into marriage to Donald Bladt on June 20, 1954 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, Iowa. Four children were born to this marriage: Debra...
Ludwig Buman
Oct 2, 2018
Ludwig C. Buman died of colon cancer on October 2, 2018 at his home in Harlan Iowa, surrounded by his family. A loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Lud demonstrated a kind and compassionate spirit each day of his 91 years. Ludwig C. Buman was born on August 1, 1927 to Will and Sidonia (Book) Buman near Tennant, Iowa. He...
Steven Beckman
Oct 2, 2018
Steven Bradley Beckman, 57, of Boone, Iowa, passed away on October 2, 2018. He was born to Doug and Jeanette Beckman in Brookings, South Dakota, on May 1, 1961. He graduated from Glenwood Community High School in 1979, and attended Iowa State University. Steve married Paula Lynn Nickles on August 15, 1992, in Glenwood. They were blessed with two sons,...
Isabel Marie Feldman
Sep 29, 2018
Isabel Marie Feldman, daughter of Benedict Leonard and Mary Rosa (Kwapiszeski) Blum, was born December 11, 1921 on a farm near Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama, where she remained a lifetime member. In 1939 she graduated from St. Mary's Catholic High School in Panama. After high school she...
