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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Charlotte Ann Holzer
Jan 14, 2018
Charlotte Ann Holzer was born August 14, 1936 in Ashton, Iowa to Alvin and Elsie (Verdoorn) Reinke. She was baptized in Sibley, Iowa and confirmed in Harlan, Iowa. Charlotte went to country school in the Goewey #5 Township from 1st - 6th grades, and attended Ashton Public School from 7th - 12th grades. Charlotte worked at JC Penney’s right after...
Vera Leona Schuning
Jan 13, 2018
Vera Leona Schuning, daughter of James and Eva Leona (Freads) Osbahr, was born April 29, 1915 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. On June 6 1945, Vera was united in marriage to Elmer Fred Schuning in Minden, Iowa. Three children were born to this union: Renee, Ronnie and Rita. She was a stay-at-home mom, who loved to cook and bake, which she...
James Emery Juhl
Jan 13, 2018
James "Jim" Emery Juhl was born July 3, 1929 to Axel and Elsie (Green) Juhl on the family farm west of Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Harlan Lutheran church, he had been a member of the Shelby United Lutheran Church for the last 45 years. Jim graduated from Tennant High School in 1946 at the age...
Russell Dale Adams
Jan 12, 2018
Russell Dale Adams, son of Harry and Beulah (Heilesen) Adams, was born January 13, 1926 on the family farm near Kirkman, Iowa. He was baptized at Bethel Baptist Church in Harlan, Iowa. He attended school in Kirkman, graduating from Kirkman High School. Russell went to California and worked in an aircraft plant during WWII, and enlisted into the US Coast...
Gary Hans Christiansen
Jan 10, 2018
Gary H. Christiansen March 11, 1937 - January 10, 2018 Gary Hans Christiansen, son of Hans C. Christiansen and Thurline H. (Murray) Christiansen, was born at home in Harlan, Iowa, on March 11, 1937. He suddenly passed away in Omaha, NE, on January 10, 2018. Graduating with the Harlan High School Class of 1955, Gary was very proud to be...
Darlene Schuning
Jan 9, 2018
Darlene Elsie (Lubbe) Schuning, daughter of Bill and Louise (Graalfs) Lubbe, was born on June 23, 1929 in Hardin Township. She was raised on a farm and went to country schools graduating 8th grade in 1942. She attended Treynor High School for one year then transferred to Abraham Lincoln in Council Bluffs, Iowa where she graduated in 1946 at 16...
Gerrit Bernard Feekes
Jan 9, 2018
Gerrit Bernard Feekes, son of Gradus and Rena Vanden Hull Feekes, was born on October 13, 1927 in Sioux County, Iowa. He passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, attaining the age of ninety years, two months and twenty-seven days. Gerrit and Marie were united in marriage on May 26, 1950. They got married on Marie’s 21st birthday, they were...
Colleen R Winey
Jan 8, 2018
Delores Colleen Rose Winey was born November 23, 1933, in Deloit, Iowa, to William E. And Julia Johnson Smith. She was baptized in Christ at the Reorganized Church of the Latter-Day Saints in Denison in 1941. Colleen attended elementary and high school in Deloit, Iowa. On August 5, 1951 Colleen was united in marriage to Kay Addison Winey at the...
Ronald Dale Steinkuehler
Jan 7, 2018
Ronald Dale Steinkuehler was born August 23, 1943 in Denison, Iowa to Reinhardt and Vernette (Johannsen) Steinkuehler. He was raised in the Harlan and surrounding areas, attending Shelby, Tennant, and Harlan Schools before moving to California where he graduated from Fullerton Junior College in economics. Ron was united in marriage 1964. Ron enlisted in the Army in 1966 serving as...
Brad Allan Knauss
Jan 7, 2018
Brad “House” Allan Knauss was born October 3, 1976 in Harlan, Iowa to Ronald and Lucy (Wendt) Knauss. He went to Harlan Community Schools and graduated in 1996. He lived in Portsmouth, Iowa most of his life and most recently had moved to Earling, Iowa. Brad played football for Harlan and was a Nose Guard on the PAT. Also during...
Margaret Hanson
Jan 6, 2018
As a beginning, Margaret M. Hanson moved to Avoca, Iowa in April 1962 with her husband Milton and her daughter Rena’. She lived in the house where she died, January 6, 2018, for over fifty three years. Margaret was born July 9, 1939 in Denison, Iowa; her parents were Fredrick Holst and Leona Holst. She had an older brother Donald...
Ruth Jane Crouch
Jan 6, 2018
Ruth Jane (Jessen) Crouch, daughter of Elmer and Effie (Cue) Jessen of Exira, Iowa, was born July 22, 1935 along with her twin sister, Ruby. She and her sister were baptized on August 18, 1935, in the Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa. She grew up and received her schooling in Exira, Iowa. She was confirmed also at the Lutheran Church...
Merle Bettcher
Jan 5, 2018
Merle Dean Bettcher, son of Jesaias and Gertrude (Nicolaus) Bettcher, was born February 4, 1937, in Butte, Nebraska. He was baptized at St. Paul Congregational in Naper, Nebraska, and confirmed at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended South High School in Omaha, where he graduated with the class of 1955. Merle enlisted into the US Navy in...
Mary Lou Schimerowski
Jan 5, 2018
Mary Louise (Kohles) Schimerowski was born May 29, 1932 in Earling, Iowa to Arthur and Irene (Rodgers) Kohles. She graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling and attended a year of college in Milwaukee, WI. She was a long-time member of St. Joseph’s Church. Mary Lou married James Schimerowski June 21, 1952 at St. Joseph’s and the couple traveled...
Eugene Jakie Larsen
Jan 4, 2018
Eugene Jakie Larsen, son of Leonard and Alice (Petersen) Larsen, was born October 16, 1932 on the family farm near Kirkman, Iowa. Eugene grew up attending Polk Township #6 Country School. He graduated from Harlan High School. On May 18, 1953, Eugene enlisted into United States Army during the Korean War. He served his country honorably until April 30, 1955....
Muriel Lucille Bacon
Dec 31, 2017
Muriel Lucille (Thomsen-Muller) Bacon, was born in Kimballton, IA on December 7, 1918. She was one of 11 children born to the late Nettie (Jorgensen) and Thomas Baltzer Thomsen. Muriel was baptized, confirmed and married in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton, and was the Salutatorian of her class in Elk Horn, in 1936. Muriel married her first husband, the...
Vernon D. Campbell
Dec 27, 2017
Vernon Campbell, son of Ralph and Irene (Frank) Campbell, was born February 7, 1937 on a farm west of Irwin. He was baptized and confirmed at Irwin United Methodist Church. He attended Irwin High School, where he graduated with the class of 1954. On February 19, 1956, Vernon was united in marriage to Nora May Holloway at Irwin United Methodist...
Mildred A. Finken
Dec 26, 2017
Mildred Ann (Dresen) Finken, daughter of Christopher and Irene (Miller) Dresen, was born on March 12, 1930 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized, made 1st communion and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She attended St. Joseph’s School and graduated with the class of 1948. On October 15, 1951, Mildred was united in marriage to Ivo Finken at...
Victoria "Vicky" Kohles
Dec 25, 2017
Victoria Ann Kohles, daughter of Robert and Jeanette (Wolken) Mertens, was born November 21, 1959 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She was baptized on December 8, 1959 in Fonda, Iowa and confirmed on March 12, 1972 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. She graduated from Irwin Kirkman High School with the class of 1978. She went on to study...
Ruby Mae Lorenzen
Dec 24, 2017
Ruby Mae Lorenzen was born May 2, 1930, on a farm outside of Denison, Iowa, to Max and Pauline Thomsen Denker. She passed away December 24, 2017, at Eventide Lutheran Home at the age of 87 years, 7 months and 22 days. She was baptized in Christ at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison on June 1, 1930, and later confirmed...
Charlotte Ann Holzer
Jan 14, 2018
Charlotte Ann Holzer was born August 14, 1936 in Ashton, Iowa to Alvin and Elsie (Verdoorn) Reinke. She was baptized in Sibley, Iowa and confirmed in Harlan, Iowa. Charlotte went to country school in the Goewey #5 Township from 1st - 6th grades, and attended Ashton Public School from 7th - 12th grades. Charlotte worked at JC Penney’s right after...
Vera Leona Schuning
Jan 13, 2018
Vera Leona Schuning, daughter of James and Eva Leona (Freads) Osbahr, was born April 29, 1915 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. On June 6 1945, Vera was united in marriage to Elmer Fred Schuning in Minden, Iowa. Three children were born to this union: Renee, Ronnie and Rita. She was a stay-at-home mom, who loved to cook and bake, which she...
James Emery Juhl
Jan 13, 2018
James "Jim" Emery Juhl was born July 3, 1929 to Axel and Elsie (Green) Juhl on the family farm west of Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Harlan Lutheran church, he had been a member of the Shelby United Lutheran Church for the last 45 years. Jim graduated from Tennant High School in 1946 at the age...
Russell Dale Adams
Jan 12, 2018
Russell Dale Adams, son of Harry and Beulah (Heilesen) Adams, was born January 13, 1926 on the family farm near Kirkman, Iowa. He was baptized at Bethel Baptist Church in Harlan, Iowa. He attended school in Kirkman, graduating from Kirkman High School. Russell went to California and worked in an aircraft plant during WWII, and enlisted into the US Coast...
Gary Hans Christiansen
Jan 10, 2018
Gary H. Christiansen March 11, 1937 - January 10, 2018 Gary Hans Christiansen, son of Hans C. Christiansen and Thurline H. (Murray) Christiansen, was born at home in Harlan, Iowa, on March 11, 1937. He suddenly passed away in Omaha, NE, on January 10, 2018. Graduating with the Harlan High School Class of 1955, Gary was very proud to be...
Darlene Schuning
Jan 9, 2018
Darlene Elsie (Lubbe) Schuning, daughter of Bill and Louise (Graalfs) Lubbe, was born on June 23, 1929 in Hardin Township. She was raised on a farm and went to country schools graduating 8th grade in 1942. She attended Treynor High School for one year then transferred to Abraham Lincoln in Council Bluffs, Iowa where she graduated in 1946 at 16...
Gerrit Bernard Feekes
Jan 9, 2018
Gerrit Bernard Feekes, son of Gradus and Rena Vanden Hull Feekes, was born on October 13, 1927 in Sioux County, Iowa. He passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, attaining the age of ninety years, two months and twenty-seven days. Gerrit and Marie were united in marriage on May 26, 1950. They got married on Marie’s 21st birthday, they were...
Colleen R Winey
Jan 8, 2018
Delores Colleen Rose Winey was born November 23, 1933, in Deloit, Iowa, to William E. And Julia Johnson Smith. She was baptized in Christ at the Reorganized Church of the Latter-Day Saints in Denison in 1941. Colleen attended elementary and high school in Deloit, Iowa. On August 5, 1951 Colleen was united in marriage to Kay Addison Winey at the...
Ronald Dale Steinkuehler
Jan 7, 2018
Ronald Dale Steinkuehler was born August 23, 1943 in Denison, Iowa to Reinhardt and Vernette (Johannsen) Steinkuehler. He was raised in the Harlan and surrounding areas, attending Shelby, Tennant, and Harlan Schools before moving to California where he graduated from Fullerton Junior College in economics. Ron was united in marriage 1964. Ron enlisted in the Army in 1966 serving as...
Brad Allan Knauss
Jan 7, 2018
Brad “House” Allan Knauss was born October 3, 1976 in Harlan, Iowa to Ronald and Lucy (Wendt) Knauss. He went to Harlan Community Schools and graduated in 1996. He lived in Portsmouth, Iowa most of his life and most recently had moved to Earling, Iowa. Brad played football for Harlan and was a Nose Guard on the PAT. Also during...
Margaret Hanson
Jan 6, 2018
As a beginning, Margaret M. Hanson moved to Avoca, Iowa in April 1962 with her husband Milton and her daughter Rena’. She lived in the house where she died, January 6, 2018, for over fifty three years. Margaret was born July 9, 1939 in Denison, Iowa; her parents were Fredrick Holst and Leona Holst. She had an older brother Donald...
Ruth Jane Crouch
Jan 6, 2018
Ruth Jane (Jessen) Crouch, daughter of Elmer and Effie (Cue) Jessen of Exira, Iowa, was born July 22, 1935 along with her twin sister, Ruby. She and her sister were baptized on August 18, 1935, in the Lutheran Church in Exira, Iowa. She grew up and received her schooling in Exira, Iowa. She was confirmed also at the Lutheran Church...
Merle Bettcher
Jan 5, 2018
Merle Dean Bettcher, son of Jesaias and Gertrude (Nicolaus) Bettcher, was born February 4, 1937, in Butte, Nebraska. He was baptized at St. Paul Congregational in Naper, Nebraska, and confirmed at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended South High School in Omaha, where he graduated with the class of 1955. Merle enlisted into the US Navy in...
Mary Lou Schimerowski
Jan 5, 2018
Mary Louise (Kohles) Schimerowski was born May 29, 1932 in Earling, Iowa to Arthur and Irene (Rodgers) Kohles. She graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling and attended a year of college in Milwaukee, WI. She was a long-time member of St. Joseph’s Church. Mary Lou married James Schimerowski June 21, 1952 at St. Joseph’s and the couple traveled...
Eugene Jakie Larsen
Jan 4, 2018
Eugene Jakie Larsen, son of Leonard and Alice (Petersen) Larsen, was born October 16, 1932 on the family farm near Kirkman, Iowa. Eugene grew up attending Polk Township #6 Country School. He graduated from Harlan High School. On May 18, 1953, Eugene enlisted into United States Army during the Korean War. He served his country honorably until April 30, 1955....
Muriel Lucille Bacon
Dec 31, 2017
Muriel Lucille (Thomsen-Muller) Bacon, was born in Kimballton, IA on December 7, 1918. She was one of 11 children born to the late Nettie (Jorgensen) and Thomas Baltzer Thomsen. Muriel was baptized, confirmed and married in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton, and was the Salutatorian of her class in Elk Horn, in 1936. Muriel married her first husband, the...
Vernon D. Campbell
Dec 27, 2017
Vernon Campbell, son of Ralph and Irene (Frank) Campbell, was born February 7, 1937 on a farm west of Irwin. He was baptized and confirmed at Irwin United Methodist Church. He attended Irwin High School, where he graduated with the class of 1954. On February 19, 1956, Vernon was united in marriage to Nora May Holloway at Irwin United Methodist...
Mildred A. Finken
Dec 26, 2017
Mildred Ann (Dresen) Finken, daughter of Christopher and Irene (Miller) Dresen, was born on March 12, 1930 in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized, made 1st communion and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. She attended St. Joseph’s School and graduated with the class of 1948. On October 15, 1951, Mildred was united in marriage to Ivo Finken at...
Victoria "Vicky" Kohles
Dec 25, 2017
Victoria Ann Kohles, daughter of Robert and Jeanette (Wolken) Mertens, was born November 21, 1959 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She was baptized on December 8, 1959 in Fonda, Iowa and confirmed on March 12, 1972 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. She graduated from Irwin Kirkman High School with the class of 1978. She went on to study...
Ruby Mae Lorenzen
Dec 24, 2017
Ruby Mae Lorenzen was born May 2, 1930, on a farm outside of Denison, Iowa, to Max and Pauline Thomsen Denker. She passed away December 24, 2017, at Eventide Lutheran Home at the age of 87 years, 7 months and 22 days. She was baptized in Christ at Zion Lutheran Church in Denison on June 1, 1930, and later confirmed...
