Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Beverly Jean Tolle
Jul 7, 2024
Beverly Jean Tolle was born on a farm near Redline on June 29, 1933, to Dallas and Elma (Petersen) Dent. She attended school at Polk No. 5 schoolhouse. As a young girl she worked for many families when they had new babies. She graduated from Harlan High School in 1950. After graduation, she worked as a nurse aide at Jennie...
Rosalie Irene Sorensen
Jul 5, 2024
Rosalie Irene Sorensen, daughter of Floyd and Ilene Maxine (Schrader) DeHart was born on August 28, 1944, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She attended Tri-Center High School, graduating with the class of 1962. After high school, Rosalie was united in marriage to Galen Sorensen. She spent many years working as the housekeeper at the Hotel in Harlan while raising her children....
Mikaela Mae Koch
Jul 1, 2024
Mikaela Mae Koch passed away peacefully on July 1, 2024, in her father's arms, surrounded by her devoted family. She was just five years old but wise beyond her years. Born on February 8, 2019, in Harlan, Iowa, Mikaela bravely battled a rare brain tumor since St. Patrick’s Day 2023, showing immense courage and strength. Despite her illness, she lived...
Cindy Hulsebus
Jun 30, 2024
Cindy Hulsebus was born on February 13, 1949, to Don and Carol Hopp in Harlan, Iowa. She attended Harlan Community Schools from elementary through high school, graduating with the Harlan High School Class of 1967. After graduation, she attended Drake University and received her degree in Pharmacy in 1972. Cindy married her long-time friend Keith Hulsebus on October 20, 1973,...
Marian Isabell Eckmann
Jun 30, 2024
Marian Isabell Eckmann passed away in Harlan, IA at the age of 90 years. Marian is survived by her daughter Beverly (Larry) Shriver of Underwood and her son Calvin (Karen Siebels) Eckmann of Persia. She has four grandchildren: Matthew (Karen) Shriver of Boone; Megan (Drew) Angotti of Ankeny; Cameron (Ashlie) Eckmann of Omaha, and Callie Eckmann (fiancé Wyatt Andersen) of...
Clyde Theodore Terlisner
Jun 29, 2024
**The family of Clyde requests that attendees of the visitation and or service wear Iowa Hawkeye or Dallas Cowboy apparel in honor of Clyde** Clyde Theodore Terlisner, son of the late Leo Frank Terlisner and June Elizabeth (Hupp) Terlisner, was born December 9, 1967. Clyde entered eternal rest at home with family by his side on Saturday, June 29, 2024,...
Denise Grace
Jun 24, 2024
Denise Ann Grace, daughter of Donald and Marlene Leslie Renfeld, was born on August 26, 1957 in Harlan, Iowa. She attended schools in Avoca, Iowa and graduated with the AvoHa High School Class of 1975. She was united in marriage to Dennis Grace in 1979 but the two of them later divorced. Together they welcomed Ryan “T” and Brian. After...
Mary Ann Koesters
Jun 24, 2024
Mary Ann Cornelia (Gubbels) Koesters was born to Peter and Clara (Bock) Gubbels on April 12, 1935 on a farm near Westphalia, Iowa. She was the second youngest child of ten children. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa. She attended school at St. Boniface in Westphalia and was a member of the St....
Dorothy Ann Leinen
Jun 22, 2024
Dorothy Ann Leinen, daughter of Fred and Elvera (Gessert) Pauley was born on a farmstead in Shelby County, Iowa on November 29, 1934. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School where she graduated in 1953. She was proud to have played on the St. Mary’s basketball team that advanced...
Wesley John Stehlik
Jun 22, 2024
Services will be held at a later date. Wesley John Stehlik the son of Joe Stehlik and Lillian (Clauson) Stehlik was born March 17, 1931, in Vail, Iowa. He passed away Saturday, June 22, 2024, in Denison, Iowa. Wesley attended rural school in Milford Township through the 8th grade and graduated from Vail Highschool in 1949. He worked on the...
Robert Wurr
Jun 17, 2024
Robert Clair Wurr, age 60, of Defiance Iowa, passed away on June 17, 2024. Robert, the son of Verl & Virgine (Fendrich) Wurr was born on May 15, 1964, in Carroll, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Manning, Iowa. Robert attended Manning Community School and was a member of the graduating class of 1983....
Patrick Michael Heese
Jun 16, 2024
Patrick Michael Heese Patrick "Pat" Michael Heese, son of Le Roy and Jeannie (Blum) Heese, was born on November 6, 1968 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, lowa. Le Roy and Jeannie brought Pat home to the family farm east of Irwin where he would eventually be joined by 5 younger siblings (Tim, Jackie, Tom, Crystal, and Sam). Pat was...
Robert "Bob" James Wilwerding
Jun 15, 2024
Robert "Bob" James Wilwerding was born to Aloysius and Philomena (Tunink) Wilwerding on January 17, 1944, in Melrose Park, Illinois. In 1951, the family purchased the Corner Inn Restaurant and moved to Defiance, Iowa. Bob attended St. Paul's Catholic School in Defiance, graduating in 1962 as one of the "12 apostles." After school, Bob moved to Wall Lake, Iowa, and...
Angela Roenfeld
Jun 14, 2024
Mary “Angela” (Heitman) Roenfeld was born on December 4, 1929 to Edward and Irene (Schoening) Heitman at their home in Dumfries, Iowa. She was lucky to survive her birth as she was born breach after a long and hard delivery. She grew up on a farm and attended grade school in a one room school house in Lewis Township. She...
Joyce True
Jun 12, 2024
Joyce Evelyn Barker Pieken True was born June 9th, 1938, to Willie and Neoma Barker. In 1954 she married Kenneth Pieken and to this union they had three children, Terry, Pam, & Tim. In 1963, after Kenneth’s passing, Joyce and the kids moved to Avoca. A year later a handsome gentleman singing in the Presbyterian Church choir caught her eye...
Connie Sue Schneider
Jun 11, 2024
Connie Sue Schneider was born to Edwin and Bernadine (Stein) Martens on July 29, 1950 in Manning, Iowa. She was raised in Persia, Iowa and graduated from Tri-Center High School in 1969. After highschool, she attended cosmetology school in Council Bluffs. Connie found the love of her life when she met Jerome “Buzz” Schneider. They were united in marriage on...
Suzanne Helene Tietsort
Jun 6, 2024
Suzanne Helene Tietsort was born to Richard and Virginia (Wilson) Heisner on February 12, 1950 in Omaha, Nebraska. She grew up in Omaha where she attended Highland Grade School from kindergarten until 8th grade and eventually attended South High School in Omaha, Nebraska. At the age of 16, Sue was married and to the union she had her son, Francis...
Joan Johnson
May 30, 2024
Joan’s was not a face you may have seen often in the community or at athletic events. The following will give you a little insight into the hard working woman she was during a time when it was not the norm to work full time outside of the home. Joan Lee Krummel was born at Jennie Edmundson Hospital, to Alfred...
Don Hansen, Jr.
May 26, 2024
Donald Dale Hansen Jr. was born on March 8, 1951, in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Donald Sr. and Luella Madden Hansen. He was raised in the Peace United Church of Christ in Walnut, Iowa growing up and graduated from Walnut High School in 1969. After graduation, he attended Peru State College to play football and baseball and major in Physical...
Rose Marie Petersen
May 23, 2024
Rose Marie Petersen was born March 30, 1932 to Fred and Florence Poch from Atlantic, Ia. She had 2 brothers and 3 sisters: Clyde, Harold, Donna, Shirley, and Norma. Rose married Robert Beck from Shenandoah, Ia and had 2 children, Terry and Kathy. On November 2, 1953 she married Richard C. Petersen of Avoca, Ia and they had 4 children:...
Beverly Jean Tolle
Jul 7, 2024
Beverly Jean Tolle was born on a farm near Redline on June 29, 1933, to Dallas and Elma (Petersen) Dent. She attended school at Polk No. 5 schoolhouse. As a young girl she worked for many families when they had new babies. She graduated from Harlan High School in 1950. After graduation, she worked as a nurse aide at Jennie...
Rosalie Irene Sorensen
Jul 5, 2024
Rosalie Irene Sorensen, daughter of Floyd and Ilene Maxine (Schrader) DeHart was born on August 28, 1944, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She attended Tri-Center High School, graduating with the class of 1962. After high school, Rosalie was united in marriage to Galen Sorensen. She spent many years working as the housekeeper at the Hotel in Harlan while raising her children....
Mikaela Mae Koch
Jul 1, 2024
Mikaela Mae Koch passed away peacefully on July 1, 2024, in her father's arms, surrounded by her devoted family. She was just five years old but wise beyond her years. Born on February 8, 2019, in Harlan, Iowa, Mikaela bravely battled a rare brain tumor since St. Patrick’s Day 2023, showing immense courage and strength. Despite her illness, she lived...
Cindy Hulsebus
Jun 30, 2024
Cindy Hulsebus was born on February 13, 1949, to Don and Carol Hopp in Harlan, Iowa. She attended Harlan Community Schools from elementary through high school, graduating with the Harlan High School Class of 1967. After graduation, she attended Drake University and received her degree in Pharmacy in 1972. Cindy married her long-time friend Keith Hulsebus on October 20, 1973,...
Marian Isabell Eckmann
Jun 30, 2024
Marian Isabell Eckmann passed away in Harlan, IA at the age of 90 years. Marian is survived by her daughter Beverly (Larry) Shriver of Underwood and her son Calvin (Karen Siebels) Eckmann of Persia. She has four grandchildren: Matthew (Karen) Shriver of Boone; Megan (Drew) Angotti of Ankeny; Cameron (Ashlie) Eckmann of Omaha, and Callie Eckmann (fiancé Wyatt Andersen) of...
Clyde Theodore Terlisner
Jun 29, 2024
**The family of Clyde requests that attendees of the visitation and or service wear Iowa Hawkeye or Dallas Cowboy apparel in honor of Clyde** Clyde Theodore Terlisner, son of the late Leo Frank Terlisner and June Elizabeth (Hupp) Terlisner, was born December 9, 1967. Clyde entered eternal rest at home with family by his side on Saturday, June 29, 2024,...
Denise Grace
Jun 24, 2024
Denise Ann Grace, daughter of Donald and Marlene Leslie Renfeld, was born on August 26, 1957 in Harlan, Iowa. She attended schools in Avoca, Iowa and graduated with the AvoHa High School Class of 1975. She was united in marriage to Dennis Grace in 1979 but the two of them later divorced. Together they welcomed Ryan “T” and Brian. After...
Mary Ann Koesters
Jun 24, 2024
Mary Ann Cornelia (Gubbels) Koesters was born to Peter and Clara (Bock) Gubbels on April 12, 1935 on a farm near Westphalia, Iowa. She was the second youngest child of ten children. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, Iowa. She attended school at St. Boniface in Westphalia and was a member of the St....
Dorothy Ann Leinen
Jun 22, 2024
Dorothy Ann Leinen, daughter of Fred and Elvera (Gessert) Pauley was born on a farmstead in Shelby County, Iowa on November 29, 1934. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School where she graduated in 1953. She was proud to have played on the St. Mary’s basketball team that advanced...
Wesley John Stehlik
Jun 22, 2024
Services will be held at a later date. Wesley John Stehlik the son of Joe Stehlik and Lillian (Clauson) Stehlik was born March 17, 1931, in Vail, Iowa. He passed away Saturday, June 22, 2024, in Denison, Iowa. Wesley attended rural school in Milford Township through the 8th grade and graduated from Vail Highschool in 1949. He worked on the...
Robert Wurr
Jun 17, 2024
Robert Clair Wurr, age 60, of Defiance Iowa, passed away on June 17, 2024. Robert, the son of Verl & Virgine (Fendrich) Wurr was born on May 15, 1964, in Carroll, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Manning, Iowa. Robert attended Manning Community School and was a member of the graduating class of 1983....
Patrick Michael Heese
Jun 16, 2024
Patrick Michael Heese Patrick "Pat" Michael Heese, son of Le Roy and Jeannie (Blum) Heese, was born on November 6, 1968 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, lowa. Le Roy and Jeannie brought Pat home to the family farm east of Irwin where he would eventually be joined by 5 younger siblings (Tim, Jackie, Tom, Crystal, and Sam). Pat was...
Robert "Bob" James Wilwerding
Jun 15, 2024
Robert "Bob" James Wilwerding was born to Aloysius and Philomena (Tunink) Wilwerding on January 17, 1944, in Melrose Park, Illinois. In 1951, the family purchased the Corner Inn Restaurant and moved to Defiance, Iowa. Bob attended St. Paul's Catholic School in Defiance, graduating in 1962 as one of the "12 apostles." After school, Bob moved to Wall Lake, Iowa, and...
Angela Roenfeld
Jun 14, 2024
Mary “Angela” (Heitman) Roenfeld was born on December 4, 1929 to Edward and Irene (Schoening) Heitman at their home in Dumfries, Iowa. She was lucky to survive her birth as she was born breach after a long and hard delivery. She grew up on a farm and attended grade school in a one room school house in Lewis Township. She...
Joyce True
Jun 12, 2024
Joyce Evelyn Barker Pieken True was born June 9th, 1938, to Willie and Neoma Barker. In 1954 she married Kenneth Pieken and to this union they had three children, Terry, Pam, & Tim. In 1963, after Kenneth’s passing, Joyce and the kids moved to Avoca. A year later a handsome gentleman singing in the Presbyterian Church choir caught her eye...
Connie Sue Schneider
Jun 11, 2024
Connie Sue Schneider was born to Edwin and Bernadine (Stein) Martens on July 29, 1950 in Manning, Iowa. She was raised in Persia, Iowa and graduated from Tri-Center High School in 1969. After highschool, she attended cosmetology school in Council Bluffs. Connie found the love of her life when she met Jerome “Buzz” Schneider. They were united in marriage on...
Suzanne Helene Tietsort
Jun 6, 2024
Suzanne Helene Tietsort was born to Richard and Virginia (Wilson) Heisner on February 12, 1950 in Omaha, Nebraska. She grew up in Omaha where she attended Highland Grade School from kindergarten until 8th grade and eventually attended South High School in Omaha, Nebraska. At the age of 16, Sue was married and to the union she had her son, Francis...
Joan Johnson
May 30, 2024
Joan’s was not a face you may have seen often in the community or at athletic events. The following will give you a little insight into the hard working woman she was during a time when it was not the norm to work full time outside of the home. Joan Lee Krummel was born at Jennie Edmundson Hospital, to Alfred...
Don Hansen, Jr.
May 26, 2024
Donald Dale Hansen Jr. was born on March 8, 1951, in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Donald Sr. and Luella Madden Hansen. He was raised in the Peace United Church of Christ in Walnut, Iowa growing up and graduated from Walnut High School in 1969. After graduation, he attended Peru State College to play football and baseball and major in Physical...
Rose Marie Petersen
May 23, 2024
Rose Marie Petersen was born March 30, 1932 to Fred and Florence Poch from Atlantic, Ia. She had 2 brothers and 3 sisters: Clyde, Harold, Donna, Shirley, and Norma. Rose married Robert Beck from Shenandoah, Ia and had 2 children, Terry and Kathy. On November 2, 1953 she married Richard C. Petersen of Avoca, Ia and they had 4 children:...
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.
