Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
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...
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...
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...
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...
Darren Jon Towne
Dec 23, 2017
Darren Jon Towne, eldest son of Kenneth and Loraine (Hansen) Towne was born on January 20, 1970, at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa. Darren graduated with the Avo-Ha class of 1988. He enjoyed playing football, basketball and baseball during his high school career. His senior year he was voted “class personality” by his classmates, described as sweet, funny and...
Grace E. Beck
Dec 21, 2017
Grace E. (Eble) Beck of Omaha died Thursday December 21, 2017 at Country House Residence,Council Bluffs, Iowa. Grace spent much of her adult life in Arvada, Colorado with her husband John. Upon his death, she moved to Omaha. She is survived by one sister, Margaret (Peggy) Sterling of Omaha. She was preceded in death by her husband John, 3 brothers,...
Helen Mary Kleffman
Dec 21, 2017
Helen Mary Kleffman was born April 13, 1924 in Earling, Iowa to Gottlieb and Eleanor (Rau) Kloewer. The family moved around when she was young, so Helen was baptized at St. Joseph’s in Earling, took First Communion at St. Boniface in Westphalia, and was confirmed at Sacred Heart in Manilla. She also attended country school and Catholic school in the...
Lorraine Bral
Dec 19, 2017
Lorraine N. Bral was born April 14, 1927, ninth child of loving parents Charles and Alice Kullberg Peterson. She was born on a farm north of Boyer, IA where she was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of baptism and confirmation at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Dow City. The family lived on farms near Kenwood, where...
Mary Agnes Schaben
Dec 15, 2017
Mary Agnes Schaben was born January 30, 1919 in Panama, Iowa to Peter and Mary (Stoll) Willmes. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s in Panama. Mag went to grade school and high school at St. Mary’s, graduating with the class of 1936. Mag worked at Zimmerman’s Store in Panama for several years. She also worked as a bullet...
Randy Howard Lund
Dec 15, 2017
Randy Howard Lund, son of Howard and Betty (Nielsen) Lund was born on May 18, 1954 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and died December 15, 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 63 years. During his early life, he attended Minden and Elk Horn Community Schools before graduating from Shelby Tennant High School in 1972. He was united in marriage...
Jeanette Marie Dotzler
Dec 15, 2017
January 13, 1929 ~ December 15, 2017 Jeanette (Shun) was the second of thirteen children born to Aloysius and Eva (Peerman) Kloewer. She was born on January 13, 1929 in Earling, and baptized at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Earling. She moved to Defiance at an early age and attended twelve years of school at St. Paul Catholic School graduating...
Grace E Hass
Dec 15, 2017
Grace Elizabeth Hass was born on March 22, 1917 in Denison, Iowa. The third child of seven born to Michael Molony and Selma (Otto) Molony. The Molony farm was three miles south of Denison in Coon Grove. She received her early education in rural schools and graduated with the Denison High School Class of 1933. She was quite proud of...
Marie Monahan
Dec 15, 2017
Marie Elizabeth Monahan, daughter of Frank and Mary (Jurgensmier) Miller, was born November 7, 1922 at her parents’ home in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized on November 19, 1922 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. She attended country school until the 8th grade. On October 5 1943, Marie was united in marriage to Charles Monahan at St. Mary’s...
Margaret M. Feldman
Dec 13, 2017
Margaret M. Feldman, daughter of Andrew and Eleonor (Hoffmann) Honz, was born August 17, 1922 in Dunlap, Iowa. She was baptized in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dunlap. Margaret received her First Holy Communion and was confirmed in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. She also attended St. Mary’s for Grade School and High School. Margaret graduated from St....
Mary Jo Foxhoven Christensen
Dec 13, 2017
Mary Jo Christensen was born April 27, 1947 in Omaha, Nebraska to John “Jack” and Jeanne (Galac) Vandenbroucke. She was baptized at St. Mary’s, confirmed at St. Margaret Mary’s, and graduated in 1965 from Cathedral High School in Omaha, Nebraska. She started working at Northwestern Bell Telephone company in 1964 and began attending classes at the University of Nebraska –...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Darren Jon Towne
Dec 23, 2017
Darren Jon Towne, eldest son of Kenneth and Loraine (Hansen) Towne was born on January 20, 1970, at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa. Darren graduated with the Avo-Ha class of 1988. He enjoyed playing football, basketball and baseball during his high school career. His senior year he was voted “class personality” by his classmates, described as sweet, funny and...
Grace E. Beck
Dec 21, 2017
Grace E. (Eble) Beck of Omaha died Thursday December 21, 2017 at Country House Residence,Council Bluffs, Iowa. Grace spent much of her adult life in Arvada, Colorado with her husband John. Upon his death, she moved to Omaha. She is survived by one sister, Margaret (Peggy) Sterling of Omaha. She was preceded in death by her husband John, 3 brothers,...
Helen Mary Kleffman
Dec 21, 2017
Helen Mary Kleffman was born April 13, 1924 in Earling, Iowa to Gottlieb and Eleanor (Rau) Kloewer. The family moved around when she was young, so Helen was baptized at St. Joseph’s in Earling, took First Communion at St. Boniface in Westphalia, and was confirmed at Sacred Heart in Manilla. She also attended country school and Catholic school in the...
Lorraine Bral
Dec 19, 2017
Lorraine N. Bral was born April 14, 1927, ninth child of loving parents Charles and Alice Kullberg Peterson. She was born on a farm north of Boyer, IA where she was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of baptism and confirmation at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Dow City. The family lived on farms near Kenwood, where...
Mary Agnes Schaben
Dec 15, 2017
Mary Agnes Schaben was born January 30, 1919 in Panama, Iowa to Peter and Mary (Stoll) Willmes. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s in Panama. Mag went to grade school and high school at St. Mary’s, graduating with the class of 1936. Mag worked at Zimmerman’s Store in Panama for several years. She also worked as a bullet...
Randy Howard Lund
Dec 15, 2017
Randy Howard Lund, son of Howard and Betty (Nielsen) Lund was born on May 18, 1954 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and died December 15, 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 63 years. During his early life, he attended Minden and Elk Horn Community Schools before graduating from Shelby Tennant High School in 1972. He was united in marriage...
Jeanette Marie Dotzler
Dec 15, 2017
January 13, 1929 ~ December 15, 2017 Jeanette (Shun) was the second of thirteen children born to Aloysius and Eva (Peerman) Kloewer. She was born on January 13, 1929 in Earling, and baptized at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Earling. She moved to Defiance at an early age and attended twelve years of school at St. Paul Catholic School graduating...
Grace E Hass
Dec 15, 2017
Grace Elizabeth Hass was born on March 22, 1917 in Denison, Iowa. The third child of seven born to Michael Molony and Selma (Otto) Molony. The Molony farm was three miles south of Denison in Coon Grove. She received her early education in rural schools and graduated with the Denison High School Class of 1933. She was quite proud of...
Marie Monahan
Dec 15, 2017
Marie Elizabeth Monahan, daughter of Frank and Mary (Jurgensmier) Miller, was born November 7, 1922 at her parents’ home in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized on November 19, 1922 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. She attended country school until the 8th grade. On October 5 1943, Marie was united in marriage to Charles Monahan at St. Mary’s...
Margaret M. Feldman
Dec 13, 2017
Margaret M. Feldman, daughter of Andrew and Eleonor (Hoffmann) Honz, was born August 17, 1922 in Dunlap, Iowa. She was baptized in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dunlap. Margaret received her First Holy Communion and was confirmed in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. She also attended St. Mary’s for Grade School and High School. Margaret graduated from St....
Mary Jo Foxhoven Christensen
Dec 13, 2017
Mary Jo Christensen was born April 27, 1947 in Omaha, Nebraska to John “Jack” and Jeanne (Galac) Vandenbroucke. She was baptized at St. Mary’s, confirmed at St. Margaret Mary’s, and graduated in 1965 from Cathedral High School in Omaha, Nebraska. She started working at Northwestern Bell Telephone company in 1964 and began attending classes at the University of Nebraska –...
