Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Marlene Buthmann
Feb 21, 2017
Marlene Elsie Buthmann, daughter of Ernest and Lucille Kardell, was born September 12, 1939 in Harlan, Iowa. As the youngest of four children, they resided in the Avoca area until her seventh grade of school, when the family bought a farm near Audubon. She finished seventh and eighth grade in the one room school just a three quarter mile from...
Troy Bomstad
Feb 18, 2017
Troy Michael Bomstad, son of Gary and Kathy (Palmer) Bomstad, was born June 22, 1966 in Britt, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church in Garner, Iowa. He was active in football, basketball, track and baseball at Garner High School, where he graduated with the class of 1984. He went on to continue his education at...
Roman Leuschen
Feb 11, 2017
Roman Anthony Leuschen was born on the Leuschen farm, September 20, 1926 to Mathias and Mary (Baumann) Leuschen, near Westphalia, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church where he remained a lifelong member. He graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School in 1944. On November 13, 1951, he married Marcella "Sally" Henscheid. Nine children were born to...
Harold Bintz
Feb 9, 2017
Harold “Shorty” William Bintz was born to Anna E. (Denbeck) and George W. Bintz, on August 24, 1928, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended grade school in York Center Country Schools and attended Minden High School in Minden, Iowa. Shorty was raised on the family farm southwest of Minden. He spent his entire life there except for two years honorably...
Dan C. Pfannebecker
Feb 8, 2017
Danny Clifford Pfannebecker was born to Ralph Eugene and Fanchen Jean Minnick Pfannebecker in Centerville, Iowa on May 17, 1954. He grew up on a farm west of Walnut City, Iowa and later Southwest of Udell, Iowa and was baptized at the Unionville Baptist Church in Unionville, Iowa on March 1, 1964. Dan attended Moulton-Udell High School graduating with the...
Margaret A. Dalbey
Feb 8, 2017
Margaret Anne Dalbey, daughter of Merton and Mary Genevieve (Enlow) Barr was born April 8, 1931in Des Moines, Iowa. She was baptized at Gatchel United Methodist Church in Des Moines, Iowa. She graduated from North High School in Des Moines with the class of 1949 and attended a year of college at Stevens College in Columbia, Missouri. On April 14,...
Richard Melvin Schomer
Feb 6, 2017
Richard Melvin Schomer, son of Charles and Madeline (Coenen) Schomer, was born April 9, 1954, in Harlan, Iowa. Richard died on Monday, February 6, 2017, having attained the age of sixty-two years, nine months and twenty-eight days. He is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his children, Jason Schomer and his wife Amy of Apache Junction,...
Elmer Wageman
Feb 3, 2017
Elmer Raymond Wageman, son of Edward and Magdalena (Klein) Wageman was born October 2, 1924 near Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, where he remained a lifetime member. He attended country school through the 8th grade, when he quit to help his father on the family farm. On April 26, 1949, Elmer...
Christian Frederick Johannsen
Feb 2, 2017
Christian Frederick Johannsen, son of Darryl and Cathy (Maxwell) Johannsen, was born October 17, 1970 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at First United Methodist Church in Harlan, where he was active in MYF. He attended grade school at Laurel, New Park and West Ridge Elementary Schools and grew up playing little league baseball and was a member...
Lawrence Joseph Wordekemper
Jan 28, 2017
Lawrence Joseph Wordekemper was born at Willey, Iowa, May 28, 1926, the son of Godfrey and Mary Korves Wordekemper. He was raised on the farm north of Vail, Iowa, and received his education in the local rural school.On January 20, 1959, Lawrence was united in marriage with Marie Petersen at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison, Iowa. Their...
Gene Elmer Thies
Jan 27, 2017
Gene Elmer Theis was born on April 3, 1950, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Elmer John and Gertrude Ellen (Biederman) Thies. He went to grade school and high school at Shelby-Tennant Community Schools in Shelby, Iowa. Gene enjoyed growing up on the farm and farm life. Whenever he spoke about the farm, he always referred to the farm as “Dad’s...
Theodore Lambert Rietveld
Jan 26, 2017
Theodore Lambert Rietveld was born to Henricus “Peter” and Bertha Giltman Rietveld on December 11, 1939 in Nuenen, Netherlands. He was raised with ten siblings and the family moved to the United States when he was a teenager. He graduated high school in Wisconsin in 1958. Upon graduation, Ted was employed as a banker, maintenance man, a business consultant, a...
Michel Carter
Jan 26, 2017
Michel Charles Carter, son of Charles William”Bill” Wall and Ruby Kathryn Michel, was born August 12, 1959 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Michel was adopted by Virgil Carter at the age of three when he married his mother, Ruby. He was baptized at the Christian Church in Woodbine, Iowa and confirmed at the Irwin Methodist Church in Irwin, Iowa. Mike attended grade...
Larry J. Schwarte
Jan 24, 2017
Larry J. Schwarte was born in Earling, Iowa, December 18, 1943, the son of Wilfred “Swede” and Lavina Leinen Schwarte. He was raised at Earling where he graduated from St. Joseph High School with the class of 1963. He furthered his education through the years at AMI taking courses related to Pork Operations in the Meat Industry and Processed Meats...
Todd Randall Kay,
Jan 23, 2017
Todd Randall “Randy” Kay, age 57, was born on October 4, 1959, at the Rhein Main Air Force Base Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany. He passed away after a short illness at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska on January 23, 2017. Randy was eighteen months old when the family returned to the United States after being discharged from...
Kenneth Kenkel
Jan 22, 2017
Kenneth John Kenkel, son of Marcus and Dorothy (Henkelman) Kenkel was born April 29, 1959 in Harlan, Iowa. When Kenny was born, he was very tiny and sick. He was baptized and confirmed at the St. Joseph Church in Earling, Iowa. He attended grade and middle school in Earling and then graduated from Harlan High School. In 1974, Kenny received...
Betty Lou Andersen
Jan 21, 2017
Betty Lou Andersen, daughter of Peter and Helen Whitney Madsen, was born on September 25, 1922 in Harlan, Iowa. Mrs. Andersen had worked for many years as an activity director in a retirement home and was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Branson where she was very active in Vacation Bible School, Awanas, served...
Dolores Carmelite Kaufman
Jan 21, 2017
Dolores Carmelite Kaufman was born on February 13, 1925 to John P. and Elizabeth (Ruschenberg) Blum at Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the St. Peter’s Catholic, Church in Defiance, and graduated from St. Paul’s Catholic High School 1942. Following high school she was employed as a secretary at the Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant in Bellevue, Nebraska...
Joyce Schroeder Amdor
Jan 19, 2017
Joyce Schroeder Amdor was born to Gregory and Edna Maas Schreoder at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Carroll, IA on August 16, 1942. The family made their home in Breda for three years until moving to Odebolt where they resided for 10 years. From Odebolt, they moved to Manson, IA and later to Lake City, IA where Joyce graduated high school,...
Dixie Louise Schirm
Jan 18, 2017
Dixie Louise Schirm was born in Defiance, Iowa, on July 9, 1921, to the parents of Peter C. And Viola (Falk) Kjeldgaard. She attended Irwin High School and graduated with the class of 1939. Dixie continued her education at Iowa Beauty School and graduated with the class of 1942. She was a long-time member of the First Presbyterian Church in...
Marlene Buthmann
Feb 21, 2017
Marlene Elsie Buthmann, daughter of Ernest and Lucille Kardell, was born September 12, 1939 in Harlan, Iowa. As the youngest of four children, they resided in the Avoca area until her seventh grade of school, when the family bought a farm near Audubon. She finished seventh and eighth grade in the one room school just a three quarter mile from...
Troy Bomstad
Feb 18, 2017
Troy Michael Bomstad, son of Gary and Kathy (Palmer) Bomstad, was born June 22, 1966 in Britt, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church in Garner, Iowa. He was active in football, basketball, track and baseball at Garner High School, where he graduated with the class of 1984. He went on to continue his education at...
Roman Leuschen
Feb 11, 2017
Roman Anthony Leuschen was born on the Leuschen farm, September 20, 1926 to Mathias and Mary (Baumann) Leuschen, near Westphalia, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church where he remained a lifelong member. He graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School in 1944. On November 13, 1951, he married Marcella "Sally" Henscheid. Nine children were born to...
Harold Bintz
Feb 9, 2017
Harold “Shorty” William Bintz was born to Anna E. (Denbeck) and George W. Bintz, on August 24, 1928, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended grade school in York Center Country Schools and attended Minden High School in Minden, Iowa. Shorty was raised on the family farm southwest of Minden. He spent his entire life there except for two years honorably...
Dan C. Pfannebecker
Feb 8, 2017
Danny Clifford Pfannebecker was born to Ralph Eugene and Fanchen Jean Minnick Pfannebecker in Centerville, Iowa on May 17, 1954. He grew up on a farm west of Walnut City, Iowa and later Southwest of Udell, Iowa and was baptized at the Unionville Baptist Church in Unionville, Iowa on March 1, 1964. Dan attended Moulton-Udell High School graduating with the...
Margaret A. Dalbey
Feb 8, 2017
Margaret Anne Dalbey, daughter of Merton and Mary Genevieve (Enlow) Barr was born April 8, 1931in Des Moines, Iowa. She was baptized at Gatchel United Methodist Church in Des Moines, Iowa. She graduated from North High School in Des Moines with the class of 1949 and attended a year of college at Stevens College in Columbia, Missouri. On April 14,...
Richard Melvin Schomer
Feb 6, 2017
Richard Melvin Schomer, son of Charles and Madeline (Coenen) Schomer, was born April 9, 1954, in Harlan, Iowa. Richard died on Monday, February 6, 2017, having attained the age of sixty-two years, nine months and twenty-eight days. He is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his children, Jason Schomer and his wife Amy of Apache Junction,...
Elmer Wageman
Feb 3, 2017
Elmer Raymond Wageman, son of Edward and Magdalena (Klein) Wageman was born October 2, 1924 near Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, where he remained a lifetime member. He attended country school through the 8th grade, when he quit to help his father on the family farm. On April 26, 1949, Elmer...
Christian Frederick Johannsen
Feb 2, 2017
Christian Frederick Johannsen, son of Darryl and Cathy (Maxwell) Johannsen, was born October 17, 1970 in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at First United Methodist Church in Harlan, where he was active in MYF. He attended grade school at Laurel, New Park and West Ridge Elementary Schools and grew up playing little league baseball and was a member...
Lawrence Joseph Wordekemper
Jan 28, 2017
Lawrence Joseph Wordekemper was born at Willey, Iowa, May 28, 1926, the son of Godfrey and Mary Korves Wordekemper. He was raised on the farm north of Vail, Iowa, and received his education in the local rural school.On January 20, 1959, Lawrence was united in marriage with Marie Petersen at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison, Iowa. Their...
Gene Elmer Thies
Jan 27, 2017
Gene Elmer Theis was born on April 3, 1950, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Elmer John and Gertrude Ellen (Biederman) Thies. He went to grade school and high school at Shelby-Tennant Community Schools in Shelby, Iowa. Gene enjoyed growing up on the farm and farm life. Whenever he spoke about the farm, he always referred to the farm as “Dad’s...
Theodore Lambert Rietveld
Jan 26, 2017
Theodore Lambert Rietveld was born to Henricus “Peter” and Bertha Giltman Rietveld on December 11, 1939 in Nuenen, Netherlands. He was raised with ten siblings and the family moved to the United States when he was a teenager. He graduated high school in Wisconsin in 1958. Upon graduation, Ted was employed as a banker, maintenance man, a business consultant, a...
Michel Carter
Jan 26, 2017
Michel Charles Carter, son of Charles William”Bill” Wall and Ruby Kathryn Michel, was born August 12, 1959 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Michel was adopted by Virgil Carter at the age of three when he married his mother, Ruby. He was baptized at the Christian Church in Woodbine, Iowa and confirmed at the Irwin Methodist Church in Irwin, Iowa. Mike attended grade...
Larry J. Schwarte
Jan 24, 2017
Larry J. Schwarte was born in Earling, Iowa, December 18, 1943, the son of Wilfred “Swede” and Lavina Leinen Schwarte. He was raised at Earling where he graduated from St. Joseph High School with the class of 1963. He furthered his education through the years at AMI taking courses related to Pork Operations in the Meat Industry and Processed Meats...
Todd Randall Kay,
Jan 23, 2017
Todd Randall “Randy” Kay, age 57, was born on October 4, 1959, at the Rhein Main Air Force Base Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany. He passed away after a short illness at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska on January 23, 2017. Randy was eighteen months old when the family returned to the United States after being discharged from...
Kenneth Kenkel
Jan 22, 2017
Kenneth John Kenkel, son of Marcus and Dorothy (Henkelman) Kenkel was born April 29, 1959 in Harlan, Iowa. When Kenny was born, he was very tiny and sick. He was baptized and confirmed at the St. Joseph Church in Earling, Iowa. He attended grade and middle school in Earling and then graduated from Harlan High School. In 1974, Kenny received...
Betty Lou Andersen
Jan 21, 2017
Betty Lou Andersen, daughter of Peter and Helen Whitney Madsen, was born on September 25, 1922 in Harlan, Iowa. Mrs. Andersen had worked for many years as an activity director in a retirement home and was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Branson where she was very active in Vacation Bible School, Awanas, served...
Dolores Carmelite Kaufman
Jan 21, 2017
Dolores Carmelite Kaufman was born on February 13, 1925 to John P. and Elizabeth (Ruschenberg) Blum at Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the St. Peter’s Catholic, Church in Defiance, and graduated from St. Paul’s Catholic High School 1942. Following high school she was employed as a secretary at the Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant in Bellevue, Nebraska...
Joyce Schroeder Amdor
Jan 19, 2017
Joyce Schroeder Amdor was born to Gregory and Edna Maas Schreoder at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Carroll, IA on August 16, 1942. The family made their home in Breda for three years until moving to Odebolt where they resided for 10 years. From Odebolt, they moved to Manson, IA and later to Lake City, IA where Joyce graduated high school,...
Dixie Louise Schirm
Jan 18, 2017
Dixie Louise Schirm was born in Defiance, Iowa, on July 9, 1921, to the parents of Peter C. And Viola (Falk) Kjeldgaard. She attended Irwin High School and graduated with the class of 1939. Dixie continued her education at Iowa Beauty School and graduated with the class of 1942. She was a long-time member of the First Presbyterian Church in...
