Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Lavern Leo Schmitz
Mar 20, 2017
LaVern Leo Schmitz, son of Bernard and Eleanor (Gubbles) Schmitz was born November 10, 1930. He grew up in Westphalia, Iowa with his ten siblings. LaVern was baptized and confirmed at the St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. He attended school to the 9th grade until he was needed to help on the family farm. On February 25, 1952, LaVern...
Scott Awtry Ferguson
Mar 20, 2017
Scott Awtry Ferguson, son of Stuart and Lois (Awtry) Ferguson, was born on December 7, 1954 in Newton, Iowa. Scott was baptized and confirmed at the United Methodist Church in Newton, Iowa. He attended school in Newton, graduating with the Class of 1972 and continued his education at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa where he received his...
Eunice M. Mccollough
Mar 20, 2017
Eunice Mae McCollough, daughter of Soren and Florence (Hamann) Rasmussen, was born March 12, 1924 near Manilla, Iowa in Nishnabotna Township. She was baptized on May 4, 1924 and later confirmed in 1937 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Manilla. Eunice was raised around the Vail and Manilla area where she went to country school and later attended Vail High School...
Ruth L. Ridge
Mar 15, 2017
Ruth Ridge was born on July 20, 1916 in Worthington, Minnesota to S.C. and Luella (Baughn) Dedrick. She was baptized in Worthington, Minnesota and confirmed at Congregational United Church of Christ in Harlan, Iowa. She attended school in Worthington but graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1935. On June 30, 1937, she was united in marriage to...
Mary Hansen
Mar 7, 2017
Mary Louise Hansen was born the daughter of Walter and Clara (Strittmatter) Martin, at home south of Walnut, Lincoln Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, on July 19, 1919. She attended country school in Monroe Township, Shelby County, Iowa, and graduated with the class of 1937 at Walnut High School in Walnut. She continued her education and received her Normal Training in...
Marcus J. "Mac" Stessman
Mar 4, 2017
Marcus John Stessman, son of Leonard John and Isabel Teresa (Assman) Stessman was born November 16, 1928 in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, where he remained a lifetime member. He attended grade school and high school at St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling, graduating with the class of 1946. After high...
Vincent Hansen
Mar 4, 2017
Vincent Jens Hansen, son of Barney and Ann (Koos) Hansen, was born on April 5, 1917, on a farm north of Walnut, Iowa. He grew up around the Walnut area attending country school in Monroe Township Shelby County, Iowa. He graduated in 1934, from Walnut High School and then started farming with his parents on the family farm. On June...
James Buwalda
Mar 1, 2017
James N. Buwalda, 43, of Harlan, Iowa, died March 1, 2017. He was born in Grangeville, Idaho, on July 5, 1973, and was educated in the elementary schools of German Valley, Illinois and New Holland, South Dakota. He graduated from Dakota Christian High School in New Holland in 1991, and went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in business from...
Lois Mae Sibenaller
Mar 1, 2017
Lois Mae Sibenaller, daughter of Clarence and Elizabeth (Grossman) Brinker was born January 1, 1933 in Carroll, Iowa. She baptized and confirmed at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Mt. Carmel, Iowa. She graduated High School and attended American Institute of Business in Des Moines, Iowa. On June 9, 1956, Lois was united in marriage to Eugene Sibenaller...
Eugene "Gene" Duane Zenk Sr.
Feb 28, 2017
Eugene “Gene” Duane Zenk Sr. was born on March 14, 1933, in Lane, South Dakota, the last of seven children born to his mother Anna Elisa (Buethner) and his father Pastor Arnold F. Zenk. Growing up in a pastor’s family Gene lived in many different towns in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. In his youth and as a...
Richard Lee Armentrout
Feb 26, 2017
Richard Lee Armentrout was born on February 1, 1933 on a farm west of Irwin, Iowa, He was the eldest son of Ancel Othal and Bertha Marie Armentrout. While he was growing up, the family moved to the city of Fiscus (population 30) in 1944. This was the first time they had running water, indoor toilets and electricity. This was...
Leroy Allen Bubke
Feb 24, 2017
Leroy Allen Bubke, son of Irvin and Wacille (Young) Bubke was born February 9, 1943 in Battle Creek, Iowa. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Iowa. He was confirmed at the Immanual Lutheran Church in Schleswig, Iowa. He attended school in Schleswig and graduated in 1961. After graduation, he worked on the farm and did construction...
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...
Lavern Leo Schmitz
Mar 20, 2017
LaVern Leo Schmitz, son of Bernard and Eleanor (Gubbles) Schmitz was born November 10, 1930. He grew up in Westphalia, Iowa with his ten siblings. LaVern was baptized and confirmed at the St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. He attended school to the 9th grade until he was needed to help on the family farm. On February 25, 1952, LaVern...
Scott Awtry Ferguson
Mar 20, 2017
Scott Awtry Ferguson, son of Stuart and Lois (Awtry) Ferguson, was born on December 7, 1954 in Newton, Iowa. Scott was baptized and confirmed at the United Methodist Church in Newton, Iowa. He attended school in Newton, graduating with the Class of 1972 and continued his education at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa where he received his...
Eunice M. Mccollough
Mar 20, 2017
Eunice Mae McCollough, daughter of Soren and Florence (Hamann) Rasmussen, was born March 12, 1924 near Manilla, Iowa in Nishnabotna Township. She was baptized on May 4, 1924 and later confirmed in 1937 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Manilla. Eunice was raised around the Vail and Manilla area where she went to country school and later attended Vail High School...
Ruth L. Ridge
Mar 15, 2017
Ruth Ridge was born on July 20, 1916 in Worthington, Minnesota to S.C. and Luella (Baughn) Dedrick. She was baptized in Worthington, Minnesota and confirmed at Congregational United Church of Christ in Harlan, Iowa. She attended school in Worthington but graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1935. On June 30, 1937, she was united in marriage to...
Mary Hansen
Mar 7, 2017
Mary Louise Hansen was born the daughter of Walter and Clara (Strittmatter) Martin, at home south of Walnut, Lincoln Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, on July 19, 1919. She attended country school in Monroe Township, Shelby County, Iowa, and graduated with the class of 1937 at Walnut High School in Walnut. She continued her education and received her Normal Training in...
Marcus J. "Mac" Stessman
Mar 4, 2017
Marcus John Stessman, son of Leonard John and Isabel Teresa (Assman) Stessman was born November 16, 1928 in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, where he remained a lifetime member. He attended grade school and high school at St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Earling, graduating with the class of 1946. After high...
Vincent Hansen
Mar 4, 2017
Vincent Jens Hansen, son of Barney and Ann (Koos) Hansen, was born on April 5, 1917, on a farm north of Walnut, Iowa. He grew up around the Walnut area attending country school in Monroe Township Shelby County, Iowa. He graduated in 1934, from Walnut High School and then started farming with his parents on the family farm. On June...
James Buwalda
Mar 1, 2017
James N. Buwalda, 43, of Harlan, Iowa, died March 1, 2017. He was born in Grangeville, Idaho, on July 5, 1973, and was educated in the elementary schools of German Valley, Illinois and New Holland, South Dakota. He graduated from Dakota Christian High School in New Holland in 1991, and went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in business from...
Lois Mae Sibenaller
Mar 1, 2017
Lois Mae Sibenaller, daughter of Clarence and Elizabeth (Grossman) Brinker was born January 1, 1933 in Carroll, Iowa. She baptized and confirmed at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Mt. Carmel, Iowa. She graduated High School and attended American Institute of Business in Des Moines, Iowa. On June 9, 1956, Lois was united in marriage to Eugene Sibenaller...
Eugene "Gene" Duane Zenk Sr.
Feb 28, 2017
Eugene “Gene” Duane Zenk Sr. was born on March 14, 1933, in Lane, South Dakota, the last of seven children born to his mother Anna Elisa (Buethner) and his father Pastor Arnold F. Zenk. Growing up in a pastor’s family Gene lived in many different towns in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. In his youth and as a...
Richard Lee Armentrout
Feb 26, 2017
Richard Lee Armentrout was born on February 1, 1933 on a farm west of Irwin, Iowa, He was the eldest son of Ancel Othal and Bertha Marie Armentrout. While he was growing up, the family moved to the city of Fiscus (population 30) in 1944. This was the first time they had running water, indoor toilets and electricity. This was...
Leroy Allen Bubke
Feb 24, 2017
Leroy Allen Bubke, son of Irvin and Wacille (Young) Bubke was born February 9, 1943 in Battle Creek, Iowa. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Iowa. He was confirmed at the Immanual Lutheran Church in Schleswig, Iowa. He attended school in Schleswig and graduated in 1961. After graduation, he worked on the farm and did construction...
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...
