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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Ida Alvena Johnson
Sep 15, 2016
Ida Alvena Johnson was born on March 9, 1919 to David and Alvena (Layman) Thompson in Carson, Iowa. She went to school through the eighth grade. Times were difficult and the family needed additional income, so Ida worked for other families as their housekeeper. Ida met Clarence Johnson at a dance and they were married on February 19, 1940, in...
Rose Ann Schnuettgen
Sep 14, 2016
Rose Ann Schnuettgen, daughter of Henry and Frances (Gubbels) Heller, was born on December 22, 1931, in Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended St. Mary’s Catholic Schools graduating in 1949. While in high school, Rose Ann worked at the grocery store in Portsmouth. Rose Ann then...
Helen Mae Krueger
Sep 13, 2016
Helen Mae Krueger was born in Denison, Iowa, January 30, 1923, the daughter of Eldor and Helen Mae Malone Lehfeldt. She was raised in Denison where she graduated from high school with the class of 1941. Helen furthered her education at the American School of Commerce in Omaha, Nebraska, where she was a member of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha, before...
Richard A. Russmann
Sep 11, 2016
Richard “Dick” Russmann Richard (Dick) Allen Russmann passed away Sept 11, 2016 while helping to bale hay. He was born July 18, 1931 at his parents’ home southwest of Avoca, third oldest of seven children. He graduated from Avoca High School in 1948 and began farming with his father and uncle, Herman. He lived and worked on his own farm...
Stuart O'Hara
Sep 10, 2016
Stuart Lynn O’Hara, son of Donald and Kathleen (Collings) O’Hara, was born on August 6, 1967 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized at the United Church of Christ also in Council Bluffs. The family relocated several times while Stuart was growing up and he attended schools in Syracuse, Nebraska; Nebraska City, Nebraska; Irwin-Kirkman, Iowa; San Antonio, Texas; as well...
Charles Ballantine
Sep 8, 2016
Charles Glen Ballantine, age 61, - Left this world for Heaven on September 8, 2016. Chuck was born on September 6, 1955 to parents Glen and Genevieve (Wilson) Ballantine in Denison, Iowa. He lived all his life (except for a few months of early married life) one mile south and two miles east of Kiron. He attended grade school in...
Eleonora N Andersen
Sep 7, 2016
Eleonora N. Andersen was born in Denver, Colorado, April 27, 1922, the daughter of Hans and Dagmar Runge Nicolaisen. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism July 16, 1922, at the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church, Denver, Colorado, and confirmed in her Christian Faith April 4, 1937, at the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
Linda Lu Chambers
Sep 6, 2016
Linda Lu Chambers was born on December 20, 1943 to Floyd and Phyllis (Carstensen) Chambers in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at Altamont Baptist Church in Shelby County, Iowa. Her childhood was a typical childhood consisting of riding her favorite pig Goldilocks, until she was eventually bucked off, playing with her dog Lassie, and riding bikes back and forth to...
Gunnar Nielsen
Sep 5, 2016
Gunnar Arne Nielsen was born July 14, 1925 to Kirstine N. (Nielsen) and Mads Ingvard Nielsen in Audubon, Iowa, and he lived on a farm northwest of Audubon until he was about ten years old. A house fire claimed the family’s home and belongs and after living in Audubon for a short time, the family moved to Minden. His father...
Sherry Hansen
Sep 1, 2016
Sherry Ann Hansen was born on December 14, 1942, to Adalene (Squires) and Art Berry in Cass County, Iowa. Sherry attended Oak Field #7 and Exira High School. Sherry was united in marriage to Jerry Lee Hansen on January 27, 1959. They were blessed with six children: Deb, Betty, Cindy, Darli, Janie, and Jim. During their 57 years of marriage,...
Sonja Marlys Thraen
Aug 28, 2016
Sonja Marlys Thraen was born on September 23, 1946 to Thelma (Miller) and Magne “Mac” Madsen in Audubon County, Iowa. She graduated from the Elk Horn-Kimballton Community School with the class of 1964. After graduation, Sonja then went to a business school in Omaha, Nebraska. Sonja was united in marriage to Mark Lange in October of 1965. To this union,...
Harold "Harry" Nollen
Aug 19, 2016
Harold Nicholas Nollen, son of Michael and Frances (Thielen) Nollen, was born on February 20, 1930 at Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church and attended St. Paul’s Catholic School both of Defiance where he graduated in 1947. After high school, Harry worked different jobs including at the lumber yard and as a mechanic. He...
Adeline M. May
Aug 14, 2016
Adeline Marie May, daughter of Benedict and Mary Rose (Kwapiszeski) Blum was born July 1, 1919 in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized, confirmed and attended school at St. Mary’s of the Assumption in Panama. She attended college at Mt. Saint Scholastica in Atchinson, Kansas. On December 27, 1945 Adeline was united in marriage to Nick May at St. Mary’s of...
Donald Melvin Hoffmann
Aug 14, 2016
Donald Melvin Hoffmann was born at home on December 3, 1945 to Henry Frederick and Viola Rosann (Schumacher) Hoffmann, in Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, where he was a lifelong member. Donald attended St. Mary’s School in Panama, and graduated with the class of 1963. Donald loved growing up on the...
Lois Jean Young
Aug 14, 2016
Lois Jean Young Lois Jean Thomsen was born on July 9, 1929 in Minden, Iowa to Elmer and Alice Wohlert Thomsen. Lois Jean graduated with the Atlantic High School Class of 1947. She worked at J.C. Penney in Atlantic, Iowa prior to marrying. Lois Jean met Bob Young at a 4H dance in Atlantic, Iowa and shortly after the couple...
Betty Jean Holtz
Aug 14, 2016
Betty Jean was born on August 30, 1930 on a farm north east of Shelby, Iowa. She was the first child of three girls born to Harold and Mabel (Havick) Davis she was born on her dad’s twenty fifth birthday. When she was 3 years old the family moved to the farm where her Dad (Harold Davis) was raised. She...
Laverne A. Clark
Aug 13, 2016
Laverne Anna Reuwsaat was born August 16, 1926 to Ahrend and Anna (Janssen) Reuwsaat at their farm in rural Crawford County, Iowa. She was baptized at the First Baptist Church in Denison and graduated from Denison Community High School on May 24, 1945. During high school Laverne worked as a theatre attendant at what is now the Donna Reed Theatre...
George Kintner
Aug 12, 2016
George Louis Kintner was born June 9, 1926 to Olis and Pauline (Cook) Kintner in Wilmore, Kentucky. He attended grade school there. George attended high school and graduated from Tipton High School in Tipton, Indiana. He furthered his education and received his degree in Agricultural Engineering from Purdue University. He served in the US Army during the late stages of...
Ida Alvena Johnson
Sep 15, 2016
Ida Alvena Johnson was born on March 9, 1919 to David and Alvena (Layman) Thompson in Carson, Iowa. She went to school through the eighth grade. Times were difficult and the family needed additional income, so Ida worked for other families as their housekeeper. Ida met Clarence Johnson at a dance and they were married on February 19, 1940, in...
Rose Ann Schnuettgen
Sep 14, 2016
Rose Ann Schnuettgen, daughter of Henry and Frances (Gubbels) Heller, was born on December 22, 1931, in Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended St. Mary’s Catholic Schools graduating in 1949. While in high school, Rose Ann worked at the grocery store in Portsmouth. Rose Ann then...
Helen Mae Krueger
Sep 13, 2016
Helen Mae Krueger was born in Denison, Iowa, January 30, 1923, the daughter of Eldor and Helen Mae Malone Lehfeldt. She was raised in Denison where she graduated from high school with the class of 1941. Helen furthered her education at the American School of Commerce in Omaha, Nebraska, where she was a member of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha, before...
Richard A. Russmann
Sep 11, 2016
Richard “Dick” Russmann Richard (Dick) Allen Russmann passed away Sept 11, 2016 while helping to bale hay. He was born July 18, 1931 at his parents’ home southwest of Avoca, third oldest of seven children. He graduated from Avoca High School in 1948 and began farming with his father and uncle, Herman. He lived and worked on his own farm...
Stuart O'Hara
Sep 10, 2016
Stuart Lynn O’Hara, son of Donald and Kathleen (Collings) O’Hara, was born on August 6, 1967 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was baptized at the United Church of Christ also in Council Bluffs. The family relocated several times while Stuart was growing up and he attended schools in Syracuse, Nebraska; Nebraska City, Nebraska; Irwin-Kirkman, Iowa; San Antonio, Texas; as well...
Charles Ballantine
Sep 8, 2016
Charles Glen Ballantine, age 61, - Left this world for Heaven on September 8, 2016. Chuck was born on September 6, 1955 to parents Glen and Genevieve (Wilson) Ballantine in Denison, Iowa. He lived all his life (except for a few months of early married life) one mile south and two miles east of Kiron. He attended grade school in...
Eleonora N Andersen
Sep 7, 2016
Eleonora N. Andersen was born in Denver, Colorado, April 27, 1922, the daughter of Hans and Dagmar Runge Nicolaisen. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism July 16, 1922, at the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church, Denver, Colorado, and confirmed in her Christian Faith April 4, 1937, at the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
Linda Lu Chambers
Sep 6, 2016
Linda Lu Chambers was born on December 20, 1943 to Floyd and Phyllis (Carstensen) Chambers in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at Altamont Baptist Church in Shelby County, Iowa. Her childhood was a typical childhood consisting of riding her favorite pig Goldilocks, until she was eventually bucked off, playing with her dog Lassie, and riding bikes back and forth to...
Gunnar Nielsen
Sep 5, 2016
Gunnar Arne Nielsen was born July 14, 1925 to Kirstine N. (Nielsen) and Mads Ingvard Nielsen in Audubon, Iowa, and he lived on a farm northwest of Audubon until he was about ten years old. A house fire claimed the family’s home and belongs and after living in Audubon for a short time, the family moved to Minden. His father...
Sherry Hansen
Sep 1, 2016
Sherry Ann Hansen was born on December 14, 1942, to Adalene (Squires) and Art Berry in Cass County, Iowa. Sherry attended Oak Field #7 and Exira High School. Sherry was united in marriage to Jerry Lee Hansen on January 27, 1959. They were blessed with six children: Deb, Betty, Cindy, Darli, Janie, and Jim. During their 57 years of marriage,...
Sonja Marlys Thraen
Aug 28, 2016
Sonja Marlys Thraen was born on September 23, 1946 to Thelma (Miller) and Magne “Mac” Madsen in Audubon County, Iowa. She graduated from the Elk Horn-Kimballton Community School with the class of 1964. After graduation, Sonja then went to a business school in Omaha, Nebraska. Sonja was united in marriage to Mark Lange in October of 1965. To this union,...
Harold "Harry" Nollen
Aug 19, 2016
Harold Nicholas Nollen, son of Michael and Frances (Thielen) Nollen, was born on February 20, 1930 at Defiance, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church and attended St. Paul’s Catholic School both of Defiance where he graduated in 1947. After high school, Harry worked different jobs including at the lumber yard and as a mechanic. He...
Adeline M. May
Aug 14, 2016
Adeline Marie May, daughter of Benedict and Mary Rose (Kwapiszeski) Blum was born July 1, 1919 in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized, confirmed and attended school at St. Mary’s of the Assumption in Panama. She attended college at Mt. Saint Scholastica in Atchinson, Kansas. On December 27, 1945 Adeline was united in marriage to Nick May at St. Mary’s of...
Donald Melvin Hoffmann
Aug 14, 2016
Donald Melvin Hoffmann was born at home on December 3, 1945 to Henry Frederick and Viola Rosann (Schumacher) Hoffmann, in Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama, where he was a lifelong member. Donald attended St. Mary’s School in Panama, and graduated with the class of 1963. Donald loved growing up on the...
Lois Jean Young
Aug 14, 2016
Lois Jean Young Lois Jean Thomsen was born on July 9, 1929 in Minden, Iowa to Elmer and Alice Wohlert Thomsen. Lois Jean graduated with the Atlantic High School Class of 1947. She worked at J.C. Penney in Atlantic, Iowa prior to marrying. Lois Jean met Bob Young at a 4H dance in Atlantic, Iowa and shortly after the couple...
Betty Jean Holtz
Aug 14, 2016
Betty Jean was born on August 30, 1930 on a farm north east of Shelby, Iowa. She was the first child of three girls born to Harold and Mabel (Havick) Davis she was born on her dad’s twenty fifth birthday. When she was 3 years old the family moved to the farm where her Dad (Harold Davis) was raised. She...
Laverne A. Clark
Aug 13, 2016
Laverne Anna Reuwsaat was born August 16, 1926 to Ahrend and Anna (Janssen) Reuwsaat at their farm in rural Crawford County, Iowa. She was baptized at the First Baptist Church in Denison and graduated from Denison Community High School on May 24, 1945. During high school Laverne worked as a theatre attendant at what is now the Donna Reed Theatre...
George Kintner
Aug 12, 2016
George Louis Kintner was born June 9, 1926 to Olis and Pauline (Cook) Kintner in Wilmore, Kentucky. He attended grade school there. George attended high school and graduated from Tipton High School in Tipton, Indiana. He furthered his education and received his degree in Agricultural Engineering from Purdue University. He served in the US Army during the late stages of...
