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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Linda Louise Kaufman
May 25, 2016
Linda Louise Kaufman was born on August 13, 1950 to Anthony “Tony” and Lillian (Huffman) Majerus in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at Bethel Baptist Church in Harlan where she was a member until 1971 when she joined St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia and was confirmed. She attended Harlan elementary and junior high schools before graduating from Harlan High...
Gerald A. Peck
May 23, 2016
Gerald Aldrich Peck Gerald Aldrich Peck, son of Frank James Peck and Edna Aldrich Peck, was born on May 17, 1929, in Valley Township, Iowa and baptized in the Christian Church of Oakland. He was the eldest of four children. Throughout his childhood, he lived on numerous farms in the area. He graduated from Avoca High School in 1947. Gerald...
Aldene R. Winquist
May 20, 2016
Aldene R. Winquist was born at Charter Oak, Iowa, March 1, 1925, the daughter of Carl and Anna Clausen Hollrah. She was reared on the farm at Charter Oak and graduated from the Charter Oak High School with the class of 1942. She furthered her education at Morningside College in Sioux City and Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls...
Garnet Mae Axland
May 20, 2016
Garnet Mae Axland was born on her family farm in Greeley Township near Manilla, Iowa to Reinhard and Lillie (Larson) Nordby. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin where she remained a lifelong member. She attended Greeley country school across the road from her house and would have to carry water for the school to...
Irene Elaine Crampton
May 20, 2016
Irene Elaine Crampton was born at home in Lake View, Iowa, February 19, 1930, the daughter of Raymond and Alice Frisbie Belt. She was raised on the Frisbie family farm at Lake View where she received her education, graduating as Valedictorian from Lake View High School with the class of 1947. During her formative years in Lake View she was...
Leona M. Ferry Erb
May 19, 2016
Leona Mae Erb was born on October 31, 1920 to Lafe and Myrtle (McMurphy) Fairchild on a farm east of Irwin, Iowa, in Audubon County. She attended country school east of Irwin and graduated from Manning High School with the Class of 1939. After graduation, she worked at Brown McDonald department store and Alfred Paulsen’s ladies’ dress shop in Manning....
Marjorie Mignon Leinen
May 17, 2016
Marjorie Mignon Leinen was born on April 3, 1924 to Oadis “Tom” and Helen (Erickson) Burger in Poplar, Iowa. She graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1942. On June 29, 1943, she was united in marriage to Leo Leinen at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa, where they remained lifelong members. They became parents to ten...
Robert "Bob" William O'Neill
May 17, 2016
Robert “Bob” William O’Neill Robert “Bob” O’Neill was born at home in Hancock, Iowa on August 12, 1924 to G.F. (Frank) and Mary (Gorman) O’Neill. He was baptized and confirmed, and was a life time member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca, Iowa. Bob attended all twelve grades of school in Hancock, Iowa. Bob enjoyed playing baseball and soft...
Beverly Irene Smith Egan
May 11, 2016
Beverly Irene Smith was born July 15, 1933, in Dunlap, Iowa to Charles J. and Zara Keehner Smith. Beverly attended elementary and high schools in Arizona and Iowa, where in 1951 she graduated from Denison High School having served as vice president of her senior class and having received the Bausch-Lomb Science Award, the DAR Gold Medal History Award, and...
Arlene Romancy Krogstad
May 11, 2016
Arlene Romancy Krogstad was born on December 23, 1916 to Herbert and Laura (Lundby) Escher on a farm near Tennant, Iowa. After graduating from Tennant High School, she entered nurses’ training at Immanuel Swedish Lutheran Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated with the Class of 1939 and began employment at the original Harlan Hospital where she particularly liked assisting in...
Josephine Thelma Leslie
May 5, 2016
Josephine Thelma Gross Leslie Josephine Thelma Gross Leslie was born southwest of Avoca, Iowa on July 22, 1920. She was the daughter of William R. and Grace Ring Gross. She was one of four children in the family. Josephine was united in marriage to James Leslie on April 14, 1941, at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Venice, California. They were...
Barbara Stracke
Apr 30, 2016
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: True Friends 10509 108th Street NW Annandale, MN 55302 Barbara Stracke was born on April 27, 1931 to Phillip and Barbara (Wettengel) Shields in Dunlap, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dunlap and graduated from St. Joseph’s School with the class of 1949. She...
Kandy Jo (Mcgurren) Dea
Apr 29, 2016
Kandy Jo (McGurren) Dea Kandy Jo (McGurren) Dea was born to Dennis and Billye Rae (Jackson) McGurren on April 1, 1960 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was baptized at Southside Christian Church. She attended grade school and junior high school in Council Bluffs, Iowa before moving to Shelby, Iowa where she attended high school. After graduating from high school she...
Philip Arlis Stephens
Apr 28, 2016
Philip Arlis Stephens was born in Logan, Iowa, January 18, 1953, the son of Arlis Carlton and Rose Mary Greiner Stephens. He was raised on farms in the Dunlap and Dow City areas and graduated from the Woodbine High School in 1971. Following high school he attended Stewarts School of Hairstyling in Council Bluffs and became a licensed cosmetologist.On August...
Patsy Jean Petersen
Apr 27, 2016
Patsy Jean Petersen was born on July 5, 1928 to Will and Ethel (Kingsbury) Meyer near Corley, Iowa. She attended country school in Corley and then the Harlan Schools, graduating with the Class of 1947. On March 10, 1948, she was united in marriage to Harry Petersen, Jr. at the Methodist Church in Harlan. They farmed near Corley for five...
Catherine Ann Franks
Apr 26, 2016
Catherine Ann Franks was born on July 29, 1934, to John and Marie Claire (Riss) Simet. She graduated from Notre Dame Academy in Omaha, Nebraska in 1951 and on October 4, 1952, was united in marriage to Lloyd Kosmacek. Together they had ten children before his passing in 1971. In 1973, she married Ken Hurd and had a daughter during...
Joseph C. Griffin
Apr 25, 2016
Joseph Claire Griffin was born on June 19, 1922, one of six children, to Dennis and Edna McNertney Griffin of Buck Grove. He died April 25, 2016, at Eventide after living the winter months with Betty at Silveridge, receiving expert loving care at both facilities.Joe attended country school and Denison High School; but the war interrupted his life. While he...
Merlin E. Maack
Apr 24, 2016
Merlin E. Maack was born on a farm in rural Dow City, Iowa, July 27, 1928, the son of Edward Otto Herman and Hilda Johanna Meta Preul Maack. He was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism August 19, 1928 at St. John Lutheran Church, Charter Oak, Iowa, and confirmed in his Christian Faith June...
Wayne Brockhoff
Apr 23, 2016
Wayne Allen Brockhoff Wayne Allen Brockhoff was born on May 27, 1959 to Robert and Luise (Gier) Brockhoff at Bitburg Air Force Base, Bitburg, Germany. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fairview, Kansas. Wayne attended elementary school through his junior year in high school in Sabetha, Kansas. He attended Tri-Center his senior year and graduated with the class...
Sharon Marquardt
Apr 19, 2016
Sharon Marquardt was born at Kiron, Iowa, June 15, 1942 the daughter of Bayard and Lillie Schultz Johnson. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism when she was an infant at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Schleswig, Iowa, and confirmed in her Christian Faith there in 1956. Sharon was raised on the farm north...
Linda Louise Kaufman
May 25, 2016
Linda Louise Kaufman was born on August 13, 1950 to Anthony “Tony” and Lillian (Huffman) Majerus in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized at Bethel Baptist Church in Harlan where she was a member until 1971 when she joined St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia and was confirmed. She attended Harlan elementary and junior high schools before graduating from Harlan High...
Gerald A. Peck
May 23, 2016
Gerald Aldrich Peck Gerald Aldrich Peck, son of Frank James Peck and Edna Aldrich Peck, was born on May 17, 1929, in Valley Township, Iowa and baptized in the Christian Church of Oakland. He was the eldest of four children. Throughout his childhood, he lived on numerous farms in the area. He graduated from Avoca High School in 1947. Gerald...
Aldene R. Winquist
May 20, 2016
Aldene R. Winquist was born at Charter Oak, Iowa, March 1, 1925, the daughter of Carl and Anna Clausen Hollrah. She was reared on the farm at Charter Oak and graduated from the Charter Oak High School with the class of 1942. She furthered her education at Morningside College in Sioux City and Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls...
Garnet Mae Axland
May 20, 2016
Garnet Mae Axland was born on her family farm in Greeley Township near Manilla, Iowa to Reinhard and Lillie (Larson) Nordby. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin where she remained a lifelong member. She attended Greeley country school across the road from her house and would have to carry water for the school to...
Irene Elaine Crampton
May 20, 2016
Irene Elaine Crampton was born at home in Lake View, Iowa, February 19, 1930, the daughter of Raymond and Alice Frisbie Belt. She was raised on the Frisbie family farm at Lake View where she received her education, graduating as Valedictorian from Lake View High School with the class of 1947. During her formative years in Lake View she was...
Leona M. Ferry Erb
May 19, 2016
Leona Mae Erb was born on October 31, 1920 to Lafe and Myrtle (McMurphy) Fairchild on a farm east of Irwin, Iowa, in Audubon County. She attended country school east of Irwin and graduated from Manning High School with the Class of 1939. After graduation, she worked at Brown McDonald department store and Alfred Paulsen’s ladies’ dress shop in Manning....
Marjorie Mignon Leinen
May 17, 2016
Marjorie Mignon Leinen was born on April 3, 1924 to Oadis “Tom” and Helen (Erickson) Burger in Poplar, Iowa. She graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1942. On June 29, 1943, she was united in marriage to Leo Leinen at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling, Iowa, where they remained lifelong members. They became parents to ten...
Robert "Bob" William O'Neill
May 17, 2016
Robert “Bob” William O’Neill Robert “Bob” O’Neill was born at home in Hancock, Iowa on August 12, 1924 to G.F. (Frank) and Mary (Gorman) O’Neill. He was baptized and confirmed, and was a life time member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca, Iowa. Bob attended all twelve grades of school in Hancock, Iowa. Bob enjoyed playing baseball and soft...
Beverly Irene Smith Egan
May 11, 2016
Beverly Irene Smith was born July 15, 1933, in Dunlap, Iowa to Charles J. and Zara Keehner Smith. Beverly attended elementary and high schools in Arizona and Iowa, where in 1951 she graduated from Denison High School having served as vice president of her senior class and having received the Bausch-Lomb Science Award, the DAR Gold Medal History Award, and...
Arlene Romancy Krogstad
May 11, 2016
Arlene Romancy Krogstad was born on December 23, 1916 to Herbert and Laura (Lundby) Escher on a farm near Tennant, Iowa. After graduating from Tennant High School, she entered nurses’ training at Immanuel Swedish Lutheran Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated with the Class of 1939 and began employment at the original Harlan Hospital where she particularly liked assisting in...
Josephine Thelma Leslie
May 5, 2016
Josephine Thelma Gross Leslie Josephine Thelma Gross Leslie was born southwest of Avoca, Iowa on July 22, 1920. She was the daughter of William R. and Grace Ring Gross. She was one of four children in the family. Josephine was united in marriage to James Leslie on April 14, 1941, at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Venice, California. They were...
Barbara Stracke
Apr 30, 2016
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: True Friends 10509 108th Street NW Annandale, MN 55302 Barbara Stracke was born on April 27, 1931 to Phillip and Barbara (Wettengel) Shields in Dunlap, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dunlap and graduated from St. Joseph’s School with the class of 1949. She...
Kandy Jo (Mcgurren) Dea
Apr 29, 2016
Kandy Jo (McGurren) Dea Kandy Jo (McGurren) Dea was born to Dennis and Billye Rae (Jackson) McGurren on April 1, 1960 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was baptized at Southside Christian Church. She attended grade school and junior high school in Council Bluffs, Iowa before moving to Shelby, Iowa where she attended high school. After graduating from high school she...
Philip Arlis Stephens
Apr 28, 2016
Philip Arlis Stephens was born in Logan, Iowa, January 18, 1953, the son of Arlis Carlton and Rose Mary Greiner Stephens. He was raised on farms in the Dunlap and Dow City areas and graduated from the Woodbine High School in 1971. Following high school he attended Stewarts School of Hairstyling in Council Bluffs and became a licensed cosmetologist.On August...
Patsy Jean Petersen
Apr 27, 2016
Patsy Jean Petersen was born on July 5, 1928 to Will and Ethel (Kingsbury) Meyer near Corley, Iowa. She attended country school in Corley and then the Harlan Schools, graduating with the Class of 1947. On March 10, 1948, she was united in marriage to Harry Petersen, Jr. at the Methodist Church in Harlan. They farmed near Corley for five...
Catherine Ann Franks
Apr 26, 2016
Catherine Ann Franks was born on July 29, 1934, to John and Marie Claire (Riss) Simet. She graduated from Notre Dame Academy in Omaha, Nebraska in 1951 and on October 4, 1952, was united in marriage to Lloyd Kosmacek. Together they had ten children before his passing in 1971. In 1973, she married Ken Hurd and had a daughter during...
Joseph C. Griffin
Apr 25, 2016
Joseph Claire Griffin was born on June 19, 1922, one of six children, to Dennis and Edna McNertney Griffin of Buck Grove. He died April 25, 2016, at Eventide after living the winter months with Betty at Silveridge, receiving expert loving care at both facilities.Joe attended country school and Denison High School; but the war interrupted his life. While he...
Merlin E. Maack
Apr 24, 2016
Merlin E. Maack was born on a farm in rural Dow City, Iowa, July 27, 1928, the son of Edward Otto Herman and Hilda Johanna Meta Preul Maack. He was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism August 19, 1928 at St. John Lutheran Church, Charter Oak, Iowa, and confirmed in his Christian Faith June...
Wayne Brockhoff
Apr 23, 2016
Wayne Allen Brockhoff Wayne Allen Brockhoff was born on May 27, 1959 to Robert and Luise (Gier) Brockhoff at Bitburg Air Force Base, Bitburg, Germany. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fairview, Kansas. Wayne attended elementary school through his junior year in high school in Sabetha, Kansas. He attended Tri-Center his senior year and graduated with the class...
Sharon Marquardt
Apr 19, 2016
Sharon Marquardt was born at Kiron, Iowa, June 15, 1942 the daughter of Bayard and Lillie Schultz Johnson. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism when she was an infant at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Schleswig, Iowa, and confirmed in her Christian Faith there in 1956. Sharon was raised on the farm north...
