Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Edward "Bud" Telkamp
Jan 11, 2016
Edward “Bud” Telkamp Jr. Edward “Bud” Telkamp Jr. Age 86 passed away on January 11, 2016 in Omaha, Nebraska. Bud was born March 2, 1929 to Edward H. And Anna C. (Furst) Telkamp in Lakota, Iowa. He graduated high school and worked the family farm until joining the United States Air Force. He was in the Air Force until 1952....
Gerald "Chris" William Christensen
Jan 10, 2016
Gerald “Chris” William Christensen was born on March 25, 1940 to Leonard and Alice (McKeighan) Christensen in Harlan, Iowa. He attended the Harlan school system through the eighth grade. After meeting Janet Sander on a blind date, they were united in marriage on September 6, 1959 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. They became parents to three children:...
Gary Wayne Sievers, Sr.
Jan 10, 2016
Gary Wayne Sievers Gary Wayne Sievers was born on March 31, 1947 to Ralph Dane and Clara Mae (Woodall) Sievers in Atlantic, Iowa. He grew up on a farm in Avoca and graduated from AvoHA High School. Gary married Dorothy Butcher on February 14, 1978 at the United Church of Christ, they had one son Gary Sievers Jr. Gary served...
Vernon L. Karstens
Jan 9, 2016
Vernon Ludwig Karstens was born on October 8, 1921 at 936 Frost Avenue in Avoca, Iowa to Ludwig Johann Karstens and Alvina Christina (Burmeister) Karstens. On December 17, 1921, Vernon was baptized in the First German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Avoca. The church name was changed to the First Lutheran Church by the time he was confirmed on April 18,...
Theresa Catherine Goetz
Jan 1, 2016
Theresa Catherine Goetz was born on December 4, 1929 to Adolph and Theresa (Muschitz) Schmitz on the family farm outside of Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia and attended St. Boniface Catholic School and graduated from high school with the Class of 1949. On February 9, 1953, Theresa was united in marriage...
Gregory John Taylor
Dec 25, 2015
Gregory John Taylor was born on January 25, 1975 in Denver, Colorado to Melvin and Margie (Reinig) Taylor. Greg was baptized in St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. He made his First Communion and Confirmation at Shrine of St. Anne Catholic Church in Arvada, Colorado. Greg attended Fitzmorris Elementary and Arvada Junior and Senior High Schools...
Kathryn Huebert
Dec 22, 2015
Kathryn Ann Huebert was born on March 28, 1975 to Robert and Ruth (Wegner) Huebert at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska. She was baptized, confirmed, and a life long member of St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. Kate attended school at Harlan Community Schools and graduated from Harlan Community High School. Kate died on...
Gerald Leo Waltz
Dec 20, 2015
Gerald Leo Waltz was born on March 13, 1931 to Leo and Cecelia (Goeser) Waltz in Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima in Panama and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School. After high school, Gerald went to work at the State Bank of Portsmouth in the Panama office. In 1952, he entered the...
Margie Lee Jordan
Dec 18, 2015
Margie Lee (Brackenridge) Jordan was born January 9, 1926 on a farm near Taborville in St. Clair County, Missouri, the eldest child and daughter of Everett Nally and Maude Frances (Whitley) Brackenridge. She received her early education in the local rural schools and was graduated from Eldorado Springs High School with the class of 1944. On August 19, 1944 Margie...
Lee Henry Manz
Dec 17, 2015
Lee Henry Manz Lee Henry Manz was born at home in Shelby County, Iowa on April 23, 1930 to Walter and Elizabeth (Jensen) Manz. Lee attended Shelby Consolidated School for twelve years. While in school he played football, basketball and baseball. He graduated with the class of 1948. He married Neva Jean Babbitt on January 22, 1950 at the Shelby...
Marcia Mae Holloway
Dec 17, 2015
Marcia Mae Holloway was born on April 5, 1941 to John and Lillie (Paulsen) Juhl in Manning, Iowa. She attended country school at Jefferson No. 7 at Botna and graduated from Irwin High School with the Class of 1959. She later attended Iowa Western Community College for two years, earning her Associate’s Degree in Graphic Arts. On February 14, 1960,...
John Dwayne Fromm
Dec 15, 2015
John Dwayne Fromm was born on July 20, 1961 to Peter and Therese (Kaufman) Fromm in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa, where he remained a life-long member. He attended Sts. Peter and Paul and St. Boniface Catholic Schools before graduating from Harlan High School with the Class of 1979. He...
Robert I. Hundt
Dec 14, 2015
Robert Irvin Hundt Robert Irvin Hundt was born in Avoca, Iowa to Irvin Carl and Orleane (Blakely) Hundt on March 30, 1940. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Oakland, Iowa. He attended Shelby school and was a member of the Class of 1959. He married Karen Danker at the United Church of Christ in Minden,...
Paul Martin Zaccone
Dec 13, 2015
The family suggests memorials be made to Paul's Tree Fund, Shelby County Catholic School, or Boy Scout Troop 90. Paul Martin Zaccone entered this world on July 17, 1996 into the loving arms of his parents Mark and Kimberly (Gehringer) Zaccone in Elk Grove Village, IL. His spirit was blessed through baptism and confirmation at St Michael's Catholic Church in...
Wendy Rae Waldemar
Dec 12, 2015
Wendy Rae Waldemar was born in Denison, Iowa, April 26, 1978, the daughter of Larry and Sandra Bowman Waldemar. She was raised on the Waldemar family farm at Deloit, Iowa, and received her education in the Denison Public Schools from which she graduated in 1996. She furthered her education at Western Iowa Tech taking Data Processing training. On December 3,...
Ruth Francis Riessen
Dec 12, 2015
Ruth Francis (Vetter) Riessen, 88, of Vail, Iowa died Saturday, December 12, 2015 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. She was born on October 26, 1927, one of ten children born to Otto and Rosa (Boldt) Vetter. She was raised on their family farm south of Arcadia, Iowa, attending rural country school until graduating from Arcadia Public School.She...
Marjorie B. Rowen
Dec 12, 2015
Marjorie Belle (Martin) Rowen was born February 16, 1927 on a farm seven miles northwest of Clarks, Nebraska, the daughter of Henry Lee and Orabelle (Cruickshank) Martin. Marjorie graduated from Central City High School, Central City, Nebraska, in 1944. After graduation, she attended the Electronic Radio and Television Institute in Omaha, Nebraska. Upon completion of her schooling, Marjorie spent time...
Patricia "Pat" Margaret Kenkel
Dec 11, 2015
Patricia “Pat” Margaret Kenkel was born on July 6, 1944 to Leonard and Alice (Schiltz) Fahn in Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa. She started school at St. Peter’s, finished grade school and junior high at St. Michael’s, and graduated from Harlan High School....
Charlyn Joan Schultz
Dec 11, 2015
Charlyn Joan (Johnson) Schultz was born on May 12, 1928, in Kiron, Iowa, the daughter of Carl (Ted) and Etta Johnson. She was raised in Kiron and, in 1945; she graduated from Kiron High School. She earned her RN degree from Mounds-Midway School of Nursing in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1950.After graduation, she worked in the nursing field in Omaha,...
Raymond "Ray" Anthony Schaben
Dec 10, 2015
Raymond “Ray” Anthony Schaben was born on October 8, 1930 to William and Josephine (Block) Schaben in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, where he attended country school until the eighth grade. On February 14, 1955, he was united in marriage to Frances Mary Haran at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dunlap,...
Edward "Bud" Telkamp
Jan 11, 2016
Edward “Bud” Telkamp Jr. Edward “Bud” Telkamp Jr. Age 86 passed away on January 11, 2016 in Omaha, Nebraska. Bud was born March 2, 1929 to Edward H. And Anna C. (Furst) Telkamp in Lakota, Iowa. He graduated high school and worked the family farm until joining the United States Air Force. He was in the Air Force until 1952....
Gerald "Chris" William Christensen
Jan 10, 2016
Gerald “Chris” William Christensen was born on March 25, 1940 to Leonard and Alice (McKeighan) Christensen in Harlan, Iowa. He attended the Harlan school system through the eighth grade. After meeting Janet Sander on a blind date, they were united in marriage on September 6, 1959 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. They became parents to three children:...
Gary Wayne Sievers, Sr.
Jan 10, 2016
Gary Wayne Sievers Gary Wayne Sievers was born on March 31, 1947 to Ralph Dane and Clara Mae (Woodall) Sievers in Atlantic, Iowa. He grew up on a farm in Avoca and graduated from AvoHA High School. Gary married Dorothy Butcher on February 14, 1978 at the United Church of Christ, they had one son Gary Sievers Jr. Gary served...
Vernon L. Karstens
Jan 9, 2016
Vernon Ludwig Karstens was born on October 8, 1921 at 936 Frost Avenue in Avoca, Iowa to Ludwig Johann Karstens and Alvina Christina (Burmeister) Karstens. On December 17, 1921, Vernon was baptized in the First German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Avoca. The church name was changed to the First Lutheran Church by the time he was confirmed on April 18,...
Theresa Catherine Goetz
Jan 1, 2016
Theresa Catherine Goetz was born on December 4, 1929 to Adolph and Theresa (Muschitz) Schmitz on the family farm outside of Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia and attended St. Boniface Catholic School and graduated from high school with the Class of 1949. On February 9, 1953, Theresa was united in marriage...
Gregory John Taylor
Dec 25, 2015
Gregory John Taylor was born on January 25, 1975 in Denver, Colorado to Melvin and Margie (Reinig) Taylor. Greg was baptized in St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. He made his First Communion and Confirmation at Shrine of St. Anne Catholic Church in Arvada, Colorado. Greg attended Fitzmorris Elementary and Arvada Junior and Senior High Schools...
Kathryn Huebert
Dec 22, 2015
Kathryn Ann Huebert was born on March 28, 1975 to Robert and Ruth (Wegner) Huebert at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska. She was baptized, confirmed, and a life long member of St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama, Iowa. Kate attended school at Harlan Community Schools and graduated from Harlan Community High School. Kate died on...
Gerald Leo Waltz
Dec 20, 2015
Gerald Leo Waltz was born on March 13, 1931 to Leo and Cecelia (Goeser) Waltz in Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima in Panama and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School. After high school, Gerald went to work at the State Bank of Portsmouth in the Panama office. In 1952, he entered the...
Margie Lee Jordan
Dec 18, 2015
Margie Lee (Brackenridge) Jordan was born January 9, 1926 on a farm near Taborville in St. Clair County, Missouri, the eldest child and daughter of Everett Nally and Maude Frances (Whitley) Brackenridge. She received her early education in the local rural schools and was graduated from Eldorado Springs High School with the class of 1944. On August 19, 1944 Margie...
Lee Henry Manz
Dec 17, 2015
Lee Henry Manz Lee Henry Manz was born at home in Shelby County, Iowa on April 23, 1930 to Walter and Elizabeth (Jensen) Manz. Lee attended Shelby Consolidated School for twelve years. While in school he played football, basketball and baseball. He graduated with the class of 1948. He married Neva Jean Babbitt on January 22, 1950 at the Shelby...
Marcia Mae Holloway
Dec 17, 2015
Marcia Mae Holloway was born on April 5, 1941 to John and Lillie (Paulsen) Juhl in Manning, Iowa. She attended country school at Jefferson No. 7 at Botna and graduated from Irwin High School with the Class of 1959. She later attended Iowa Western Community College for two years, earning her Associate’s Degree in Graphic Arts. On February 14, 1960,...
John Dwayne Fromm
Dec 15, 2015
John Dwayne Fromm was born on July 20, 1961 to Peter and Therese (Kaufman) Fromm in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa, where he remained a life-long member. He attended Sts. Peter and Paul and St. Boniface Catholic Schools before graduating from Harlan High School with the Class of 1979. He...
Robert I. Hundt
Dec 14, 2015
Robert Irvin Hundt Robert Irvin Hundt was born in Avoca, Iowa to Irvin Carl and Orleane (Blakely) Hundt on March 30, 1940. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Oakland, Iowa. He attended Shelby school and was a member of the Class of 1959. He married Karen Danker at the United Church of Christ in Minden,...
Paul Martin Zaccone
Dec 13, 2015
The family suggests memorials be made to Paul's Tree Fund, Shelby County Catholic School, or Boy Scout Troop 90. Paul Martin Zaccone entered this world on July 17, 1996 into the loving arms of his parents Mark and Kimberly (Gehringer) Zaccone in Elk Grove Village, IL. His spirit was blessed through baptism and confirmation at St Michael's Catholic Church in...
Wendy Rae Waldemar
Dec 12, 2015
Wendy Rae Waldemar was born in Denison, Iowa, April 26, 1978, the daughter of Larry and Sandra Bowman Waldemar. She was raised on the Waldemar family farm at Deloit, Iowa, and received her education in the Denison Public Schools from which she graduated in 1996. She furthered her education at Western Iowa Tech taking Data Processing training. On December 3,...
Ruth Francis Riessen
Dec 12, 2015
Ruth Francis (Vetter) Riessen, 88, of Vail, Iowa died Saturday, December 12, 2015 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. She was born on October 26, 1927, one of ten children born to Otto and Rosa (Boldt) Vetter. She was raised on their family farm south of Arcadia, Iowa, attending rural country school until graduating from Arcadia Public School.She...
Marjorie B. Rowen
Dec 12, 2015
Marjorie Belle (Martin) Rowen was born February 16, 1927 on a farm seven miles northwest of Clarks, Nebraska, the daughter of Henry Lee and Orabelle (Cruickshank) Martin. Marjorie graduated from Central City High School, Central City, Nebraska, in 1944. After graduation, she attended the Electronic Radio and Television Institute in Omaha, Nebraska. Upon completion of her schooling, Marjorie spent time...
Patricia "Pat" Margaret Kenkel
Dec 11, 2015
Patricia “Pat” Margaret Kenkel was born on July 6, 1944 to Leonard and Alice (Schiltz) Fahn in Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, Iowa. She started school at St. Peter’s, finished grade school and junior high at St. Michael’s, and graduated from Harlan High School....
Charlyn Joan Schultz
Dec 11, 2015
Charlyn Joan (Johnson) Schultz was born on May 12, 1928, in Kiron, Iowa, the daughter of Carl (Ted) and Etta Johnson. She was raised in Kiron and, in 1945; she graduated from Kiron High School. She earned her RN degree from Mounds-Midway School of Nursing in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1950.After graduation, she worked in the nursing field in Omaha,...
Raymond "Ray" Anthony Schaben
Dec 10, 2015
Raymond “Ray” Anthony Schaben was born on October 8, 1930 to William and Josephine (Block) Schaben in Earling, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, where he attended country school until the eighth grade. On February 14, 1955, he was united in marriage to Frances Mary Haran at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dunlap,...
