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Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
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David John Turner
Oct 18, 2015
David John Turner was born on June 21, 1954 to John and Janis (Gardner) Turner in Omaha, Nebraska. He was baptized at the Nazarene Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa. After high school, he went into the United States Army, serving from January 24, 1972 to September 11, 1972 at Fort Benning, Georgia, earning the Sharpshooter badge with Rifle Bar and...
Kelly Lane Fiscus
Oct 15, 2015
Kelly Lane Fiscus was born on September 17, 1951 to Wayne and Violet (Swensen) Fiscus. He attended Irwin-Kirkman School and graduated in 1970. In 1974, he and Joleen Clark became husband and wife. They had two children, Shilo and Seth. Kelly worked for a local farmer driving truck then for Plumb Tiling following graduation. In 1971, Kelly went into road...
Lisa Ann Keane
Oct 12, 2015
Lisa Ann Keane was born on January 28, 1961 to Donald and Irmine (Mahlberg) Keane in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama and attended school at St. Mary’s before graduating from Harlan Community High School with the Class of 1979. She graduated from Briar Cliff College with her Bachelor...
Viola S. Skalla
Oct 9, 2015
Viola Suzanne Skalla was born on June 22, 1924 to Frank and Crescentia (Schultz) Zangerle in Defiance, Iowa. She was confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama. She began her bartending career as a teenager at the Brown Derby. She was united in marriage on June 21, 1943 to Alfred Skalla...
Charles "Chub" Ray Walter
Oct 9, 2015
Charles Ray “Chub” Walter Charles Ray “Chub” Walter, son of Clarence and Ethel (Wehland) Walter, was born on May 17, 1940 in Walnut, Iowa. He attended school in Walnut and graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1957. During his high school years and after graduation, Charles worked at a service station in Walnut. At the age of...
Edwin "Gene" Eugene Monson
Oct 7, 2015
Edwin "Gene" Eugene Monson, was born on July 11, 1940 to Sven Edwin and Edna Mae (Poynter) Monson. He attended Irwin-Kirkman Community School where he played football, basketball, baseball, ran track and was also active in FFA and 4-H. He graduated with the Class of 1958. In September of 1959, Gene was inducted into the United States Army and served...
Richard Nicholas Stein
Oct 2, 2015
Richard Nicholas Stein was born on June 28, 1926 to John and Helen (Daeges) Stein in Portsmouth, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School through the eighth grade. He farmed with his parents until October 17, 1945, when he was inducted into the United States Army. He served...
Jerie Dee Obrecht
Sep 30, 2015
Jerie Dee Obrecht was born on April 14, 1950 to Jacob and Dorothy (Troutman) Schilling in Sidney, Nebraska. She attended grade school in Sidney before graduating from High School in Commerce City, Colorado with the Class of 1968. She was united in marriage to David Obrecht on August 20, 1994 in Harlan, Iowa. Jerie worked as a pharmacy technician for...
Darci Marie Towne
Sep 26, 2015
Darci Marie Towne Darci Marie Towne was born on October 14, 1979 in Harlan, Iowa to Kenneth and Loraine (Hansen) Towne. She was baptized and confirmed at the Hancock United Methodist Church. She graduated with the class of 1998 at AST in Avoca, Iowa. Darci shared her gift of helping others by working in both Iowa and Colorado with the...
Marjorie Ann Hansen
Sep 23, 2015
Marjorie Ann Hansen, “Marge”,was born on June 24, 1929 in Monroe Township, Shelby County, Iowa to Martin and Elsie (Ericksen) Mortensen. She attended Center Township No. 4 until the sixth grade. Her family moved to a farm east of Harlan until her father died suddenly when Marge was ten years old. The family then moved to Harlan where her mother...
Agnes M Larsen
Sep 22, 2015
Agnes Monica Larsen was born on March 5, 1927 to John and Mamie (Ulrich) Muell in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama and attended grade school at St. Mary’s Catholic School. She attended school in Portsmouth before graduating from St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Neola, Iowa. Agnes was united in marriage to...
Marilyn Bernice Jensen
Sep 21, 2015
Marilyn Bernice Jensen was born on November 27, 1936 to Soren and Mabel (Madsen) Jensen in Jackson Township, Shelby County, Iowa. In 1937, the family moved to a farm in Center Township where she attended country school, Kirkman school, and graduated with the Class of 1957 from Irwin-Kirkman High School. She continued to live at home after graduation doing babysitting...
Thomas Marvin Schuler
Sep 21, 2015
Thomas Marvin Schuler Thomas Marvin Schuler was born on November 11, 1928 to Walter and Ester ( Lloyd) Schuler in Grant, Iowa. He attended Avoca Schools graduating with the class of 1946. Thomas was the captain of both the football and basketball teams. Thomas married Diane Pedersen on August 13, 1949 in Papillion, Nebraska. They were blessed with five children:...
Verna Marian Adams
Sep 16, 2015
Verna Marian Adams was born on February 1, 1925, the youngest of six children, to Carl C. and Jorgine (Jorgensen) Carlsen on a farm east of Harlan, Iowa. She attended country school at Rabbit Hollow in Center Township. She had many stories of her childhood, growing up in Rabbit Hollow, her school days with her friends, and always had a...
Marie Kramer Jans
Sep 16, 2015
Mary Magdalene “Marie” Kramer Jans was born on April 2, 1930 to Paul and Mary (Heinzlmier) Bissen in Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dunlap. She attended grade school at St. Paul’s in Defiance, country school, then St. Patrick’s Catholic School in Dunlap through the eighth...
Alice Magdeline Stolz
Sep 15, 2015
Alice Magdeline Graeve Stolz was born on February 20, 1914 in Defiance, Iowa to Matthias and Susan (Jacoby) Finken. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance and graduated with the Class of 1932 from St. Paul’s Catholic School. In 1933, the family moved to a farm near Earling, Iowa. She attended one year of college...
Jerry Howard Davis
Sep 15, 2015
Jerry Howard Davis was born on August 12, 1955 to Donald and Arlene (Slining) Davis in Mason City, Iowa. He was baptized at the Methodist church in Chapin, Iowa and confirmed at the First United Methodist Church after the family moved to Harlan, Iowa. He attended grade school in Hampton, Iowa and graduated from Irwin-Kirkman Schools with the Class of...
Kenneth Eugene Brundige
Sep 14, 2015
Kenneth Eugene Brundige was born on June 25, 1929 to Warren and Kathryn (Poynter) Brundige in Manilla, Iowa. He attended Kirkman, Manilla, and Irwin schools. He worked as a farm hand for numerous local farmers before he entered the United States Navy on December 29, 1950, serving aboard the USS Pittsburgh during the Korean War. He earned his honorable discharge...
Steven Craig Larsen
Sep 14, 2015
Steven Craig Larsen was born on December 6, 1949 to Ivan and Alice (Chipman) Larsen in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan and grew up in a loving family with his parents, brother Gailyn, and sister Diane. He attended Harlan Community Schools until the age of sixteen. He attended a Janitorial School in...
Donna Lou Kester
Sep 13, 2015
Donna Lou Kester was born on October 23, 1930 to Glenn and Myrna (Donnelson) Woodard in Dunlap, Iowa. She grew up in the Woodbine, Iowa area and graduated from Woodbine High School with the Class of 1948. She taught country school for four years before going to work at a telephone company in Omaha, Nebraska. She moved to Alaska and...
David John Turner
Oct 18, 2015
David John Turner was born on June 21, 1954 to John and Janis (Gardner) Turner in Omaha, Nebraska. He was baptized at the Nazarene Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa. After high school, he went into the United States Army, serving from January 24, 1972 to September 11, 1972 at Fort Benning, Georgia, earning the Sharpshooter badge with Rifle Bar and...
Kelly Lane Fiscus
Oct 15, 2015
Kelly Lane Fiscus was born on September 17, 1951 to Wayne and Violet (Swensen) Fiscus. He attended Irwin-Kirkman School and graduated in 1970. In 1974, he and Joleen Clark became husband and wife. They had two children, Shilo and Seth. Kelly worked for a local farmer driving truck then for Plumb Tiling following graduation. In 1971, Kelly went into road...
Lisa Ann Keane
Oct 12, 2015
Lisa Ann Keane was born on January 28, 1961 to Donald and Irmine (Mahlberg) Keane in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama and attended school at St. Mary’s before graduating from Harlan Community High School with the Class of 1979. She graduated from Briar Cliff College with her Bachelor...
Viola S. Skalla
Oct 9, 2015
Viola Suzanne Skalla was born on June 22, 1924 to Frank and Crescentia (Schultz) Zangerle in Defiance, Iowa. She was confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama. She began her bartending career as a teenager at the Brown Derby. She was united in marriage on June 21, 1943 to Alfred Skalla...
Charles "Chub" Ray Walter
Oct 9, 2015
Charles Ray “Chub” Walter Charles Ray “Chub” Walter, son of Clarence and Ethel (Wehland) Walter, was born on May 17, 1940 in Walnut, Iowa. He attended school in Walnut and graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1957. During his high school years and after graduation, Charles worked at a service station in Walnut. At the age of...
Edwin "Gene" Eugene Monson
Oct 7, 2015
Edwin "Gene" Eugene Monson, was born on July 11, 1940 to Sven Edwin and Edna Mae (Poynter) Monson. He attended Irwin-Kirkman Community School where he played football, basketball, baseball, ran track and was also active in FFA and 4-H. He graduated with the Class of 1958. In September of 1959, Gene was inducted into the United States Army and served...
Richard Nicholas Stein
Oct 2, 2015
Richard Nicholas Stein was born on June 28, 1926 to John and Helen (Daeges) Stein in Portsmouth, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School through the eighth grade. He farmed with his parents until October 17, 1945, when he was inducted into the United States Army. He served...
Jerie Dee Obrecht
Sep 30, 2015
Jerie Dee Obrecht was born on April 14, 1950 to Jacob and Dorothy (Troutman) Schilling in Sidney, Nebraska. She attended grade school in Sidney before graduating from High School in Commerce City, Colorado with the Class of 1968. She was united in marriage to David Obrecht on August 20, 1994 in Harlan, Iowa. Jerie worked as a pharmacy technician for...
Darci Marie Towne
Sep 26, 2015
Darci Marie Towne Darci Marie Towne was born on October 14, 1979 in Harlan, Iowa to Kenneth and Loraine (Hansen) Towne. She was baptized and confirmed at the Hancock United Methodist Church. She graduated with the class of 1998 at AST in Avoca, Iowa. Darci shared her gift of helping others by working in both Iowa and Colorado with the...
Marjorie Ann Hansen
Sep 23, 2015
Marjorie Ann Hansen, “Marge”,was born on June 24, 1929 in Monroe Township, Shelby County, Iowa to Martin and Elsie (Ericksen) Mortensen. She attended Center Township No. 4 until the sixth grade. Her family moved to a farm east of Harlan until her father died suddenly when Marge was ten years old. The family then moved to Harlan where her mother...
Agnes M Larsen
Sep 22, 2015
Agnes Monica Larsen was born on March 5, 1927 to John and Mamie (Ulrich) Muell in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama and attended grade school at St. Mary’s Catholic School. She attended school in Portsmouth before graduating from St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Neola, Iowa. Agnes was united in marriage to...
Marilyn Bernice Jensen
Sep 21, 2015
Marilyn Bernice Jensen was born on November 27, 1936 to Soren and Mabel (Madsen) Jensen in Jackson Township, Shelby County, Iowa. In 1937, the family moved to a farm in Center Township where she attended country school, Kirkman school, and graduated with the Class of 1957 from Irwin-Kirkman High School. She continued to live at home after graduation doing babysitting...
Thomas Marvin Schuler
Sep 21, 2015
Thomas Marvin Schuler Thomas Marvin Schuler was born on November 11, 1928 to Walter and Ester ( Lloyd) Schuler in Grant, Iowa. He attended Avoca Schools graduating with the class of 1946. Thomas was the captain of both the football and basketball teams. Thomas married Diane Pedersen on August 13, 1949 in Papillion, Nebraska. They were blessed with five children:...
Verna Marian Adams
Sep 16, 2015
Verna Marian Adams was born on February 1, 1925, the youngest of six children, to Carl C. and Jorgine (Jorgensen) Carlsen on a farm east of Harlan, Iowa. She attended country school at Rabbit Hollow in Center Township. She had many stories of her childhood, growing up in Rabbit Hollow, her school days with her friends, and always had a...
Marie Kramer Jans
Sep 16, 2015
Mary Magdalene “Marie” Kramer Jans was born on April 2, 1930 to Paul and Mary (Heinzlmier) Bissen in Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dunlap. She attended grade school at St. Paul’s in Defiance, country school, then St. Patrick’s Catholic School in Dunlap through the eighth...
Alice Magdeline Stolz
Sep 15, 2015
Alice Magdeline Graeve Stolz was born on February 20, 1914 in Defiance, Iowa to Matthias and Susan (Jacoby) Finken. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance and graduated with the Class of 1932 from St. Paul’s Catholic School. In 1933, the family moved to a farm near Earling, Iowa. She attended one year of college...
Jerry Howard Davis
Sep 15, 2015
Jerry Howard Davis was born on August 12, 1955 to Donald and Arlene (Slining) Davis in Mason City, Iowa. He was baptized at the Methodist church in Chapin, Iowa and confirmed at the First United Methodist Church after the family moved to Harlan, Iowa. He attended grade school in Hampton, Iowa and graduated from Irwin-Kirkman Schools with the Class of...
Kenneth Eugene Brundige
Sep 14, 2015
Kenneth Eugene Brundige was born on June 25, 1929 to Warren and Kathryn (Poynter) Brundige in Manilla, Iowa. He attended Kirkman, Manilla, and Irwin schools. He worked as a farm hand for numerous local farmers before he entered the United States Navy on December 29, 1950, serving aboard the USS Pittsburgh during the Korean War. He earned his honorable discharge...
Steven Craig Larsen
Sep 14, 2015
Steven Craig Larsen was born on December 6, 1949 to Ivan and Alice (Chipman) Larsen in Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan and grew up in a loving family with his parents, brother Gailyn, and sister Diane. He attended Harlan Community Schools until the age of sixteen. He attended a Janitorial School in...
Donna Lou Kester
Sep 13, 2015
Donna Lou Kester was born on October 23, 1930 to Glenn and Myrna (Donnelson) Woodard in Dunlap, Iowa. She grew up in the Woodbine, Iowa area and graduated from Woodbine High School with the Class of 1948. She taught country school for four years before going to work at a telephone company in Omaha, Nebraska. She moved to Alaska and...
