Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ethel Eleanor Heller
Sep 13, 2015
Ethel Eleanor Heller was born on November 10, 1927 to Alfred and Beatrice (Leuschen) Stessman in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama where she also attended and graduated from school. She went on to college at Mt. St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas. She was united in marriage on November 3, 1948 to...
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...
Gary Gross
Sep 12, 2015
Gary Lee Gross was born on September 23, 1950 to Werner and Eulalia (Langenfeld) Gross in Harlan, Iowa, the eleventh child in a family of eighteen brothers and sisters. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling and also attended Catholic School there. After high school, Gary and his brother Roger moved to California and started...
Bernard "Bernie" Michael Leinen
Sep 4, 2015
Bernard Michael Leinen, “Bernie”, was born on March 1, 1932 to Joseph and Caroline (Stinn) Leinen in Portsmouth, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School, graduating with the Class of 1949. After graduation, he assisted in the construction of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. He entered the United States Army in...
Helen Margaret Bissen
Sep 3, 2015
Helen Margaret Bissen was born on April 24, 1927 to Joseph and Josephine (Blum) Gross on a farm north of Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, attended country school and graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic School. She was united in marriage to Marvin Bissen on September 30, 1947 in Earling. They became parents to...
James Chester Thurston
Sep 3, 2015
MEMORIAL SERVICES: 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Community of Christ Church, Dow City, Iowa NO VISITATION Those remaining to cherish his memory include his wife Beatrice Margaret Thurston of Middleburg, Florida, three children: Lori Thurston of Baltimore, Maryland, Chester Thurston of Middleburg, Florida and Betty Thurston and Tim Helkenn of Schleswig, Iowa; 9 grandchildren including two special grandchildren Pam...
Therese Elizabeth Scheuring
Aug 30, 2015
Therese Elizabeth Kenkel Scheuring was born on October 27, 1928, in Shelby County, Iowa, on a farm east of Defiance to Clara (Eckerman) and Theodore Kenkel. Therese attended country school and later graduated from St. Paul’s Catholic High School of Defiance in 1946. After graduation, Therese taught country school for a few years. She was united in marriage to Austin...
Jason "Jake" Lee Stinn
Aug 30, 2015
Jason Lee Stinn, “Jake”, was born on March 20, 1980 to Lee and Kathaleen (Vandenberg) Stinn in Harlan, Iowa. He attended Harlan Community School and graduated with the Class of 2001. After high school, Jake started working at Western Engineering running a loader. Approximately six years later, he started working with his dad and uncle Bill Stinn in the spring...
Mary Schmitz
Aug 30, 2015
Mary Ellen Schmitz was born to Louis and Ann (McCaffery) Henkelman on December 4, 1932. She grew up in Defiance with her eight siblings. Mary Ellen accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance. She attended and graduated from St. Paul Catholic School in 1950. Mary met the love of...
Kathleen "Kathy" Louise Haynes,
Aug 27, 2015
Kathleen “Kathy” Louise Haynes Kathy was born on December 5, 1953 to Marvin and Helen (Masching) Stevens in Carroll, Iowa. She grew up in Carroll and was the oldest of eight children. She was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Templeton, Iowa. She attended and graduated from Kuemper Catholic Schools and later DMACC, receiving her LPN. She...
Dave Muhlbauer
Aug 27, 2015
VISITATION: From 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Monday, August 31, 2015 Parish Vigil at 6:30 p.m.at St. Ann Catholic Church, Vail, IowaMASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 1, 2015St. Ann Catholic Church, VailBURIAL: St. Ann Catholic Cemetery, Vail, Iowa Dave Muhlbauer was born at Halbur, Iowa, May 5, 1935, the son of Frank Xavier and Margaret Cecelia Horbach Muhlbauer....
Donna Mae Freese
Aug 22, 2015
VISITATION:4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.Thursday, August 27, 2015Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, IowaFUNERAL SERVICE:10:30 a.m.Friday, August 28, 2015United Presbyterian Church, Vail, IowaINTERMENT:Wheatland Cemetery, Breda, Iowa Donna Mae Freese was born at Carroll, Iowa, January 26, 1932, the daughter of Herbert Henry and Hazel Ellen Tarpy Bandow. The family made their home in Westside until Donna was age 7 when they moved...
Dorothy Norgaard
Aug 21, 2015
Dorothy Arlene Norgaard was born on June 18, 1924 to Arthur and Luella (Comstock) Savereide in Harlan, Iowa. She graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1942. She was united in marriage to John M. Norgaard. They became parents to two children: Kathryn and Frederick. Dorothy worked for several local attorneys and at several Harlan banks and businesses....
Dale Robert Ploen
Aug 20, 2015
Dale Robert Ploen, son of William and Minnie (Kay) Ploen, was born on May 14, 1921 in Shelby, Iowa. He attended grade school in Shelby and graduated from Shelby High School. On September 4, 1947, Dale was united in marriage to Mary Siebels at the Minden Congregational Church in Minden, Iowa. To this union three children were born: Karen, Patricia...
Edith Eastergard
Aug 19, 2015
Ruth Edith Pedersen was born on June 2, 1917, to Alfred and Margrethe (Jacobsen) Pedersen in Ustrup, Denmark, on the island of Sjelland. When Edith was still a toddler, she would climb up a chair and comb her father's hair. At six, her father allowed her to cut his hair. She worked on it for an hour. She snipped and...
James Robert Leslie
Aug 18, 2015
Jim Leslie was born on July 26, 1949 to James F. and Josephine (Gross) Leslie in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Jim was the fourth child born to James and Josephine, he had three older sisters - JoAnne, Jean and Judy. Jim attended AvoHa Community Schools and graduated with the class of 1967. He started college at Creighton and finished his schooling...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ethel Eleanor Heller
Sep 13, 2015
Ethel Eleanor Heller was born on November 10, 1927 to Alfred and Beatrice (Leuschen) Stessman in Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama where she also attended and graduated from school. She went on to college at Mt. St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas. She was united in marriage on November 3, 1948 to...
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...
Gary Gross
Sep 12, 2015
Gary Lee Gross was born on September 23, 1950 to Werner and Eulalia (Langenfeld) Gross in Harlan, Iowa, the eleventh child in a family of eighteen brothers and sisters. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling and also attended Catholic School there. After high school, Gary and his brother Roger moved to California and started...
Bernard "Bernie" Michael Leinen
Sep 4, 2015
Bernard Michael Leinen, “Bernie”, was born on March 1, 1932 to Joseph and Caroline (Stinn) Leinen in Portsmouth, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School, graduating with the Class of 1949. After graduation, he assisted in the construction of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. He entered the United States Army in...
Helen Margaret Bissen
Sep 3, 2015
Helen Margaret Bissen was born on April 24, 1927 to Joseph and Josephine (Blum) Gross on a farm north of Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, attended country school and graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic School. She was united in marriage to Marvin Bissen on September 30, 1947 in Earling. They became parents to...
James Chester Thurston
Sep 3, 2015
MEMORIAL SERVICES: 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Community of Christ Church, Dow City, Iowa NO VISITATION Those remaining to cherish his memory include his wife Beatrice Margaret Thurston of Middleburg, Florida, three children: Lori Thurston of Baltimore, Maryland, Chester Thurston of Middleburg, Florida and Betty Thurston and Tim Helkenn of Schleswig, Iowa; 9 grandchildren including two special grandchildren Pam...
Therese Elizabeth Scheuring
Aug 30, 2015
Therese Elizabeth Kenkel Scheuring was born on October 27, 1928, in Shelby County, Iowa, on a farm east of Defiance to Clara (Eckerman) and Theodore Kenkel. Therese attended country school and later graduated from St. Paul’s Catholic High School of Defiance in 1946. After graduation, Therese taught country school for a few years. She was united in marriage to Austin...
Jason "Jake" Lee Stinn
Aug 30, 2015
Jason Lee Stinn, “Jake”, was born on March 20, 1980 to Lee and Kathaleen (Vandenberg) Stinn in Harlan, Iowa. He attended Harlan Community School and graduated with the Class of 2001. After high school, Jake started working at Western Engineering running a loader. Approximately six years later, he started working with his dad and uncle Bill Stinn in the spring...
Mary Schmitz
Aug 30, 2015
Mary Ellen Schmitz was born to Louis and Ann (McCaffery) Henkelman on December 4, 1932. She grew up in Defiance with her eight siblings. Mary Ellen accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance. She attended and graduated from St. Paul Catholic School in 1950. Mary met the love of...
Kathleen "Kathy" Louise Haynes,
Aug 27, 2015
Kathleen “Kathy” Louise Haynes Kathy was born on December 5, 1953 to Marvin and Helen (Masching) Stevens in Carroll, Iowa. She grew up in Carroll and was the oldest of eight children. She was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Templeton, Iowa. She attended and graduated from Kuemper Catholic Schools and later DMACC, receiving her LPN. She...
Dave Muhlbauer
Aug 27, 2015
VISITATION: From 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Monday, August 31, 2015 Parish Vigil at 6:30 p.m.at St. Ann Catholic Church, Vail, IowaMASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 1, 2015St. Ann Catholic Church, VailBURIAL: St. Ann Catholic Cemetery, Vail, Iowa Dave Muhlbauer was born at Halbur, Iowa, May 5, 1935, the son of Frank Xavier and Margaret Cecelia Horbach Muhlbauer....
Donna Mae Freese
Aug 22, 2015
VISITATION:4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.Thursday, August 27, 2015Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, IowaFUNERAL SERVICE:10:30 a.m.Friday, August 28, 2015United Presbyterian Church, Vail, IowaINTERMENT:Wheatland Cemetery, Breda, Iowa Donna Mae Freese was born at Carroll, Iowa, January 26, 1932, the daughter of Herbert Henry and Hazel Ellen Tarpy Bandow. The family made their home in Westside until Donna was age 7 when they moved...
Dorothy Norgaard
Aug 21, 2015
Dorothy Arlene Norgaard was born on June 18, 1924 to Arthur and Luella (Comstock) Savereide in Harlan, Iowa. She graduated from Harlan High School with the Class of 1942. She was united in marriage to John M. Norgaard. They became parents to two children: Kathryn and Frederick. Dorothy worked for several local attorneys and at several Harlan banks and businesses....
Dale Robert Ploen
Aug 20, 2015
Dale Robert Ploen, son of William and Minnie (Kay) Ploen, was born on May 14, 1921 in Shelby, Iowa. He attended grade school in Shelby and graduated from Shelby High School. On September 4, 1947, Dale was united in marriage to Mary Siebels at the Minden Congregational Church in Minden, Iowa. To this union three children were born: Karen, Patricia...
Edith Eastergard
Aug 19, 2015
Ruth Edith Pedersen was born on June 2, 1917, to Alfred and Margrethe (Jacobsen) Pedersen in Ustrup, Denmark, on the island of Sjelland. When Edith was still a toddler, she would climb up a chair and comb her father's hair. At six, her father allowed her to cut his hair. She worked on it for an hour. She snipped and...
James Robert Leslie
Aug 18, 2015
Jim Leslie was born on July 26, 1949 to James F. and Josephine (Gross) Leslie in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Jim was the fourth child born to James and Josephine, he had three older sisters - JoAnne, Jean and Judy. Jim attended AvoHa Community Schools and graduated with the class of 1967. He started college at Creighton and finished his schooling...
