Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Cyrenus Herman Knief
May 27, 2015
SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 1, 2015 at United Church of Christ, Schleswig, IowaVISITATION: From 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, IowaBURIAL: Morgan Township Cemetery, Schleswig, Iowa Cyrenus Herman Knief was born on the Knief family farm north of Deloit, Iowa, March 30, 1923, the son of Herman and Irma Larson Knief. ...
Ora "Bill" H. Babbitt
May 25, 2015
Ora “Bill” Hugh Babbitt Ora “Bill” Hugh Babbitt was born on March 6, 1925 to Glenn and Hazel(Franklin) Babbitt near Marne in Cass County Iowa. Bill was the eighth child of a family of eleven. Bill attended several country schools and graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1942. He helped on the family farm until he married...
Mildred Hoffmann
May 22, 2015
Mildred Susan Hoffmann, daughter of Thomas and Lena (Leinen) Schumacher, was born on June 27, 1913 near Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and attended school at St. Mary’s Catholic School. While she was in school, Mildred’s father died and she quit school to help at home with her mother’s wall paper business. Mildred also worked...
Betty Griffith
May 21, 2015
Betty Griffith Betty Griffith was born on November 14, 1921 in Walnut, Iowa to Oscar and Olive Pauline Hulin Cade. She was baptized and confirmed at the Walnut Presbyterian Church. She graduated from Walnut High School in 1939. Betty married Frank William Griffith on February 17, 1942 in Maryville, Missouri. To this union three children were born Frank, Mary Ellen,...
Lavern Emil Wolff
May 19, 2015
LaVern Emil Wolff LaVern Emil Wolff was born on November 26, 1936 in Geddes, South Dakota to Emil and Alberta Tanner Wolff. He was baptized at St. Paul’s in Oakland, Iowa and attended the Lutheran and United Methodist Churches. He attended elementary and high school in Lake Andes, South Dakota. He attended ILCC at Emmetsburg, Iowa and earned a degree...
Diane L. Dekok
May 19, 2015
MEMORIAL SERVICES: 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 8, 2015 at Morningside Lutheran Church, Sioux CityVISITATION: From 10:00 a.m. until time of service at the church GRAVESIDE SERVICES AND INURNMENT: 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 8, 2015 at Crawford Heights Memory Gardens, DenisonDiane Lucy DeKok, 68, passed away on May 19th, 2015 at a local nursing home following many years of multiple health...
Sylvia "Margaret" Murphy
May 18, 2015
Margaret Murphy was born on October 6, 1916 at her parents home in Walnut, Iowa. Her parents George Washington Adams and Sylvia Marietta (Keys) Adams named her Sylvia Margaret Adams after her mother and grandmother, but she was always called Margaret. Her childhood was typical of someone growing up in the 1920's and 1930's. She had a group of friends...
Vera M Beebe
May 16, 2015
Vera M. Beebe Vera Martha Beebe was born on November 29, 1915 to Henry and Dorothea (Prange) Schnieder. She was baptized and confirmed at the Congregational Church of Hallam, Nebraska. She graduated from Hallam High School and also the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Vera married Verne Beebe on February 12, 1944 in Minden, Iowa. They were blessed with two...
Ethel Miles
May 13, 2015
Catherine Ethel Miles was born on February 10, 1928 to Alex and Theresa (Windeshausen) Von Tersch in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church where she remained a lifelong member. Ethel attended Harlan Community Schools and graduated with the Class of 1946. On September 13, 1946, she was united in marriage to Jay Dean Miles....
Richard "Dick" James Johnson
May 7, 2015
Richard James Johnson Richard “Dick” James Johnson was born November 28, 1939 to Gaylord and Mildred (Christensen) Johnson of Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized at Altamont Baptist Church in Cuppy’s Grove. He graduated from Harlan High School. On August 1, 1973 he was united in marriage to Marlene Hattig Steinman at Elk Point, South Dakota. He joined Marlene with her...
Donna Lee Whiteing Borgeson
May 5, 2015
MEMORIAL SERVICES: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 9., 2015 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, IowaINURNMENT: Crawford Heights Memory Garden, Denison, IowaVISITATION: 10:00 a.m. Saturday until time of service at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Donna Lee (Whiteing) Borgeson was born in Denison, Iowa, January 21, 1940, the daughter of Robert Andrew and Ruth Rollins Whiteing. Her formative years were spent in...
Ella Stamp
May 2, 2015
Ella Clara Stamp, daughter of Edward Benjamin Horstmeyer and Clara Henrietta (Hiller) Horstmeyer, was born on March 8, 1932, in McClelland, Iowa. She was baptized on April 14, 1932 at St. John’s Evangelical Reformed Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa and attended Hardin Township Number One Country School west of McClelland. As a girl she walked to school carrying a syrup...
Ella Mae Schaben
May 2, 2015
Ella Mae Schaben, daughter of Henry and Cecilia (Klein) Zimmerman, was born October 25, 1933 in Portsmouth, Iowa. Ella Mae was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School graduating in 1951. On April 17th, 1952 Ella Mae married Tony Schaben Jr. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa. Nine...
Carol A. Phipps
Apr 20, 2015
Carol Ann Phipps was born on September 10, 1938 to Cecil and Wilda (McGuire) Waggoner in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She attended school in Fort Dodge and graduated from high school with the Class of 1956. As a child, she spent some time in Chicago, Illinois with her family. In the mid-1960's she moved to the Harlan area to raise her...
Dennis E. Gustafson
Apr 19, 2015
MEMORIAL SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 23, 2015 at First Baptist Church, Kiron, IowaPRIVATE FAMILY INURNMENT: Kiron Cemetery, Kiron, IowaNO VISITATION Dennis E. Gustafson was born in the farm house built by his great-grandfather in Wheeler Township, Sac County, northeast of Kiron, Iowa, December 18, 1935, the son of Ernest Emil and Mabel Elizabeth Clauson Gustafson. The family resided in...
Herbert Wegner
Apr 18, 2015
Herbert Frank Michael Wegner was born on March 25, 1923 to George and Barbara (Kenkel) Wegner in Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama. He attended country school through the eighth grade before helping on the family farm and eventually having his own lifelong farming career. He noticed his future bride at a...
Phyllis Bintz
Apr 14, 2015
Phyllis Larimore Bintz Phyllis Larimore Bintz was born August 16, 1922 to Arthur and Elsa (Schilling) Larimore in Avoca, Iowa. At the age of three her family moved to the Monroe, Nebraska vicinity and spent the next eleven years farming there. The family moved back to Avoca, Iowa when she was in her freshman year. She graduated from Avoca High...
Harold Everett Peterson
Apr 14, 2015
Rev. Harold Everett Peterson Harold E. Peterson was born August 8, 1925 to Harry and Julia (Mandsager) Peterson at Badger, Iowa. He was baptized by Rev. B.A. Olson of Badger Lutheran Church. He received his elementary education at a country school in Humboldt County, Iowa, graduating in 1939. He received his high school training at Canton Lutheran Academy in South...
Cyrenus Herman Knief
May 27, 2015
SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 1, 2015 at United Church of Christ, Schleswig, IowaVISITATION: From 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, IowaBURIAL: Morgan Township Cemetery, Schleswig, Iowa Cyrenus Herman Knief was born on the Knief family farm north of Deloit, Iowa, March 30, 1923, the son of Herman and Irma Larson Knief. ...
Ora "Bill" H. Babbitt
May 25, 2015
Ora “Bill” Hugh Babbitt Ora “Bill” Hugh Babbitt was born on March 6, 1925 to Glenn and Hazel(Franklin) Babbitt near Marne in Cass County Iowa. Bill was the eighth child of a family of eleven. Bill attended several country schools and graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1942. He helped on the family farm until he married...
Mildred Hoffmann
May 22, 2015
Mildred Susan Hoffmann, daughter of Thomas and Lena (Leinen) Schumacher, was born on June 27, 1913 near Portsmouth, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and attended school at St. Mary’s Catholic School. While she was in school, Mildred’s father died and she quit school to help at home with her mother’s wall paper business. Mildred also worked...
Betty Griffith
May 21, 2015
Betty Griffith Betty Griffith was born on November 14, 1921 in Walnut, Iowa to Oscar and Olive Pauline Hulin Cade. She was baptized and confirmed at the Walnut Presbyterian Church. She graduated from Walnut High School in 1939. Betty married Frank William Griffith on February 17, 1942 in Maryville, Missouri. To this union three children were born Frank, Mary Ellen,...
Lavern Emil Wolff
May 19, 2015
LaVern Emil Wolff LaVern Emil Wolff was born on November 26, 1936 in Geddes, South Dakota to Emil and Alberta Tanner Wolff. He was baptized at St. Paul’s in Oakland, Iowa and attended the Lutheran and United Methodist Churches. He attended elementary and high school in Lake Andes, South Dakota. He attended ILCC at Emmetsburg, Iowa and earned a degree...
Diane L. Dekok
May 19, 2015
MEMORIAL SERVICES: 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 8, 2015 at Morningside Lutheran Church, Sioux CityVISITATION: From 10:00 a.m. until time of service at the church GRAVESIDE SERVICES AND INURNMENT: 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 8, 2015 at Crawford Heights Memory Gardens, DenisonDiane Lucy DeKok, 68, passed away on May 19th, 2015 at a local nursing home following many years of multiple health...
Sylvia "Margaret" Murphy
May 18, 2015
Margaret Murphy was born on October 6, 1916 at her parents home in Walnut, Iowa. Her parents George Washington Adams and Sylvia Marietta (Keys) Adams named her Sylvia Margaret Adams after her mother and grandmother, but she was always called Margaret. Her childhood was typical of someone growing up in the 1920's and 1930's. She had a group of friends...
Vera M Beebe
May 16, 2015
Vera M. Beebe Vera Martha Beebe was born on November 29, 1915 to Henry and Dorothea (Prange) Schnieder. She was baptized and confirmed at the Congregational Church of Hallam, Nebraska. She graduated from Hallam High School and also the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Vera married Verne Beebe on February 12, 1944 in Minden, Iowa. They were blessed with two...
Ethel Miles
May 13, 2015
Catherine Ethel Miles was born on February 10, 1928 to Alex and Theresa (Windeshausen) Von Tersch in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church where she remained a lifelong member. Ethel attended Harlan Community Schools and graduated with the Class of 1946. On September 13, 1946, she was united in marriage to Jay Dean Miles....
Richard "Dick" James Johnson
May 7, 2015
Richard James Johnson Richard “Dick” James Johnson was born November 28, 1939 to Gaylord and Mildred (Christensen) Johnson of Harlan, Iowa. He was baptized at Altamont Baptist Church in Cuppy’s Grove. He graduated from Harlan High School. On August 1, 1973 he was united in marriage to Marlene Hattig Steinman at Elk Point, South Dakota. He joined Marlene with her...
Donna Lee Whiteing Borgeson
May 5, 2015
MEMORIAL SERVICES: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 9., 2015 at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, IowaINURNMENT: Crawford Heights Memory Garden, Denison, IowaVISITATION: 10:00 a.m. Saturday until time of service at Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa Donna Lee (Whiteing) Borgeson was born in Denison, Iowa, January 21, 1940, the daughter of Robert Andrew and Ruth Rollins Whiteing. Her formative years were spent in...
Ella Stamp
May 2, 2015
Ella Clara Stamp, daughter of Edward Benjamin Horstmeyer and Clara Henrietta (Hiller) Horstmeyer, was born on March 8, 1932, in McClelland, Iowa. She was baptized on April 14, 1932 at St. John’s Evangelical Reformed Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa and attended Hardin Township Number One Country School west of McClelland. As a girl she walked to school carrying a syrup...
Ella Mae Schaben
May 2, 2015
Ella Mae Schaben, daughter of Henry and Cecilia (Klein) Zimmerman, was born October 25, 1933 in Portsmouth, Iowa. Ella Mae was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School graduating in 1951. On April 17th, 1952 Ella Mae married Tony Schaben Jr. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth, Iowa. Nine...
Carol A. Phipps
Apr 20, 2015
Carol Ann Phipps was born on September 10, 1938 to Cecil and Wilda (McGuire) Waggoner in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She attended school in Fort Dodge and graduated from high school with the Class of 1956. As a child, she spent some time in Chicago, Illinois with her family. In the mid-1960's she moved to the Harlan area to raise her...
Dennis E. Gustafson
Apr 19, 2015
MEMORIAL SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 23, 2015 at First Baptist Church, Kiron, IowaPRIVATE FAMILY INURNMENT: Kiron Cemetery, Kiron, IowaNO VISITATION Dennis E. Gustafson was born in the farm house built by his great-grandfather in Wheeler Township, Sac County, northeast of Kiron, Iowa, December 18, 1935, the son of Ernest Emil and Mabel Elizabeth Clauson Gustafson. The family resided in...
Herbert Wegner
Apr 18, 2015
Herbert Frank Michael Wegner was born on March 25, 1923 to George and Barbara (Kenkel) Wegner in Panama, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama. He attended country school through the eighth grade before helping on the family farm and eventually having his own lifelong farming career. He noticed his future bride at a...
Phyllis Bintz
Apr 14, 2015
Phyllis Larimore Bintz Phyllis Larimore Bintz was born August 16, 1922 to Arthur and Elsa (Schilling) Larimore in Avoca, Iowa. At the age of three her family moved to the Monroe, Nebraska vicinity and spent the next eleven years farming there. The family moved back to Avoca, Iowa when she was in her freshman year. She graduated from Avoca High...
Harold Everett Peterson
Apr 14, 2015
Rev. Harold Everett Peterson Harold E. Peterson was born August 8, 1925 to Harry and Julia (Mandsager) Peterson at Badger, Iowa. He was baptized by Rev. B.A. Olson of Badger Lutheran Church. He received his elementary education at a country school in Humboldt County, Iowa, graduating in 1939. He received his high school training at Canton Lutheran Academy in South...
