Obituaries
Obituaries for Pauley Jones Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
W. Merlyn Heilesen
Jan 18, 2015
William Merlyn Heilesen was born on August 8, 1928 to Arthur and Mary (Constable) Heilesen at the family farm south of Irwin. Merlyn went to Danway Country School. While growing up he played baseball and basketball. He graduated from Kirkman High School in 1945 at the age of sixteen. After graduation he farmed with his father and brother on the...
Mary E. Poepsel
Jan 18, 2015
Mary Ellen Poepsel was born on December 23, 1970 to James and Edna (Mertens) Poepsel in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan and attended grade school at St. Michael’s. She graduated from Harlan Community High School with the Class of 1989 and went on to graduate from Capital School of Beauty in...
L. Roger Heller
Jan 17, 2015
Leonard Roger Heller was born on April 11, 1935 to Leonard and Lucille (Hanrahan) Heller in Buck Grove, Iowa. He was baptized at Scared Heart Catholic Church in Manilla, Iowa, and later became a member at St. Peter’s Parish in Defiance, Iowa. He attended country school near Buck Grove through the eighth grade. Roger was united in marriage to Phyllis...
Porfirio Sanchez
Jan 16, 2015
Cremation rites will be accorded and memorial services will be held at the family home at a later date. Survivors include his mother: Sanjuana Villanueva of Denison, Iowa; two sons: Porfirio Sanchez, Jr. of Denison, Iowa, and Eliza Sanchez of Missouri; four brothers and one sister: Jose Sanchez, Jr. of Texas, Margarita Sanchez of Colorado, Angel Longoria of Texas, Albert...
Kathleen L. Renze
Jan 16, 2015
Kathleen Lydia Klein was born February 23, 1922 to Peter and Mary (Romey) Klein at Templeton, Iowa. At a dance in Halbur, Iowa, Kathleen was asked by a total stranger, LaVern Renze, for a dance, and she said yes. After that they began dating and were married May 6, 1946 at Holy Angels Church in Roselle, Iowa. To this marriage...
Charles F. Martens
Jan 15, 2015
Charles Frank Martens was born on July 2, 1927, to John and Angeline (Rohlfs) Martens near rural Modale, Iowa, and spent his early childhood on a farm near Logan, Iowa. In 1935, his father quit farming and moved the family to Star, Idaho. During his teens he worked at various jobs. One was with his father helping build the army...
Alice M. Esser
Jan 15, 2015
Alice Mary Esser was born on December 31, 1933 to August and Mary (Kaufmann) Hastert on the family farm in rural Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama. She worked as a hired girl for area families babysitting, cooking, cleaning, and helping however she could until her...
Wilma L. Mitchell
Jan 6, 2015
Wilma Lucille Mitchell was born on December 9, 1925 to Ben and Leona (Meyer) Rank in Douglas Township, Shelby County, Iowa. She was raised on the family farm and helped her parents with chores after school. She attended various country schools and graduated from Defiance Public High School with the Class of 1943. On May 23, 1943, Wilma was united...
Donald N. Stein
Jan 2, 2015
Donald Nicholas Stein was born on December 6, 1955 to Carl and Helen (Leinen) Stein in Harlan, Iowa. He grew up on the family farm near Portsmouth and was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic School and graduated from Harlan High School in 1974. While in high...
Virginia M. Bissen
Jan 1, 2015
Virginia Margaret Bissen was born on December 1, 1922 to Wendel and Minnie Jacobs on a farm near Portsmouth, Iowa. She attended country school for eight years and since they were the closest farm to the school, the teacher stayed at their place. Virginia was the only one in her grade until her eighth year when her cousin came to...
Anna H. Lackman
Dec 27, 2014
Funeral Services:10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 31, 2014,Zion Lutheran Church, Denison, IowaInterment:Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Denison, Iowa.Visitation:From 9:30 a.m. until service time Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Denison, Iowa. Anna Henrietta Lackman was born on a farm in Goodrich Township, rural Denison, Iowa, January 30, 1926, the daughter of William and Maria Noelck Thies. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace...
Betty Gaul
Dec 26, 2014
Betty was born Emelia Elizabeth Zimmerman on April 26, 1925 to Emil and Josephine (Posch) Zimmerman on a farm near Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, where she also attended Catholic school. She went to work for her brother Rev. Al Zimmerman as a housekeeper, for a short time, in Chicago, Illinois...
Gerald "Jerry" Leonard
Dec 23, 2014
Gerald D. Leonard was born to Don and Edna Sadie (May) Leonard in Manhattan, Kansas on December 28, 1934. He is preceded in death by two sons, three brothers and parents. He is survived by his wife, Joyce, nephew and niece, Rick and Linda Martin and niece Lana Carlson all of Kansas City, Missouri. Jerry and Joyce were married in...
Laurence "Pete" Albert Sheldon
Dec 20, 2014
Laurence Albert Sheldon “Pete” was born as a twin to Clarence and Myrile (Smith) Sheldon on January 31, 1929, in Torrington, Wyoming. He attended Douglas Elementary School and graduated from Converse County High School in Douglas, Wyoming with the Class of 1949. After graduation, Pete enlisted in the United States Army, where he made a career serving his country. In...
W. Merlyn Heilesen
Jan 18, 2015
William Merlyn Heilesen was born on August 8, 1928 to Arthur and Mary (Constable) Heilesen at the family farm south of Irwin. Merlyn went to Danway Country School. While growing up he played baseball and basketball. He graduated from Kirkman High School in 1945 at the age of sixteen. After graduation he farmed with his father and brother on the...
Mary E. Poepsel
Jan 18, 2015
Mary Ellen Poepsel was born on December 23, 1970 to James and Edna (Mertens) Poepsel in Harlan, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan and attended grade school at St. Michael’s. She graduated from Harlan Community High School with the Class of 1989 and went on to graduate from Capital School of Beauty in...
L. Roger Heller
Jan 17, 2015
Leonard Roger Heller was born on April 11, 1935 to Leonard and Lucille (Hanrahan) Heller in Buck Grove, Iowa. He was baptized at Scared Heart Catholic Church in Manilla, Iowa, and later became a member at St. Peter’s Parish in Defiance, Iowa. He attended country school near Buck Grove through the eighth grade. Roger was united in marriage to Phyllis...
Porfirio Sanchez
Jan 16, 2015
Cremation rites will be accorded and memorial services will be held at the family home at a later date. Survivors include his mother: Sanjuana Villanueva of Denison, Iowa; two sons: Porfirio Sanchez, Jr. of Denison, Iowa, and Eliza Sanchez of Missouri; four brothers and one sister: Jose Sanchez, Jr. of Texas, Margarita Sanchez of Colorado, Angel Longoria of Texas, Albert...
Kathleen L. Renze
Jan 16, 2015
Kathleen Lydia Klein was born February 23, 1922 to Peter and Mary (Romey) Klein at Templeton, Iowa. At a dance in Halbur, Iowa, Kathleen was asked by a total stranger, LaVern Renze, for a dance, and she said yes. After that they began dating and were married May 6, 1946 at Holy Angels Church in Roselle, Iowa. To this marriage...
Charles F. Martens
Jan 15, 2015
Charles Frank Martens was born on July 2, 1927, to John and Angeline (Rohlfs) Martens near rural Modale, Iowa, and spent his early childhood on a farm near Logan, Iowa. In 1935, his father quit farming and moved the family to Star, Idaho. During his teens he worked at various jobs. One was with his father helping build the army...
Alice M. Esser
Jan 15, 2015
Alice Mary Esser was born on December 31, 1933 to August and Mary (Kaufmann) Hastert on the family farm in rural Panama, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama. She worked as a hired girl for area families babysitting, cooking, cleaning, and helping however she could until her...
Wilma L. Mitchell
Jan 6, 2015
Wilma Lucille Mitchell was born on December 9, 1925 to Ben and Leona (Meyer) Rank in Douglas Township, Shelby County, Iowa. She was raised on the family farm and helped her parents with chores after school. She attended various country schools and graduated from Defiance Public High School with the Class of 1943. On May 23, 1943, Wilma was united...
Donald N. Stein
Jan 2, 2015
Donald Nicholas Stein was born on December 6, 1955 to Carl and Helen (Leinen) Stein in Harlan, Iowa. He grew up on the family farm near Portsmouth and was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic School and graduated from Harlan High School in 1974. While in high...
Virginia M. Bissen
Jan 1, 2015
Virginia Margaret Bissen was born on December 1, 1922 to Wendel and Minnie Jacobs on a farm near Portsmouth, Iowa. She attended country school for eight years and since they were the closest farm to the school, the teacher stayed at their place. Virginia was the only one in her grade until her eighth year when her cousin came to...
Anna H. Lackman
Dec 27, 2014
Funeral Services:10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 31, 2014,Zion Lutheran Church, Denison, IowaInterment:Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Denison, Iowa.Visitation:From 9:30 a.m. until service time Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Denison, Iowa. Anna Henrietta Lackman was born on a farm in Goodrich Township, rural Denison, Iowa, January 30, 1926, the daughter of William and Maria Noelck Thies. She was received into God’s Kingdom of Grace...
Betty Gaul
Dec 26, 2014
Betty was born Emelia Elizabeth Zimmerman on April 26, 1925 to Emil and Josephine (Posch) Zimmerman on a farm near Westphalia, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, where she also attended Catholic school. She went to work for her brother Rev. Al Zimmerman as a housekeeper, for a short time, in Chicago, Illinois...
Gerald "Jerry" Leonard
Dec 23, 2014
Gerald D. Leonard was born to Don and Edna Sadie (May) Leonard in Manhattan, Kansas on December 28, 1934. He is preceded in death by two sons, three brothers and parents. He is survived by his wife, Joyce, nephew and niece, Rick and Linda Martin and niece Lana Carlson all of Kansas City, Missouri. Jerry and Joyce were married in...
Laurence "Pete" Albert Sheldon
Dec 20, 2014
Laurence Albert Sheldon “Pete” was born as a twin to Clarence and Myrile (Smith) Sheldon on January 31, 1929, in Torrington, Wyoming. He attended Douglas Elementary School and graduated from Converse County High School in Douglas, Wyoming with the Class of 1949. After graduation, Pete enlisted in the United States Army, where he made a career serving his country. In...
